Hey fam!
Well it has been a really great week out here in
Guaimaca. its so different from all of my other areas. Oh and i forgot
to tell you about my companion last week.. His name Elder Quiñonez and
he is from Guatemala City. He has 20 months on the mission and has been a
Zone Leader for the Last 3. He is a really chill guy and is a lot of
fun. Im really looking forward to this change with him. We get along
really well. He was in the office as a secretary for awhile too,
actually he was actually in the office when i arrived here in Honduras.
Anyways, We had a good pday last week, we just went shopping and
then kicked a soccer ball around for awhile. There isnt a whole lot to
do here in the zone so im gonna have to get creative to find something
to do that is more fun than just playing soccer every week. On tuesday
we had our first Zone meeting of this change and it went really well.
Its kind of hard for our zone to get together though because everone is
pretty far apart. Thats the problem with the zones outside of the City.
Anyways we just talked about how to make real goals and commiting to
them.
On Thursday we had a branch activity. We watched a short video and
gave a spiritual thought and then we played some games. Elder Quiñonez
and i were in charge of the game that we would play so we went to the
store close by and bought a bunch of eggs and waterballoons. We did an
egg toss with the eggs and then when we ran out of those we used water
balloons...and that turned into a water balloon fight (not a good call
on our part). And of course everyone thinks its HILARIOUS to throw water
balloons at the missionaries. so we got soaked. good news is that it
was a pretty big success, about half the branch showed up and a lot of
nonmembers as well.
Friday we had another activity in the branch. The branch presidency
made a dinner for all the couples in the branch and they spoke about
marriage. it was a pretty good success too, about 30 people showed up
and we got a free dinner so we cant complain. Also kind of randomly one
of the missionaries that served here about 9 months ago came back to
visit with his dad. His names Elder Kimball from CA....That got me
thinking about after my mission, i really would like to return and visit
my old areas afterwards.
Saturday the other companionship here in Guaimaca had a 2 baptisms
but they kind of dropped the ball and didnt realize that they didnt have
baptismal clothing and didnt let us know til that morning. So my
companion and I had to take a bus to Talanga which is about 45 minutes
away to pick up the clothes. While we were there we visited the
missionaries in our zone that are there and studied with them for a
little while. Then we got back on the bus and went back to Guaimaca.
When we got there I did the baptismal interview with the
investigators...it was the first interview ive given, but it went really
really well. After that we continued with the baptismal service...a lot
of people showed up so that was nice. Then right as the first person
was about to step into the water...THE POWER WENT OUT. perfect timing
haha. And when the power goes out here its usually for a couple hours at
a time and it was pitch black because it was dark outside as well.
Instead of canceling the baptism my companion and i ran to this store
that luckily was open, and bought some candels. We brought them back and
lit a bunch so we could see and then we continued with the baptisms and
everything turned out well....looking back at it im not sure if thats
okay to do with the candles...but the good thing is that 2 people got
baptized. Afterwards they gave their testimonies about how satan is
always trying to put obstacles in our way but we have to carry on and
obey the commandments...even when the lights go out.
Well thats about it for this week! thank you so much for your
letters and your prayers. I got all the pictures that Ali sent me. Rosie
is so big! Luella too! its crazy how much theyve grown up in just 14
months. Well thats it for me. until next week...
Con amor,
Elder Archibald