Monday, January
25, 2016
Hey mom! What’s
good? SO, hey,sorry for not writing you a big story last week I just didn’t
really have anything to say... I mean there are some weeks here in the mission
that are just soo bland and that is basically the best way to describe it, but
yeah. This week however is a little more exciting!
So anyways to
start it all off, this last Monday, as it always is in this zone, was a P-day
free-day. Or in other words the zone didn’t want to do anything so the ZL’s
just said we were all on our own to keep ourselves entertained... Just so you
know I hate P-day free-days.... I love p-days when the entire zone is together
and we all go to play soccer or something so I can get a little breather and
relax for a minute but here in the zone
I’m in the P-days are almost 90% free-days. Well anyways, this last Monday a
companionship that my comp and I like a lot came up to our area to hang out
with us and we played Phase 10 and it was super fun! We went out to eat and
then we all came to the cyber cafe to write home. Little did we know the bus
that comes to our area schedule was changed and while we were writing, the very
last bus left, abandoning them here for the night. We pushed the two beds
together and slept four on the homemade king-size bed we made. (That night I
barely slept at all) But yeah, so then the next morning they split at like 5 AM
so they could get home on time to start studies at 8.
I guess just
from the way I started the week off I knew it was gonna be a pretty interesting
one and well, I was right!
The next day we
had divisions with the ZLs and so we had to go to the south and work in their
area and stay with them so they could teach us about their work habits. It was
good that we stayed with them because on Wednesday we went to the temple and
the bus was going to leave from Choluteca at 4:30 in the morning. It would have
been impossible to get down there if we didn’t stay the night with them. We
stayed there in the house of the ZLs after finishing divisions and that night 4
other elders slept over too, so in total we had about 8 elders sleeping in a
tiny house and it was sooo hot and uncomfortably stuffy. I slept on a small
chair that’s a lot like the ones we have in the front room and it wasn’t the
best sleep in the world but I made due.
Four o’clock
came around super-fast and everybody started getting dressed and doing their
hair so we could get out to the church and take the bus. We all made it about 3
minutes before the bus got there and then we all boarded and we were off. In
the voyage to the temple we picked up two other zones and they were the other
missionaries that were going to accompany us in the sessions. I won’t lie, the
4 hour bus trip to the temple always goes by soo fast when you’re surrounded by
funny and loving missionaries! Well yea, the temple was great and I was super
stoked for the opportunity I had to go and recharge my spiritual batteries.
After the session ended my comp and I went to eat at this one really good
burger restaurant with the same two elders that had just slept over at our
house on Monday (Elder Harris and Elder Silva). Really though, the food was
great! I love going to Tegucigalpa and being able to eat good quality food!
Haha. Don’t get me wrong I love the fried plantain and the beans but every 2
months or so its super nice to get a good burger :)) The temple trip ended
shortly after we ate and all of the missionaries started to make their way back
to the bus so we could make the 4 hour trip back home.
Since we’ve been
home the week has just flown by! We missed two whole days of work in our area
so we had to run like crazy men to visit all of the investigators we hadn’t
seen and so we had a pretty busy schedule. Luckily we were able to complete all
of the things we had to and for that I’m super stoked; however, we didn’t have
anybody come to church! Even after running around reminding them to come all
day Thursday, Friday and even Saturday. But I mean in the end we only have the
ability to invite and invite and invite, we can never obligate! SO that all
then brings us back to today!
Today Elder
Harris and Silva came up to San Marcos again because once again today was a
P-day free-day. So they came up to the mountains so we could take them hiking
and so that’s what we did. We went hiking and it was awesome! We just went off
trail hiking up a mountain in our area and we found some cool things like big
trees to climb, lakes, lots of animals, and also a pretty cool viewpoint.
Truly I can say
that this week was a good one and I love when they are. It just makes the
mission so much more enjoyable when your days are all meaningful and memorable.
Hopefully this next week will be just as exciting. I was called on to teach in
this next region conference in front of about 80 missionaries so that’ll be
fun!!! Haha, wish me luck!
Always,
Elder Jonah
McKee
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