Getting Wet (9/19/11)

I guess I need to put someone else in charge of updating these posts. Here is what he wrote on 9/19/11:

Hola Familia!

Things are going pretty sweet here in Honduras. The rainy season unofficially started around Wednesday, and it rains pretty hard every day several times a day. We are always wet, either with sweat or rain water, but to be honest, it doesn't bother me at all. It actually feels really good.

I don't really know much about my Mission President. He seems like a nice guy, but he knows about as much English as I know Spanish, so yeah, we communicated a little, but I'm excited for the day I can actually have a real conversation with him in Spanish. 

Okay, so on Saturday we had a baptism! I was the one who did it too! I baptized Johnathon. He is 13 years old, and we've been working with him since I got here, so it was pretty cool baptizing him. We are currently working with a lot of people, but my favorite investigators are by far Familia _________. Hector, the dad, is about 20, and he is progressing really really well. He reads all the time in the Book of Mormon, and knows where all the books are. His testimony is growing tremendously, and he is an example to the rest of the family and they are excited too because of his excitement. We had 6 people show up to church yesterday, which was awesome, but we were expecting 12. The other 6 people told us they were coming and everything and we checked and double checked and offered rides and everything and they still didn't show up. It was a little disappointing, but our lesson with Familia _______ made me happy again.

So I had a rough patch this week. My stomach was just killing me for about 5 or so days. It finally calmed down, and I'm back to being regular again, which is nice. My Spanish is growing daily, but its still not where I want it to be. I know that this is a test of my patience and diligence, but those are two things I am not good at, so I guess this is good for me. So some other small details about life in Honduras. There is one temperature for the water: Ice Cold. Showers are interesting..... hahahahaha. Its quite the shock to go from sweating and hot to purple and shivering. But I love it, and I'm getting used to it slowly but surely. Breast feeding is public is acceptable and normal, and that's always awkward. And being on time is something unheard of. If the activity is supposed to start at 5, don't even show up till 5:45, and it'll start around 6.

So life is good, and I'm loving it here. I took out some money a couple days ago, and I'm going to go shopping for a rain coat today. I love you all, and I'm grateful for your prayers.

Elder Hansen