July 14th, 2012

Hello my querida family, 

How are all you guys? Things have been super busy here but really fun.  On Monday I found out that I had a change and we did a really cool activity.  We went to the dam. It’s one of the biggest hydro dams here in Honduras.  I’ll send some pics, but it was really fun.  Then Tuesday I just said all of the goodbyes to the members and then we had changes on Wednesday.  Changes are always super fun.  I was called to serve along side of President Veirs as his assistant.  I was not expecting this call at all and I truly was shocked.  At first I was pretty nervous but now I’m getting used to a lot of the AP stuff and man do we stay busy.  Wednesday, after changes we were running around all day with all the missionaries that went home.  Then on Thursday we had to get a bunch of things ready for interviews because we’re having missionary interviews this week and the next two.  There is always something that we need to be doing.  And to answer your question, yes we do have a car.  It's pretty crazy driving here but I’m getting more used to it.  My companion’s name is Elder De Leon (Elder Of Lion-  haha) and he is awesome.  He has already been here in the office for 3 changes.  He goes home a change after me but we came here together but I just had more time in the MTC learning the language.  I’m going to be with him for my last 2 changes and then he'll go home from the office too.  He's an awesome guy and I love serving with him. We get along really well.  He is from Guatemala.  I don’t know too much about his family yet.  He speaks some English too.  I’ll have him speak on the recorder so you can hear a little from him.  I’m really excited to have this calling to finish my mission.  I can already tell that it will be a lot different from what I’m used to but I know that I am going to learn so much.  However, I’m not going to be out working in the mission field with investigators as much.  Just when we do divisions and at night a little bit.  I’m super excited to work along side of President Veirs.  He really is an amazing disciple of Christ and I know that I am going to learn so much from him and I know that this opportunity that I have to work with him will make me a better person.  Pray so that my companion and I can know what we can do to help the mission and the missionaries out so that they be better.  Thanks for all of your love and support.

I Miss and Love you all!!!!!!!!

With love 

Elder Kapple

July 13th, 2012

Lima Zone and Satelite Zone Interviews

 l-r:-De Leon-Rodas-Hernandez-Mower-Quintanilla-Anderson-Quijano

-Vindas-Avila-Christensen-Zetten-Rodriguez-Ramira-Kapple

 l-r: Elders Hernandez-Quintanilla-Gomez-Anderson-Quijano-Mower-Rodriguez-Avila-Zetten-Ramirez

Kneeling : Hermanas mini-Rodriguez and Tanner & Elders Kapple & De Leon

  l-r: Elders De Leon-Quijano-Anderson-Kapple

  l-r: Elders Vega-Permann-Benitez-Rivera-Chen-Ordonez-Savage-Stults-mini-Baldwin-Garrido

sitting: Elders Thalman-De Leon-Kapple

l-r: Hermanas Vicente-Flake-Lira-Barrios-Elder Hudson(behind Hnas.)

Elders Kapple-Stults-mini-Bailey-Garrido-Baldwin-De Leon

Introducing the new AP

July 11th, 2012

Elder Kapple- New AP

 with Hermana and President Veirs and Elder De Leon

July 9th, 2012

What’s up family and friends?  How are you all? This week was a good one for us. We weren't able to have the baptism of Hermano Ponce because he ended up having to work on Saturday and Sunday.  This week we had a ZL council that was really good.  We came up with a few more things that we’re going to be doing in the mission. Sorry this is going to be short because there isn't that much time and we still have a lot to do, haha.  But I have a change this time.  It will be hard to leave here.  This has been one of the harder areas that I have served in here in the mission but I really have learned so much and I’ll be sad to leave Elder Diego. We have had a lot of fun together.  This Sunday was really cool.  I had the opportunity to confirm Mario to the Aaronic priesthood and ordain him to the office of a priest.  It was a cool experience and Mario and I are good buddies.  We taught him about the temple this last week and he already wants to go.  We had a ward council this week and it got pretty heated but it is what this ward needs.  Elder Diego and I helped them organize a plan so that they can activate some families because if the membership stays the same here and if they don't get more priesthood they’re going to be changed into a branch. The stake president was there and he helped out a lot. If this ward puts all these ideas into practice they'll have a lot of success.

Well, thanks for everything.  You guys are all the best and I Miss and Love you All!!!!!!!!
Elder Kapple

P.S. shout out to all the birthdays. Andrew, Preston, Paige, Erickson twins (Hannah and Elyssa), Bailey -  I think that’s all? - haha

Zone Conference, June 2012

Villanueva Zone

standing l-r: Elders Amendola-Roper Hernandez-Sommers-Barba-Kapple-Diego-Zepeda

Contreras-Avila-Polendo-Zura-Matta

sitting l-r: Hermanas Pocasangre & Quib-Pres. & Hermana Veirs

Hermanas Bellingham-Lopez-Aguilar-Ramos

July 2nd, 2012

What’s up family?

How are you all doing?  It sounds like everyone is super busy.  This week was a really good one.  We had the multi zone conference this week in San Pedro Sula and it was awesome and I learned so much.  We learned more about how to work with the members.  Pres. Flores (stake president of Villanueva) and Pres. Torres (first counselor of the stake presidency of Villanueva) came and answered questions about how to work with the members better.  Then we watched an amazing talk that Elder Holland gave about a year ago in the M.T.C.  He talked about how the concept of Preach My Gospel came about and how missionary work has become so much more efficient with it and he compared it to his time when they used the memorized discusions and how it wasn't the best way to do missionary work (not trying to make fun of your mission days dad).  He talked about how he is so sad when he hears about a returned missionary that goes inactive.  Then he talked about some of the weaknesses that we have as missionaries but the best part was how he explained that being a member of the church and being a missionary is a lifetime calling and he explained it by using the story of when after Christ’s resurrection when he was on the beach and the Apostles were fishing and he asked Peter 3 times if he loved him.  The Apostles had only been Apostles for 3 years and after Christ’s death they didn't know what to do so they decided to do what they did before in life, so they went back to fishing.  They were a little lost without Christ among them.  But then Christ came back and told them what they needed to do.  That their calling wasn't just for 3 years but that it was a lifetime calling.  The way Elder Holland tells the story is truly amazing and inspiring.  So the moral of the strory is that the Gospel is a lifetime calling.  Then after Elder Holland’s talk we were blown away again with a presentation by President Veirs on the atonement of Jesus Christ and what happens to the body during a crucifixion.  He told us a lot of things that isn't explained too much in depth in the scriptures.  I was truly amazed and have a stronger testimony of the atonement and a deeper knowledge of how Christ suffered even though I will never be able to understand it all.  We had a baptism, well kind of; it was the confirmation part this week for Mario.  Mario is awesome.  He just turned 20 and is a great young man.  He is already talking about going on a mission and talks like that's his plan.  He showed up at church on Sunday with his white shirt and tie.  It was an awesome sight to see.  After church on Sunday we had a meeting, (the Comite ejectivo - sorry I don’t know how to say that in English) and it was just what this ward needed.  Pres. Torres gave it to the priesthood leaders.  The ward here really should be a branch.  There is not really enough priesthood here for a ward yet.  We set some goals of what we are going to do to activate some families so that this ward can change with more priesthood power.  Then after the meeting we went to the Ponce's house with the determination to get Hermano Ponce baptized.  We started talking about baptism and it was awesome.  He said that he had been wanting to talk to us about that and that he was ready to do it.  So we challenged him to get baptized this weekend and he said yes.  Well, that was our week in a nutshell.  It was a good one.  I love my comp., he's awesome too.  Working in a trio is a little weird and I don't really like it too much but we'll only have one more week together.

Thanks for everything.  I Miss and Love you All!!!!!!!!

Elder Kapple

June 25th, 2012

Hello everyone.

How is it going? Things have been going great here in Villanueva. This week was another busy one.  It seems like every day there is something new that we need to do.  On Tuesday we had our normal distict meeting with Districts Las Flores and Paraiso and then we worked here in our area.  On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays we work in Pimienta which is part of our area.  There used to be an extention there but now they come to the church here in Villanueva.  There is a bus that goes and picks them up.  It's a humble area but it's hard to keep members active because of the distance they have to come to church.  My first 2 baptisms here in Villanueva are from there and they are already inactive.  On Wednesday we had a leadership training meeting with all of the ZL's, DL's, and Trainers.  It was a good meeting and I learned a lot.  We covered a lot of the basic stuff that we need to focus on as missionaries such as focusing on the investigators’ needs sand not just the lesson material and asking them good questions to make sure they understand the gospel concepts.  On Thursday we had weekly planning with one of the districts.  Friday we got a phone call from the AP's saying that we had to go to the office to pick up a missionary because we are working in a trio now.  Our new comp is Elder Avila.  He is from Honduras; from the South of the country in a place called Choluteca.  He's not a ZL with us but he'll be here for the next 3 weeks (until the end of this change).  It's a little different working in a trio and kind of hard but we'll get used to it.  Then I was in Rio Lindo Friday to do baptism interviews.  They were good interviews too.  One was with a guy who had had a lot of problems with drugs and drinking but he has completely changed his life.  The lady (his wife) was going to have an abortion but decided not to but had felt super bad and was in crying.  They will be great converts and be able to help the branch out up there.  We also had a baptism.  A kid named Samuel.  His mom is a member but she is inactive but he lives with his grandma who is also inactive but we were able to activate her and baptize her grandson. It was a cool story that she shared at the baptism.  She said that Samuel had told her that he was to get baptized in the Mormon Church and she wanted that too.  And one day she felt like they should go to this members house to say hi and we were there and that's how they found us and how we found them.  On Sunday we had a meeting with all the bishops and stake presidency.  These meetings are kind of scary sometimes but it went well this time and we were able to learn some good things so that we can work with the bishops better.  This week should be another fun and busy one.  We have our multi zone conference this week and those are always super fun.

Thanks for all that you do. 

I Miss and Love you All!!!!!!!!

Elder Kapple