Hermana White

This week was another fantastic week in the work of the Lord.

It was filled with: Mountain-climbing, cow-petting, chicken-chasing, investigator-finding, tripping to Tegucigalpa for a cita [appointment] for my comp - only to find out that the doctor had her appendix out the night before and wasn't there, hopping back on the bus and tripping back to Danli, doing service, baleada-making, chismole-eating, challenging to baptism, receiving rejection to said challenge, praying real hard, relying on the Lord, seeing miracles, lots of laughing, praying, patience-testing, splits with the Hermana Leaders, and much more! 

Sonia Hernandez is my companion's name, and she is fun. This week when we went to Teguc we went to Popeyes for lunch. I guess she hasn't gone out to eat very often because she was FASCINATED with the soda options, and that she could get refills whenever she wanted - she even took some for the bus ride back. Everything is fun and interesting to her. And she has so much faith and confidence in the Lord. She wants to talk to everyone. She even likes to stop the people on bikes to contact, it's great. 

Good to know I have an immunity to Zika now! The whole world is freaking out about it down here, saying that it can be passed through saliva and sweat in addition to mosquitoes, and once you have it you can't have kids or you're more likely to have other problems later - not so. I'm fine now. 

Luiz and Gonzalo are praying, reading the Book of Mormon, and have been attending church for the past 4 months straight, they are doing awesome. 

Prayer is so key to the people we teach, to get that personal testimony that they need for conversion. Praying with them helps, giving them an example of how to do it. Helping them recognize when they are feeling the Spirit is also important, because oftentimes they don't realize that the Lord is already answering them. 

This week we had a great workshop with our zone, relating to the training the leaders had gotten from Elder Alonso the week before. We talked a lot about trusting in God and always being aware of the promptings of the Spirit to find new investigators.

I realized that sometimes I try to do things my way before asking how He knows it should be. As we put our trust in God, praying with real intent, that is when the miracles happen. I was reminded of the verse in Ether 12 that says that God can't show us any miracle until AFTER the trial of our faith. That is so true. Faith is actions, and actions are working like everything depends on us and praying like everything depends on Him. 

I'm doing great and loving it, thanks for the support and prayers!

Love you lots,

Hermana White

(Two chicks)

Just one of the great meals we eat: Spaghetti Honduran style. It's made with lots of sugar in the sauce (reminds me of Buddy the Elf spaghetti), salad, and scrambled eggs with sausage. All eaten with a tortilla. It's normal, right? 

Nice cow.