Week 14 -- The Copan Ruinas!!!!!

Happy 3 months to me! For real this time, I am one sixth through my mission.  LOL

COPAN RUINAS!!! They were SUPER cool! Super maciso as they would say here but I don't know how to spell it. I took lots of pictures and tried to take good ones of me with stuff and some with Hna M! There are some stylus things, death altars, pyramids and I don't know what else! A giant tree! I actually lost my camera case and my SD card reader and I was FREAKING out...But Hna M came with me and we looked for it and it turns out one of the lawn workers found it and so I have it and everything is okay. It was way cool though! Amazing that we were able to climb all over stuff and just walk to the top of the pyramids and everything. I feel like in the US that never would be allowed. Things weren't really tall, but the whole complex was really big and just so cool! Hna M and I just wanted to stay there all day...while our companions went and sat at the entrance waiting to leave.  LOL I bought a t-shirt there for my quilt and I bought a belt that's really neat. It was a lot of walking and climbing stairs but really fun and worth the waking up at 4 in the morning, 15 minute taxi ride to the bus terminal, hour bus ride to Entrada, two and a half hour bus ride squished against the window to the point that I lost feeling in my left leg while having to go to the bathroom, to Copan Ruinas! It was just super awesome and I am glad that I got to spend it with Hna M. She has become my best friend here and I really will cry when we have to leave each other.

Hna A and I stayed in the house for 2 days again this week... she has a pain in her leg that hurts her when she walks which sucks because our area is a long walk from our house and then our area is huge!  But the Hermana Leaders came this week! Apparently they weren't planning on coming until next week, but Pres Dester told them that they should come early... so they came and it was awesome. Hna A couldn't walk that day so she stayed at a member's house and I went out with Hna McC. She is American but spoke Spanish to me all day which I appreciated! She is just super awesome and talks to everyone and we got 3 new investigators and she was able to find things out about our investigators that Hna A and I hadn't been able to or just didn't ask. So that was awesome. Hna McC says I'm a great example though and such a hard worker. So at least someone can recognize that I am trying really hard.

I am glad that you had the missionaries over! They always need someone. I love that one of the hermanas in our Ward, Hna V who is the Relief Society president (NOTE:  Relief Society is the women's auxiliary organization in the LDS Church), says that missionaries are here to look out for othes, but who looks out for us?  She always tries to be a mom to the missionaries so they feel like they have someone that is looking out for them. And good job at reading the scriptures!!!

1.  What did you do for New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day?  

New Years was quite uneventful... we went to bed early. Hna A was sick and went to bed at like 6. We had to be in early at 6 pm... so then Hna M and I watched a movie--Rio, I think-- and then got tired and went to bed... so I didn't stay up for the fireworks. I went to bed at like 11 pm but could hear the fireworks. So then I woke up and it was 2014 and I feel SUPER old!!!! Then our district wanted to play soccer...but it wasn't P-Day and Hna M and I had already showered and gotten dressed so we decided to have our own companion study together while they played soccer with people from the ward. We studied the section on Christ-like attributes and it helped me so much to see the things that I can improve on and to really understand better how all of the characteristics are linked together. To truly master one, you have to have some of the others. Like patience, for example, you need to have charity to love those around you and you also need faith in the Lord to know that really everything will be okay. It was just awesome and I really hope one day Hna M and I can be companions so that we can work hard like that together. We are both here for each other and we study the language together, we cooked together this week and had a picnic. She's just great. But, yeah, we studied those attributes to see what we can improve this year as people and as missionaries. I encourage everyone to truly read this section in Preach My Gospel and to not be prideful. I think before my mission I would hear people give talks or lessons on how to improve on a certain attribute and I would just brush it off like I didn't need to work on anything, or that that was only for other people. But even in the diligence section--I thought I was pretty dilligent because I am such a hard worker, but there is WAY more to it! And there is a ton that I can improve. So anyway...after that our companions didn't want to leave the house because they claimed no one would be home. So we cleaned our gross house and did laundry.

2.  What was the best thing that happened this week?  

Being able to go out and teach with Hna McC. I really want to be a missinoary just like her!

3.  What was the funnest/funniest thing that happened this week? 

Going to Copan Ruinas today with everybody in the zone! Oh, there were sunny days this week, too, so I just went on the roof and studied. I got a little sunburnt, lol, but I will take that any day over cold and cloudy!

4.  What was the spiritual highlight of your week?  

Studying with Hna M. Really there are so many things that we can improve. None of us are perfect, and when we think we are we have too much pride.  AND one of our investigators, K, commited to be baptized on the 25th! She is 16 and has a baby. She is super religious and can quote the Bible! She always has great questions and she truly wants to learn more. She came to church and really liked it. She realizes that she needs to be baptized in the church to receive the Holy Ghost. She wants that blessing in her life. I really hope that she will be able to come to church so that she can be baptized on that date.

5.  Were you able to teach more lessons this week?  Find any new investigators?  Do any service? 

Not really. We had about the smae number of lessons, in fact a little more since we had divisions so numbers apparently count for both missionaries... Hna McC and I found new investigators!

6.  How is your personal study going?  What are you studying, and what stuck out to you this week?  

Still Doctrine and Covenants and all of it is like missionary work! And just how we are all called to this work and we all have something to do! I liked that.  Somewhere it says we need to read the Book of Mormon sincerely, I think in Moroni 10, and that means we need to be willing to act on what we learn, act on the doctrine and incorporate it into our lives. If we don't we are just reading words. So anyone struggling with a testimony of this book, read it and act upon it and I know that if you do that you will come to know that it is true. I have done it and so many others have as well and I know it's true. Also I reflected on the question, what are we doing to show the Lord that we love Him? He has done everything for us, what are we doing to show Him our thanks?

7.  What has been the strangest food you’ve eaten this week?

It's not strange but I had canteloupe juice again! It was actually really good. Oh, and I made green beans! Something healthy finally.  And Hna M and I made pasta soup which was way good! Who needs recipes? Just throw stuff in a pot and it will all work out.

8.  Did you see anything unusual this week? 

The Copan Ruinas is all.

9.  What have you learned about yourself this week? 

I learned that I teach according to a plan and an outline. So I teach by the pamphlets. I can still teach to people's needs since we teach people not lessons, but I am very ordered. Hna A is different...she just talks. Hna C is like me which is why we were able to teach so well together. It's not that I didn't know that about myself; I just never really realized it.

10.  In what area do you think you’ve improved this week?  

I think I have been able to recognize my weaknesses a lot more this week. Not in a bad way at all, just to see where I can improve.

11.  Do you know that I love you SO much and I miss you? 

Always:)

12.  What advice would you give Austin who is just going out to Texas this week to start his work in the mission field, and to Amy as she prepares for her mission? 

Follow the rules as exactly as you can and work hard. You should work so hard that you just want to sleep when you get home.  OK, well, if you don't feel like that everyday it doesn't mean you are a terrible missionary, but work hard so that you know there is nothing more you could have done and that you truly put it all on the table for the Lord. Be dilligent in all things, even the small rules that don't seem like they matter and ALWAYS love your companion.

13.  What has been the most beautiful thing you’ve seen this week? 

Copan Ruinas and the drive home through the mountains. I just love the mountains here and they are so green!

14.  What ways have you found to serve Hna A this week?  To serve others? 

I try to be sensitive to how she is feeling and if she's sick I try and make sure she has water and that the fan is on if she wants it and stuff like than instead of just letting her do all that for herself. I don't know.  I just try to be there as best I can for Hna M and help her in what she is feeling, too, since I am only a month ahead of her.  I don't know that I really help her out but she always says how grateful she is for me.

15.  What is your favorite hymn right now?  Are there any hymns you’ve sung there from the Spanish hymnbook that aren’t in the regular hymnbook? 

There is a New Years hymn in the Spanish hymn book that we dont have in English...and I don't have a favorite hymn at the moment. Probably "There Is Sunshine In My Soul Today" since I need to work on being happy.

16.  Have you had more opportunities to sing, lead the music, speak, or play the piano? 

Nope

17.  What did you learn in your district meeting or zone meeting this week? 

That I cannot practice teach in fron of our district. Oh yeah! We had the APs, ZLs and president come to our meeting! President Dester did interviews again so I got to meet with him twice! But yeah, they wanted us to practice teaching the Book of Mormon in front of everyone and I just couldn't do it and I didn't say anything. We were supposed to teach the APs (assistants to the mission president) and I just shut down and got really nervous so then they taught us instead....so that's really embarassing but I just couldn't.  I feel quite inadequate sometimes and especially in our crazy district I just think they judge me. I need to stop judging them, though.  President Dester reminds me of my Bishop from BYU. He just talked about stories from his life and it was nice. He said that I will be like a butterfly and one day I will just realize that I have wings.

I got a card from Grandma and Papa! I love how it danced, hahahaha! Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Oh, so another water story.... our water tank ran out of water. Hna A or Hna C just forgot to open the valve or something and so it ran out and we couldn't shower for 4 days... so I showered with a bucket AGAIN! UGH  But then the water came and we filled up the tank. So then we filled up the pila...I went to bed and the water was still running and I asked if they would make sure to close the valve to the pila before they went to bed...yeah, I woke up and the pila was overflowing because it had been on all night! Our water bill will be really high this month.

If you could send me a flash drive and if you could put music on it, Spanish hymns, songs, I don't care because our DVD players read flash drives, and a new memory card in case mine gets full.... and Past Tense doTERRA stuff. I hope to get a package tomorrow!

Love you all! Hope you had a great new year!

Hermana Gisseman

A cute dog in a cute sweater...

For New Year's, they make these big life-sized dolls and put fireworks inside and then blow them up to symbolize killing the old year!

Hna M and I made soup and had a picnic on the roof

Hna M and me

It's so hilly here, but so beautiful

Weird tree!

Copan Ruinas!

The biggest tree I've ever seen!

Week 13: Fireworks and bottle rockets and racket, oh my!

Hola! 

First off, Christmas was great! I loved getting to talk  to you guys:) I think I got the most time out of everybody. Hna A just let me talk and talk so that was great! We went back to our house after Skyping and we watched Monsters University and then started Arthur Saves Christmas or whatever the name is. But we didn't finish because at midnight we went up on our roof--there are stairs, don't worry! That is where our laundry line is--and there were fireworks and bottle rockets and all sorts of racket! It was like New Year's Eve but for Christmas. The whole street and all the air was just smoke! It was way fun! There were literally fireworks right above my head! So the Central American custom is to open presents at midnight on Christmas so after fireworks we opened all of our gifts. I had the most:) But really, Christmas isn't about gifts... So Hna A loves the scarf and the American pens and she eats the Disney mints all the time now. She was just grateful to have gotten presents. She really liked the box from Grandma and Papa with all the pens and notepads and stuff. All of my clothes fit perfectly! And I love them all! My journal is super cute! Everything was just perfect! I am just super grateful this year, more than ever before, for the gifts that I received. The package from the Swansons was perfect, too! I waitd until Christmas morning to open it so I would have something to open Christmas morning. I got some chocolate protein bars and candy, a Clemson shirt and mug (smile), a purple watch that is super cute, athletic shirts and 2 tank tops that match skirts I have perfectly! And other stuff, too.  It was just perfect!!!! So on Christmas Day we went out as all four of us hermanas. We shared a Christmas message and then visited a member in the ward and she gave me my first tamales in Honduras! They were a lot better than the ones in the CCM. Anyway, that was my Christmas! 

On Christmas Eve and Christmas morning I just couldn't stop smiling because  I was just so happy. President D called us and I was just  so happy.  :) Even though I was away from home it was a Christmas  that I will never forget. 

This week has been hard for Hna M and I.  (NOTE:  Hna M is the other American sister missionary in their house)  On the plus side, Hna A was only sick like one day this week. And we had one lesson this week that we actually taught together! We shared the time well and it was short and to the point.  It's a struggle but I am going to just continue to do the best that I can do and follow the rules that I can follow and try to help her do the same. I just don't know where the line is where I just let her do her thing and when I need to say something. 

1.  Is New Year’s a big deal there?  Do you have any plans? 

I think New Year is a big deal and will be like Christmas. We have to be in early at 6 again tomorrow night so yeah... We will probably watch movies. If everyone doesn't want to watch, at least Hna M and I will!  She's really awesome and I am so grateful to have her in my house! She's another one of those people who I will always be friends with! 

2.  How has the weather been?  

Cold. It is like a roller coaster here. One day it is cold and cloudy and cold and the next day its sunny and sort of hot. It's crazy!!!  I really don't like the weather at all... but I won't be here forever. 

3.  What was the best part of your week? 

I really loved Christmas!  It was neat to be able to experience it in a way that I never would have had the opportunity to do before. 

4.  What was the funnest/funniest thing that happened this week? So Hna C and Hna M went running one day and when they came home and Hna C was taking off her jacket I saw that she wore a trash bag underneath her jacket so that she would sweat more and it was just super funny! And I found a gum wrapper of Mom's in her coat pocket and it made me laugh.

5.  What was the spiritual highlight of your week? 

I really liked a quote from the Liahona (NOTE:  The Liahona is a church magazine) that talked about how Christ is both the Good shephard and the Lamb of God. I never really thought about comparing both of those titles. I also thought about how great faith the prophets and people before Christ must have had. As people today we have two records of scripture. We have two evidences that Christ is and that He was born and that He preached. Before His coming the people only had the prophesy, but we have the evidence. I just  think that that is amazing. If that makes any sense.

6.  Were you able to teach more lessons this week?  Find any new investigators? 

NOPE

7.  How was the branch dinner Thursday night?  What food did they have?  What did they do at the dinner? 

It was good. It started an hour late... We had rice, puree of potatoes kind of like mashed potatoes, chicken and tortillas and a veggie salad. It was actually really good, but I was also really hungry! We watched the really old Christmas movie with Kris Krinlgle and the "one foot in front of the other" song. I don't know what it is actually called because it was in Spanish.

8.  How is your personal study going?  What are you studying, and what stuck out to you this week?  

I kept studying Doctrine and Covenants and it's just neat to read all of the prefaces to the sections because each one was different revelation but all of it is so good and applies to us today! I find a ton of references that say preach repentance unto this people so a lot of what I am finding is about missionary work. 

9.  What has been the strangest food you’ve eaten this week?  Have you found more things you can cook in the microwave? 

We had weird fried pork at a Chinese restaurant... I don't know what it was, LOL. And no, I have just been making the same kinds of things. 

10.  What has been the most unusual thing you’ve seen this week?  

There was an animal jaw laying in the road this week... but that's about it lol

11.  What have you learned about yourself this week? 

I definitely have more patience than I used to...but I still have a long way to go. But I have really realized how diligent I am. Rules are black and white to me. Things are right or they are wrong. I am either following them or I am not. There is no gray area. Unfortunately, many missionaries do not see them that way. 

12.  In what area do you think you’ve improved this week? 

Just trying to be happy in the moment. There are a lot of times where I can just be frustrated and tired and hungry. There was one day we walked for an hour and a half around the city and we got to the top of the mountain and I was just done and I looked out over the valley and realized that this is an awesome opportunity and I need to be happy for every second and grateful that I am here because one day I will wake up and be back in the states and not get to enjoy all of my adventures here. 

13.  Do you know that I love you SO much?   

Always)

14. How many lessons did you teach this week?  

We taught like 15 lessons and had 11 visits with members... but we had divisions and apparently those count twice so we add our numbers together for that day and so we really had maybe 10.

15.  How do you think your relationships with Jesus Christ and with Heavenly Father have grown since you've been on your mission? 

I feel like I already answered this last week. Just learning to rely on Him and not my own strength. I have always been an independent person and the kind of person that thinks I can do it alone and I really can't. I just can't do it and everyday I find new strength to do things and to be more than I am. 

16.  What did you do for P-Day this week? 

We went to play soccer and it sucked. I hate soccer and I still refuse to play. And I wanted to just go run up and down the road but our District Leader said no. Then we went for Chinese food and now we are here! 

17.  Do you hear much Latin music down there? 

All the time. 

18.  What has been the most beautiful thing you’ve seen this week?  

Our Christmas tree with presents underneath. 

19.  Are you going to set any New Year’s Resolutions?  Any you want to share? Any suggestions for us for New Year’s Resolutions we could set?  

I never set New Year's resolutions. I just want to keep trying to be a better missionary than I am the day before. You guys should do Family Home Evenming, always invite the missionaries over for dinner, look for references for them, read the scriptures as a family. 

20.  What can we do to help support and encourage you? 

Keep writing.

21.  How can we be better member missionaries? 

Always look for opportunities to share the gospel and don't be shy.

22.  What was your favorite scripture from the 12 Days of Christmas? 

I don't remember them, to be honest.  It was 12 days worth of scriptures and I can't just pull one out of the air. But I did like the ones that talked about Mary. 

I love you all!

Hna Gisseman

Our Christmas tree and gifts

I used the silly putty to make our own little Nativity

Christmas Eve fireworks

Hna A with the shirt I bought her for Christmas

Christmas stockings!

Thanks Grandma and Papa -- I love my Mickey and Minnie and my new Minnie watch!

Hna A gave me this -- it's so cute!

Thanks for the gifts, family!

The Swansons are SO sweet!  Thank you for the gifts -- I love them all!

This top from the Swansons matches the skirt Mom gave me!

I made a cover for my planner

We saw this at the top of some stairs today....

And here is a sign that tells you, in Spanish, what it is.

Week 12 -- Feliz Navidad!!

Feliz Navidad! 

This week went by super fast! I think is was because we had a meeting like every day! As you saw on the Johns' blog, we had a Christmas get together for our zone. We took an hour bus ride to Entrada and a lady threw up right in front of me! It was pretty gross, but the bus ride is spectacular!!! We watched "It's a Wonderful Life" and had bbq sandwiches! I have never looked forward more to eating a bbq sandwich! I ate one and a half...I was the only hermana to get seconds...I swear I eat like a man now! But it was nice and we sang all of the Christmas songs in the hymn book and I got to lead them all which was really fun. Then the other day my district and our Zone Leaders went to a public square and caroled and contacted. We passed out at least 20 Books of Mormon and like 100 pamphlets. We were even on Honduran TV according to our District Leader, Elder P. People kept taking pictures of us and taking vides. It was really funny. Then one of our Zone Leaders, Elder Y, made me hand out 2 pamphlets all by myself to contact since I have never done that before here in Honduras. We don't do it much from what I have heard. But that was actually not as bad as I thought it would be. This morning we had a zone gift exchange! I got flower stickers, candy, a bouncy ball and 2 suckers for my 2 street contacts all from Elder Y and he wrote a nice note, too. I have a video...I hope I can send it. But yeah! A very busy week!

1.  How has the weather been?  

 

The weather has been a lot better!!! The sun finally came out! So yeah, I'm not cold anymore. But it is a lot less humid here than it was in Campana. 

2.  Since Santa Rosa is bigger than Compana, are there more American restaurants there like Wendy's, etc.?  What about stores -- are there bigger stores, or still the little stores in people's homes?

 

I haven't seen any American stores or restaurants but there are a lot of Honduran stores and restaurants. I think because its so remote...we are in the mountains and it's hard to get to. I think the American stores and stuff are in places that are easy to get to and have more traffic like Puerto Cortes or San Pedro. 

3.  What was the best part of your week?

 

Christmas caroling in the park and our Christmas meeting! I just love getting together with other missionaries and it's Christmas! 

  

4.  What was the funnest/funniest thing that happened this week?

 

I keep trying to repeat words that Hna A says that I don't know...but I need to see words to be able to understand them so I keep saying the wrong things and it's super funny. She just starts cracking up and then she tells me what I said or sometimes it's just nonsense. I tried to say jealous but I said cells instead. I said we were going to eat ourselves.  I don't know.  Just lots of funny moments with the language that I am able to laugh at which is a huge blessing that I am not getting frustrated! 

 

5.  What was the spiritual highlight of your week?

 

I got to have a mini interview with Pres D this week. He came to Santa Rosa yesterday for something but he got here early to have an interview with Hna A. He said he had been worrying about her.  But I got to have a 5 ish minute interview with him and he was just super supportive and said the things I needed to hear. He said that this time that I have to learn the language is time that I am learning how other people must feel when they can't accomplish things or do them as well as they would like. Since my whole life I have been able to do things easily without a problem, now I can learn how to help others because I am going through the same thing myself. Also I feel that being here with Hna A is my opportunity to learn to have the desire to go out and teach lessons. Not that I don't want to be here on the mission, that's not it at all. I just get really anxious and would rather other people talk instead of me because I still feel so inadequate but this is my time to foster (I don't know if that is the right word) my desire to go out and talk to people! All this time in the house makes me want to work! And in our Christmas meeting Pres D read from a talk that everyone should read: O Divine Redeemer from Neal A. Maxwell. Also I had an epiphany about the Doctrine of Christ. We as missionaries talk about it and teach it as 5 steps:  faith, baptism, repentance, the Holy Ghost, and endure to the end. While they are steps, it is a cycle! Enduring to the end includes always strengthening our faith, repenting, participating in the Sacrament each week like a mini baptism and doing these things helps us to feel the Spirit more. I don't know why I never realized that before. But all of us should be living the doctrine of Christ all the time. It's not a checklist until endure to the end and then we all just stay on step 5. We are constantly living these principles. If that makes sense...

 

6.  Were you able to teach more lessons this week?  Find any new investigators?

 

No and only one... we went to go teach him yesterday though and he wasn't home. But we stayed in the house 2 days again this week because Hna A was sick again.

 

7.  Did your branch do a special Christmas Sacrament Meeting today?  If so, how was it?

 

Nope. We will have a branch dinner on Thursday though. 

8.  How is your personal study going?  What are you studying, and what stuck out to you this week?

 

I am studying the Doctrine and Covenants. But for one of the days that we were in the house this week, I took like 4 hours to study. It was awesome! I got the idea...probably inspiration...to write down all the patterns I find in the Book of Mormon so I did that. Becuse in my scriptures I write next to the verses some of the patterns I see but I organized them. So I went through every page and organized all of the same patterns together so I have all of the references together which is really cool! 

 

9.  What has been the strangest food you’ve eaten this week?

 

Nothing unusual...sorry

 

10.  What has been the most unusual thing you’ve seen this week?

 

Again.. nothing unusual...okay, wow, that's weird! Everything here is pretty unusual, LOL. I am just used to things now.  Hahaha.

11.  Do you mostly walk in Santa Rosa, or do you take the bus to go places?  Is it a safe city?  

 

We mostly walk or take a taxi. There are tons of taxis here. Becaue it is so hilly people never want to walk places.  We usually we walk to our appointments and take a taxi to go home at night.

 

12.  What have you learned about yourself this week?  

 

I am a visual learner when it comes to words in Spanish. I have to see the word written or I have to know how it is spelled and then write it in the air before I can remember.

 13.  In what area do you think you’ve improved this week?

 

Being patient and more selfless. I try and focus more and more on how Hna A is feeling and what she needs than what I need. I try and give more input in planning and stuff like that and, I don't know, the more I do this the more comfortable I feel with her and the stronger I feel like we are getting. For real, though, she is like my best friend! I have realized, too, how important it is to love your companion. I could be so frustrated that she can't do much or that she does this or that but because I love her first, all of that goes away and it makes it so I really don't notice the bad things.
 

14.  Do you know that I love you SO much?  

 

Yes:)

15.  Do you have any new investigators this week?  How many lessons did you teach this week?  

 

We only had 20...maybe only like 15, which is sad....I hope we can work harder.

 

16.  How do you think your relationship with Jesus Christ and with Heavenly Father have grown since you've been on your mission?

 

I have just realized that I really am nothing. I am talented, yes, but it isn't due to my intelligence or anything. All of it is from the Lord. I find that I am trusting more in Him and being humbled each day as I participate in His work. 

17.  What did you do for P-Day this week?  

 

We had our gift exchange this morning and went to Jireth for lunch and now I am here! 

18.  Have you done anything different or special for Christmas?  Do you hear any American Christmas music down there?  Are there traditional Spanish Christmas carols?

 

I hear a few but there isn't a lot of Christmas music. Hna M played The Forgotten Carols cd this morning and I didn't realize how much I liked it or how much it put me in the spirit of Christmas until this morning. 

19.  What has been the most beautiful thing you’ve seen this week?

 

We walked out in the jungle this week along the edge of the mountain and there was a gorgeous view of the valley!
 

20.  What can we do to help support and encourage you?

 

Keep writing me!!!! 

In other news...I got a package from the Swansons for Christmas, a letter from Sis Peacock, and 3 from the Stylers! I love my missionary plaque!!! Thanks so much for the 12 days of Christmas and the book:) I have loved waking up everyday to get to open a new one. 

Love you all! 

Feliz Navidad! 

Hermana Gisseman

 

A few other tidbits from Alyssa's e-mails to us today......  Some of the people in Honduras call her "Barbie" because she's a blonde from the US.  There are some zones in their mission that only have elders serving in them -- and one with only Hispanic elders.  Those are the more dangerous areas.  She also said that many people in Honduras open their Christmas gifts at midnight on Christmas Eve. 

 

Hna A and me

 

Mail!!!!!

 

At the wedding of a couple from church

 

Santa Rosa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our cute girl!

 

 

Christmas caroling in the park

 

 

 

Santa Rosa

 

Isn't she lovely????

 

 

 

 

She created the bow...such talent!

 

 

With Hna A.