Arriving in Honduras

We got Elder Jarman to Sky Harbor on Monday evening, and he got off without any problems. In Miami he met up with two other missionaries, including Elder Dresser (from Sacramento) who was in his mission district. They had about a four hour layover, and then travelled together to Honduras.

The mission has a nice little Facebook page where they regularly post pictures, so we watched it all day. Last night I was refreshing it again when this appeared.

It was pretty exciting, and comforting to know that he had obviously arrived safely. Then last night about 8pm, I got a call and caller ID said Honduras. It was Chaz and we got a chance to talk on the phone for about 10 minutes. Each of their companionships has a phone. He didn't have lots of details, but mentioned that they went and got Wendy's for dinner and then had Little Ceasar's later because some of the missionaries were still hungry. American chain restaurants are a thing apparently. He couldn't tell us much about his first area or companion. He said his first companion doesn't speak English and neither does the mission president. His wife speaks a little. I can't think of a faster way to pick up the language.

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Pictures with Details

Still no letter from Chaz this week, but we talked with him after he sent a bunch of pictures. Here are some of the photos with explanations: Elder Bahr and Elder Jarman at a river near their house. Cooling off in the water. No swimming! Elder Jarman teaching members how to make French Toast Teeter break during the day. There was a whole rabbit cooking thing, not sure if this is rabbit or not. Making corn - said it tastes like popcorn. Skinning and eating rabbit. Chaz says it tasted amazing.

Teaching, Music, Lessons and a Baptism

Monday Spent the morning at the mission office. Bussed back and did my email and phone call. Played some basketball at the church. I'm not great at making 3pt shots but up close I'm decent. Tuesday - Got another baptism date We had district council and lunch with the district. There was a small restaurant? bar? behind a sweet shop. We had pollo chuco again. (Chicken covered with sauces) We taught this investigator, Esperanza who couldn't read but has been taught the lessons and wants to know if the church is true. She's currently having issues because her family and her family's pastor have been pressuring her not to go to church. After the lesson we did her dishes using one of the outdoor "sinks". It was a large basin filled with water and had a ledge where you could wash your dishes. You get clean water from the basin, wash the dish, and you deposit the dirty water on the ledge because it had a drain. Later that day we visited an inactive family wh...

Last Week (this is late, from the last week of October)

---Baptism--- We had the baptism of Nayeli on Sunday. She had been an investigator for a very long time (since last December) and many missionaries had given up on her. The entire ward attended which was great. We ran out of cake and there wasn't enough seating for everyone. It was great to see her take that step ---Another Baptism--- We attended the baptism of the bishop's daughter on Monday as well. The baptism doesn't count for us, but it's still great to see another baptism for the ward. We were able to help with the prep for it which was fun. We had to tape a mop to a broom to get the door open (hard to fill the font without the keys to it but we managed) ---Spiritual Thought-- But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 14:6 I really like this scripture because of how well it describes the Holy Ghost. He helps us ...

Elder Chaz Jarman

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