Hola!!!
So this week started off right away... once we were done
writing we had an activity as a zone. We carved pumpkins for Halloween! Well,
we didn’t think that this would cause trouble to say the least haha. Entonces,
we carved pumpkins, when we were done there were 8 of us missionaries and 2
sets de hermanas. Mi companero y yo were the only ones walking with our
pumpkins not in a plastic bag (we were one bag short) so no problem right? haha
no… so I now know that they really believe in witches and all... so this guy
saw our pumpkins and went nuts! He was screaming and yelling at us and all the
people in the streets were looking at us! They were either riendio at nosortos
o really scared! It was quite the experience to say the least.... so never
carve pumpkins here again and have them out in the open. LOL!
My love for the people, culture, and kids grows cada dia! I
truly love la gente! Ellos son muy amable! Everything here is going good! Lots
of work and service to be done! We are getting more missionaries on the 13th
(when the transfers happen), that’s when I will be getting my new companion
that I will be training! So I am muy emocionado para entrenador! That will be
great! But, I truly love the people... their amazing!
This past week I had intercambios con dos differente
companeros! Elder O. was one of them, and Elder M. One is from Mexico
and otro es de Guatamala! They are studs! I love them both! The friends that I
am making are amazing! I miss my friends so much from back home, but its good
to have the guys and girls here that are my friends as well. Friends and family
are so so importante! We all need examples in our lives, amigos y familia
are the best thing to influence us in our lives! How do you want people to remember
you? Be the best friend ever! Cherish relationships that we have! Some people
don’t have that.... make each day count.
I met a family that loves baseball! It was great! I have
only heard people talk about soccer por the past tres meses, entonces muy bueno
hablar con un persona cerca de beisbol! It was great! They gave me the lowdown
on the World Series, so that was great!
So... something happened that was pretty funny this week... I was walking (getting a little dark out) and we were going down un hill. So I stepped into a hole and tripped and fell face forward... LOL… but it gets better! I fell in horse crap... I smelled soo bad… and tenia mucho lodo en mi pantelones... it was terrible. HAHA… but looking back pretty funny!
So... something happened that was pretty funny this week... I was walking (getting a little dark out) and we were going down un hill. So I stepped into a hole and tripped and fell face forward... LOL… but it gets better! I fell in horse crap... I smelled soo bad… and tenia mucho lodo en mi pantelones... it was terrible. HAHA… but looking back pretty funny!
So we always pass by the posto, police station, and say
hello! But that’s about it. So un dia nosotros estamos pasando by the police
station and they stopped us. We ended up teaching them. It was cool. They love
us. They told us they had our back if we ever need them. So that was good to
know. But they son buenos hombres, solo a little different to teach people
in a police station. LOL!
So this past week I spent a lot of time in the morning
studying prayer. It was something that I felt that I needed to study in order
to help the people we serve and teach more. The power of prayer is real. When
we pray with a sincere corazon con fe nostoros tenemos la oportunidad para
recieve answers! We all need to pray every day. We need to give thanks for the
little things that we all have in the states... this mision es un humbing
experiencia to say the least. It’s so sad to see some of the people. BUT, they
are so grateful. So what does that mean? We MUST thank the lord every day for
the things that we have. When we wake up and before we go to bed we must pray
and demonstrar nuestro appreciacion. God hears our prayers. He answers
nuestro oraciones tambien! We just need to ask con fe. Prayer is one of
the mucho maneras nosotros podemos hacer para invitar el espiritu in our lives.
When we pray daily we have the spirit with us. Prayer can change lives. I
urge ustedes cada dia pray in the morning and en la noche tambien.
Service... how powerful service really is. Service is one
way to demonstar amor. Hay mucho maneras to serve. Our strengths are all
diferente and nosotros podemos utalize our strengths to help others. Just because
your busy doesn’t mean that you cant serve others. It we use the excuse that
nosotros son muy ocupado-we’re lying to ourselves. There is always time to
serve others. Blessings will come after. Sometimes one needs to sacrifice to
gain. I see it cada semana, actualmente cada dia! What are you going to do to
serve others this week? Find a way to serve someone. Think, pray and ponder to
help the right person at the right time!
I love you guys all!
Family and friends... you mean the world to me. I apppreciate all the amor! You
guys rock! I am kicking butt here in Honduras and enjoying the ride. It’s one
heck of a ride! Make the most of each day! Yo tengo mucho amor por la idioma!
It is great! It’s hard for me to think in English. LOL! I am in spanish mode all
the time now! I re-read my carta and realizar that there is a lot of espanol! I
am sorry! I really don’t mean to! It just happens!
Make it a great week! Love you guys so much! Can’t wait to hear from you all next week!
Con Mucho Amor,
Elder Long
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