Merrill & Colleen's Honduran Adventure

  Sunday June 30, 2024 What a great week this past week has been.  There was a "Mission Week" initiative here in the Central America Area where missionaries and all members were invited to do certain things each day.  Then yesterday, on Saturday the Hermanas, had a double baptism, Grandma Marina, and her granddaughter, Allison.  The Elders baptized them then President Mendoza and I did the confirmations.   On Monday it was to hold a family home evening and invite friends and neighbors, Tuesday was to give someone a Book of Mormon, and every day was something simple and easy that we all can do to share the gospel with others.  We had a great week with the Elders and Hermana's de Tela and Telamar.  We started out the week with a family home evening at Doris's house with all her grandkids, it was so awesome to be there all together with them, I'll add some pictures.  It was nighttime by the time we took the pictures so they are not great but it ...

 Sunday June 23, 2024 We had a baptism here yesterday afternoon, Rodrigo Jared Romero Contreras was baptized by Elder Slade.  He is one of four boys in a part member family.  There are so many part member families here, perhaps everywhere, but little by little the missionaries are able to unite families through their covenants.  Lupe Romero is the grandmother of Rodrigo, and his brothers.  She is a very faithful Grandmother who tries so hard to help her grandchildren attend and participate in Church.  She was unable to attend the baptism because she has been unwell, she spent a week in the local hospital, but she was able to return home this past Tuesday, but was not feeling well enough to attend the baptism.  Rodrigo's dad, Lupe's son is not a member but now, the oldest three of their sons are baptized members.  He is not married to the mother of their children and have not made the effort to get married and then baptized.  It is so common h...

 Sunday June 16, 2024 We are going to start out with a great missionary story today.  Elder Quirós is currently serving a mission in the Honduras San Pedro Sula East mission.  He and his mom were baptized about 18 months ago by two missionaries who came to their home tracting like missionaries do.  They live in Costa Rica.  The picture on the left,  Antes (which means before), 0was taken on the day that he was baptized, the picture is of the missionary who is from Guatemala, who taught and baptized the mom and Elder Quirós,  a bit confusing because I don't know what his first name is, but I hope it makes sense.  Then the picture on the right , Después (wich mean after), was taken about a month ago, is of the now Elder Quirós, who is now serving a mission and the missionary who baptized him, now a returned missionary who came here to visit him.  I don't know the name of the young man from Guatemala, but what an experience it must be to have ta...