Week 49

I love surprises

Dear Family and Friends,

This week has been a week of surprises for me! The first came monday night at 1030 when they told me I was gonna train again!!! I was super pumped! My new sons name is Elder Godoy. Hes from Tegucigalpa Honduras and is serving here while he is waiting for his visa! Hes super awesome and we get along great. Hes like my dad, Elder Perdomo! We get along great and hes pumped to be here.

We had an awesome sunday. All of our investigators had fallen through for going to church, so a little discouraged we went to church alone. We showed up, and there was an investigator we hadnt seen in 2 weeks, Andy! Hes a teenager, 17, who always played soccer with us, but by himself he came to church! And he was there before us! And then shortly after, a less active member who weve been working with, Irvin, showed up with his friend Jimmy, who had received all of the lessons from the sister missionaries years before! I love suprises at church.

I also love how to Lord sometimes suprises us. We got on the bus on the way to church and there was Ana Maria Palacio, Dunias daughter. She was with a middle age man on their way to buy school supplies. I imagine hes a family friend helping them out. I said hi to him and said nice to meet you, and he shook his head and said its not nice to meet me. I said "well. thats fine with me!" and kept talking to ana. Let me tell you. Ive become quite brave here on my mission and Im not afraid to argue with anyone, and I was 1 second away from asking him what was his problem and giving him a good beating with the bible, but then, two elderly woman got on our packed bus, and immediately we stood up and gave them our seats while he just stared at us. Furious. Its funny how the Lord gives us perfect opportunities to shut people up by just our actions! haha

We taught a pastor this week! He didnt want to fight but he did have certain questions. So we gave him a little spanking with the bible. Its awesome to see that in only 1 year how much we can learn about the scriptures, and when we dont have a spirit of contention, how the holy ghost reminds us exactly where the scriptures are found. It actually was a really spiritual lesson and we gave him a book of mormon and a pamphlet and challenged him to read and pray!

Well. The mission is awesome. I love it. This gospel is true.

Elder Hodson