This is it!

Wow...I can't believe its all ending! What a journey!!

Thankfully, I was able to keep motivated my last week and it was a good week :) I could tell Satan was trying hard to get to me with some different things that happened, but that didn't get me down! I tried to do my best to help the people I could while I'm here.

This past week the members from our branch had an excursion to the temple and in church on Sunday a lot of them shared their testimonies about the experience. It was so amazing hearing the experiences that they all had in the temple! I gained a strong testimony of the temple before leaving on my mission, and I know it will keep growing! For the members here, it is really hard going to the temple because it is expensive. But a lot of them make sacrifices because they know how important it is! I really liked something that one member said, that when we exercise our faith and take a step, God helps us to take 10 more. So true!

I am so grateful for the experience that I have had to be a missionary in Honduras! It has definitely been the hardest thing I have ever done, but its also been the best thing I've ever done. I have learned soooo much and I have changed even more. Its weird...I feel like I'm myself, but a much better version of myself. And I know that I will keep growing and changing my whole life! Because that is the purpose of this life...to become like our Father in Heaven. 

I know that this gospel is true. I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer, and that He knows exactly how to help us and comfort us. I know that God has a plan for each of us that helps us to become the best we can be! I know that the Book of Mormon is true and that it helps us to become closer to our Heavenly Father and our Savior Jesus Christ. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet and that he helped restore the true church that Jesus Christ established when He was here! I know that we are all children of God and that He loves us soooo much :)

Thank you all for your support these 18 months! I love you all and I can't wait to see you! Nos vemos!!! :)

Hermana Whittle

Keep on keeping on!

Getting ready for their water fight today for some p-day fun!

Hi everyone!!

So it was another rough week this week...I think every week will be rough from here out! But we just keep on keeping on :) I am super grateful for my companion and the other missionaries here because they help keep me happy and motivated to work.

SOOO the highlight of this week was that we got to have a conference with an APOSTLE!!!! It was sooooo good :) Elder Neil. L Andersen, Pres. Maynes, and Bishop Davies(70s) all spoke to us and it was great. I loved seeing that really they are all normal people....but when they teach they do it powerfully. Elder Andersen talked to us about the importance of the Atonement and why it is important for us as missionaries and for our investigators. He was struggling a bit with speaking spanish because he also speaks french and portuguese(cool right?) so he confused words sometimes. But his message was still powerful and the testimony that he bore was really simple, but so true, and I could tell he knew with all his heart the things he was saying. It was sooo awesome!

We found a HUGE less active part member family this week...I was a little intimidated teaching them all haha. But we will see how that goes with them. Even though this area is hard, we still find things to do and people to teach and we do the best we can...thats all we can do right? :)

I love you all! Have a great week!

Hermana Whittle

Hermana Whittle with her comp and district today on p-day having a water fight. :)

Hi Everyone!

Well this week has been difficult to say the least...to keep a long story short 3 of our investigators that had baptismal dates told us that they didnt want us to visit them anymore. It was really hard because we had felt the spirit really strongly with them and they were really progressing and my companion and I were trying so hard to have faith and put goals and work hard...but after all this happened I realized that I couldn't just stop now. That was just a trial of my faith and I have to keep moving forward and working hard or I will never get anywhere...

So that is my message for all of you this week :) No matter how many times you think you have failed, you have to keep going or you will never get anywhere...its true that we have to have faith to see miracles, but we have to keep strong even when it seems our faith has been in vain :)

Have a great week!

Hermana Whittle

A cold and windy day in Santa Rosa de Copan!

Happy March!!

Hi everyone!

I can't believe that its already march...it makes me so sad!! I am enjoying being here sooo much and I don't want it to end...

This week was good! On Thursday we had a Multizone conference with Elder Ochoa of the 70 and it was soooo good! He talked a lot about faith. He told us about how our purpose as missionaries is to help people to have faith in Christ unto repentance, baptism and that they can endure to the end...and he talked a lot about the authority we have to do it. It was really inspiring and it motivated us to work harder with our investigators and how we can know which ones are the ones we should be working with. The next day my comp and I were super motivated to put everything that he taught us in practice, and it has been going well :)

This weekend two twins that we have been teaching FINALLY got baptized! They are 8 so its not our baptism, but we have been preparing them and it was sooo great watching them get baptized :) They remind me of Sam(which is hard sometimes) and I love them so much!

Everything is going super well here and I am happy!!

Have a great week!

Hermana Whittle

How "sweet" is the Restoration! :)

Hi everyone!

This week has been super crazy, but thats how it always is at the end of a transfer :) But we have been finding a lot of new people to teach...we havent even had time to visit them all. But hopefully some of them will have the desire to learn more about the gospel!

On Saturday we made cookies with the elders and some members and we gave them away in front of the church with pamphlets and we wrote down their directions...it was super fun! And it was great because the members were able to help us contact and talk about the church.

This morning I was reading an article from the Liahona from this month that talks about praying to God every day to receive our "daily bread"...we need to pray every day for our needs that we have that day. And sometimes, we just have to focus on each day and take life one day at a time...and God will always help us. I think the article is called Look to God Each Day...you should all read it if you haven't already :)

Thats all! Have a great week!

Hermana Whittle

Hey everyone!

Its been a good week here in Santa Rosa :) It was starting to get warm, but the past few days its been super cold. But besides having to bathe with cold water, I don't mind Its SO much better than the heat of San Pedro...

All went well with Karen getting baptized! Her dad, who just got baptized almost a year ago, was able to baptize her so that was really special.

We talked to our mission president about Antonio and he told us that he has to finish his parol before he can be baptized...so he has to wait until July. We were kinda bummed but I know that he will be super prepared and have a strong testimony of the gospel. We told him and he was okay with it too :) He is going to help so many people!

We have an investigator named Hilda who is super awesome and has a great desire to learn and go to church, but she can't because of her husband. He doesn't let her go to church(or leave the house for that matter) and he trests her super bad and doesn't respect her at all. She went with us to a little activity that we had with the Relief Society president and she was super happy and loved it, but when she got home he got super mad at her. It is so sad...we have been praying for her a ton and are hoping that things will get better, but we will see. Please pray for her...

Thats all! I hope you all have a great week!

Hermana Whittle

Hermana Whittle's zone in Campana, her last transfer.

Hermana Whittle and Hermana Luna  with a recient convert named Lisseth for her birthday. She is the sister of Karen, who just got baptized on Saturday.

Lisseth's baby, Christopher. 

Hi everyone!

Things are going well here in Santa Rosa...Im enjoying the cool weather and trying to get to know the area and the people more. For the first time in my mission on Wednesday another elder and I gave an english class...it was super fun. We also started doing an activity every Saturday to help teach the members how to be missionaries and share the gospel...so far its been going well.

Antonio is doing super great...he was going to get baptized this past week but when we were reviewing the baptismal questions we realized he needed an interview with our mission president...so we are just waiting to see when he can come and interview him. Antonio was a little bummed at first but he has been doing great and reading a ton in the book of mormon and the liahona.

We also have an investigator named Karen that is going to get baptized this Saturday. Her dad got baptized almost a year ago and her sister about a month ago, so we are just working through the family :) At first she wasnt so sure if she wanted to get baptized but we asked her to pray about it and the next time we went she told us she wanted to get baptized :) Hopefully all will go well!

Really I love this area a ton...I only have two weeks here but I feel like in these two weeks I have grown and changed a ton...I cant wait to see what else is in store for me!

Have a great week!