Week 31: Campanaaaaa!

Transfers

Yooooooooo

Super lit week.

Started off with some last goodbyes in Copán and some tears were shed on both sides. I love that place and those people but I was also so ready for a change of scene.

Somehow, Elder Evanson and I were able to travel to La Entrada with all of our things to spend the night with the ZLs before transfers and to our surprize, Elder Peterson was there! Soooo dope to see that absolute dawg again. Had a super awesome day in La Entrada just being with some incredible people and getting to witness someone begin their journey on the covenant path through baptism.

Thursday was transfers and my new area is Campana!! My new companion is Elder Best and he is from Utah and just finished up his first 2 transfers in the mission and has such a desire to be obedient and get to work. This area is on the complete opposite side of the mission from Copán. The beach is like 20 minutes away, there are about 40 million palm trees, it is WAY hotter, and I absolutely love it here.

So there used to be 4 elders here with 2 separate areas, but this transfer it is just me and my companion to cover the two (massive) areas as we wait for more missionaries to come in March. It is a little stressful learning two areas at once from a companion who only knows one and is still getting the ropes on Spanish but I know we can keep the work going here because the Lord has put his trust in us to do so.

The ward– yes, ward– is incredible here with so many returned missionaries and so many people who want to help us out in the work so that is a huge help. The owners of our apartment also let us use their washing machine for free. In conclusion, prayers are answered folks.

We have some friends with tons of potential that we are teaching that can really use your prayers. Arlette Lara, Ever Ayala, and Erick Arita.

I am pretty stressed as I take on this large responsibility of these two areas and doing 95% of the talking and understanding, but the Lord is already showing forth His hand and His love in this work. Go listen to “The Imperfect Harvest”. Absolutely fire talk. The gospel is the answer. If we are trying to do our best and praying always, the Lord will consecrate our efforts and make them perfect.

Love you all so much and I love being a missionary so much!

Élder Snyder