A Week of Authorities‏

Hello once again to all of my family and friends and associates! Haha this week has been a pretty good one and I have a lot to talk about, and don't know where to start!

Lets see...Tuesday I was almost in changes again with another newer missionary named Elder Pellecer in The Sabana. The Sabana is on the other side of Comayagua, and those guys are in my district so it was really fun. I spent the night over there with Pelle (pay-ay) and we had a great time chatting (especially since my trainer is the same trainer he had!). The next morning, we had our studies and everything, but we never got the chance to get out and tract because we had to leave for Tegucigalpa. We went to Teguc because we were having a missionary conference with Elder Enrique R. Falabella, an Area Seventy from Guatemala. Wow that was incredible. We were going to leave at about 4 in the morning Thursday morning but rather than that we came down Wednesday afternoon, and that night we spent the night again with my buddies the Zone Leaders in Toncontin, Elder Mautama and Elder Blanco. Elder Blanco is from New Zealand and he finishes his mission in like 2 weeks. We spent the last 2 hours of the night playing wall ball, talking a lot, and playin' fun games. And then we slept under stars that night, man it was cold haha! It is starting to actually get a little bit (emphasis on a little bit) cold here. This morning it was like 38 degrees, freaking freezing! I'm going to die when i get back to Utah haha. But its just cause I'm used to the average of 110 degrees....

Anywho, the conference with Elder Falabella was really awesome. He trained the heck out of us and taught us a lot of things that we need to improve as missionaries here. He asked us a lot of rough questions and didn't hold anything back, but I liked it! We spent basically the whole day in Tegucigalpa, and it was really great to have a good day with missionaries.

Also, it has rained basically every day this week, and really hard! All my clothes are basically permanently soaked, but that's the mission life for you! I'm getting pretty used to the lifestyle of literally having nothing to your name, hardly any food, just a bed and desk, and few clothes. Its totally awesome!

This weekend we also had Stake Conference. Elder Falabella was there and it was very full in the chapel because we had a change in the Stake Presidency. It was really emotional to listen to the testimonies of the old Stake Presidency and all of that, or at least what I was able to listen to, because it was so full that we had to give up our seats. And of course, as missionaries, we were the first to get kicked out! But it was great because we brought about 9 investigators to church! The one problem I am really scared about is that the new Stake President lives in my branch, and before the rule was that the Zone Leaders have to live in the same area as the Stake President. This might possibly mean that I will be leaving Piedras Bonitas for La Paz, a smaller neighboring pueblo. I am willing to accept the Lords will, but I really really really don't want to go yet! Haha.

Anyways, Josè and Maria and their daughter Jasmine should be baptized this upcoming Saturday! We are a little nervous because we are still just waiting for the identity card of Josè to arrive. The wedding should be this upcoming Friday, and the baptism the next day. Josè passed the interview with President Flores, and we were real excited about that. So we will finish up teaching them this week! Woo Hoo!

That's all I have for you guys this week, I hope everyone is doing well and I pray for each of you every night. I love you and miss you all.

Vaya Pues!
Elder Tinkham