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

June 18th, 2012

What’s up everyone? How is it going?

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!!! LOVE YOU DAD- YOU’RE THE BEST!!!!

Another week has come and gone, time really does fly - haha. It sounds like you are all just doing great and staying busy. Things have been super busy for us here and that just makes everything go that much faster.  This last week was a good one for us and we had a lot of fun.  On Tuesday we had a district meeting with Rio Lindo.  Elder Diego and I did it all for them just so then we could teach them how to do it.  Elder Sommer (my old comp in Utila) is the District leader there and is doing a good job.  We made the meeting fun and did a few things out of the ordinary just to switch it all up.  We practiced our training that we had to give the next day in the ZL council too.  The ZL council was good and I think Elder Diego and I did a good job on our speaking assignment.  We talked abut the importance of working with members.  It was mostly just a review of what we have learned as a mission in the last few months but it was fun and I enjoyed it.  In the ZL council we always think of new things we can do as a mission to get better.  One of the weaknesses that we came up with is our planning so two things that we are going to be doing in the month are:  we are going to do our weekly planning with each district to show them how it is done; and also at least once a week we’re going to go the houses of the missionaries in the morning to study and review their plans. So those will help us out so that our planning will be more effective.  Planning is just one of those little things that we do everyday but if you don't do it, it makes everything a lot harder.  This week we had 3 baptisms.  Maria and her son Jossuar and Mario.  Mario got baptized on Thursday because it was his birthday but he won’t be able to get confirmed until the 1^st of July because of his work.  He is a really cool guy and is really smart.  He just turned 20 so we’re going to work with him so he can go on a mission.  Then Maria and her son were on Saturday and confirmed on Sunday. They’re great people too.  This week was a struggle for us to find knew investigators but on Saturday we found a great lady who needs this gospel.  We were walking down a dirt road going to one of our appointments and we contacted this lady that was walking to her house.  While we were talking she told us that her daughter died about 4 months ago from drowning.  So we found out where she lived and went back a little later.  We just got to know her a little more and we obviously talked about the plan of salvation and eternal families.  You could see the hope that our message gave her and the spirit was really strong during the appointment.  She wasn't able to come to church because her sister came from Tegus to see her but next week she'll go. We just played soccer at an artificial field.  We rented it for 2 hours for 600 limps so we played for about 40 Limps per every person.  It was fun.  I’m starting to like soccer a lot and I‘ve lost all of my basketball talent. Well – everyone, thanks for everything, especially dad and grandpas -  I hope you had a happy Fathers Day.

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

Elder Kapple