Sunday, November 13, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
November 7th, 2011
Hey how is it going?
This week has been good - but a long one. I had to go to Aguan and work there from Sunday to Thursday. Trujillo is definitely a better area - haha. No, but it was good working there. I really do like working with other missionaries because you can always learn something new from them. But I did get my new comp this week and he is awesome. His name is Elder Ordoñez. He is from Tegucigalpa, Honduras and has been out about 8 months in the mission. He has one younger brother and an older sister who will be getting married in January. He speaks English pretty well. He can at least say what he needs to. He´ll be a really good companion. He likes to work and is always really excited. We’re going to have a lot of success in this change. Hopefully that answered all of the usual questions you have about my new companions. This last week, for the few days that we had working together, we had some good success and ended up having 10 investigators at the district conference here in Tocoa, and about146 people in total. The conference was really good. President Veirs and Elder Castro were there so it was good to see them both. We have 4 fetchas for this weekend. We have Precede and Pastora. Precede is awesome; she has a really strong testimony of the Book of Mormon and really just understands everything. Pastora is her sister and is a little mentally handicapped but still seems to understand everything and can talk but is just a little slower. Then we have Melbin who is the son of Gloria who just got baptized about a month ago. He is cool little guy. I think that he is about 9 and is super smart. Then we also have a girl named Yandira. She is from Gracias Adios but lives with members here for now. About a month ago my comp and I gave her a Book of Mormon. She always came to church but we just didn’t think about teaching her because we knew that she was going to be leaving soon but this last week we passed by with my new comp. I asked if she had read some of the book and she had and said she knew it was true. So we challenged her to be baptized. She is really cool and she will be studying in Tocoa this next year so she will be able to go to church there. There isn’t a LDS church in Gracia Adios. We also have Familia Sofia and Gloria for this month but they just need to do a few more things to be prepared so keep them in your prayers.
Well, thanks for everything.
I Love You All!!!
Elder Kapple
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
October 31st, 2011
Hola mi amorosa familia - haha,
It sounds like everyone is just doing great and had a good week with stake conference. We have Branch Conference this weekend here in Colon. I hope you all have a fun Halloween today too. They don’t do anything for Halloween here but yes, I will be dressing up as a missionary and we will be going out to trick or treat; but we just do our trick or treating a little bit differently - haha. I hope you all had fun at the yearly Halloween party at JeNae’s and celebrating grandma’s birthday too. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA, I LOVE YOU. Well, this week was a really good one. We ended up having our 2 weddings and 9 baptisms. La familila Mejia (4) L familia Marcia (3) Julio and Audelina. So that’s what we focused most of our time on this week - getting these weddings and baptisms all planned. It is not the easiest thing to do to get people married here in Honduras. We spent an entire day just running around getting all of the things that we needed for the weddings; like all the papers and documents. I ended up having to pay for the wedding of the familia Mejia but he’s a taxi driver so he always gives us free rides now - haha. But the baptism went really well and we ended up finishing this month with 15 baptisms with 3 families baptized which isn’t too bad. And as a zone we tied to be Zona Celestial. I think this could be the first time that Colon has been Zona Celestial. On Saturday, the day of the baptism, we showed up at the church and the font was full of water but it was really dirty water and the drain was clogged. So we spent about 30 minutes emptying the font with buckets - haha. But it was a really good baptism and we have some great converts here. There are changes this week and my comp. does have a change. Were in Tocoa right now. I’ll be here until Thursday waiting for my new comp. It’s always something really exciting to get a new comp. You can always learn more from other missionaries. We should have a pretty good month this next month too. We have some really good investigators. I think we´ll be able to baptize 6 to 8 more people. We have about 5 to 6 investigators right now that are really interested. So pray for them and we´ll find some others too this month. I only have 40 pages left to read in the Book of Mormon so I should finish it in these next few days. I just need to find some time - haha.
Well, it was really good to hear from you all. I’m glad that everyone is doing fine and dandy.
I Miss and Love You All!!!
Con Amor
Elder Kapple
( PS the computer that I’m on doesn’t have a usb hook up so ill try to send some recordings and pictures from another computer if I can.)
It sounds like everyone is just doing great and had a good week with stake conference. We have Branch Conference this weekend here in Colon. I hope you all have a fun Halloween today too. They don’t do anything for Halloween here but yes, I will be dressing up as a missionary and we will be going out to trick or treat; but we just do our trick or treating a little bit differently - haha. I hope you all had fun at the yearly Halloween party at JeNae’s and celebrating grandma’s birthday too. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA, I LOVE YOU. Well, this week was a really good one. We ended up having our 2 weddings and 9 baptisms. La familila Mejia (4) L familia Marcia (3) Julio and Audelina. So that’s what we focused most of our time on this week - getting these weddings and baptisms all planned. It is not the easiest thing to do to get people married here in Honduras. We spent an entire day just running around getting all of the things that we needed for the weddings; like all the papers and documents. I ended up having to pay for the wedding of the familia Mejia but he’s a taxi driver so he always gives us free rides now - haha. But the baptism went really well and we ended up finishing this month with 15 baptisms with 3 families baptized which isn’t too bad. And as a zone we tied to be Zona Celestial. I think this could be the first time that Colon has been Zona Celestial. On Saturday, the day of the baptism, we showed up at the church and the font was full of water but it was really dirty water and the drain was clogged. So we spent about 30 minutes emptying the font with buckets - haha. But it was a really good baptism and we have some great converts here. There are changes this week and my comp. does have a change. Were in Tocoa right now. I’ll be here until Thursday waiting for my new comp. It’s always something really exciting to get a new comp. You can always learn more from other missionaries. We should have a pretty good month this next month too. We have some really good investigators. I think we´ll be able to baptize 6 to 8 more people. We have about 5 to 6 investigators right now that are really interested. So pray for them and we´ll find some others too this month. I only have 40 pages left to read in the Book of Mormon so I should finish it in these next few days. I just need to find some time - haha.
Well, it was really good to hear from you all. I’m glad that everyone is doing fine and dandy.
I Miss and Love You All!!!
Con Amor
Elder Kapple
( PS the computer that I’m on doesn’t have a usb hook up so ill try to send some recordings and pictures from another computer if I can.)
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
October 24th, 2011
Hello familia y amigos,
It sounds like everyone had a good week, especially mom and dad becoming kids again, going to Lagoon and Park City! This week was good but kind of long. It has been raining really hard for the past 4 days and when it rains nobody is in the streets and the streets are filled with water so it has been a wet week too. We ended up not having any baptisms this week because Melvin went to Tegucigalpa. But for this weekend we have 10 baptism appointments right now. So this week we have have been focusing a lot on them. We have Familia Mejilla; they’re going to get married this Friday. The dad isn’t going to get baptized but the mom and 3 kids are. But last night we had an appointment with them and the dad opened up and had some questions for us so maybe a little bit later on he´ll get baptized. Familia Marcia; they’re going to get married this weekend too. The dad is already a member but the wife and kids aren’t, and she hasn’t had the desire to get baptized in the past until now. The kids always go to church but she just has never liked church until now and we’re helping activate the dad too. He´s a cool guy. That’s 3 families in total. Then Melvin, the guy that was going to get baptized this last week. Then 2 younger people; Julio and Audelina. So keep all of them in your prayers this week. We have 2 other really cool investigators right now. One is named Sofia. The problem with her is that she can’t read but with her she always feels the spirit while we’re there and she prayed and feels that these things are true. She hasn’t been to church yet but this week she is going to go. We also have Precede. She is a referral from one of the members that is a nurse and they work together. She has been to church 2 times and could get baptized this week but wants to wait a little bit. This next month shell get baptized and she is really cool. She takes the Book of Mormon to work and always reads it. She’ll be a great convert and her sister will get baptized too. Her sister is a little handicapped but still understands things well. Pray hard for these investigators that we have right now and for the 10 that we have scheduled for baptism for the end of this week. I have a lot to read in the Book of Mormon this week. Pres. Veirs challenged us to read it in these last 2 transfers. I’m halfway through 3 Nephi so I still have a lot to read in this next week.
I hope you all have a good week. I bet it’s starting to get cold there. It has been pretty cold here this week. I never thought that I would say it, but I have been cold in Honduras - haha.
I Miss and Love you All!!!
Cuidense,
Elder Kapple
It sounds like everyone had a good week, especially mom and dad becoming kids again, going to Lagoon and Park City! This week was good but kind of long. It has been raining really hard for the past 4 days and when it rains nobody is in the streets and the streets are filled with water so it has been a wet week too. We ended up not having any baptisms this week because Melvin went to Tegucigalpa. But for this weekend we have 10 baptism appointments right now. So this week we have have been focusing a lot on them. We have Familia Mejilla; they’re going to get married this Friday. The dad isn’t going to get baptized but the mom and 3 kids are. But last night we had an appointment with them and the dad opened up and had some questions for us so maybe a little bit later on he´ll get baptized. Familia Marcia; they’re going to get married this weekend too. The dad is already a member but the wife and kids aren’t, and she hasn’t had the desire to get baptized in the past until now. The kids always go to church but she just has never liked church until now and we’re helping activate the dad too. He´s a cool guy. That’s 3 families in total. Then Melvin, the guy that was going to get baptized this last week. Then 2 younger people; Julio and Audelina. So keep all of them in your prayers this week. We have 2 other really cool investigators right now. One is named Sofia. The problem with her is that she can’t read but with her she always feels the spirit while we’re there and she prayed and feels that these things are true. She hasn’t been to church yet but this week she is going to go. We also have Precede. She is a referral from one of the members that is a nurse and they work together. She has been to church 2 times and could get baptized this week but wants to wait a little bit. This next month shell get baptized and she is really cool. She takes the Book of Mormon to work and always reads it. She’ll be a great convert and her sister will get baptized too. Her sister is a little handicapped but still understands things well. Pray hard for these investigators that we have right now and for the 10 that we have scheduled for baptism for the end of this week. I have a lot to read in the Book of Mormon this week. Pres. Veirs challenged us to read it in these last 2 transfers. I’m halfway through 3 Nephi so I still have a lot to read in this next week.
I hope you all have a good week. I bet it’s starting to get cold there. It has been pretty cold here this week. I never thought that I would say it, but I have been cold in Honduras - haha.
I Miss and Love you All!!!
Cuidense,
Elder Kapple
Monday, October 17, 2011
October 17th, 2011
Hola familia y amigos.
How is everyone doing?
First I’m going to answer some questions:
When are the weddings for your investigators? The weddings are on the 28th. Well, that’s the goal right now. We still have to do a few things. It’s dumb here, you have to have your birth certificate to get married but you can only pull it out from where you were born. So the people that are going to get married live far away from their birth place,- but some members are helping us get them. How much does it cost to get married in Honduras? 650 Limpidas which is like $30 or $40 dollars. Do you marry them or does the bishop? You have to get married at city hall here. Do you like your new apartment and does it have running water? Is it in the same area as your last place? Yes, we do have running water now. That is the main reason that we moved and it’s close to where we lived before but it is closer to the church. It’s super small but we’re not in the house much so it’s alright. It’s on the third floor of a building so we have a good view! – haha. Did you think of anything thing else you want or need? Just 2 shirts and maybe a few ties (but good looking ones – haha) and I think my neck size would be 17 and just some Gatorade drink mix.
Well - this week was a pretty good one. We didn’t have any baptisms but we still have a lot of posibilidades for this month. We had interviews this week so that was really good. Pres. Veirs and the AP's talked to us about a lot of things that we can do to get better in our teachings and just everything that we do as missionaries. As missionaries we make things too hard sometimes. All we need to do is just teach the doctrine to the people (by the Spirit) in few words and with short appointments. I just feel like sometimes as missionaries we need to make things simpler and clearer when we teach, so that’s what I really am going to start working on. My companion has been having a few problems with being fully obedient to the rules of the mission, so now I need to work a little harder with him. I just need to try and be more patient for these next few weeks. This Sunday we called it a Sunday for friends and challenged all the members to bring a friend to church. We had 19 investigators in church which is awesome. One problem was that the people that have baptismal dates didn’t make it so that was the bad part, but they will still be able to be baptized soon. We have a guy named Melvin for this weekend. He had big problems with alcohol before but he has been doing a lot better. The missionaries have been teaching him for a while and he is ready to get baptized. The problem is that he has slipped a few times so he is scared that he is going to slip again but I’m pretty sure he'll be ok and be baptized this weekend, so pray for him this week. This next week will be big for us. We can have at least 7 baptisms so we have to focus on them a lot this week. Keep them all in your prayers.
I hope that you all have a good week.
I miss and Love you All!!!
Con Amor
Elder Kapple
How is everyone doing?
First I’m going to answer some questions:
When are the weddings for your investigators? The weddings are on the 28th. Well, that’s the goal right now. We still have to do a few things. It’s dumb here, you have to have your birth certificate to get married but you can only pull it out from where you were born. So the people that are going to get married live far away from their birth place,- but some members are helping us get them. How much does it cost to get married in Honduras? 650 Limpidas which is like $30 or $40 dollars. Do you marry them or does the bishop? You have to get married at city hall here. Do you like your new apartment and does it have running water? Is it in the same area as your last place? Yes, we do have running water now. That is the main reason that we moved and it’s close to where we lived before but it is closer to the church. It’s super small but we’re not in the house much so it’s alright. It’s on the third floor of a building so we have a good view! – haha. Did you think of anything thing else you want or need? Just 2 shirts and maybe a few ties (but good looking ones – haha) and I think my neck size would be 17 and just some Gatorade drink mix.
Well - this week was a pretty good one. We didn’t have any baptisms but we still have a lot of posibilidades for this month. We had interviews this week so that was really good. Pres. Veirs and the AP's talked to us about a lot of things that we can do to get better in our teachings and just everything that we do as missionaries. As missionaries we make things too hard sometimes. All we need to do is just teach the doctrine to the people (by the Spirit) in few words and with short appointments. I just feel like sometimes as missionaries we need to make things simpler and clearer when we teach, so that’s what I really am going to start working on. My companion has been having a few problems with being fully obedient to the rules of the mission, so now I need to work a little harder with him. I just need to try and be more patient for these next few weeks. This Sunday we called it a Sunday for friends and challenged all the members to bring a friend to church. We had 19 investigators in church which is awesome. One problem was that the people that have baptismal dates didn’t make it so that was the bad part, but they will still be able to be baptized soon. We have a guy named Melvin for this weekend. He had big problems with alcohol before but he has been doing a lot better. The missionaries have been teaching him for a while and he is ready to get baptized. The problem is that he has slipped a few times so he is scared that he is going to slip again but I’m pretty sure he'll be ok and be baptized this weekend, so pray for him this week. This next week will be big for us. We can have at least 7 baptisms so we have to focus on them a lot this week. Keep them all in your prayers.
I hope that you all have a good week.
I miss and Love you All!!!
Con Amor
Elder Kapple
Monday, October 10, 2011
October 10th, 2011
Hola mi querida familia,How are you all? So first off- sorry for last week. I don’t like the computers in Trujillo; they are terrible. But today I am in Tocoa so we have some better computers. Thanks for sending your testimonios for our investigators this last week. That will really help a lot. Could you send them too in letters and with pictures? Mom, I did receive my package and I received it on my one year mark so that made it so much better. Well, so for the last 2 weeks I can’t really remember much but general conference was really good. I liked how they focused on Christ so much. That’s one thing that I have been trying to do is teach more with examples of Christ. Everyone thinks that we just teach about Joseph Smith, so it helps when I use Christ more in my teachings. Elder got confirmed this last week too. This week was really good. To start off, we had 5 baptisms. Isael, Rafael, and Miguel; they’re 3 brothers that have gone to church for about a month now. They’re really cool guys and having the gospel in their lives will really help them. It’s hard for teenagers and youngsters here; just with all of the temptations and stuff around them. Then Alan baptized his mom who is named Alba and we also baptized a sister named Gloria. They’re all super cool and love the church. It’s kind of hard because Alba and Gloria can’t see well enough to read but we’re going to find them some glasses. Then we also have 2 weddings that we are planning. Familia Marcia- the missionaries had always passed by there but the wife finally had the desire to get baptized. Her husband is a member and they live with his mom who is an active member. They have 4 kids; 2 of whom can be baptized with their mom. We have them set to be married on the 28th and the baptism on the 29th. Familia Mejilla- this sister has been going to church for 2 months now or more but the husband didn’t want to get married. So one night this week, I was talking to him and I asked him what is preventing him from getting married and he said nothing really was. He was just a little concerned about the time and money. So we explained that we will plan everything and that the church helps a little with the weddings. So now he wants to get married. So I might be pulling out a little extra money this month to help out with some weddings if that’s ok. With these 2 familias, it will be 7 more baptisms this month. We have 6 right now and our goal is 10 so I know we can reach that; but we’re going to pass it too.
The members here are really great and we have received some really good referrals from them. So we have some more possibilities too. You should all work on that and think of some referrals to give to the missionaries. The work is a lot more effective when the members help. Mom, for the Christmas package that you were talking about sending, I think I might need just 2 new shirts. But I’ll have to tell you my size because I definitely need smaller ones. I weighed myself today and I’m down to 225 pounds! - haha. With all my other clothing and stuff I’m still good plus it’s cheaper to get things made down here. What I do want is Gatorade mix. Gatorade is a lot down here and I really miss it – haha.
Well, thanks for everything familia and amigos. You guys are the best.
I love and miss you All!!!
Con Amor Elder Kapple.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
September 26th, 2011
Hola Mi Queida Familia,
How is everyone doing? It seems like everyone is doing just fine except that Dad almost lost Maggie - haha. Sorry there won't be recordings this week or pictures because the computers here are terrible and super slow, so I'll try to send them tomorrow in are District Meeting. And sorry Mom, I do not have my package yet but I'm sure I will soon. Well, this week was awesome! Tostart, right now we have 4 families that are awesome. Familia Mejilla (4)-We have been teaching them for a while and the mom and kids want to get baptized but the dad hasn't been to church yet and doesn't want to get married. But we talked really direct with him about it this last week so hopefully he has changed his mind. Familia Marcia (3)- The dad is a member and the wife has received the missionaries a few times but we went and talked to her and then when Elder Hernandez was here she really had more of a desire to come to church and get baptized. They're not married but they siad that they're going to get married and we put a baptism date with them for the 15th of October. The kids always go to church but yesterday the entire family went, it was awesome.
Familia Nolasco - I don't know the exact number of the people there but there are about 8 possible baptisms there and it's 2 different Familias and there both already married. They're really cool and have so many questions and actually understand; it's awesome. One of the families went to church and the theme was about the resurection and baptisms for the dead was mentioned; so they said they have a lot of questions. I'm excited for our appointment this week with them. We also have a guy named Hermano Nolasco. His family lives in Rhode Island and are really active in another church up there and he was too but he has been reading and praying and knows the truth but he is scared because his family are really faithful members of this other church. He speaks English too.
So I want you all to do something for me. I remember KK said something about how Devin had his family write cards and send pictures of their familia; so I want you guys to do this for the familias that we have too.
Dad- Hermano Nolasco
Dad and Mom-Familia Nolasco
Erika and Andrew- Familia Nolasco
KK and Todd-Familia Marcia
Just share your testimonies and how the Gospel has blessed you all as a family and about eternal families and stuff. It would be great if you could do it today for family night so you can send them tomorrow or this week -haha.
We also had 23 investigators at church yesterday. It was awesome and we have so many possibilities this week for baptisms. We had one baptism Saturday named Elder but he didn't show up on Sunday for his confirmation but we went over and talked to him and he can get confirmed next week. Pray for our investigators here in Trujillo. We have a lot that can get baptized this month. It will be awesome! We really could baptize like 15 or more this month so pray really hard for them and us.
Well, I love and miss you all. The time flies. I'm about to complete a year in the mission. The mission is awesome, hard, tough, fun, discouraging, awesome, and just all kinds of emotions - haha, but I love it and I have learned a lot. The church is true, and this is the Gospel of Jesu Cristo and there isn't another one. God's plan is perfect, we just need to do all that we can to follow it. Thank you so much for all that you do and have done for me. It really means so much.
I Love You All!!!
Con Amor
Elder Kapple
How is everyone doing? It seems like everyone is doing just fine except that Dad almost lost Maggie - haha. Sorry there won't be recordings this week or pictures because the computers here are terrible and super slow, so I'll try to send them tomorrow in are District Meeting. And sorry Mom, I do not have my package yet but I'm sure I will soon. Well, this week was awesome! Tostart, right now we have 4 families that are awesome. Familia Mejilla (4)-We have been teaching them for a while and the mom and kids want to get baptized but the dad hasn't been to church yet and doesn't want to get married. But we talked really direct with him about it this last week so hopefully he has changed his mind. Familia Marcia (3)- The dad is a member and the wife has received the missionaries a few times but we went and talked to her and then when Elder Hernandez was here she really had more of a desire to come to church and get baptized. They're not married but they siad that they're going to get married and we put a baptism date with them for the 15th of October. The kids always go to church but yesterday the entire family went, it was awesome.
Familia Nolasco - I don't know the exact number of the people there but there are about 8 possible baptisms there and it's 2 different Familias and there both already married. They're really cool and have so many questions and actually understand; it's awesome. One of the families went to church and the theme was about the resurection and baptisms for the dead was mentioned; so they said they have a lot of questions. I'm excited for our appointment this week with them. We also have a guy named Hermano Nolasco. His family lives in Rhode Island and are really active in another church up there and he was too but he has been reading and praying and knows the truth but he is scared because his family are really faithful members of this other church. He speaks English too.
So I want you all to do something for me. I remember KK said something about how Devin had his family write cards and send pictures of their familia; so I want you guys to do this for the familias that we have too.
Dad- Hermano Nolasco
Dad and Mom-Familia Nolasco
Erika and Andrew- Familia Nolasco
KK and Todd-Familia Marcia
Just share your testimonies and how the Gospel has blessed you all as a family and about eternal families and stuff. It would be great if you could do it today for family night so you can send them tomorrow or this week -haha.
We also had 23 investigators at church yesterday. It was awesome and we have so many possibilities this week for baptisms. We had one baptism Saturday named Elder but he didn't show up on Sunday for his confirmation but we went over and talked to him and he can get confirmed next week. Pray for our investigators here in Trujillo. We have a lot that can get baptized this month. It will be awesome! We really could baptize like 15 or more this month so pray really hard for them and us.
Well, I love and miss you all. The time flies. I'm about to complete a year in the mission. The mission is awesome, hard, tough, fun, discouraging, awesome, and just all kinds of emotions - haha, but I love it and I have learned a lot. The church is true, and this is the Gospel of Jesu Cristo and there isn't another one. God's plan is perfect, we just need to do all that we can to follow it. Thank you so much for all that you do and have done for me. It really means so much.
I Love You All!!!
Con Amor
Elder Kapple
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