Baseball and Breakfast in La Lima--Feb 29, 2016

Elder Garnica and I

So on Tuesday we had our District meeting.  After we went as a zone to eat lunch.  There's a place called Tokken's Pizza here. Soooooo good.  Actual American taste.  Unbeatable.

On Wednesday we did a ton of contacting, which didn't go well.  I met some weird people though.  I saw a dude with a huge Nazi swastika tattoo, so of course we talked to him.  He didn't want much to do with us it turned out.  But we did find a really cool lady who was taught by other missionaries.  She had all the pamphlets, and had written a bunch of questions and stuff on them.  That was cool.  Plus she had a dog with just 2 legs.  He just walked around on 2 legs--craziest thing I've ever seen!

Thursday we had divisions with the office secretaries.  The new one didn't know his area very well, so he went with me, which is weird cause I have the same amount of time as him, but whatever.  He was a gringo, his name is Elder Ruelas.  He's super cool.  A fun day of talking English in the streets.
On Friday we did some service for a guy named Jorge, but we call him Jack.  He speaks a ton of English, but he's super crazy.  So there's nobody better to talk to!  WE like the name Jack because he's skinny and doesn't like Christmas, like Jack Skellington.  He really doesn't like Honduras either and he's sooo funny.  Last lesson with him, he stood up and shouted "my hatred...for Honduras...is GREAT!"  He's a great guy!

Today 2 elders brought baseball mitts!  And one of them is left handed!  So we played catch for a while.  It was awesome!  Then we ate pizza, and now I'm here.

BASEBALL!!

This new area and zone are awesome.  I like the people we are teaching, my comp's cool, and the time is flying by.  I almost have 6 months!  We have 9 people that are progressing, but like 10 more that we teach.  We take the bus 2-3 times every day.  La Lima is about the same size as Tela.  I don't go there a lot though.

I live in a house but it's pretty small.  It has 3 rooms and 1 bathroom, but absolutely no furniture, so it's small, but feels bigger because there's a lot of empty space.
Something awesome about the mission--I bought breakfast today for 50 cents!  I got a 12 ounce Coke for 30 cents and two bags of chips for 10 cents each.  I'm full, but probably going to die of diabetes or something.  Whatever.  :)  (I know, I know.  I don't normally eat like this, but it was so convenient and cheap.  I'm converting to Honduras!)
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Elder Ben Gozart

Having fun with the funny face Valentine's from home

Hermana Garcia--my mission mom

What's awesome about her is she was my mom in Miramar, but not in my district, and I couldn't talk very well, so I never got to know her.  But now she's here in La Lima, and she's AWESOME.  Not even close to my real mom though.  #priorities