Hello Family and friends how are you all?
Things are fine and dandy and really hot here in Hondo - haha. It was great to hear from all of you and it sounds like you are all keeping busy and doing just great. Things went alright this week. We’re pretty worried about the baptisms right now. As a zone we have only had 5 baptisms for the month. We do have some dates coming up but it is still a little scary that we only have 2 weeks left in the month and we only have 5. We will have 2 baptisms this week, Maria and her son Josuar. She has changed a lot. The first few times that we taught her, she had a lot of apostasy in her but has she has now read the Book of Mormon, prayed, gone to church, and listened to our message. She has had a change of heart. We are also working with the Machado family. The mom is a member and was baptized at the age of 14 but went inactive. They are really positive and are always happy when we show up. This week we found out that he smokes a lot; like a pack a day. He said that he has been wanting to leave it but hasn't been able to. We took his cigarettes from him on Saturday and then he told us Sunday that he hadn't smoked so he's doing great. Keep him and his family in your prayers. We have a date for the 23rd of this month. We really need to focus on finding new investigators. We found some this week but they’re not too positive, and some of our investigators aren’t progressing very fast. We had to drop a really possitive family this week. She really wants to get baptized but she is living in sin with her boyfriend and isn't willing to leave him because he doesn't want to get married. We also found out this week that he has killed 2 people. It was mostly in self defense but he didn't even feel bad for it so he hasn’t really repented. I remember in Utila when President Veirs was out there with us, I asked about how people can just kill like it is nothing. He said it's because they have lost the light of Christ. We all know that the Holy Ghost and the Light of Christ are different. The Light of Christ is what people feel before they have recieved the Holy Ghost. There are a lot of people here that have lost the Light of Christ. We have another family too that is doing alright and in these last few weeks have started to progress more. But a lot of things need to change before they get married. Some more info about my companion. He is 24 and I think that he has 4 sisters. All of his family are members but his dad is inactive. He was also inactive for a little while before his mission but then changed. That's why he came late. He goes home in November and that’s about it. This week the 2 of us, Elder Diego and I have to talk in the ZL conference on Wednesday so that should be a blast - haha. Keep me in your prayers for that. Today we went to the alligator farm again. It was fun. I touched a lion, a baby alligator and a big one too. Not everyone can say that- haha. I have been going to the gym every morning, I feel bad sometimes because we sometimes overhear a little worldly music but man do I feel good working out. We wake up at 5:30 am every morning. It was hard at first but I’m used to it now. Lately, I have focused a lot on health. I try to avoid snacks and I try not to eat a lot. Thanks for everything. You guys are the best and I miss and love you all!!!!!!!!
Elder Kapple
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