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Hola from Honduras

Alright. Super good week this week. Lots of lessons, lots of walking. church is always a little interesting because i have to play piano every week. We have three really good guys that we are teaching right now, and it is really cool to see their lives improve because of the gospel. We had to go to the hospital 3 times because my trainer has developed a bunch of allergies since being out here. Gluten, lactose, nuts, cherries, and garlic. I am always super tired, because we have to walk everywhere, unless we are going to the stake center or hospital. But, my shoes are still in pretty good shape. The other day, it was raining when we had to start walking home that night, and we were at the church building which is about a 20ish minute walk. It was pouring, and had been for a while. So we wait a couple minutes to see if it would let up, but it didnt so we just started walking. here there is no drainage system for the roads so when it rains, they turn into mini rivers. And i forgot any kind of rain protection, so we were walking home in a downpour for 25ish minutes. Sometimes the roads were more than ankle deep of water. It was super crazy. My spanish is coming along better and better, understanding is still a lot easier than replying but still making progress. The situation with water is annoying, because the only thing i can use the tap water for is a shower. We have to use the pure water from a 5 gallon jug for everything else. Ok some kinda quirky things about honduras: No one here has carpet it is all tile, squeezing 20 people into what used to be a 9 person volkswagen van is normal and is called a "rapidito", the typical breakfast and the typical dinner are pretty much the same ( the only difference is you had a little bit of carne asada to dinner), on almost every corner there is a mini convenience store called a pulperia, milk and juice and water can come in bags, and soda comes in 500ml, 1 L, 1.25 L, 1.5 L, 2 L, 2.5 L, and 3L sizes. It is super awesome down here. the people are always really nice, and most of them are understanding about me not knowing spanish super well. Oh and tonight my trainer volunteered us to try Mondongo soup. You can look that up if you want to see how much fun it will be 😬. I havent had to wash my clothes by hand yet, so that has been really nice. I really like the verse in the book of mormon, ether 12:6. It talks about how we need to test our faith before we receive an answer or blessing. It is really good to apply in my life here because i need to test my Spanish more to be able to speak it better. there are a lot of applications of that and it is really cool to see that. 

Que le vaya bien
Elder Jensen

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  1. KatSeptember 20, 2016 at 12:23 PM

    Is Diet Coke at the corner markets? I closed my eyes and tried to picture Sam walking home. Brave. And my fave... gospel improves our lives

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