Hello once again to all of my family and friends out there. Another hot day is passing me by in Honduras, and I must say I dont feel it that much....wow I must be getting used to it all I guess.
Anywho, we'll see if I have a little bit of information for you guys this week from what I can remember. Things are pretty rough out here in Ciudad España, and when I mean rough, I ain't jokin'. But we're always working hard in order to improve. The majority of the families that we found last week, kind of rejected us this week and don't really want to listen any more, but you know how that goes. I'm trying to keep up the faith and really work hard so I can find the people that Heavenly Father has chosen for me to find here in Ciudad España.
Tomorrow morning we have a special conference with Area President Don R. Clarke and I am really excited for it. We have been doing a lot of spiritual preparation for the meeting, and I hope it really helps me out to become an even stronger missionary. Elder Torres and I have been having better studies, and trying to do the best we can to prepare ourselves spiritually for the great meeting we're going to have. President Flores has also sent out a new challenge for all of us missionaries, and has asked us to read the entire Book of Mormon in 3 months. It's going to be a challenge for me since I am still finishing up 3 Nephi for the first time in Spanish (I'm reading real slow), but we'll see what kind of marathon reading I can get done next month!
With respect to the work that's going on around here, we did find a pretty positive investigator this week that we are working hard with. His name is Josè Aparicio and he is 86 years old. His daughter is a member that lives in San Pedro Sula, and came by to visit. We decided to go by and visit her so that we could see how her family was, and it turns out that her dad is really something. He has read the Bible from front to back several times and practically has it to memory. He had previously been attending an Adventist Church, but months ago the missionaries visited him, gave him a Book of Mormon, and never came back. When we found him, we found out that he had read the chapter assignment 3 times, while reading all of the footnotes to the Bible and comparing it word by word with the Bible. He told us that he really likes the Book of Mormon and wants to get baptized, but to be baptized exactly how Jesus was. I told him, "That wont be any problem!" Here in Ciudad España there is no baptismal font, so we either have to make our way down to Tegucigalpa, or hit up one of the nearby rivers. So if everything works out how we want it to, towards the end of the month we'll have a river baptism. I really like the guy and he makes my day, he's just silly sometimes. Due to his age, he says a lot of silly things and makes us laugh (sorry if I offended any senior citizens out there). He still has a bit of false doctrine in his head due to the large amount of years he has had in other churches. But we are doing the best we can to help him out.
This week Elder Torres and I have been a little bit sick. I don't know what happened but I think it was something we ate. We have not had an appetite for about 4 days now, and until yesterday I started eating again. It didn't affect any type of work, just that the beautiful treat that is "food" was taken from me this week. I hope to compensate for my lost meals by eating double this week in order to rebuild my equilibrium.
Other than that, the majority of our investigators just plain don't have a lot of interest. Sadly the only one that does, the Hno. Nicolas, can't be baptized due to problems with the Law of Chastity. We feel bad for the guy because he wants to be baptized and marry the woman he is living with, but she doesn't even like him. Well, they don't like each other at all, and the only reason he doesn't kick her out is cause she doesn't have anywhere to live, and he feels bad for the kids. So, thats on pause for right now, but we're always looking for ways to help him out. Other than that, things are slowly but surely going along for me. I hope that I can figure out more ways to have success...but Im alright! Don't worry about me! Love you all!
Vaya Pues,
Elder Tinkham
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