The Journeys of an Office Missionary

January 23, 2016

Hey Guys,

As always, we had another great week here in San Pedro Sula. I really am enjoying my time here in the mission offices. We are always busy, and it can be a little stressful, but we get to have new and unique experiences.

On Sunday last week we did divisions with our District Leader, Elder Victor, and his companion. They both came to our area to help us out because we don't get to work much, and they decided to be good guys and help us jump start our area. It is cool the miracles we see as office missionaries. Heavenly Father is aware that we are doing a lot, and that we really want to be in the field, so he just puts people in our path to help. In the few hours we were out working, we found a family that is ready and had been waiting to hear our message. They are cool people, and I can't wait to see their progress.

We had an Elder go home this week for health reasons, which is never fun. Our job is to make sure that he gets to the airport and on the plane, but since he hurt his back, he couldn't go on a bus, so we got to drive all the way to Tela! Tela is about 3 hours away in bus. We went and did all the interchanging of missionaries ourselves. We went and picked up an Elder, took him to Tela, and brought the other back with us. Honduras really is such a beautiful country. I am a little bummed that I wasn't able to take pictures, but it was way fun to drive.

I also got to go help with "the Ruta", a system we have to get the Elders and Sisters the things they need in order to be missionaries (scriptures, pamphlets, etc.). That meant more driving. We spent five hours driving all over Northern Honduras. We saw some pretty good things. I love the cars that are so filled with garbage that they are twice their size trying to drive down the freeways. The actual garbage trucks are funny to see too, because they look like hoarders on wheels, and the workers just ride on top usually. Today we saw a guy wrapped in plastic wrap, driving down the road on his motorcycle. I assume the plastic was to keep him dry.

I am very excited for tomorrow, because tomorrow is Sunday, and Sunday means work, and work means teaching. I hope that we can have more cool experiences as we search the elect of God. Have a great week.

Elder Aldrich

We wash the truck once a week, but I don't know why it gets dirty again in a matter of hours.

This is a huge Catholic Church in San Pedro Sula.  It is like the Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City.  Everyone give directions based on how many blocks you are from it.

Everyone in the mission calls our house the "Barbie Dream House." I assume it is because it is pink.

All the Las Vegas missionaries get trunky when they come into my office.