Monday, February 8, 2016
Hey mom, so I guess this week has been a pretty good one!! On Tuesday, I had to go to the capital and I started my bus ride all alone!! Haha, did you know that?!!?! Literally, for like 10 minutes, I was all alone on the bus and that was chill! However, I still don't know how this happened, but somehow I got tasked by the Zone Leaders, who were supposed to be in charge of the bus organization and trip, to take all of that responsibility and that was whack!! Haha, I thought I knew how to do it all because I always watched them so I thought I could do it without a problem but I was wrong!! This time wasn't like the other times! Haha, well to start off I should explain that this bus was full of trainers and new missionaries and that's it!! All of the new missionaries had their bags and they were all a little shell shocked because they had literally landed in the country only hours before and so none of them really knew where they were going or how to take care of their stuff. So a ton of people were asking me to help their kids get their stuff and all of that and in the end there were a ton of things left on the bus from both sisters and elders and it was awesome!!! Haha, I tried to find out who it all belonged to but in the end, I just left a lot of stuff at the ZL's house and told them it was in their hands now.
I won't lie, I did enjoy the bus ride a lot and I will be going up again tomorrow for a leadership workshop!! Hopefully that will be fun too...?
But I mean I am sure it will! Really though, I should back up for a second. I really enjoy being able to train m new kid! His name is Elder Aguilar and he is from Puebla, Mexico. he isn't super familiar with the scriptures but it's fine because every single missionary has glitches when they enter the field and my big glitch was definitely that I could not speak Spanish at all! Now I feel like I can speak sufficiently and that's good, but I still have a lot of work to do before I am 100% fluent. Luckily, my new kid is Mexican and Mexicans speak very fast and during this 2 month I'll be passing with him, I know my Spanish is going to sharpen up a lot! Also, I know I'm going to become a whole lot more familiar with the scriptures as I teach Elder Aguilar to navigate them. All in all, I think he is going to be a good companion because we are very different and I think that's IMPORTANT!!!! This week we found a ton of new investigators and we have a couple of people we really think might get baptized. Only the Lord really knows, but we have faith that we can help Him make it all happen so that more of His sheep will make their way home.
But yeah, tomorrow I'm gonna be going up to Tegucigalpa and getting instruction on how to be a better and more effective leader and so that will be fun too! Also, I hope that tomorrow I get my package because if I don't then I'll have to wait till March!!! Haha, I've already waited 9 months for this package and if I have to wait another one, then I think I'll just be better off never expecting it to get to me! But I guess I'll see!
Love you a ton mom and I hope you have a great Valentine's Day!!!
Elder Jonah McKee
Hey I am fine now. I had a pretty gnarly fever, but I did everything I could to get rid of it! BTW, I recently heard that the virus I had is now worldwide??? Anyways, I had the Zika virus! Don't worry, I am okay and now I'm working as strong as ever.
Hey mom, so I guess this week has been a pretty good one!! On Tuesday, I had to go to the capital and I started my bus ride all alone!! Haha, did you know that?!!?! Literally, for like 10 minutes, I was all alone on the bus and that was chill! However, I still don't know how this happened, but somehow I got tasked by the Zone Leaders, who were supposed to be in charge of the bus organization and trip, to take all of that responsibility and that was whack!! Haha, I thought I knew how to do it all because I always watched them so I thought I could do it without a problem but I was wrong!! This time wasn't like the other times! Haha, well to start off I should explain that this bus was full of trainers and new missionaries and that's it!! All of the new missionaries had their bags and they were all a little shell shocked because they had literally landed in the country only hours before and so none of them really knew where they were going or how to take care of their stuff. So a ton of people were asking me to help their kids get their stuff and all of that and in the end there were a ton of things left on the bus from both sisters and elders and it was awesome!!! Haha, I tried to find out who it all belonged to but in the end, I just left a lot of stuff at the ZL's house and told them it was in their hands now.
I won't lie, I did enjoy the bus ride a lot and I will be going up again tomorrow for a leadership workshop!! Hopefully that will be fun too...?
But I mean I am sure it will! Really though, I should back up for a second. I really enjoy being able to train m new kid! His name is Elder Aguilar and he is from Puebla, Mexico. he isn't super familiar with the scriptures but it's fine because every single missionary has glitches when they enter the field and my big glitch was definitely that I could not speak Spanish at all! Now I feel like I can speak sufficiently and that's good, but I still have a lot of work to do before I am 100% fluent. Luckily, my new kid is Mexican and Mexicans speak very fast and during this 2 month I'll be passing with him, I know my Spanish is going to sharpen up a lot! Also, I know I'm going to become a whole lot more familiar with the scriptures as I teach Elder Aguilar to navigate them. All in all, I think he is going to be a good companion because we are very different and I think that's IMPORTANT!!!! This week we found a ton of new investigators and we have a couple of people we really think might get baptized. Only the Lord really knows, but we have faith that we can help Him make it all happen so that more of His sheep will make their way home.
But yeah, tomorrow I'm gonna be going up to Tegucigalpa and getting instruction on how to be a better and more effective leader and so that will be fun too! Also, I hope that tomorrow I get my package because if I don't then I'll have to wait till March!!! Haha, I've already waited 9 months for this package and if I have to wait another one, then I think I'll just be better off never expecting it to get to me! But I guess I'll see!
Love you a ton mom and I hope you have a great Valentine's Day!!!
Elder Jonah McKee
Hey I am fine now. I had a pretty gnarly fever, but I did everything I could to get rid of it! BTW, I recently heard that the virus I had is now worldwide??? Anyways, I had the Zika virus! Don't worry, I am okay and now I'm working as strong as ever.
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