Oooohhhh we're halfway there...:)

Hermana Whittle and Hermana Cardona after the mission conference.

Hey everyone!! First off....I cannot believe I have already completed half of my mission. It has gone by so fast...and I know the other half is going to go even faster. Nooooooooo....

This week was pretty normal. Lots of sun, lots of walking, and lots of fallen appointments. But I'm enjoying myself and I love Honduras :)

On Wednesday we had a conference with all of the mission and Elder Ochoa from the 70 came and spoke to us. He talked a ton about faith and what we can do to help the people we are teaching to have more of it. It was good :) And it was awesome to see my old companions and friends from my old zones :)

On Saturday I was feeling a little discouraged because our two investigators that are doing awesome and progressing had to cancel on us and weren't able to come to church on Sunday. So I was a little down. Our ward had an activity for the Primary that afternoon and it came to my mind that we should go and invite two girls that we have been teaching. So the whole time we were walking over there I was just praying and praying that they would be able to come to the activity with us. And they did :) It went well...I know that God answers prayers!

I tried a new food this week...yucca con chicharron. It was not my favorite...afterward I just wanted to throw up and I could barely walk because there was so much yucca in my stomach. I do not recommend that to anyone...

I hope you all are doing well and that you have a great week!

Hermana Whittle

This is the infamous scorpion they found in their apartment last week.  Hermana Whittle said it was about the size of her hand! 

Hermana Whittle, Hermana Cardona and another Hermana at their mission conference.

Hermana Whittle was happy to see Hermana Marroquin again, as well as Hermana  Grondel and Hermana Bahr! 

Heat, Scorpions and Baptismal Goals!

Hermana Whittle and her previous companion, Hermana Marroquin,
 with a member family in Puerto Cortes.

Hi everyone! Wow...I can't believe another week has already passed.

This week has been good! I am finally getting used to Hna. Cardona...she is awesome and we get along really well :) But this week has been exhausting! We had two days in a row where we walked A TON and it has been soooo hot...I have been exhausted. We had to stay in again on Friday for a game Honduras had and although I was bummed because we had to cancel our appointments, I didn't complain...I needed a nap haha. 

Our bishop this week decided to put a goal of 20 baptisms in the month of July between us and the two pairs of elders in our ward...WOW. We have a ton of work to do...but I know its possible with the Lord's help!

I have been a little frustrated lately because of the members. Yesterday we met a lot of less active familys who are SO AWESOME, but have stopped going to church because of problems with members. I don't understand why people have to say things and act like they are better than others...we are a family!! We should be helping each other out like Alma teaches in Mosiah 18. I'm just frustrated and I don't know what I can do to help the less actives return to church and help the members to have love....

Thats about all. We found a huge scorpion in our house the other day...that was fun. I will say that that is one thing I miss about the states...houses without cockroaches and ants and spiders. But I love Honduras and I am so happy to be here :)

Love you all! I hope you have an awesome week!

Hermana Whittle

Hermana Marroquin, Hermana Whittle and Elder Paredes

HOLA EVERYONE!

Hola everyone!!!

This week has been SO LONG. I feel like its been an eternity. It had its ups and downs...but such is the mission!

So Hna. Marroquin and I had cambios :( That was super hard for me because she has grown to become one of my best friends. But I know the Lord needs her somewhere else! So I'm still here in Puerto Cortes and my new companion is called Hermana Cardona. She is also from Guatemala...I think this is going to be a thing. But she is great. She is super sweet and we get along well :)

Things are going well here in the area! Our church attendance jumped from 114 to 160 yesterday...we were so excited! We still have a ton of work to do with menos activos....but it's going! I love this area so much and I want to do all I can to do the Lord´s work here :) 

Its a bit crazy here right now since the world cup just started...EVERYONE is watching. We had to stay in our house for a couple hours when Honduras was playing...I hope we don't have to anymore.

Love you all! Have a great week!

Hna. Whittle

Outside of Hermana Whittle's home after they received A LOT of rain! :)

June 9, 2014

Hey everyone!

Honestly, we didn't do much this week because my companion and I both got sick. I just had a cold, but she was having problems breathing so we couldn't go out for a couple days. I HATE staying in the house...I was happy to leave again! But I kept myself busy studying and updating the area book(something that nobody wants to do haha) and so it wasnt too bad. 

Things have been going well with teaching the less actives this week! One day when we were teaching Hna. Marroquin had the great idea to help all of the less actives feel important and that we really need them in church...because we do! They are so important to us and we want them to feel that! So that has been our goal :) 

We had an awesome experience with one less active this week. We weren't planning on visiting her, but our appointments fell through so we decided to go over there. I know it was inspired. Her name is Alexandra and she is 16. Her mom doesn't go to church because she works, and she has an older brother but he doesn't go much either. Well we talked to her and she has been discouraged lately because she doesnt like going to church alone and her mom doesnt want to go anymore. Well my comp whipped out an awesome scripture that helped her a lot...we could feel the spirit so strong! I know the Lord loves all of his children and knows their needs :)

I also had another awesome experience yesterday in church. So I wasn't too excited to go to church yesterday because I didn't think we were going to have anyone there. But it was the opposite...there were a ton of new faces! There were a lot of less actives and investigators. I know a lot of them were from the elders...but I just felt so happy and blessed that I wanted to cry! I know the Lord is helping us out in this work!

Have a good week!

Hna. Whittle

A cute note from Hermana Marroquin. Hermana Whittle has already been out 8 months! Time is flying by!

Hermana Marroquin having some fun! :)

Hey everyone!!!

This week was a little long and suuper tiring. We had divisions with the hermana leaders on Tuesday. Normally in divisions one of us goes to their area and one of them comes to our area for a day. But since we live a little far, they both came and all four of us worked in our area that day, one of them with me and one with Hna. Marroquin. Actually, I got to be with Hna. Marley, my trainer, so that was fun to be her companion again :) But we had to share beds so that they didnt have to sleep on the floor...it was sooooo uncomfortable. My companion is tiny, but our beds are tiny too haha so I didn't get any sleep and I have been tired since.

I feel like the Lord is blessing us a ton, even if our investigators don't want to come to church :) We have one investigator named Gustavo who is doing super well! He is super receptive and he told us this week that before he had problems with smoking. But the day after our first visit, he quit smoking completely and hasn't done it since. WHAT.

Also, in our area we are mainly working with less actives. And we have been visiting one named Nancy and we have been teaching her two daughters because they haven't been baptized. And they finally came to church on Sunday! We were sooo happy because Nancy hasn't wanted to come. Things are going well here!

I hope you all have a good week!

Hermana Whittle

May 26, 2014

Hi everyone!

This week we had a multi zone conference with my old zone, zona Fesitranh. It was so weird to be in my old area again but it was awesome to see some of my friends from my other zone! And the conference was awesome! President Dester is awesome. He talked to us about having a vision in the mission and here in honduras. There is a possibility of a temple in San Pedro in a few years, but there is a lot of work to be done to achieve that goal.

He also talked to us about Joseph Smith...it was really cool to learn more about him. For example, did you guys know that he would talk with his family every night about the people from book of mormon times? He knew everything...the animals they used, their clothes and food, and he would tell stories to his family every night. How cool is that. And we learned about how he had frequent visits from the angel Moroni and prophets and apostles of old. They were basically his friends. That really touched me because I realized that Joseph Smith wasn't alone...he had a ton of help do to the work that needed to be done. And the same goes for me! He was also always happy and laughing...just like president monson :) And we should always be happy too...we have the restored gospel and so many blessings from our Heavenly Father :)

We have been able to find more less actives this week. We found on on saturday and she told us she wanted to come back to church...and she came! Really, the Lord is blessing us a ton and we are starting to have more success :)

I hope you all have a good week!

Hna. Whittle