La Ceiba- La novia de Honduras

Well I'm loving it here in Ceiba. The weather is a little bit cooler but not much. Still sweating a bunch but I'm loving it! More rain and last night when we were walking to dinner it started to thunder with lightning and it was big, bright and beautiful. Also it downpoured but luckily the member we ate with has a car so we didn't get wet.

This week we've been working super hard and have found some families with lots of potential. They both have a desire to know if the gospel that we are sharing is true and we commited them to pray to recieve an answer. This next week we find out how it goes. Lots of prayers for the Hernandez and Avila families!!!

So P-Day here in Ceiba is a lot better and I took some pics. We woke up at 5:00 this morning and went to a farm to get fresh cow milk. Pray for me that I wont get sick haha. It was good and all but I felt weird drinking it. Also we went to the beach. Well more like the dock. Beach is next week. But yeah Ceiba is really cool and I'm loving it here. A little sunburt but happy! 

Oh and my comp is Elder Lagos. 19. From Peru. Super Short. Pic coming next week cuz I forgot haha

Take care

ELDER BEARDALL

Milking them cows

We had a stake activity about missionary work and we did some skits to expalin the mission rules. We took a pic with this

THE BEACH!

CHANGE

Well where do I begin. This week was loaded with some unexpected surprises. First of all Changes are this week. My companion is headed to and area called Tela. Beach and good members. The crazy thing is I have changes as well!! This change only sister missionaries come and there are some elders that go home so they had to shut our area which now will be in the hands of the other companionship that shared our ward. They are sending me to...... Wait for it......... LA CEIBA. In an area called Acaisas or spelled something like that. The people have told me that its super beautiful there and that there's a beach and that it's gonna be awesome. Also there's Walmart in my zone so you know that'll be nice. Hopefully they keep me there for at least 6 months. I'm gonna miss all the members here in Calpules because they have shown so much love for my companion and I. This ward is Blessed.

Also something awesome is my comp has his birthday today turning 21. He's so old. But yeah I love him. He will be missed. We worked so well together and had lots of success here in Calpules. The members have been so kind to him and they've been inviting us over this weekend we have been stuffed every night and We're leaving here well fed.

But probably the highlight of the week was Geovanny's baptism. Yep mah boi got baptized and I'm so happy for him. He is so humble and is like a brother to us. He likes to mess around with us and man am I going to miss him. I am so grateful that  I was allowed to have the opportunity to know him and to help him come closer to our Heavenly Father. We Are BLESSED!

Pumped for Ceiba and we'll see how it goes there.

Elder Beardall

Final district pic

We found a box of good lookin tomatos so we took a pic

Baptism photo

Awkward pic of our Easter Ties

Called to SERVE

This week was hot..... again. We are here in the heat of Honduras. They say that San Pedro Sula is the hottest part of the whole mission so I'm missing some Utah weather! Today is actually really cool and cloudy and super confusing. I'm just grateful that there isn't the blazing sun!

This last week was filled with a TON of service. We went to chop the grass/weeds at two member's houses and we also went to another Non-member's house to move dirt. I don't know if this is common but in Utah the neighbors would order a big truck of dirt and then use it for their flowerbeds. If that sounds familiar good if not well just imagine a big mountain of dirt. So now that you have that picture in your mind just imagine moving it in about 3 hours. We were working like there was no tomorrow!! There was one wheelbarrow, 2 5 gallon buckets and 4 shovels with 4 missionaries. I don't know why but this dirt weighed a ton and man was it a good workout. We moved it to a room in their house because when it rains it floods the room so they had us put dirt...... In my opinion that's just gonna make a mess because now they're gonna have a ton of mud. Hopefully they put concrete on top! The next day my whole body was sore. I haven't had my entire body be that sore in my entire life like imagine doing a hardcore workout that includes all muscles and then the next day not being able to get out of bed. Service is hard but man does it feel good. Shout out to my young mens leaders for makings us do a ton of service.

We had an appointment with our buddy Geovanny and he's such a STUD! He's super humble and obedient and determined to keep the commandments and learn about the gospel. He has a baptismal date for the 21st of April or this weekend. My companion and I are super excited for him.

I'm loving it here in good ole San Pedro Sula. Honestly it's not as dangerous as they make it sound. Well for missionaries no but I'm not sure about normal civilians. But yeah don't worry about my safety here ;) Thank you for your prayers and love. I have felt them everyday

Elder Beardall

Shout out to my amazing Family for sending me an Easter package!

It's been a work in progress but the Family Pics are up on the Wall!

All Grown Up

This week I learned a lot and have felt like I've grown up a ton. With lessons learned from investigators and from my studies and the members. God is really helping me grow and learn. I love it!

This week we had Zone Conference. Sadly I forgot my notebook. I had a good quote from Pres. Carlisle but for another time I guess. I love my mission President because he knows exactly what to say and how to say it to motivate us. Such a good guy. 

We did some service for a member this week with some other missionaries. Man were my forearms sore haha. I need to chop more with the machete because it's a good workout for the arms and in this heat hah horrible!

I love the mission and the experiences that the Lord is blessing me with each day. The spirit and love that comes every day through my studies and teaching the investigators is unbelievable. We are teaching a guy that's named Geovanny and I love him so much! He can't hear and so lessons are a little harder but we are progressing and he has a baptsimal date for the 21st of April(Reagan's Birthday ;) so that's exciting) I love being a missionary

Cuidesen mucho!

ELDER BEARDALL

I bought a hammock and so you know I took a selfie chillin

Zone Conference

I bought a dope watch super cheap 90 Lempiras or less than $5. I give it a month because of how cheap it is but we'll see. Probably only gonna wear it for Zone conference and Interviews

Semana Santa

Well something embarrasing, I wished you all a Happy Easter a week early but hey I still hope you enjoyed it and that you  could think about the sacrifice while you enjoyed your chocolates from the easter bunny.

This week was probably the hardest week of the mission. One reason was because the famous heat of San Pedro Sula..... well Honduras in general has begun! You walk outside for 10 seconds and you already have drops of sweat dripping down your face (and i'm not exaggerating, I actually counted) Even though I'm drinking tons of water the exhaustion still is daunting. The energy to go outside and visit people is at about 10%...... this sun is killer

On top of the heat wave this last week was Semana Santa. It's a catholic tradition where they do stuff that are reinactments of what happened to Jesus Christ in his final week here on the Earth. It's basically Spring Break in comparison because the majority of the people here go to the beachs of Ceiba and Roatan (which if you're looking for a high quality vacation spot look it up!). So the streets were empty and all of our investigators were out of town. We had nothing to do and lets just say I'm glad the week is over.

General conference was pretty steller though. My mind is blown with all the major changes. I loved how they had the new apostles testify of a living prophet before he announced the major change. I testify as well that Russell M. Nelson is the prophet of God here on the earth guiding us every moment and that he recieves revelation for us to be able to combat the evils of the changing world. I love this gospel and the blessings we recieve through the covenants and obedience to the commandments. I am so grateful that I have the opportunity to serve and love His children 24/7 for 2 years. God is good!

Love you all

ELDER BEARDALL