This week was fairly interesting. We did lots and lots of work in the office, but we managed to skip Thursday and spend a whole day in the field. We had a conference for all of Central America, and we have seen more miracles.
I started the week expecting angry calls from landlords because I messed up on the rents, and I forgot to pay them the three days before the first. Actually, I payed them three days before, but I forgot to account for the weekend, so I ended up having to pay them on a Saturday, which would make the payments appear in their bank accounts a whole three to four days late. I have already had some bad experiences with certain owners, so I was dreading the idea of getting calls from 80something angry Hondurans yelling at me in Spanish. It didn't happen though. Most of them didn't even call me, and the ones who did just called to make sure there wasn't a problem with their account or something. I love when we can all just be understanding of the poor gringo kid trying to play accountant. Haha. I am definitely counting my blessings, and I will be starting much earlier this next month.
On Tuesday, we had a super crazy day. I was literally answering two phones and having to run all over the place. Some people hadn't received their allowance and others had received too much, plus we had to help the APs get things ready for the multi zone conference. It was pretty hectic.
Wednesday and Thursday were the calm after the storm. I had very little to do, so little to do, that on Thursday, we only came to the office in the morning and spent the whole afternoon working in the field. It was great to go back to being a regular missionary, even if it was just for a few hours. We contacted the pastor of a church in our area, and we even managed to get in and teach a lesson. We contacted her and her daughter. The daughter has been deemed rebellious by her pastor mother, but seemed pretty calm to us. She even agreed to let us come back on Tuesday. She had lots of genuine questions and concerns. It will be interesting to see if we can't even convince her and her mom to come to church a few times. It is really a blessing to work with someone who has the same amount of time as me in the mission. It makes it easy to teach because we both have done it thousands of times.
On Friday, we were back to the usual grind, but without the car. The APs took it to La Ceiba to get the Multi Zone Conference ready to go, so we had to go to and from the office in a bus. It is like getting on a 30-cent roller coaster. It is terrifying, not very safe, and comes with entertainment. We had a drunk guy get on while on our way home. The poor guy was so drunk that he couldn't even walk right, and every time the bus would start to move or stop, he would go tumbling down the aisle into somebody new. The driver tried to get him to sit down, but he refused, so we got to watch him bounce around the inside of the bus for a while.
On Saturday, we went to a tiny little town called Morazan, Yoro. One of the assistants served there and has been wanting to go back, so when we woke up, we just randomly decided to go. We called President, and he said it was fine, so we left. The Latins wanted to stay behind, so we went the three gringos in the truck. Its about two hours in bus, but we made the trip in about an hour and a half. The road is a long and windy mountain pass, then you come out to this great view of the valley. It reminded me a lot of when you go into Jackson Hole, and they have that platrunky)
ce to pull off to see the valley. This was similar. SO pretty. It reminded me a little of Idaho and all those family trips. #baggy(
Sunday was a regional conference for all of Central America. We got to listen to three Seventies, Sister Stephens of the General Relief Society Presidency and Elder Andersen. It was good until some investigators showed up, so we gave them our good seats and we went and sat in the back. I couldn't hear over the children around us. I am sure that it was spiritual haha.
I hope that you all have a great week.
Elder Aldrich
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