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Hey everyone! Well first I just want to say Congrats to Chase Lima for getting his mission call to Chili! You are going to be the best missionary man! So this week was pretty good. Except that I got a little sick. Elder Ola and I had to be in the house for 2 days because we were both throwing up all day. So that was kind of sad. But onto some really good news we have a baptism this week! Maybe two! So I am so excited for that! It's going to be my comps first one!!! So he is really excited! I think he is going to perform the baptism as well! So this Sunday was super crazy. Right as we were about to start the sacrament meeting the Branch President told me that I had to give a talk (15 minutes). So I had to come up with a talk in like 2 minutes. And then after that he told me that I am the Elders Quorum President so I had to give that lesson too. Out of the manual with 0 time to prepare. But the rest of the day was pretty fun! We got to kill a chicken and eat it that same day! I'll try to send some pictures of it hahaha! Also we have another investigator who was touched by the spirit and wants to get baptized as soon as possible! She just has to get married first to do it.. She said she decided the church was true while we were singing the hymn "Yo se que vive mi señor." She started crying and said "I now know that this church is true." How cool is that! I was so dang happy! Also my comp got proposed to and that was the funniest thing that I have ever seen! He didn't know what to say and just to make him feel awkward I said, "Well Elder, are you going to marry her?" And he just looks at me and says in English ¨I promise IM going to kill you" I was laughing so hard! We ended up telling her no and just left the lesson! Well I love all of you so much! Gotta run!

Love Elder Hess

CHIKIS

Hola Guapos! Estoy infermo.... creo que tengo algo se llama Guapisimo! hahah If you understand that it's just a joke. Well I'm living the Copan Dream guys!! It's so cool down here! I love it! I'm starting to get really close to all the members! Which is not that hard cause there are only 35. So something crazy is that I'm the first Counselor in the Branch. I do all the tithing slips, fast offerings, clean the church, sign temple recommends (Yeah..), and have to visit all the members if the bishop says so. The people from the stake came up and gave me a HUGE run down on all the things I have to do. Also, Elder Ola and I were in a lesson and our phone rang and it was a 801 number. I was like ¨Oh my gosh Thomas S. Monson is calling¨ anyways I answered the phone and the church was calling me because I did a transaction that was off by less than a penny. They wanted to make sure that I wasn't stealing anything and that we need to find the money. So I just pulled a little coin out of my pocket that was worth about a penny and made another transaction to make Salt Lake Happy... Yeah, this church does not mess around. It is honestly perfect. I LOVE IT!! Well I'm loving the work down here guys! Oh yeah something that happened that was so funny is that I saw this drunk guy passed out in the street and then all of a sudden two kids ran up to him and started peeing on him hahahhahahaha! I laughed so hard. SO that happened. Well I love you all!! I'll update you on our investigators next week!!

COPAN

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGAN!!!!!! How old are you Turning?? Nine?? HAHA Ryan and I thought you were eight years old for about half of your life haha! Love you Meg!! Alright so I'm going to start off this Email by saying this place is so dang pretty... Like I feel like I am serving in some little town in Spain. It is so pretty! I have 0 pictures though because my comp also does not have a camera so that's just great. But maybe you guys can just search it on Google. It love it here. There are also 90837 Americans down here on Vacation. So that's super weird haha. I even heard one of them say "Oh my gosh they're down here too" hahaha I thought that was awesome! So where I am serving is everyone's dream area in this mission because it is just such a cool little town. The church is a little house that we go to and there are about 25 members who come on Sundays. The only bad thing is that the work is kind of dead. But were going to see if we can turn that around! Also my comp is awesome! He is from the States so that is super cool! He is from Idaho and loves Sports! SO we have a lot to talk about in the Streets hahaha! Also saying goodbye in my last area was really hard. I was there for six months. It was starting to feel like my home while I was there. But I know that this place here is going to start feeling the same. Also I loved Conference!!! As a missionary you're just glued to the TV like your watching the Super Bowl, or any Jazz game! I loved all of it! Oh yeah and here it's up in the mountains so the weather is so nice!! Like I'm not even Hot!!! WOOOOO! And the best thing ever is that we have Hot water... Yes, I about cried when I first touched the hot water with my hand hahaha! Que Rico. Well I have to go now but I love all of you!!

Love Elder Hess

ADIOS LAS FLORES

OK so First I want to say two things! First Happy Birthday to Lexi Watts I hope you have the best day ever! 2. My Boy Brandon is AP!!! You are such a great missionary man=)

MMk so this week was SO much better than the last week! We had the amazing experience of baptizing Sister Isabel!! She is 83 years old! After all of this time she finally had the spirit touch her heart! The baptism went so well! We had her grandson baptize her too! Her grandson was inactive for a very long time but after the baptism he is now wanting to go on a mission! So it was kind of a double score!! But the baptism was kind of weird because we had to dunk her about 646 times because her back would not bend because she is so old. So in the end we had to sit her on a chair, fill the font up more and just push her head in. But it wasn't awkward or weird. The spirit was still so strong the whole time! Her whole family came in from all over the Country to see the baptism because her whole family attends the LDS church. The family all gave us hugs and were just crying. They were all so happy! After the baptism one of the daughters said "I am a witness of hundreds of missionaries passing by my mom's house but it looks like the Lord had to send these two boys to have the Spirit finally touch her heart!" When Isabel shared her testimony she was just crying. I was crying too. She just talked about how proud she is of our Savior for keeping her on this earth a little longer to be baptized. (She is really old) She looked at Vasquez and I with tears running down her face and said "thank you to these two young soldiers that finally showed me the truth." She calls me her grandson hahaha! We now eat dinner with her every Wednesday too! She really is the cutest old lady! I don't know if I have told you guys this but when we first passed by for her house Isabel told us "look, you guys can pass by if you want but I am a Catholic and I am going to die a Catholic." But that didn't put us down at all. We just loved her and now she's a member of the Lord's church. One of her granddaughters actually told her "well  it looks like you are going to die a Mormon" hahahaha we all laughed so hard because she told everyone that phrase! Well I love you all! Oh yeah I have changes. I'm going to COPAN! Look it up on the Internet!! It's a super famous place! Oh yeah and I'm going to get my first American Comp! Woooo! Ok well I love you guys!! Adios!!

Love Elder Hess

Elder Hess & Elder Vasquez with Sister Isabel

Baptism of Isabel by her grandson

Too legit

SICK

Well I got it.. I got hit with the chikungunya... So didn't work all week so I can't really talk about much. My feet kill and my bones just kill. The worst part about it all is that the recovery process is a YEAR to a YEAR and a half. Yes you read that right. But that doesn't mean I'll be like dead for a YEAR. I'll just have hurting bones and little things like that. The other day I woke up at like 4 am to go get some water and I fell to the ground after the first step because my feet hurt so bad. I was so hot and I couldn't shower because we haven't had water for over 2 weeks now. The power kept going out so the house was an oven. But I'm feeling better now and I'm going to go to work all this week! The worst part was just sitting in the house knowing that March Madness was going on and not being able to watch it.. There is no better time in the year to get sick if your at home but in the mission it's just the worst. Ok well I love you all! That was my week. Awesome right.

Love Elder Hess

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

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