AWESOME WEEK

Well this week was awesome. All of our baptisms came through! We had the two girls of Miguel and Suyapa and the next day we had Kelen's! Both of the baptisms were so great! Suyapa after the baptism said she had great news and that she is going to get the Divorce done this week! And if they do it this week I might be able to see them get baptized before I have Transfers! So the Saturday baptism was insane. We went to the church like 4 hours early to fill up the font. But there was no water. So we called all of the other missionaries to see if their church had water but they all told us no. So we called the fireman to bring the firetruck over to fill it up but they told us no. We called a bunch of people and tried to do all we could to fill the font up. It just wasn't going to happen. We were going to cancel the Baptism. Everyone was so sad. Well I decided to say a prayer. (Yeah should of thought of that first) I said a prayer while holding my hand on the lever that releases the water. Right when I said "Amen" I turned the Knob.. And guess what happened... THE WATER CAME ON!! Vasquez and I just started screaming ha! It was so awesome! The power of Prayer is incredible and I hope that everyone knows it. The baptism ended up going great.  Also I had the amazing experience to hear Elder Anderson Talk. It was so great! The Power that the General Authorities have is insane. The testimony that they have is crazy... Just hearing them talk lets you know that the Church is true. Also I was able to see my BOI Elder Criddle! I'll have a picture down below! That was our goal to see each other before he goes home! And we did it WOO! Last thing. There is an 83 year old lady here who has refused to go to church her whole life (her whole family is a member). Well we've been teaching her and she's going to get baptized now! Cool huh! I love you all! 

Love Elder Hess

Miguel y Suyapa! They will be in white soon, don't worry.

I know they look super mad but that's how Hondurans smile...

Kelen

Elder Hess & Elder Criddle

MIGUEL Y SUYAPA

All is going well down here in the hottest place on earth. This week went so awesome! I think that I might of had the best lesson in my mission con Miguel and Suyapa. We were talking about baptism and they shared their testimonies with us. They told us how they know the church is true and how bad they want to get baptized. But right now they cant, because Suyapa has a husband who lives in the states. And she needs his firma to get the divorce. So it's going to take a little time with them. But we shared with them in D&C 58 where the parents need to teach their kids the Gospel. When we read that with them they stopped the lesson and gave a lesson to their kids using the Book of Mormon, the Bible and D&C. They looked at us and said "Elders, if we say something wrong correct us, but if not just let us talk." We were like Uhh ok go for it hahaha! They taught about Faith, repentance and baptism. Elder Vasquez and I didn't say a word. It was a perfect lesson and I know for a fact that the girls were hit pretty hard with the spirit. After the Lesson the girls told us that they wanted to be baptized. And they set the date for this Saturday. I can not wait for that day. Well I just want to say that all of us need to keep the Gospel strong in our homes. We are the example to our own families. Always lift each other up and CTR. This life is so short but it could not be more important. We have about 50 to 90 years to do the Will of God. And if we don't where will we stand at the end of this life. Miguel also said something really great he said "If Christ came right this very second would you run to him being happy and proud of the lives that we lived or would you put your head down with shame." I think that we all need to think of the quote that Miguel said! I love you all!!

Love Elder HESS

#Hesh

NORMAL WEEK

Hey everyone! So I'm going to keep this one short because we have an early lesson today! How is everyone? I miss all of you just so you know! But I'm not baggy!! I'm having a great time in the mission! So something awful that is happening right now is the weather. It is officially the hottest time of the year in Honduras. I'm dying. The sun here just drains you. I have to drink like a million bags of water a day so I don't die... And sleeping.. It is so hot here that the fans don't really work because they shoot out hot air. Sleeping is hard but it's OK because I usually fall asleep pretty fast because I'm always so tired. I think I have told you guys about Chikunguna. The awful illness that is going around. The country here is going insane. Everyone is so sick! The government bought these gun smoker things that are so cool to kill all the mosquitoes. On Friday they were walking down the street screaming "Get out of your houses were fumigating." They would kick everyone out and literally smoke out the whole house. The streets were so full of smoke we couldn't even tell where the sun was. Everyone was just walking around with shirts over their mouths for like 3 hours haha! Oh yeah and they have plans to burn down this huge mountain to kill more mosquitoes. Yeah awful idea but they are going to do it.

So on a spiritual note we are still teaching those two little girls and the parents (they're not married). We put a firm date and the parents gave us permission to baptize their kids! The dad was Anti Mormon about 4 weeks ago. Now he is converted and wants to be baptized! He just needs to get married first! Also the rumor is that an apostle is coming down to Honduras to talk to the missionaries. So what does that mean? I'm going to see my BOI Elder Criddle. I'm so excited! Should be an awesome experience to here from an apostle and to see one of my good friends! Well I'll write a better email next week but I love you all so much!

Love Elder Jez

HEY CHIKIS

Happy Birthday to my little Sister Lexi! WOOO I hope you have the best day ever little SIS! Go eat a lot of American food and sit in an air conditioned room for me:) Hey so I have the best news ever!! THE UTAH JAZZ ARE COMING TO HONDURAS!! JAJA Son Bromas! But I get to stay in Las Flores! The president here made a last second change and is going to let me stay WOOO! I was so excited! I love it here so much! I get to stay with Vasquez! I went to all the members' houses to say good bye. It was so sad and I even cried a little bit. When I returned to say that I didn't have changes all of the investigators just freaked out!! They would all say "What are you doing here!!" All of them were just so happy. So other than that this week was insane. I'll write what happened all within 2 days..

Ok so first we had this lesson with this family that we are going to baptize on the 7th. One of the little girls after the lesson was on a truck while it was backing up and she fell off the back. The wheel was about to run over her and I just started running as fast as I could to save her. I sprinted and just picked her up with one hand and dove out of the way. The parents were crying they were so happy. Just saying thank you Elder Hess thank you. When it was done Vasquez looked at me and said how did you do that. He said that I dove and while I was in the air I grabbed and wrapped her up in my body with one arm haha! So that was a really cool and crazy experience! I think it helped in their conversion process too haha!

2. After we were walking home from dinner one day we saw Pedro, Victoria's son. Dead. He wasn't breathing. He drank way to much liquor. Then randomly he just started breathing again. Elder Vasquez and I carried him home like a mile. Oh yeah and he was 100% naked. We only did it because we love Sister Victoria so much. He's OK now. So that's all good.

3. Some crazy idiot spit on my face. I'm not going to tell the whole story why but he was pissed. He spit on my face and I just screamed "que to pasa!!!" He got in my face and was just talking super fast in Spanish and he said he was going to punch me in the face. I just looked at him and said DO IT. He got in my face and I just started laughing and he finally left. Then he came back and threw water at us. Vasquez when it was all done just looked at me and said I hate this country hahaha!! I laughed so hard. Ok so that was my week.

I love you guys!!

Right as we took this picture the bird crapped on me...

This is a Turkey, I was so scared hahaha

Elder Vasquez and Elder Chapeton

Somebody wrote HESS on this tree... I have no idea who hahaha

ME VOY

Well I have been in this area now for four and a half months which means that I am going to have changes. Which means I'm going to another area. New area new comp new people. It's super sad because I have learned to love this area so dang much. I really don't want to leave. Sister Victoria is one of the most powerful people that live on this whole planet. I would do anything to see her go through the Temple. She is such a good Member of this church. I know that Our Heavenly Father is so happy of her too. What makes it so cool is that I knocked on her door while contacting! I think she will always be my Golden Investigator. I'm also going to miss the Zone. I love all the Elders here so much. Elder Madison, Lyon, Vasquez, Cockrin and others really have become some of my best friends. I actually went on splits with Madsen this week (he is the Zone Leader) and we just had the best time ever. When ever we're with each other I just laugh so hard. He lives in SO JO so I'll see him after the Mish. Well Miguel and Suypa are progressing so fast. We already helped Suypa get a divorce from her old husband and now she's doing her papers to get married to Miguel. WOW.. That means that they will be divorced and married within 5 weeks. That's never happened in this country before hahaha! Their whole family is going to be baptized! They have been converted to the Lords Church. How great is that. The only problem is Miguel has a little Problem with smoking but we are working on it so don't worry!! Well I have to go cause I have to pack to go to my next Area! I love y'all!!!

Love Elder Hess

I don't know if I ever sent these.. But yes. I kissed it.

Honduras

ANOTHA WEEK

Hola! This Email I just want to talk about the area that I'm in. Everyone here is so loving. All the members are finally coming around. They have had a grudge on the missionaries for about 2 years now but they are starting to get trust in them again. We have a dinner appointment every day now which is the best thing ever. The walking is insane.. I walk about 200 hundred thousand miles a day.. The size of this ward is at least the size of our Stake back at home. Actually maybe three of our Stakes. It's massive. It's so hot haha! But I think that everyone knows that. The biggest problem about this area is that on about every corner there is a little church. The names of the Churches are so funny. Like for example "The Little Friends of Christ church" "We Have Missionaries Church" that's my favorite or just "The Church of the Bible of God" HAHA The problem is the people down here just go to the closest church. Which makes it really hard because after a lesson that we have the local Priest will storm over and start saying a bunch of stuff about Jose Smith or things we do in Temple. The missionaries call all of this the Doctrine of the Devil. Cause it really is. This is the only Church in the whole world who the world just attacks. The world doesn't attack the Catholics or the Baptists or any other church. It's just ours. Why is that? It's because this is the one and only Church. The devil is pleased when people are members of other churches because he knows he is keeping them from making sacred ordinances with the Holy Priesthood. Like Baptism. Which are 100% necessary to live with our Heavenly Father again. Only one church on this Planet has the Priesthood to baptize. The Power of God. When Jesus Christ lived he established his Church. The Church of Jesus Christ. He didn't make 1 or 2 or 3 he made his church. The Priesthood keys were restored to the Great Prophet Joseph Smith after the Great Apostasy which the Bible makes very clear to us. Those keys that Joseph Smith had received have been past down in an unbroken line to the Prophet Thomas S. Monson. This is the Church of God. This is Christ's Church. This is the Truth. In all conditions we have the Holy Ghost to guide us. We are so blessed to know this truth. I challenge all of you to Bring your Non Member friends to come to this light that we have. It's 100% necessary for them to live forever and ever in Peace and in the presence of God. I love all of you Guys so much! Have a good week!!

This Guy Is 100% crazy. All he does is scream "look at all the Air Planes at night (All the Stars)!" When ever we see him we tell him to walk with us cause he's so funny!

Some drunk People that call me UTAH. They always hang out in front of Victoria's house!!

WORLD CHAMPIONS #DYNASTY

First shout out to the FOUR TIME Super Bowl World Champion Patriots!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I didn't get to see the game (Obvio) but I heard a little bit of it. I'll tell you guys what happened. We were walking home from dinner to go home and a missionary called me and said "Hey I want you to hear the game winning touchdown by the Seahawks with 30 seconds left." (He knew I was a huge Pats fan) SO he put the phone on speaker and I was just listening. I was so mad cause I thought we were going to lose. Then all I hear (In English) Wilson Drops back INTERCEPTED INTERCEPTED! I dropped the phone and started screaming at the top of my lungs running down the Street. My Comp was just sprinting after me haha! He was just saying Patriots Patriots in a funny Latino accent haha! I was so happy! I honestly couldn't sleep. The Patriots would win the Super Bowl while I'm serving a mission. I'm still so happy. Oh and I called the score SO that's cool. Ok I'll stop talking about this cause it's not important haha.

 

SO this week was OK. Nobody could go to church because the whole world is sick. This crazy illness is going around and just about half the people in this whole country have it. It's like Dengue but 100x worse. It just makes you feel like you are being burnt and it makes your bones feel like they are just being smashed. Yeah.. OW. So I hope I don't get it. I use a lot of OFF so I think I'll be fine. We are working really hard with this family of four who wants to be baptized but they aren't married. The Lady wants to get married but she is married to another guy who is in the states. SO she has to get a divorce first to get married to her current boyfriend. We fasted for them and I know that in the Lord's time that they will be baptized and sealed in the Temple. That's why I'm here. I know all is possible if we have faith in the Lord. Also this week we went contacting behind that huge mountain that you guys always see in the pictures. We found a lot of new people. They are so poor. They all live in mud houses with no water or electricity. It's so sad. But I know that the Gospel is going to brighten their lives so that makes me so happy. But they couldn't go to church this Sunday because just about all of them were sick with the Dengue type illness so that's sad... But all in all a good week! I love all of you guys so much!!

Love Elder Hess 

PS I saw.. A pillar of light...

"I saw.. A pillar of light..."