¡Hola!
Most
of the time, I have to rely on my companion to know where we are going,
because I still have no concept of direction here. The streets are
dirt and don´t have names. House addresses are also non-existent here.
There are certain blobs of neighborhoods with certain names, but not
perfect blocks. If you ask someone their address, they will say "I
live in the green colored house in barrio santa cruz across the street
from Pulperia Sandi". or something to that extent. Fun stuff.
Our
whole district lives in Catacamas, there are 8 of us total. There are
two branches that meet at our church, Rama Catacamas and Rama Guayape.
Elder Torres and I are Guayape B and attend Rama Guayape at 10:00 on Sundays.
On Wednesday
we went to the temple, which meant a four hour bus ride to
Tegucigalpa. On the way there we would stop and pick up other
missionaries from other areas and eventually had a bus full of
missionaries. I didn't see anyone from the CCM. The Temple is super
pretty and up on a hill overlooking the city. I am always so impressed
by the detail and the workmanship put into the temples. I was also able
to get headphones and do the session in English (which meant I was the
only one NOT watching the dubbed version). It is so great to go to the
temple because it is a huge reminder of my purpose as a missionary.
After the session, some of us ordered Little Caesar's and some guy on a
motorcycle came and delivered it to the temple haha! Super great day,
but long bus rides.
On Friday
we had a zone meeting in Juticalpa (the next town over, about an hour
on the bus). Its always fun meeting up with the other missionaries and
we go out to lunch afterwards.
Saturday
the 6 elders in our district went a did a service project for a family
that the hermanas were teaching. We went down to the river and dug up
sand and brought it back to their house so they could use it for cement
or something like that. Later that day we went to their baptism at the
church. We also taught one of our investigators, Claudia, today. While
we were teaching her, one of her friends came over and ended up staying
for the rest of lesson. (whoo a contact! haha).
On Sunday we were supposed to meet with Claudia to show her the way to church, but no one was home when we arrived. Kinda frustrating.
Today,
our zone met up in Catacamas and we went and played cage soccer
(cancha). It´s like a small soccer field that is all enclosed. After
that we all went out to lunch. Fun first full p-day.
We have other people that we are teaching, but I don't have too much time to write more about them.
The
language is coming along little by little. I feel like I can speak
alright, but when I don´t understand what other people are saying, I
don´t speak too much. haha. It will get better with time.
I love you all!
- Elder Burnham
We got to go to the Temple in Tegucigalpa - 4 hour bus ride, totals worth it
The Temple in Tegucigalpa
main square of Juticalpa
One last photo from the Mexico CCM, the night we were all leaving to our different missions
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