One more week down and one more to go in Campana before transfers!
We are just seeing so many miracles and just having such awesome experiences.
One of the highlights of this week was being able to go to the temple with our recent convert Joshua! We helped him with his FamilySearch account and helped him to get the name of his grandpa. The ward bus left at 4am so Elder Prior and I found ourselves walking on the side of the highway at 3:30am in the pitch black and all of the sudden this old guy riding his bike appeared out of nowhere and yelled “hombres galileos!” as he passed by. Super weird and I have no idea what he meant by that but honestly such a vibe. I hope he got to where he was going at 3:30am. Once in the temple, I had the blessing to be the one to confirm the Holy Ghost for and in behalf of his grandpa. The Spirit that was present during that moment was something I never want to forget. It truly strengthened my testimony of temple work and the power of the laying on of hands.
Jefferson and María are still have baptismal dates for this Sunday and we are so excited for them! Please keep Jefferson in your prayers because out of nowhere he has started having doubts about whether or not he is ready. We have faith that everything will be okay but prayers would be much appreciated.
We got robbed. We were walking to the church one night and as we were in this pretty dark and isolated spot, a motorcycle stopped right next to us. The man on the bike had a duffel bag on his lap. He reached inside and pulled out a bag of bread. He told us to buy it for 100 lempiras (this bread normally costs 50) and I wasn't trying to see what else he may pull out of the bag so we happily bought the super overpriced bread. Sorry for the clickbait but we honestly got robbed in that transaction.
We met a woman this week who had been taught by her church that because she wasn't perfectly obedient to their list of extreme commandments she was not a daughter of God, simply a “creation” of His. My companion and I immediately felt such compassion for her and we told her that that teaching was simply false and that God truly loved her no matter what and that she was, is, and will always be a daughter of God. The next day she posted on her story how good she felt when she heard us say “God loves you”. I really have no idea if she will progress but that moment was a testimony building moment for me on a subject that I have always kind of blown over.
We are teaching this one single mother and her 19 and 21 year-old sons and they are just awesome. They used to be suuuuper active members in a different church but had a falling out in that place. They have come to church a couple of times and this week we had one of the most spiritual lessons ever with them about the Restoration of the Gospel. In the end, they all said they would be baptized into the church if they received their answer about the Book of Mormon. I know that they already know that it is true. With them, it has been a more slow yet steady process of teaching them but they are now super close.
Just went wilderness exploring in the jungles of the northern coast of Honduras in search of a waterfall. We did not find the waterfall but we found something equally, if not more, interesting. A calm and completely untouched part of the river and a lot of rocks. All men understand me. All of us elders were basically at Disneyland for at least an hour throwing rocks and pushing boulders off the cliffs into the water as the sisters sat and laughed at us. It was awesome. We then went to the pier and just being on top of the ocean again made me so happy. Can't wait to be able to get in the water in a few months.
This week, we had a really cool experience with some members that we visited. We talked to them about sharing the Gospel and they then expressed the difficulties and rejection that they have faced from very close family and friends when they have tried to share the Gospel. We felt the impression to make them a very specific promise and afterwords, the mother of the family asked us why we visited them. She then went on to explain how the Lord has never left them alone. In their doubts, their trials, etc. the missionaries or someone from the ward always shows up or reaches out and helps with exactly what they didn't know they needed. The Lord works in mysterious ways and he truly is in the details of the details. He answers prayers and he keeps his promises.
With so much love,
Élder Snyder
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