Hello once again to all of my family and friends out there. I am writing to you from what may be the very last time I am ever in MetroMall, the lovely clean mall that has everything you could need to buy. Because, my time to part has come, and ladies and gentlemen, I’m heading back to the pueblos!
This week has been incredibly busy for Elder Sinclair and I. We had a ton of baptisms in the zone this week! The awesome thing was that we were able to meet the goal that we had placed for January, something that rarely happens, haha. We were super busy with all of the interviews that had to do, and we each interviewed somewhere around 6 people each.
We had a funny experience on Tuesday when we were travelling to the District Meeting. We decided as a house to sing once again on the buses when we got on. The first time...didn’t work so well. The bus was going super fast, and everyone was yelling at us to get out of the way. We didn’t stop singing and ended up laughing our way through “Count your many blessings,” we were trying to decide if we should still sing another song on the way home due to the large hilarity and embarrassment of the first time. But we decided to do it anyway! We got on and started singing, and this time it turned out to be great! I sat down and talked to a lady named Fransica about the Plan of Salvation. She has a big family and was very nice, I’m going to send the reference to the missionaries for her.
We received the changes yesterday, and unexpectedly I have been transferred. I think that this is going to be my last area since I only have 3 changes left. I have been transferred to the area called Campamento, which literally means “camping grounds” in English. This is definitely going to be the pueblo of all pueblos due to the smallness and ruralness that it really is. I’m not sure how it’s going to be since I’ve never been around there before. It’s actually pretty close to the city of Juticalpa, where I was at last year. My companion is going to be Elder Torres (my 2nd companion named Torres) and he is from Guatemala. I don’t know too much about him but I’m pretty sure it’s going to be great! It’s going to be different trying to be a leader in the pueblos areas because everything is so much further away, and it’s definitely going to be even harder, but I’m up for the challenge! I was reading this morning in the Liahona the talk from Elder Dallin H. Oaks about the 2 lines of communication, and it really helped me out in my preparation for what’s about to come. I am really going to rely on the personal line of communication these months, so that I can receive the revelation that I need for the new zone, which is called Talanga.
I don’t really have too much more time to write for this week, but all I know is that I’m entering a new epoca of the mission, and I’m really excited for what’s about to come. I love you all and I hope that you have a great week and that you all take care. Thanks so much for everything.
Vaya Pues!
Elder Tinkham
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