Seven Down, Two to Go

April 21, 2015

Hey guys,

This has been a really great, but very crazy week. Especially because I am writing this email on a Tuesday afternoon instead of on a Monday. Our mission president came to talk to all the leaders of the mission, and my companion happens to be a district leader, so he went to the meeting and I went and worked with another missionary. It was actually really fun because he was one of the Latinos Missionaries who was in my group. It was interesting talking to him about the mission from the two perspectives. It was also funny to hear about the funny things our group of gringos said to him in our early-Spanish stages.

This week we did have another baptism. This time it was the grandma and the aunt of the two boys we baptized at the end of March. Their family is huge, and they are all getting baptized two at a time. So far seven have been baptized, two more have baptismal dates, and two more are listening to us but have yet to accept a baptismal date. This Saturday we may, or may not, be having another baptism. I am really excited to be allowed to be a tool in the hands of the Savior as I work in this area with my companion. In my first area we did a lot of reactivating, but here we are doing a lot more baptizing. It's really been fun.

Just to give you an idea of a basic meal here in Honduras, think of rice, then some pork, and deep fry all of it. Haha. Here everything is deep fried and covered in rice. The food is actually pretty sweet or pretty salty, but never spicy. Hondurans are really kinda wimpy on that subject. They don't like peppers. I eat Baleadas for dinner every night which is literally just a tortilla with refried beans in the middle. Sometimes people give them to us with eggs, creme, or cheese as well. One with just beans costs the equivalent of 30 cents in America and one with eggs costs 50. It's a really cheap way to eat, and it fills you up. Pretty smart if you ask me.

This week was ridiculously hot. We broke 100 degrees this week, and it was pretty rough. 100 degrees in Vegas is intense, but 100 here is insane. There is no hiding out in the shade, behind fans, or even inside your house. It just bakes you from all sides, and we don't have air conditioning. It was crazy, especially because the power went out for 5 hours during the day last Tuesday, and at night Monday and Wednesday. It was a week that I will remember, but people were way nicer about letting us in and giving us some water because they all felt bad for us. I was pretty grateful for that.

I hope you all have a great week this week and enjoy your air conditioned homes ;) haha.

Elder Aldrich