"Keep moving forward" or like Dory says "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming!"

Hi everyone!!!

So to be honest...this week was ROUGH. Half of the week it was pouring and a little cold and we had problems the whole week with having appointments. All of our appointments have been falling through and we are left with nothing to do. And we are supposed to be working with less actives but there are soo many and we don't know where they all live and the members haven't been able to go with us. My companion and I have just been a little discouraged because we haven't been having success. But we talked with our favorite family in the ward yesterday and they helped us a lot....the members here are so awesome!

We did find a less active this week who is super great! Her name is Jessi and she told us that she has noticed a difference in her life without the church and she wants to go back. So we are working with her and her boyfriend(who isn't a member) and hopefully they will want to go to church!

We also found another less active this week...but things didn't go as well with him to say the least haha. He has a ton of doubts and doesn't believe in the book of mormon...we were trying to talk to him but he wasn't really listening to us. And then as we were walking away, he said to us,"I only have one sin. I look at women and I have bad thoughts." Uuummmmmmm ADIOS. We will not be going back there!

I hope things are going well for you all! Don't forget to read the Book of Mormon everyday...it is soooo awesome! All I want to do is read it! And I promise the more you read it the better it will get, and it can help you so much in your life! Adios!

Hermana Whittle

Gotta love the heat! :)

Hermana Whittle and her District visited the San Fernando Fort in Omoa, a town just west of Puerto Cortes.  The fort was built in the late 1700's by the Spanish. 

Hermana Grondel and Hermana Whittle are in the same district again! They served in the same district in Fesitranh.

The "crazy" elders in Hermana Whittle's area.

Hermana Whittle's lunch--- she said she was a little intimidated of the fish at first. :)

On Sunday, a little girl brought Hermana Whittle and her companion a piece of her birthday cake, because she loves them so much! 

Hi Everyone!

Hermana Whittle eating a watermelon that an investigator gave them.  She is getting quite the tan!

Hermana Whittle and Hermana Marroquin with an investigator from Castanos.

A sweet little boy gave this flower to Hermana Whittle and made her day! 

It's official! They have a cell phone! :)

Hermana Marroquin and Hermana Whittle working on a bracelet.

Hermana Whittle's new home in Puerto Cortes.  They live in an apartment behind the house. 

After eating dinner with a member family, their daughter asked Hermana Whittle to braid her hair for her.
She is good at that! :)

When Hermana Whittle and Hermana Marroquin arrived in Puerto Cortes they moved into the apartment that the elders had been living in.  They cleaned it really well for them, then left little signs all over! The top one say "Welcome Hermanas" and the scripture in Phillipians 3:2 says "Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision".  The second sign tells them not to be trunky! They went to a lot of trouble to help them feel welcome! So cute! :)

Hermana Whittle and Hermana Marroquin get to cross the laguna on this bridge. 

May 5, 2014

So this last week has been CRAZY!  On Wednesday, we had transfers and both me and my companion left our area.  Long story short, the mission nurse needed an area to train the new nurse.  But in the transfer meeting, my companion and I found out that we were going to be opening an area together!  We were so excited to be together another change!  So our new area is called Centro 3, and it is part of Puerto Cortes.  The beach is 5 minutes from our house so I am in heaven.  We share the area with 4 other elders, but the ward has been asking for hermanas for a very long time, so they were very excited when we came!  Opening an area is super hard, and even more so for us since we have absolutely noting in our area book.  No investigators, no phone numbers, no map.  It has been rough leavng the house everyday and having no idea what we are going to do.  But the members have been helping us so much!  This ward is so supportive and I love it!  I don't know why, but since my first day here I have felt a love for this area and the people here.  I have a feeling it is going to be my favorite area.  Whatever it be (the fact that we are near the coast, that I have more time, that the ward loves us) I am excited to work in this area! I love being a missionary!

I love you all and I hope you have a good week!
Hna. Whittle

These are some of the people who took care of Hermana Whittle and Hermana Marroquin in their last area of Castanos.  They fed them, fixed the broken zippers in their skirts, let them use their bathroom.  What a blessing that these sweet people are taking care of our daughter and her companion! :)