It may not be on the mountain height

I put a caption next to each day because this week was a bit interesting.

P-Day

We cleaned the apartment. Nuñez got a haircut and we used the complex's washer and dryer to do laundry. We had pollo chuco with the other companionship in our district. We all traveled to Comayagua together. I did the video call there and we played some basketball. The Hondureños were not the best at it. At one point it was 7 Hondureños vs 3 Carachos (The term used for gringos on Honduras) The Hondureños didn't do well. Next we headed off to the biggest mission house in the Zone. We had dinner (Honduras style dinner) and went to bed. The entire house was covered mattresses because that house really didn't have the capacity for 8 Elders.

Hospital

We had district council that day. All 4 of us sitting in the church building's family history center. Elder Nuñez had really bad back pain to the point he couldn't walk for like 10 minutes. After the meeting we headed off to the Hospital which was 3 hours away in Tegucigalpa. The hospital was really boring, no surprise. The problem with Nuñez was back strain and maybe a kidney stone? I didn't really understand what was going on. We got Popeyes after the hospital visit and we headed back to that one crappy house in Tegucigalpa. The Elders their fixed the broken staircase and bought toilet paper so it wasn't as bad. Next day, Elder Nuñez had physical therapy and a meeting in the morning so I was really bored. We had Little Cesar's for lunch (They do not eat healthy at the mission office) and we were off to Carmen. That night we contacted some referrals and that was the day.

Zone Conference

We had to get up early for a zone conference in Comayagua (1 hr drive in a 12 person van that had 15 people in it) that morning. It was fun and I didn't understand the Mission President really or his wife. I did understand his Caracho AP so I got something out of it. After we got back in Carmen we has a mission coordination meeting with the branch mission leader, branch president, and one of the President's councilors.

Friday Baptism I guess?

We had a lesson from someone who is a member of the Reformed Church of Jesus Crist of Latter Day Saints. (Planning lessons for him is difficult) We got a baptism planned this week for an 8 year old in an all member family, so I guess it counts. My companion left the house keys at a member's house so we had to got get them back after we just visited them.

Saturday: "It may not be on the mountain height"

Oh yes it was on the mountain height. 

It was a standard day of mission work and we had a lesson with someone who lives in La Mata. So we're walking towards the mountain and my companion tells me its on the other side of that mountain, gesturing to a close but VERY tall mountain. It's an hour walk to or from that area We were able to hitch hike up to La Mata. We met a member who lives up there (I say up there because of how high up it was) and we went together to the lesson. 

As with any lesson about the restoration, weird things happened during it. Their dog ran in for no reason, there was a phone call and while we were taking about the first vision the front door slammed shut for no reason. It spooked all of us but we just continued.

We visited an inactive family that was up really high on this farm on top of the mountain. The member bought us soda, we said good bye, and we headed back down the mountain. While we were heading down we passed by this house and Elder Nuñez insisted we visited it. We were able to teach a lesson about faith to this family and they were interested in more lessons.

It took a good hour to get back to the apartment. We taught a virtual lesson and we were done for the night.

Sunday: "So Close" and "This looks familiar"

(This day just really had to have two titles)

We got ready earlier that morning because we were going to take some investigators to church with us. It took us a while to get there and when we got there, the 11 (or was it 13?) yr old was interested but his older sister wasn't. The agreement we had with their mother was both of them not only one of them. So we walked back to the church with no success.

During church a drunk walked into the church building  and we talked with him because he seemed interested. Again as we were talking a door slammed shut for no reason.

I had no idea what was going on during Elders Quorum. Afterwards we consecrated some oil because a lot of the Elders didn't have any. The branch president needed a baptism thing for his grandmother so we let him borrow one (We have a lot in our apartment).

I took a nap in our apartment and afterwards we headed to Tegucigalpa because Nuñez had therapy in the morning. There was another group of Elders there because one of the newer missionaries got in an accident the same day we visited the hospital (Two missionaries at the hospital at the same time on Tuesday). He has a leg injury and is fine. We had balianas for dinner that night. They're pretty good.

Language

They do not pronounce their S's here. Also, I can understand the American's Spanish just fine but I can't understand the natives very well. I think my Spanish is getting alot better but it is still very hard to understand the Native's.

Transportation

Short explanation of the different types of transport. Smallest vehicle to Largest.

• (I don't know the name for this one but think motorcycle with a roof and 2 seats in the back)- very fast way to get around. You see them in Tegucigalpa but not Siguatepeque. 
• Taxi- they call out to you and are not cheap to ride in but are comfortable.
• Busito (12 person van) uncomfortable and they put 20 people in them.
• Smaller Buses-  typically do specific routes and can carry around 30 people.
• Large Buses- generic routes (San Pedro to Tegucigalpa) have tons of people in them. 

Drivers here think they need to race one another and they are reckless. Who needs roller-coasters when you have transportation here. You will fall off your seat if you don't hold on.

Food

I really love the plantains here. They make them into chips (really good) or they fry them and they are large and flavorful.

Balianas are amazing. Refried beans, "cream cheese" (best description I can think of) and whatever else they want to put on it. I've had them with plantains, eggs (most common), and chicken.

I will add more if we get to visit with Chaz later today. bj