Well hello my loving followers! I hope that you are
all doing great and enjoying life where you all are. I am continually thinking
about you guys. I hope that you all had a great Mother’s Day and did something
special for your mothers. What a great day to think about our moms that do so
much for us. Well, let’s get down to the jungle report shall we...
It’s been more humid than ever so other than
sweating in places that I didn’t’ know existed, all is good! We are still
walking a ton and right now doing a lot of service. The type of service that we
are doing is pretty cool though. We have been cutting down shrubs and stuff in
the mountains to get ready to plant maiz and beans and stuff like that. It is a
lot of work and there are no machines here so everything is done by hand. So we
have been working a lot on the mountainsides helping people out. It’s pretty
fun for the first 5 minutes and then after that you are just dying it’s so
humid and you can just see how much work is ahead of you. But in the end we are
helping people so that they have something to eat.... so it’s all worth it. I
have gotten pretty dang good at using the machete to say the least!
We are teaching a lot of new people right now so
that’s fun, getting to know the new people and loving them a lot. I love the
people here so much. They are so loving and giving for the little that they do
have and it amazes me every day how willing they are to give when they have
basically nothing It’s a lesson to remember for the rest of my life. But
teaching a lot right now, we are starting to get people to teach that live a
little closer to one another and don’t have to walk an hour from lesson to
lesson. Don’t get me wrong, we are still putting the miles on but it’s all good!
Hmm… this past week the best team from San Pedro
and the best team from Tegucigalpa played each other in Tegucigalpa so that was
nuts... everyone was going crazy! The team here in Tegucigalpa won so everyone
was very happy. The soccer culture here is so cool, I really understand now the
Hispanics in the states and their love for the game. It’s literally their life.
All the men come home from work and change fast and all go play while the wives
cook and then go home to eat. It’s their life; I see why games now are so big!
So cool to be able to live in the culture here and be a part of these
experiences. I would not change this experience for anything, soaking in every
minute!
On Mother’s Day, we as missionaries had the
opportunity to Skype our familias! What a great time. I am so thankful to have
a loving family that is always supporting of me and that goes for all my
friends and family as well! It made me do some reflecting... how grateful we
are to come from loving families that support us and are there for us at any
time. It is hard to see sometimes the family circumstances here... we always
need to remember, “The little things in life are big things. We need to count
our many blessings every day.” The little things especially... it’s not always
about the big things in life. Be thankful for the little things that we take
for granted in the states. I would like you all to take 5 minutes this week
when you get this letter and just think about all the blessings that you have
in your life. Do a little reflecting on all the things that the Lord has given
us.
Well, my loving fans keep up the good work and make
good choices every day. Remember that we have so much to be thankful for.
Always say your prayers and give a little time to our Heavenly Father. Put your
best foot forward and aim high in all that you do! LOVES!
CON MUCHO AMOR
Elder Long
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