Waters of Mormon

 

So, this has been a way cool pday. We went to an awsome little river and ran all over the rocks and stuff. I love this district. At the end, we chilled and I read Mosiah 18. It was beautiful outside, and sometimes I forget how cool it is to be here in Honduras. I submit that this was likely where it really happened... haha.

This week we taught some really cool lessons. One that was pretty cool was one we taught to a guy named Nery. He´s this guy we started teaching because I always saw him and he seemed really nice. He really loves his two boys, and his family is really important to him. He told us that he never really worrid about the afterlife or anything. He just figured that we should live a super positive life, and not worry too much about things like that. I explained to him that he probably will reach a point in his life where he will loose someone close to him, and contemplate if he can live with them again. This week he said that he was with his dad in the hospital before an operation, and he told me that what I had said to him came back, and he realized that if he were to loose his father in this moment, he would want the asurance that he could live with him again. It was really cool to see how the Lord is already preparing the people. He´s really starting to open up. I just really hope he goes to church now.

We have a part member family that we started teaching again (he´s been taught in the past), and he seems like this time he will be ready for baptism. He read the whole panflet for the Restoration, which is rare here. He Understands everything, and I think he´ll get a testimony (or recognize that he already has one). the big thing will be getting him off of the lottery, which he already has a goal to do. The trick in this country is just GETTING THEM TO CHURCH! As you can tell, I´ve been through some frustrating experiences on that front... haha. But I know that the Lord will bless us with success if we just keep moving forward.

I love you all. I pray for you too. Keep praying for me. Thanks so far for all the prayers.

Elder Kent Thalman

El Espiritu Santo

This week has been stellar. We have had some incredibly cool experiences and personally I was really happy with ever thing even though we didn't have too many people in the church. Politics here are killing us. But whatevs.

We have this one investigator that we've been teaching who we knew had some word of wisdom problems and stuff like that. She read the two pamphlets we gave her of wow and chastity, and before we even went with her to teach it, she started living it. I love LOVE it when that happens. She started lying to her friends and making up excuses to not go partying and stuff to stay away from alcohol and all that. Shes awesome, and we know shes going to start progressing and going to church.

We also started teaching a new gal name Ingrid. Shes AWESOME! We gave her a pamphlet of the Restoration and for some reason we both knew she was going to be really good even though the contact was normal. We came to teach her, and her little girl immediately told us that her mom wasn't home... then Ingrid said, "don't worry, I told them to come." haha. I laughed and said, "shes already trained!" She told us that she had read the whole thing and we asked her what it was about to see what she remembered. She remembered everything! then my comp showed her the page about prayer and praying to know if it was true, and she said that she had already done that. That is the hardest thing to get these people to understand. This was the day after the contact! And then we asked if she had heard of the Book of Mormon. she said it was mentioned in the pamphlet, so she went to her sisters house, where she knew there was one, and she read the intro on her own. All this before the first lesson!!! It was so cool. It just got to the point where I could feel the Spirit strong. It was one of the coolest lessons ever.

Rudi continues to be too intellectual for her own good, but the lessons we have with her are excellent. We felt like we really needed to help her understand the Spirit, and how He speaks with us. The Spirit was really really strong. In this lesson, and another lesson, my companion took the advice of our president and asked the question, "How do feel right now?" Unfortunately, Rudi is still having trouble understanding and feeling the Spirit... or rather, recognizing it.

The other lesson where my comp asked that question was with Jessica. Shes the wife of a family we've been teaching. Our best family actually. She straight up responded that she felt really happy whenever we were there. "Have you ever felt exactly like that?" She said that she never has, and that she wanted to feel that way all the time. We explained the gift of the Holy Ghost, and once again, I could feel it really really strong. It was an awesome lesson. We have a lot of confidence that these will all progress and get baptized, though we aren't sure when.

Our future missionary, Joel, finally came to church! He is way cool, and I think that he will probably be our next baptism. Stellar kid, and really receptive. He wants to go to a big seminary activity that they are going to have soon. I think he might have a crush on one our young women... but hey whatever gets him to church. haha, totally just kidding!

I love and miss you all. I know that the Spirit bears witness of the truth, and that listening to the whisperings thereof will guide us all in the paths of truth and joy.

Elder Thalman