Week 33

hey everybody. I really dont have time or the animos to write yall but its cool im kinda obligated to write you guys. this week not a lot happened. we knock like a thousand doors. haha. but my comp hates to contact. but whatever haha. who likes knocking random doors, right?


Well just a cool little expirence. Yesterday we visited a little old lady who lives up in a mountian and has 79 years. and five years in the church and goes to church every week. and she walks like an hour just to get to the chapel. And she is one of the most faithful members of the ward. We sang a himno with her and she didnt even use a book she knew every word memorized. what a gal, right? Just another reminder for me to be grateful for my life. that i dont have to go on a hike to get church. I really have been blessed with a ton


Love you guys


Elder Owen

Week 32

Hey yall. Is me again ha. I can believe how fast time is flying here. its nuts haha. So my week was good, i have a cold and dont feel too well but whatever im doing amazing.


So in this week a lot happened. first I met a guy whose last name is Owen as well. And his grandparents are greengos moved from the states. So probably like a long lost cousin in honduras haha. As well in the afternoon, we had a lesson with a lady named Kayla. Its funny how we found her, we found her husband in the street and went to teach them and the guy was super rude, so im pretty sure she invited us in to be rude to him. But, the lesson went great, she has started to read the book of Mormon and wants to be baptized... but, shes not married and so well see where this can go.


As well, we saw a good ol miracle here in the comayagua. We found a drunk dude in the street and hes all like,"I wanna change!" Just like every drunk says. but we went to his house and its a mess food and bottles all over the place it smells really bad too haah. Dudes been drunk for weeks and started telling us about the bad things he has done. (Like killing people and stuff) and wanted to show us all of his weapons hhaa. he lives with a ton gangsters and bad people reallyyyy skechy. But we shared with him a pamphlet of the plan of salvacion. and we came back and he had read it! and he was a little less drunk. and so we left him a Book of Mormon and we left him Alma chp. 24 to read (thats when a ton of murderous people bury their weapons in the earth and repent for all the bad they had done) and so we went back again. And we get into his house and its clean, 100 percent. and hes sober and sits down to talk with us and holy cow. He had changed in like a week. so long story short hes gonna be baptised soon. haha


Okay so saturday and sunday we went and taught the family Sarabia and the wife and daughters are super stoked to be baptised and the husband is still working on gaining a testimony of the BOM. But well see what happens, he told us if its true he´ll drop everything of his church and be baptised.
and sunday we visited a member and guy says "yall never have visited my neighbors" and so we went over there and his neighbor says, "so what are the requirements to be baptized" and shocked we said, "We gone teach you and you gotta get married" so hes stoked to start going to churhc and be married and be baptised.


Theres a ton more that happened. but i dont feel well, and dont want to write a ton


love yall


Elder Owen

Week 31

Hey everyone. how is it going?


So still lovin comayagua. Theres some really good people here and some really bad people, but whatever. I called my family yesterday. so that was nice. you know everything is normal here. I ate at wendys and felt sick for a hot minute. but it was worth it.


I dont have too much to say today. I went and loooked for a ton of people to teach this week and found some families. and that makes me happy becasue i have the chance to be the first one that explians to them that the family is forever and that this life has reason. theres actually a lot of people who think we all go to hell alone. haha, how pointless would life feel if thats what you believed? Right? ha.


Love you guys

Week 30

hey everybody! whats up? so not a lot happened in this week was cool. got to know some new people. my house is really pretty (compared to the other haha) and i have hot water that comes outta the house. so im living the dream. my comp is named elder choy and isfrom guatemala. hes cool, we get along fine.


so okay, the new area im in is called comayagua. so oddly, there is a ton of wild donkies here haha. and pretty much all the roads are dirt. theres some nice rivers and lakes where i can go fishing. just gotta find a fishing pole. haha. theres a ton of cows and chickens here too.


so the work here is hard, the members dont really want to help us too much, cause the missionaries before were kinda bad people, so i gotta work with the and everything. but we doing good out here, found a lady named patricia and she is cathloic. but really wants to know more, but, doesnt want to change churches. wich is fine, but, well see where it all goes.


love yall, thanks for the bday wishes. and have a fine week


elder owen

Week 29

Hey guys hows it going? Ive had a good week, my comp and I are getting together really well now. But, Im getting transfered. Im goi9ng to comayagua. Super pretty in that area. ANd ill still be district leader.


so this week we had a ton of cool lessons. but the coolest hah was with a lady named Dunia. Shes a mom of 19 years and she is really poor we had some good lessons with her before. But, we went to visit her and first thing she say to us is, "hey thanks for your timebut i dont want to go to 2 different churches." and so we listened to her and she says that she just feels confused and that god hasnt answered her prayer. when she said that i thought of something a crazy old guy told me (Brother C) that i oughta pray with the investagador. so we shared scriptures with her about faith. And then we prayed. i shared my testimony, and after my comp shared his testimony and during his testimony she said, "oh hermanos, i have my answer. i know its true" and holy cow. I wwish yall couldve had the feeling that we felt. i love to be a missionary. theres power in prayer. when we have a real intent


Jordy is back in rehab. and is preparing to serve a mission.


I love you guys.


Elder Owen

Week 28

Hey yall. WHat a week! so it started out pouring rain and pretty much every day starts with super sun and ends with rain. i love it here


so we had a baptism this week! it was awesome, we have been teaching 2 girls named Johanna y Paola. They are literally perfect. anyway, we had the baptism and 6 and yall already know, when theres a baptism everything goes wrong. and at first they didnt show up, but they were just late. and right when we started the baptsim, their mom, Blanca. Was in tears so happy that her girls were getting baptised. i had the honor to baptise them both. and everything actually went well.


so okay, omething crazy. we were walking through the street and there was a big ol storm and the streets were rivers. and we saw this guy with his motorcycle tiped over so we went to help him up. and he didnt want our help cause he felt bad. He said, "im super drunk, and i feel ashamed that you guys are serving me." so we wanted to help him more. so we walked his bike back to his house and he invited us in to teach him cause he wants to change badly. And his wife was there and they both listened to our message. and then guy, Alfonzo, says, "look, im from olancho (super tough farmers live there) i have never talked with guys. but i dont know with you guys i feel peace" and then when he prayed, in his prayer he started crying and thanked god for the angels in his house.
We are people and for sure not angels, yall know me and know i am very imperfect but, what a change the gospél can bring right? This tough dude, praying very sincerely. oh man. i love helping people. the mish is the coolest thing in the world.


Lightning almost struk a houe i was in. it was so loud it sounded like a super loud zipper. and the thunder was like bombs haha.
we taught the latino elders how to play american football. they loved it haha, i taught my comp smores and rootbeer floats and pancakes cause he wanted to know tipical food of the USA


Love yall


Elder Owen

Week 27

Okay so I have no time. But here we are. This week was killer, They call it Semana Santat, like holy week. And theryre all telling me that its the hottest week of the year and it barley got to 80 degrees and evedyone is dying lol. It was cool. the celebrate easter down here by going to the beach and getting drunk or by watching parades of jesus and mary.


So this week we had 5 investigadores in church and one of them we taught after church, her name is Karen, is nine and kinda likes to beat people up on the street. and we asked her, "what do you know about prophets?" she went off aboiut adam and the fruit. and said "it was actually eve who sinned, she was like, Im hungry, and ate the friut" super funny. but shes gonna be baptised in 2 weeks.


I caught Jodry High in the street yesterday after church, its a real vice, the drugs. but hes going back to rehab wednesday. so its a good thing.


we did a lot this weeek maybe ill tell yall about it next week. I spent all my time today trying to figure out how to send pictures.


But just a final thought. Well, I believe that Jesus is our christ and saviour and that he died and suffered for our sins and it is really cool to know that a very imperfect person like me can repent and change for the better. Im happy that i can share that with people down here, and with yall.


Love
Elder Owen