Thursday, October 18, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Dad and Mom visit Honduras
October 2nd- 12th
Elder Kapple was able to end his mission with his parents picking him up. They were in Honduras for 10 days and were able to see a lot of the areas Nathan served in. Since Nathan was an Assistant to the President (AP), he was able to pick them up at the airport with his companion. They enjoyed a nice dinner at the mission home with President and Sister Veirs and the other departing missionaries.
The next day mom and dad were able able to attend Nathan's last zone conference which he conducted in Spanish. After that, Nathan, mom and dad were able to visit all the areas where Nathan had served.
They also had some fun and visited the Mayan ruins in Copan, did a zip line through the jungle in Trujillo, went scuba diving on the island of Utila and went to the beach in La Cieba. Nathan was released as a missionary by dad before they went scuba diving! Trujillo is where Christopher Columbus landed in 1502 on his fourth and final journey to the Americas. They stayed at the Christopher Columbus hotel. They also attended church where they broadcasted General Conference. They spent the last night in San Pedro Sula and had dinner with President and Sister Veirs one last time before flying home to Utah.
Elder Kapple was able to end his mission with his parents picking him up. They were in Honduras for 10 days and were able to see a lot of the areas Nathan served in. Since Nathan was an Assistant to the President (AP), he was able to pick them up at the airport with his companion. They enjoyed a nice dinner at the mission home with President and Sister Veirs and the other departing missionaries.
The next day mom and dad were able able to attend Nathan's last zone conference which he conducted in Spanish. After that, Nathan, mom and dad were able to visit all the areas where Nathan had served.
They also had some fun and visited the Mayan ruins in Copan, did a zip line through the jungle in Trujillo, went scuba diving on the island of Utila and went to the beach in La Cieba. Nathan was released as a missionary by dad before they went scuba diving! Trujillo is where Christopher Columbus landed in 1502 on his fourth and final journey to the Americas. They stayed at the Christopher Columbus hotel. They also attended church where they broadcasted General Conference. They spent the last night in San Pedro Sula and had dinner with President and Sister Veirs one last time before flying home to Utah.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
October 3rd, 2012
Goodbye Luncheon with President and Sister Veirs:
Elders Going Home:
Elders Kapple-Hafen-Tacam
and our APs Elders Partridge and Chen
Goodbye Dinner:
Elders Velasquez, Hafen, Kapple, Tacam
President and Hermana Veirs
Hermanas Smith, Bellingham, Godoy, Barrios, Cotton
Elders Velasquez, Hafen, Kapple, Tacam
President and Hermana Veirs
Hermanas Smith, Bellingham, Godoy, Barrios, Cotton
Old and New APs:
Chen, Kapple, Partridge
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
September 22nd, 2012
Hello Everyone,
So to answer all the questions about the traveling and stuff. When you get off the plane here in Honduras try to be the first ones to get to immigration because that usually takes a little while. So get off the plane fast. Rent a car and they’ll be waiting there for you. I’m pretty sure I’ll be there to pick you up. Then that night we can just get some dinner and then I’ll take you all to the hotel. That night is when we have a dinner with all the newly arriving missionaries then after that we’re in the office working on changes usually but that is right next to the hotel. Some things to bring: I need you to bring a Book of Mormon in Tagolic (I think that is spelled right; the guy is from the Philippines) and if you can find the pamphlets in that language too. Bring a few pairs of church clothes. I’ll do all the visiting and traveling is church clothes. If there is anything else I’ll let you know. So this week was good. I’m feeling better but I still get a little pain in the back but not too much. We still did zone meeting this week and we will be finishing next week. This week we did a lot of divisions. We went with all the missionaries that can possibly be the next AP. It was fun to go out and work with them all. President will have a hard choice because there are a lot of great possibilities. It was pretty crazy this week. We sent a missionary home to go get surgery but with some new laws he couldn’t leave the country without some proper paperwork so we had to improvise a little bit. It worked he got to leave. The laws can be a little different here. This next week we have a few more zone meetings to do. We’re going to go back down to La Ceiba and we also have to do changes. Man, time sure does fly. It’s crazy that the mission is finishing and kind of sad. Sorry this is so short but we have to go to a baptism so we’re leaving pretty quick here.
Thanks for everything
I Miss and Love you All!!!!
Elder Kapple
PS - We went to a fort in Omoa today and it was really fun. I’ll send pics later.
September 15th, 2012
Well hello my amazing family!!!!!!!!
Well, it was just like two days ago that I wrote and much hasn't changed. I am feeling better. I still have some pain in my back and I don't think that I have passed it yet but I am still drinking a lot of water. It definitely wasn't the most fun week of my mission but it's alright. I'm still fighting through it. We are still just doing the zone meetings with all of the zones. It's a lot of capacitacions (training) but it's fun to see all the missionaries and it is a little more personal when we do it with all the zones separately. This week we are also going to have a meeting with all of the sisters in the mission. There are 5 sisters going home this change and after all of them go home, there are going to be a lot of sisters that don't have a lot of time left in the mission either. We have a lot of sisters who are just super young so we’re going to have this conference for them. I have been focusing on the book of Mormon. I have about talking about how the Lord from the beginning of the world has been preparing the way for the book of Mormon and this country so that he could restore His church and bring forth the Book of Mormon. I have also been talking about how we need to teach better so that our investigators have the desire to read it. Well family, thanks for everything that you all do for me. You all are amazing. I’m so grateful that Heavenly Father blessed me with such an amazing family.
I Miss and Love you!!!!!!!!
Elder Kapple
September 13th, 2012
Hello,
Sorry there wasn´t much time to write during the last few days but now we’re back in the office. We had a fun time in La ceiba and it was fun to go work there with them. A lot of stuff happened this past week. We had to do some emergency changes because of some things that were happening. We had to close an area in La ceiba because of some threats that they were getting which we’re not too sure about. When we were down there I went with Elder Hafen to work there for a little bit and it seemed fine. Then some of the sisters didn´t get a long too well so we had to change a few companionships around. Then as you found out last night from President Veirs we didn´t have the best time in Colon. I had a lot of pain so they took me to the clinic there which looked more like an old war clinic. Then they gave me some durgs and we headed to San Pedro and I was in the hospital that night. The pain went away and nothing showed up in the ultasound or in the x-ray but the doctor said I had a kidney stone. So they released me because I didn´t have much pain but it came back. Not as bad as it was in Colon but it still bothers me a lot and now I’m just drinking a lot of water so that I can pass it. So yes - that’s what is going on right now. It’s really not that fun though - haha. Have you guys ever had one of those? I just hope that I pass it soon. Sorry this is super short but I’ll get back to you on Saturday. We’re not going to be traveling so I’ll have time then.
Sorry there wasn´t much time to write during the last few days but now we’re back in the office. We had a fun time in La ceiba and it was fun to go work there with them. A lot of stuff happened this past week. We had to do some emergency changes because of some things that were happening. We had to close an area in La ceiba because of some threats that they were getting which we’re not too sure about. When we were down there I went with Elder Hafen to work there for a little bit and it seemed fine. Then some of the sisters didn´t get a long too well so we had to change a few companionships around. Then as you found out last night from President Veirs we didn´t have the best time in Colon. I had a lot of pain so they took me to the clinic there which looked more like an old war clinic. Then they gave me some durgs and we headed to San Pedro and I was in the hospital that night. The pain went away and nothing showed up in the ultasound or in the x-ray but the doctor said I had a kidney stone. So they released me because I didn´t have much pain but it came back. Not as bad as it was in Colon but it still bothers me a lot and now I’m just drinking a lot of water so that I can pass it. So yes - that’s what is going on right now. It’s really not that fun though - haha. Have you guys ever had one of those? I just hope that I pass it soon. Sorry this is super short but I’ll get back to you on Saturday. We’re not going to be traveling so I’ll have time then.
Thanks for everything.
I Miss and Love you All!!!!!!!!
Elder Kapple
September 2nd, 2012
Hello everyone; how are you all doing?
Things are great here in good old San Pedro Sula. This week was another busy one though. We had to opportunity to go to Copan and work with the missionaries there. We left on Monday to go to Santa Rosa and to work with them. I went on divisions with Elder Polendo. He was a DL in Villanueva when I was there and now he´s the ZL in Copan. It was really fun and we had a really good appointment together. We visited with a family and it was the first appointment with them. We didn´t teach all that much but had the chance to really get to know them and what their desires and concerns are in life. They’re a great family and the parents have a strong desire to teach their kids the right things to do and to be good parents. The gospel is really for them. We won their confidence too. That has to be one of the most important things that missionaries have to do is win the investigators confidence so that they trust us and will share what they feel with us. If we don’t have their confidence, it makes things a lot harder because the people will never open up to us. So that was a good experience. Then on Tuesday we went to two district meetings, then headed to Santa Barbara. I worked with Elder Peterson that evening and we had a fun time. He is a really good missionary and teaches really well. He´s the DL there. It was really fun because it was pouring and we got super wet - haha. We had two really good appointments also that went really well. Then the next day we did weekly planning with them. There are only four missionaries in this city and the closet missionaries to them are about 2 hours away. We just put 2 sister missionaries there to open the area and they’re doing a great job. Then to finish the week we had some more planning sessions with some other zones. Planning is one of the key things that we have to teach missionaries so that we can better help our investigators so that has been a focus lately. Yesterday and today we had the opportunity to go the stake conference in La Lima, where I started the mission. Elder Martino was there and an area 70 from Guatemala. They put in a new stake presedency. It always great to listen to those men speak. It was also really fun to see the old members from Pineda and some converts. I’m excited for you to meet them.
Well that was pretty much this week. I hope that Lenna had a happy birthday and that she was happy but I’m sure she was with all those presents that you all gave her.
I Miss and Love You All!!!!!!!!
Elder Kapple
Sorry that I didn’t write you all yesterday. We went to Pulapansac -the waterfall in Villanueva and then we had to go to the conference in La Lima.
Things are great here in good old San Pedro Sula. This week was another busy one though. We had to opportunity to go to Copan and work with the missionaries there. We left on Monday to go to Santa Rosa and to work with them. I went on divisions with Elder Polendo. He was a DL in Villanueva when I was there and now he´s the ZL in Copan. It was really fun and we had a really good appointment together. We visited with a family and it was the first appointment with them. We didn´t teach all that much but had the chance to really get to know them and what their desires and concerns are in life. They’re a great family and the parents have a strong desire to teach their kids the right things to do and to be good parents. The gospel is really for them. We won their confidence too. That has to be one of the most important things that missionaries have to do is win the investigators confidence so that they trust us and will share what they feel with us. If we don’t have their confidence, it makes things a lot harder because the people will never open up to us. So that was a good experience. Then on Tuesday we went to two district meetings, then headed to Santa Barbara. I worked with Elder Peterson that evening and we had a fun time. He is a really good missionary and teaches really well. He´s the DL there. It was really fun because it was pouring and we got super wet - haha. We had two really good appointments also that went really well. Then the next day we did weekly planning with them. There are only four missionaries in this city and the closet missionaries to them are about 2 hours away. We just put 2 sister missionaries there to open the area and they’re doing a great job. Then to finish the week we had some more planning sessions with some other zones. Planning is one of the key things that we have to teach missionaries so that we can better help our investigators so that has been a focus lately. Yesterday and today we had the opportunity to go the stake conference in La Lima, where I started the mission. Elder Martino was there and an area 70 from Guatemala. They put in a new stake presedency. It always great to listen to those men speak. It was also really fun to see the old members from Pineda and some converts. I’m excited for you to meet them.
Well that was pretty much this week. I hope that Lenna had a happy birthday and that she was happy but I’m sure she was with all those presents that you all gave her.
I Miss and Love You All!!!!!!!!
Elder Kapple
Sorry that I didn’t write you all yesterday. We went to Pulapansac -the waterfall in Villanueva and then we had to go to the conference in La Lima.
August 25th, 2012
Hello Everyone
How are you all doing? I kind of feel like my e-mails get to be pretty repetitive, but that’s ok. This week was a good one but super tiring and long but not in a bad way. We were just super busy getting everything ready for changes, and all of the newly arriving missionaries got here and all of the oldies left, ha-ha. On Monday we had to finish up all of the changes and just make sure that everything was good. At first we didn’t feel all that great about some of the changes but after Monday morning we felt a lot better. Then that night the new missionaries came from the Guatemala MTC so we were with them that night. They are great missionaries. Then later that night we were in the office until like 4 in the morning getting the presentation for the changes meeting ready.
Tuesday we had all of the meeting with the new missionaries and the training items to go over. It was kind of sad, the new missionaries that came from the States had like 3 days of traveling to get here. They left Monday and got stuck in California for a few days and didn’t end up getting here until Wednesday after the change meeting. And so as you already all know, my comp had a change and I now have a new comp. Elder De Leon went to Colon as ZL. So he’ll finish his mission out there. He has 2 changes left. My new comp is Elder Chen. He is an awesome little guy. I think he comes up to about my chest. He is really cool and really humble. He has been 16 months in the mission so he still has a lot of time left and he’ll do great here. He is from Guatemala from Alta Berepaz, Coban. I think Coban is the place that Pres. Meyers just went to.
I have to teach him a lot because he only has 6 weeks to do it but I know that he’ll do a great job. He already has a lot of great ideas of things to do. It was sad to see all those missionaries go though. A lot of them
were good buddies of mine but the good thing is that most of them are going to be studying in Utah. We have 2 new secretaries here in the office. One of the sad things is that I have the most time out of everyone here in the office so we are all pretty new. But we have a fun crew here. Elder Chen and I, along with Elder Garcia, Villalobos, and MacKay.
Yesterday we did our monthly planning with president and it scared me a lot. Time is going to fly by. We have a lot of meetings and training to do in this next month and man will it go fast. I just know that I have to give it my all during these last several weeks and try to help the other missionaries out as much as I can. We are going to be visiting all of the zones this month so that will be fun and we want to focus a lot on divisions. Well I Miss and Love you All!!!!!!!! You guys are the best.
How is the mission work going for you guys back home?
Until next week.
Elder Kapple
How are you all doing? I kind of feel like my e-mails get to be pretty repetitive, but that’s ok. This week was a good one but super tiring and long but not in a bad way. We were just super busy getting everything ready for changes, and all of the newly arriving missionaries got here and all of the oldies left, ha-ha. On Monday we had to finish up all of the changes and just make sure that everything was good. At first we didn’t feel all that great about some of the changes but after Monday morning we felt a lot better. Then that night the new missionaries came from the Guatemala MTC so we were with them that night. They are great missionaries. Then later that night we were in the office until like 4 in the morning getting the presentation for the changes meeting ready.
Tuesday we had all of the meeting with the new missionaries and the training items to go over. It was kind of sad, the new missionaries that came from the States had like 3 days of traveling to get here. They left Monday and got stuck in California for a few days and didn’t end up getting here until Wednesday after the change meeting. And so as you already all know, my comp had a change and I now have a new comp. Elder De Leon went to Colon as ZL. So he’ll finish his mission out there. He has 2 changes left. My new comp is Elder Chen. He is an awesome little guy. I think he comes up to about my chest. He is really cool and really humble. He has been 16 months in the mission so he still has a lot of time left and he’ll do great here. He is from Guatemala from Alta Berepaz, Coban. I think Coban is the place that Pres. Meyers just went to.
I have to teach him a lot because he only has 6 weeks to do it but I know that he’ll do a great job. He already has a lot of great ideas of things to do. It was sad to see all those missionaries go though. A lot of them
were good buddies of mine but the good thing is that most of them are going to be studying in Utah. We have 2 new secretaries here in the office. One of the sad things is that I have the most time out of everyone here in the office so we are all pretty new. But we have a fun crew here. Elder Chen and I, along with Elder Garcia, Villalobos, and MacKay.
Yesterday we did our monthly planning with president and it scared me a lot. Time is going to fly by. We have a lot of meetings and training to do in this next month and man will it go fast. I just know that I have to give it my all during these last several weeks and try to help the other missionaries out as much as I can. We are going to be visiting all of the zones this month so that will be fun and we want to focus a lot on divisions. Well I Miss and Love you All!!!!!!!! You guys are the best.
How is the mission work going for you guys back home?
Until next week.
Elder Kapple
August 19th, 2012
Hello everyone,
First off - sorry that I didn´t write you yesterday; the family of president Veirs was here and we had to do some running around the town with them yesterday so we stayed pretty busy on our p-day. But it sounds like all of you are doing great. It is always a plesure to read all of your emails and to know that everyone is doing well. You guys are the best. This week was a good one for us and pretty busy. It started last Saturday night when we had the opportunity to go to a stake conference in Fesitran where Elder Martino presided and reorganized the stake. He gave an amazing talk and he said a lot of things that I really needed to hear. He is such an amazing man. Sunday we also went to the conference, then Sunday night it was Elder Jones’ (former AP) going away dinner. His family came so it was fun to meet them. (Here is their number and e-mail if you want to contact them about anything that you should bring or just whatever for your trip here.) It was sad to say goodbye to Elder Jones. He´s an awesome guy. Then this week we went to some district meetings and did some divisions. We went to a meeting and then had to talk to the zone leaders because they have had some problems and it is really affecting the zone so we sat and talked to them for a little bit and they seem like they’re doing better. They just need to start working better together. Then we also did divisions this week in Progresso. I went with the ZL´s there. We are working on the calling of a new AP but my companion and I still don’t know; not until tomorrow when Pres. Veirs finalizes everything. The divisions went well and I really enjoyed them. A lot of our appointments fell through but we found a lot of new people too. Then the next day we had to go super far to get a partida (marriage license) out but it was fun. I think it was Elder De Leon’s and my last road trip together. This week has been a little interesting because last week we did changes and this week a bunch of things have come up and we have had to change a lot of things again. It is just really interesting to see how the Lord has his hand in everything. Even if we didn’t really know what the Lord’s will was with some of the changes, he finds a way to let us know what he really wants us to do. It’s been a really interesting learning experience for me. Sorry my letters have been getting kind of short but it’s hard to remember sometimes what actually happens in the busy week. Thank you all so much for everything that you do. It really means so much and I can’t thank you all enough. I HAVE THE BEST FAMILY EVER!!!!!!!!
I Miss and Love you All!!!!!!!!
Elder Kapple
First off - sorry that I didn´t write you yesterday; the family of president Veirs was here and we had to do some running around the town with them yesterday so we stayed pretty busy on our p-day. But it sounds like all of you are doing great. It is always a plesure to read all of your emails and to know that everyone is doing well. You guys are the best. This week was a good one for us and pretty busy. It started last Saturday night when we had the opportunity to go to a stake conference in Fesitran where Elder Martino presided and reorganized the stake. He gave an amazing talk and he said a lot of things that I really needed to hear. He is such an amazing man. Sunday we also went to the conference, then Sunday night it was Elder Jones’ (former AP) going away dinner. His family came so it was fun to meet them. (Here is their number and e-mail if you want to contact them about anything that you should bring or just whatever for your trip here.) It was sad to say goodbye to Elder Jones. He´s an awesome guy. Then this week we went to some district meetings and did some divisions. We went to a meeting and then had to talk to the zone leaders because they have had some problems and it is really affecting the zone so we sat and talked to them for a little bit and they seem like they’re doing better. They just need to start working better together. Then we also did divisions this week in Progresso. I went with the ZL´s there. We are working on the calling of a new AP but my companion and I still don’t know; not until tomorrow when Pres. Veirs finalizes everything. The divisions went well and I really enjoyed them. A lot of our appointments fell through but we found a lot of new people too. Then the next day we had to go super far to get a partida (marriage license) out but it was fun. I think it was Elder De Leon’s and my last road trip together. This week has been a little interesting because last week we did changes and this week a bunch of things have come up and we have had to change a lot of things again. It is just really interesting to see how the Lord has his hand in everything. Even if we didn’t really know what the Lord’s will was with some of the changes, he finds a way to let us know what he really wants us to do. It’s been a really interesting learning experience for me. Sorry my letters have been getting kind of short but it’s hard to remember sometimes what actually happens in the busy week. Thank you all so much for everything that you do. It really means so much and I can’t thank you all enough. I HAVE THE BEST FAMILY EVER!!!!!!!!
I Miss and Love you All!!!!!!!!
Elder Kapple
Friday, September 21, 2012
Goodbye Luncheon for Elder De Leon
August 21st, 2012
Elder Kapple with Our NEW AP Elder Chen
The Staff saying "BYE" to Elder De Leon
l-r: Elders Gonzalez-Garcia-De Leon-Kapple-Villalobos-Hermanas Smith & CiFuentes
Our "OLD" APs Elders Kapple and De Leon
Thursday, September 20, 2012
New Missionaries- August 20th, 2012
The OFFICE WELCOMES our NEW MISSIONARIES
l-r: Hermanas CiFuentes-Smith-Cuyun-Ramirez-Alvarez-Francisco-Tolliver
l-r: Elders Gonzalez-Loyo-De Leon-Palma-Kapple-Garcia-Villalobos-Hudson & Cerna
DINNER for Our NEW MISSIONARIES
Elders Kapple-Loyo-Cerna-Palma-Gonzalez
Elders Gonzalez-De Leon-Kapple-Loyo-Cerna and Palma (standing)
l-r: Hermana & Pres. Veirs-Hermanas Alvarez-Cuyun-Francisco-Tolliver-Ramirez
back l-r: Elders Loyo-Palma-Cerna-Kapple-De Leon-
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Valle de Sula zone- Stake Conference
August 19th, 2012
Hermana & President Veirs-Elder Villagran
front l-r: Elders Valerio-De Leon-Morales-Kapple
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Goodbye dinner for Bryan and Sariah Veirs
GOODBYE DINNER
Pres. Veirs-Elders Hudson-Villalobos-De Leon-Kapple-Bill and Olga Raush
Sariah and Bryan Veirs
Elders Hudson-Villalobos-De Leon-Kapple-Gonzalez-Garcia
Bill & Olga Raush-Sariah Bryan and Hermana JoAnn Veirs
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
August 18th, 2012- Soccer Game
The VEIRS TEAM: Bryan & Sariah & Ron Veirs and Bill & Olga Raush
WIN! AGAINST the STAFF TEAM: Elders De Leon-Kapple-Garcia-Hudson-Gonzalez-Villalobos
21 to 13!!!
Monday, August 13, 2012
August 11th, 2012
Hello my querida familia,
How are you all? Things have been going pretty good this week and a busy one. One of the new things that the area presidency has put into practice is a zone meeting after every ZL council that we have. It’s a meeting that includes going over goals, doing role plays, reviewing possibilities that all of the zones have and then doing some more role plays. So this week we were busy doing some visits with a few of the zones. On Tuesday, President Veirs, Elder De Leon and I headed back to my old stomping grounds in La Lima for their meeting and on Wednesday we went to Satellite. I feel like the meetings are going to be something that really helps the missionaries out. Then after the meeting we did some divisions. I went with the ZL´s in La Lima. It was really fun and I really enjoy doing divisions. We had a few set backs during the divisions because one of the Elders that I was with got sick and we had to go take him to the hospital but the other Elder and I were able to come back and still get some work done. The bad thing that happened that day is that a lot of the missionaries started getting some strange phone calls on their cell phones. The people that were dong the phone calls would ask for money and threaten the missionaries and their families. The people knew we were missionaries but we figure that some how they got a hold of all the numbers of the missionaries and just called them all to see if they could get money out of them. It just happened that one day but it was a little weird. This week we also started working on the upcoming changes (transfers) because President Veir’s family came yesterday so he´ll be busy with them this week and next. Doing changes is a very long process. We started at about 8:00 in the morning and finished around 2:00 pm and we still need to meet again to go over everything. I feel like they were good changes that we did and that the missionaries will work well together. Sorry we have to go do some things now but I’ll send some of the recordings next week. I Miss and Love you All!!!!!!!!
Elder Kapple
Elder Kapple
August 4th, 2012
Well, hello everyone.
How are you all doing? Things have been going just great here in good old Honduras. It's kind of hard to think about what to write because we do a lot of the same stuff each week. Elder De Leon and I don't have our own area so we will be able to focus more on doing divisions with other missionaries. The secretaries will be talking over our area so we have been showing them where all the members live. The ward is really cool and I enjoy it. We have a good relationship with the members because that's the only way you can work in this area is with them helping. In other areas, there are always people walking in the streets and stuff but here it is not so much like that. Also, this week we had a zone leader council. It was really good. We set some goals to get more people to church because they can't progress unless they go to church. We talked a lot about how the baptisms in each area have always gone up and down. Some months they baptize a lot and other months not so much so we talked about consistency. I talked about how we can reach our goals and be better leaders to help the missionaries reach their goals and keep them excited about the work. I talked a lot about Nephi and how they had a goal to go back to get the plates of brass. We talked about the attitude that we have to have to keep goals - 1 Nephi 3 7: "And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them." Although they didn't meet their goal the first time, Nephi had the faith and determination to still do it: 15 But behold I said unto them that: "As the Lord liveth, and as we live, we will not go down unto our father in the wilderness until we have accomplished the thing which the Lord hath commanded us." We have to make sacrifices to complete our goals also, just like Nephi did:16 "Wherefore, let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord; therefore let us go down to the land of our father’s inheritance, for behold he left gold and silver, and all manner of riches. And all this he hath done because of the commandments of the Lord." There were a few more thing that we talked about but that was the short version. It was good though, but I really just don't like talking in front of peole all that much but I'm learning to love it.
How are you all doing? Things have been going just great here in good old Honduras. It's kind of hard to think about what to write because we do a lot of the same stuff each week. Elder De Leon and I don't have our own area so we will be able to focus more on doing divisions with other missionaries. The secretaries will be talking over our area so we have been showing them where all the members live. The ward is really cool and I enjoy it. We have a good relationship with the members because that's the only way you can work in this area is with them helping. In other areas, there are always people walking in the streets and stuff but here it is not so much like that. Also, this week we had a zone leader council. It was really good. We set some goals to get more people to church because they can't progress unless they go to church. We talked a lot about how the baptisms in each area have always gone up and down. Some months they baptize a lot and other months not so much so we talked about consistency. I talked about how we can reach our goals and be better leaders to help the missionaries reach their goals and keep them excited about the work. I talked a lot about Nephi and how they had a goal to go back to get the plates of brass. We talked about the attitude that we have to have to keep goals - 1 Nephi 3 7: "And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them." Although they didn't meet their goal the first time, Nephi had the faith and determination to still do it: 15 But behold I said unto them that: "As the Lord liveth, and as we live, we will not go down unto our father in the wilderness until we have accomplished the thing which the Lord hath commanded us." We have to make sacrifices to complete our goals also, just like Nephi did:16 "Wherefore, let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord; therefore let us go down to the land of our father’s inheritance, for behold he left gold and silver, and all manner of riches. And all this he hath done because of the commandments of the Lord." There were a few more thing that we talked about but that was the short version. It was good though, but I really just don't like talking in front of peole all that much but I'm learning to love it.
Today we also had a baptism for Policarpo. He's an older man but has a very strong desire to follow Christ. We really aren't with him all that much because of our schedule but he has really shown that he wants to follow Christ through his actions. He went to church for a long time all by himself when usually as missionaries we have to pass by reminding people about church and stuff. He always is reading the Book of Mormon and the little books that we give him, even though it is very difficult for him to read. But it was awesome watching him enter the waters of baptism today. He's a great guy.
Well everyone, I think that is it for this week. Thanks for all you do. I Miss and Love you All!!!!
Elder Kapple
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