Zone conference in La Ceiba. I had told all of the Latin missionaries that I was going to draw 2 names out of hat and that those 2 would have to share their testimonies in English so everyone better be prepared to share their testimonies in English. I drew the 2 names and could tell they were really scared. I told them they didn't have to do it this time, but that I was serious and that they would have to do it next time. I asked for 2 volunteers and Elder Carreto and Elder Siciliano volunteered and did an excellent job sharing their testimonies. I decided that I was going to do my presentation in Spanish. I didn't practice as much as I wanted to because life is just so busy but I decided to do it anyway. I brought my computer because I thought it would be easier to read on, but it wasn't. I couldn't hold it as close and I couldn't figure out how to make the font bigger. So I was struggling to read. Plus I had put a paragraph in Spanish and then had the English below it so it made it kind of hard to follow. I lost my place and read things out of order. By this time I was super flustered and didn't know what to do. I finished very poorly and was just barely holding it together. Of course all the missionaries told me I did a good job because they are just the sweetest things, but I really bombed it. I hope that it will help them to see that it is OK to make mistakes and encourage those who are trying to learn English to keep trying.
Olanchito Zone
Miramar Zone
La Ceiba Zone
Practices!
Our 2 new AP's delivered a great message about finding and contacting and having the faith to stop teaching people that aren't progressing.
Our AP's!
Elders Milla, Paredes, Dick, and Rivas
I'm not sure I wrote anything about this. Last Friday, September 12th, we decided to call 2 more AP's. Our AP's felt very overwhelmed and that they were not getting out and being able to do enough divisions plus we have so many new missionaries that need training. So after much thought and prayer we called Elders Dick and Rivas Rameriz to be AP's also. The goal is for 2 of them to always be out doing divisions if not all 4 of them. Sometimes 2 of them will need to stay in the office but at least 2 will always be out doing division. They did a ton of divisions this week. I think it is going to make a huge difference in our mission! They are all awesome missionaries with such a love for missionary work. Elder Dick is from New Mexico and Elder Rivas is from Guatemala.
We did flu shots at zone conference!
Elder McCune is an incredible piano player. He was performing and all of the missionaries were gathering around to listen.
The missionaries just love to hug each other. It cracks me up. This is Elder Echols (whose face you can see) and Elder Milla.
Hermana Yat
Elder Rivas stayed with us all day Friday and while Kirt did more interviews while the other 3 AP's took the bus back. It was fun to get to know Elder Rivas better. I love hearing their stories why they decided to come on a mission. Elder Rivas turned in his papers twice and got rejected for health reasons (he did not tell us what health reason). He decided that he was not going on mission an was going to go to school, but his dad and his stake president encouraged him to try again. His stake president called him in and he didn't want to go because he knew he was going to ask him to go on a mission and he didn't want to go. But he went anyway and his stake president did ask him to go. He said yes. He said he didn't know why he said yes. He came on the mission, but wasn't super converted.
Back at the office with all the AP's.
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