Hola all!!
Time is flying by, it is unreal!
This Saturday we had 5 baptisms between the Elders and Me and my Comp. Last Saturday we had 3. So the most recent Saturday was awesome because we had one of our new investigators come to the baptism! we planned it for 4pm so naturally here in central america, it started around 5:45 haha. During the waiting time our investigator, Jessica, came up to my companion and was like, hey, can I have a Book of Mormon? So we had a mini lesson and asked her to read about when Christ came to the Americas and pray to know if it is true. She said yes because last time she prayed to know if we were messengers of Christ and she had her answer in a dream. In the dream me and my companion were standing and holding a streamer I think between us and in the center was the heart of Christ. Kind of weird because she talks about the heart of Christ a lot but awesome because she was like I know that where you two are, there is Christ also! So cool.
So last Pday was so great. We planned to go to a waterfall with one of the recent converts in the branch, Freddy. So we left at 7am in case it was going to rain in the afternoon (which is usually does since it is the rainy season). So we hiked for about 2 1/2 hours in the most beautiful Jungle basically. Then some people told us that we were on the wrong path for the big waterfall. We didnt want to turn back so we kept going and made it to some small ones. It was really fun. We brought lunch and hung out and took pictures. Then Freddy ended up slipping on a rock and hurt his foot pretty badly. He could barely walk and we were out in the middle of nowhere so there wasnt any transportation until we got closer to town. so the 2 1/2 hour hike back was actually 3 1/2 which was actually really great because it as a lot of steep up hill and down hill so it was nice to walk slowly. Came back into town just as the rain came down so I was soaked, had some nice blisters, scrapes, and bug bites, and it was AWESOME!! Totally worth it.
On the way back we stopped and talked with this lady who works out there taking care of the coffee plants. She lives day to day and was crying because someone told her that the missionaries go out there sometimes and to look for them. (which is weird because the missionaries dont go out that far). I gave her a Plan of Salvation pamphlet and we invited her to come to church on Sunday although we didnt think she would actually come because it is so far away. But. Sunday morning in she walks with her ¨"husband" (hardly anyone is married here). They want to come to conference this Sunday too, Yay! Just goes to show us that the Lord is hastening his work. Miracles happen every day here, and it is amazing to be a part of it.
Saturday we get to go out to Chiquimula for conference and stay overnight with some of the sisters for Sunday conference too. I cant wait! Im pretty sure we nortes get to watch it in English too so that is great!!
Invite your friends to conference everyone!!!
I love you all!
Hermana Bender
Two families baptisms:
Our hike through the jungle:
My District:
A cool castle thing:
A family found out Hillary's first name and named their rabbit after her because it is white and has blue eyes:
Time is flying by, it is unreal!
This Saturday we had 5 baptisms between the Elders and Me and my Comp. Last Saturday we had 3. So the most recent Saturday was awesome because we had one of our new investigators come to the baptism! we planned it for 4pm so naturally here in central america, it started around 5:45 haha. During the waiting time our investigator, Jessica, came up to my companion and was like, hey, can I have a Book of Mormon? So we had a mini lesson and asked her to read about when Christ came to the Americas and pray to know if it is true. She said yes because last time she prayed to know if we were messengers of Christ and she had her answer in a dream. In the dream me and my companion were standing and holding a streamer I think between us and in the center was the heart of Christ. Kind of weird because she talks about the heart of Christ a lot but awesome because she was like I know that where you two are, there is Christ also! So cool.
So last Pday was so great. We planned to go to a waterfall with one of the recent converts in the branch, Freddy. So we left at 7am in case it was going to rain in the afternoon (which is usually does since it is the rainy season). So we hiked for about 2 1/2 hours in the most beautiful Jungle basically. Then some people told us that we were on the wrong path for the big waterfall. We didnt want to turn back so we kept going and made it to some small ones. It was really fun. We brought lunch and hung out and took pictures. Then Freddy ended up slipping on a rock and hurt his foot pretty badly. He could barely walk and we were out in the middle of nowhere so there wasnt any transportation until we got closer to town. so the 2 1/2 hour hike back was actually 3 1/2 which was actually really great because it as a lot of steep up hill and down hill so it was nice to walk slowly. Came back into town just as the rain came down so I was soaked, had some nice blisters, scrapes, and bug bites, and it was AWESOME!! Totally worth it.
On the way back we stopped and talked with this lady who works out there taking care of the coffee plants. She lives day to day and was crying because someone told her that the missionaries go out there sometimes and to look for them. (which is weird because the missionaries dont go out that far). I gave her a Plan of Salvation pamphlet and we invited her to come to church on Sunday although we didnt think she would actually come because it is so far away. But. Sunday morning in she walks with her ¨"husband" (hardly anyone is married here). They want to come to conference this Sunday too, Yay! Just goes to show us that the Lord is hastening his work. Miracles happen every day here, and it is amazing to be a part of it.
Saturday we get to go out to Chiquimula for conference and stay overnight with some of the sisters for Sunday conference too. I cant wait! Im pretty sure we nortes get to watch it in English too so that is great!!
Invite your friends to conference everyone!!!
I love you all!
Hermana Bender
Two families baptisms:
Our hike through the jungle:
My District:
A cool castle thing:
A family found out Hillary's first name and named their rabbit after her because it is white and has blue eyes:
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