Day #279 | Week #40

This week was pretty chill. On Tuesday we had interviews with President Dester and it went good. Also, I had to go to Migración with my companion, because he needs to become a Catracho (people inhabiting in, originating from, or having significant heritage from Honduras). Afterwards we went to Johnny Rockets after and it was super cool. 

We had an awesome experience hearing about one of our Investigators who had a dream that there was a great war and that only our church was standing in the end. It is so cool to see how God is answering her prayers. We are trying to help her and her "husband" get married. That's about it for this week.

Elder Shoaee

Day #272 | Week #39

This week my companion, Elder Perry, and I were out in the heat of Honduras. We worked hard this week and we put up some baptismal dates with a few of our investigators.

We have this one investigator who is super awesome. She is progressing so much. I hope she will continue to do so. Also I got word that some of the investigators in my last area were baptized. I was so happy to hear the news! 

This week ended up being spontaneous, because a lot of appointments fell through, but I felt satisfaction in the work, because we still found a way to teach someone or help someone in a special way.

  

Elder Shoaee

Day #264 | Week #38

This week was interesting... on Tuesday I felt a little sick and eventually threw up on Thursday all night. I went to the hospital on Friday and they said I have a virus and gave me some medicine so I am just resting and I feel a lot better now. I think it was because I ate pig foot last Sunday. I had never tried it before and I wasn't sure what it was. Oh well, live and learn. There is not a lot going on this week, because we were in the house most of the time. 

Elder Shoaee

Day #257 | Week #37

Hey everyone,  sorry I don't have a lot of time to write a report. I am in the mission office today. I had lunch with the Mission President, President Dester. My new companion is Elder Perry. He is super awesome and his parents live sort of by the old white church in P.G.  The work is great here, but General Conference was amazing. I enjoyed all the talks and I really loved the talks on the atonement. It really helped me think about who we are and what we should do. 

LDS Conference Center | Photo by Kristin Murphy, Deseret News.

I hope you all  have a good week!

Elder Shoaee

Day #250 | Week #36: Priesthood Blessings

This week was great!  One of our investigators is pregnant and is going to have a baby soon. During the week she called us and said that she wanted us to pray for her. We went over there and explained about the power of the priesthood and our authority and gave her a blessing. The spirit was so strong, it was great. The next time when we saw her she said that she was feeling well. I love seeing a witness that the priesthood is real. 

Importance of Priesthood Blessings

Also we had an amazing lesson with an investigator her name is Karla. We were able to answer almost every question she had and not only answer, but really clear her doubts. It was amazing to see and to have the help of the spirit to testify while teaching. 

Also my companion, Elder Crisostomo, is heading back to Mexico. It is interesting to see the end of his mission and to hear about all the experiences hes had. This week is also changes and I got a new companion, Elder Perry, he is a greengo from Pleasant Grove and he was in my last zone!!!

Elder Shoaee

Day #244 | Week #35

This week was interesting, we had a bunch of lessons with new investigators and are finding awesome people. I went on divisions with my zone leader and we contacted a ton and found some great families to teach. We had a good lesson with a new family that we started teaching. It was awesome to preach and to testify of truth. It was great that we were able to clear so many of their doubts. 

Also we helped a less-active family build an outhouse. We had to dig a huge hole that was like 10-feet deep and about 12-feet across. We tried to help as much as we could to go deeper, but it's hard work once you've reached rock bottom. We had to use a hammer and pick at the rocks.

Elder Shoaee

Day #236 | Week #34

This week was super eventful. On Monday we went to San Pedro Sula to get a new phone, Friday I got my residency and am now a Hondureño, then on Saturday we had a multi-mission meeting with Neil L. Andersen, it was amazing (I also got to shake his hand). 

We started teaching some of our new investigators we are still trying to see their progress, but only time will tell. Also I got Chikungunya which is sort of like Dengue, but I am getting better now, which is good. Also the language is coming along fine some days are better than others but things are picking up. 

Adios, Elder Shoaee