Helloooo Fam & Friends,
What a wonderful week here in Honduras! Full of lots of walking and lots of contacting, but every aspect of the mission is wonderful! We had two days were every single one of our lessons fell through and we had to contact and get in a door to teach a lesson. We found some great people and then some others that were not so receptive! I know the Lord is preparing the elect and i love finding them and teaching them! I am still getting to know our area. Elder Roberts and I focused and taught in places close to the chapel, but me and Elder Meono are determined to invite all that live in our area to come unto Christ. Although there are people who live about a forty five minutes walk away they deserve the gospel and so we pick out certain days to go to certain areas that are super far and its awesome:)
We have two baptisms this Saturday and another one the next week, we are loving it out here! The language is coming along as well, but I did say something that was wrong... just wrong. There was a less active sister we were reaching out to during a hard time and I said my companion and I would comfort her but I used a word that here in Honduras it means an "intimate kind of comfort" and everyone was in SHOCK...Awkward silence... and no one would tell me what I said for like 2 mins because it was just aaaarrrgghhh awkward! It was Terrible!! Well that's what happened when a Gringo speaks Spanish in Honduras! I felt so bad.
Anyways don't have a lot of time unfortunately I wasted most of it staring at my family photos and how tan they were! You all look so beautiful! Thanks for the Birthday shout out photo and for the $$ Grams and Gpa! Love you!
This Sunday was Fast Sunday and the testimonies were beautiful, absolutely beautiful! All were filled with the spirit and very inspired, I felt that many testimonies were meant for me to hear as well our investigators, so then we went to gospel principles and we had a wonderful lesson on obedience! At the end of the lesson one of our investigators raised his hand because he wanted to say something. He stood up and said "there are going to be two baptisms this week... but why not three?" He looked at us with a big smile and said "What stands in the way of my salvation" and sat down... WHOOOPP WHHOOOOPPPP!!! This guy is ready for baptism and I have been waiting for him to make that decision since the first time we taught him! It was a miracle for us because we had been fasting for him and for the other investigators that were close to baptism. The Lord answers our prayers and fasting is more than starving ourselves!! HAha I hope we all realize that the Lord is waiting to bless us, but god is a god of covenants and only through baptism and the temple do we receive the opportunities to be blessed. GO TO THE TEMPLE! It is the house of the lord and if you are not a member you can still go and walk around the gardens there is a peace there that is not of this world (john 14:27) (i think) ui hope we all have a great week and that we are constantly praying for and expecting miracles in our lives:) I love you all so much! Have a beautiful day!
Love
Elder Ty Toolson
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