January 31, 2011

Baptism for Dixza

Hola,

How is everyone doing? Things are alright here in Honduras. It rained a lot again for a few days so all the streets are muddy. We ended up having a baptism this week.  Her name is Dixza. She is in Hermanas Doras family - she´s about 11.  She has a really cool afro. We’re working with the mom and other daughter still. This is the family with the crazy dad that´s a member but is always drunk but he´s doing better.  They need to get married so we´ll see when that happens. I went on divisions again this week.  I went with Elder Cornia.  He´s from Randolph up by Bear Lake. He only has one change more than me. I´m pretty sure we had some extra help because for the most part we understood what was going on and we taught a lot of lessons.  We taught a lot of lesson 3’s because that one is the easiest, but it was a cool experience.  I was in his area which is La Lima so it was nice to have a little change.  I talk more about it in the recordings.  Mom, I got my garments package so thanks for that. We already ate all of the food.  I also got a lot of letters from Lizzy. I did get Tyler’s wedding card, and a christmas card from grandma and grandpa. We had 6 investigators come to church this week.  I think we´ll be able to baptize one of them this week.  The other one that we were planning on baptising didn´t come so that´s a little frustrating.  But we got to church early and we weren´t doing anything so I told Elder Galán that we should go contact so we just went in front of the church and invited everyone that walked by and one of them ended up coming and he stayed the entire meeting.  We’re going to go over there tonight so hopfully he really liked it and felt the spirit.  Then we have one more that is close to being baptized but she just doesn´t think she is ready.  Hermana Carla -  both of her kids are members and we reactivated one and the other one sort of.  She doesn´t understand that you have to have the proper authority to baptize and we´ve taught about that concept 5 times but in time she´ll be baptized.  She taught us how to make tortillas so I’ll send a picture of that.  Then we chopped hermanas Margaritas yard.  She´s the one that will probably get baptized this week.  Then the other pictures are of the baptism with Dixza.
Thanks for everything.  I love you all!!!!!!!!

Mission Conference

January 24, 2011

Hola familia,
How are you all? Things are good here. We had interviews this past week and president Veirs said that we need to start focusing on retention because I guess San Pedro is one of the highest bapismal rate missions but the retention is terrible. That’s what we’re going to start doing.  We have to go back in our book of teaching records and look at all the people that were baptised or even people that weren’t baptized but were progressing.  Sunday was no fun because only 3 of our progressing investigaters came to church, and the 2 that we have a date with for this coming Saturday didn´t come so we have to wait another week with them. Mom, I finally got a package from you.  I got the one with the little things that Erika made so thanks for those and the treats were really good.  I don´t think I’ll need to use those in Pineda; it´s a safe city.
Hermana Oaks is the nurse from Centerville. She said she was younger than Heather and older than Kyle.
We ate at Wendy's and McDonalds- It was really really really good but it had a little different taste but it was really good.

I hope all is well back at home and that everthing is going good.  I miss you guys.
I Love you all!!!
Elder Kapple

January 17, 2011

picture of our zone

hola como estan
Things are good here and I´m feeling a little better. We have a mission nurse; she’s from Centerville and knows Heather and Kyle Anderson.  She gave me some stew to clean out my stomach.  I also weighed myself today and I was 230 pounds.  But there’s no way that is right unless I have lost a lot of muscle because I don´t think I look only 230.  Things are still slow with investetigators.  They’re all just progressing a little slow but that’s alright.  Not everybody is just ready to get baptized super fast and some of them just aren’t ready at this time in their life.  It´s like Hermono Fabrigus that I told you about.  It took him 18 years.  We were going to have a baptism this week but he didn´t go to church Sunday so he has to go one more week.  I’m really learning patience here. Eder Galan is a big talker so our lessons are sometimes like an hour and a half and they should only be like 30 to 40 minutes.  He is getting a little baggy but he said that starting this week he´s going to work really hard.  I talk about our meeting with Elder Christofferson on the recordings and everything else that has been happening.  It rained a lot this week  - for like 3 days straight and I guess some houses up in the Copan area got messed up.  But the rain stopped on Saturday.  People were saying that the weather is super bad down in Brazil and that people have died.
That’s crazy Tyler is married.  The Andersons aren´t going to be able to fit everyone in the cabin at Colter Bay.
I have really come to learn how unimportant the other things in life are.   Yes - the others things in life are fun  - some are good and some are bad.  But they’re not that important.   If we live the Gospel we’re going to be happy and in this life there are trials but those are the things that make us strong.  But the most important thing is to live the Gospel so we can return with our Heavenly Father. 
 
I haven´t gotten any of the other packages yet but I´m pretty sure that mail is coming tomorrow so hopfully I’ll get them all then.  I don´t think that anyone in our zone has gotten mail for like 3 or 4 weeks.
Erika - thanks for the pictures.  Lenna is really cute but I’m not going to lie - she kind of had a clown dress on.  I’m not trying to say it wasn´t cute, but only she and a few others can pull that look off.   And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!  I really don´t know how old your going to be. Is it 24?
--- and send more pictures. I like getting them.

I hope all is well for you guys back in Ogden and Virginia.  I miss you and love you all!!

January 10th, 2011

¡Hola! ¿Como estan?
Thanks for your e-mails this week.  I always love getting them.  Things are good here.  I went on divisions this week for 2 days to Santiago with Elder Richardson.  I’ll attach a photo of him.  Santiago is really cool and pretty but in the middle of nowhere.  There are ruins there but they’re cleaning them up right now so we can’t go until the end of February.  I talk more about what we did in the tape.   Not a lot of our investigators are progressing so that’s frustrating but hopfully we can get a few here this week.  This Wednesday are changes.  We didn´t get a change so Elder Galán is going to finish his mission here and Dad, we do have Elder Christofferson and others coming next week to the mission.  It should be really cool.  It is just getting hotter and hotter here and hasn´t rained for a while.  I wish it would because then it´s not so hot.  Dad, that is our house on the Google map you sent.  Ours is the little one in the middle and I’ll have to see if those ruins are over there next time were in that area.

For your questions Mom...
Mom, in regards to your speaking assignment in church – Sorry, I’m not going to write a talk for you.  That one is all you.  But here are some things that have happended.  President Veirs really stresses the baptisms of families and how important it is to bring families into the church.  It is so true.  This gospel blesses families so much and families are one of the most important things in the gospel.  Hermano Fabrigas, one of our investigators that we baptized on Christmas, has had the missionaries come for 18 years but really never had a desire to be baptized.  But his family went to the temple in December and during this time he felt like that is something that he needs to do; go to the temple with his family.  He just got the priesthood and is going to be a great and faithful member of the church.  He´ll be able to go to the temple with his family in December.  Also, another cool story is the one with Hermana Reyna.  I talked a lot about her on the tapes but that’s another family and they barely have anything but they are really humble.  You´ll have to dig through my recordings to get some more about her.  Have fun writing a talk mom.  Ii know you love to do things like this just like me.
I haven´t received the 2nd package yet but no one has gotten mail in a while.  I’ll either get it tomorrow or in one week.

For p-day today we went golfing.  One of the members is the grounds keeper so he let us go for free.  The course is closed on Mondays so it was only us.  We only did 3 holes.  It was super hot.
 
Well, I hope all is good.
I love you all!!!

 Elder Richardson- He got hit in the head with an axe while doing a service project- cutting down trees... 

Santiago

 Santiago

 Club House

 Golfing

Iguana

Happy New Year

Hola como estan,

I hope all is good and that everyone had a great New Years.  News Years is crazy here and I don’t like it one bit - all they do is light fireworks, and they have some pretty intense fireworks down here.  I dont know what they’re called but they are so loud and anoying. This week nothing too much happened.  We didn´t have a baptism but we will one this Saturday for Hermana Mariana.  I think I talked about her before.  She´s the one that has a son on a mission.  We might baptize her son too.   He is handicapped.  He understands everything but can´t really talk.  Mariana can understand him but I for sure can´t.  He can’t walk and has limited use in one arm/hand but he is awesome and a really happy kid.

Mom, here´s all your answers to your questions:

How did the baptisms go? The baptisms were good- Hermano Fabrigus is really good, he´ll be an awesome priesthood holder in the church
Do you tract going door to door or what?  We don´t really tract door to door - mostly in the street and most people are outside.  It´s funny, all of the houses are fenced here so to have them answer you yell buenes
How many lesson do you give each day?  like 6 or 7, we could teach more but Elder Galan really likes to talk.
How is the food? The food is alright.  I’m still getting used to it
Have you gotten sick from the food or water?  I haven´t gotten sick yet
How is your cough and did you ever take the z-pack?  No it´s almost gone so I haven’t yet
Can you buy just about everything you want there for food?  Yes - not in our city but in Lima, the beef jerky was good though and you can’t get it here.
Are their food stores like ours or is the city too small to have big stores?  In Pineda they’re just Pulparias.  They’re tiny.  You don’t walk in them  - it´s just a little store front.
How often are the tranfers and do you think you will stay in Pineda and with Elder Galan?  Um. I don’t know.  Transfers are in a week and a half, so we´ll find out then.  I’ll stay for sure but Elder Galan might go.
Do you ever do service projects?  We haven´t yet.  I wish we did.  I did some service when I went on divisions but for some reason Elder Galan doesn´t like to.
I need to know what your dress shoe size is because it is different then a 12 or 13.  Just in case I need to send more.
 
Thanks for everything,
I LOVE YOU ALL!!!