Week 7

after not hearing from Riley last week, this letter was much anticipated!! 

Oh I know where to start.

 

SWEAT. Ive never experienced this much sweat in my life. But its all worth it. Its hot here, and Im in the most "cold" area of Honduras... haha I love it here. I really do. Yeah its hot. But thats the only down side.

So this email will be very informational.

My zone is La Ceiba, the farthest north part of the mission except for the island of roatan. Everyone wants to go to roatan. My area is Bella Vista. My area has super rich, 10k square foot air conditioned houses, and super poor people with tin roofs. and All sorts of people in between. I really actually like my area, and theres always someone to teach. Even if they dont want us to return, theyll always listen to us once. 

My companion, Elder Perdomo, hes the man. I love him so much. We work, but were always having fun. Always laughing. He speaks no english, but its okay because I can understand him near perfect. Hes from Panama. But the people here...... I DONT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING!!! Haha sometimes I can fully converse, other times, nothing. But always in lessons I can teach. Its a blessing from the spirit for sure. I had to give a short talk in church last week. That was fun/nerve racking. haha We have a great ward of about 100 people. They best missionaries here though, are our investigators and recent converts. Always sharing.

Theres a dog in my apartment complex that is a mini schnauzer like the whitings used to have. His name is spike. He reminds me of home. I love him haha 

Heres my funny tidbit for today. Basically, whenever you walk into an air conditioned building, its like Christmas. Its amazing. haha 

So today I wanna talk about the power of bearing your testimony. Its incredible to see that we could prove things right or wrong all day long, and we'll never progress. But testifying. That brings the spirit so strong. Its so much different than using the scriptures to try and prove a point. Even in my broken spanish, the spirit still testifies. 

Alls good here. Im super happy. I love it. The missions the best. Dont worry about me and spanish either. Its hard at times, but Im doing fine considering that I only have a few days here. 

I know the church is true and I know that the book of mormon is the word of god. I know we have a prophet on the earth today.

Love,

Elder Hodson