Yesterday we we ate lunch at a members house. She
gave us tacos and I normally can eat 2 and am full. This time she gave
us 4... I barely finished them and was breathing heavily on the 3rd one
and was seriously praying on the 4th. As we were walking back, I was not
feeling very good. Then Hna Bennett told me it wasnt chicken in the
tacos, but soy meat... I had to go straight to the bathroom and it wasnt
pretty from there. We didnt have much time to recuperate, so we went out
to our appointments. We went to an appointment with C. and she
gave us an entire plate full of food. I almost started crying and was
praying so hard that i would just keep it down in front of her. She
showed us a bowl of chili that she had made. I smelled it and it was
soooo spicy. Later, we were talking as i was concentrating on a bite at a
time and scratched my nose. C. yelled saying not to touch my
face because i apparently touched the lid of the bowl with chili. My
entire face started to BURN, like FIRE. I ran to the sink and dunked my
whole head in while C. helped me. As we walked back, I noticed half
of my food was mysteriously gone and Hermana Bennetts cheeks full of
food... Haha that's service right there. I was able to finish my food. It
honestly was a MIRACLE. Apparently, Hermana Bennett was also praying for
me because she knew i wasnt feeling good ,but it was amazing how i was
keeping it all down and was able to eat all of it.
Today
for Pday our zone went up to Pico Bonito. Its basically hiking up a
mountain for two hours to see waterfalls. We were all reminded of how
out of shape we really are. You have to cross a pretty sketchy bridge to
start hiking and some of the Elders were pretty terrified to the point
where they were on their hands and knees crawling across Hahaha. We
hiked about an hour and a half up, and right when we were on the point
where you can see the waterfall, we stopped to take pictures. We didnt
realize that there was a huge bees nest right where we were talking
pictures. The bees started going crazy and stinging everyone. The
pathways down to the waterfall was really narrow and pure boulders.
Everyone started panicking and screaming and not caring about the pathway,
but were diving down to get by the water. Just the other day my
companion Hermana Bennett was telling me that shes never been stung by a
bee and she got 8 stings. I got stung right in the throat. Almost our
entire zone were covered in bee stings and it kind of killed the rest of
the hike for us. We just wanted to hike down as fast as we could so we
were all sprinting down hill. Every couple minutes you would hear
someone scream that tripped or fell, but we all just kept going. I
honestly never have sweated so much before in my life. We were ringing
out our hair like towels and about a fourth cup of sweat dripped out.
Well, we all made it back and lived to see another day. I will never
forget our experience at pico bonito.
We
went to Roatan again this past week and I worked with Hermana Z. on Wednesday and Hermana M. on Thursday. They both have been out on
their missions for only 3 weeks, but are such good missionaries! When I
was working with Hna M. we were hiking in her area. (Her area is
on a mountain) We were almost to the top when the appt fell through. She
said shes never been to the top before but knew there were houses up
there. We decided to hike to the top when we contacted a family of 7. The
Mom said she had been attending different churches, but didnt know which
pastor was right and had the right authority. We got to teach a little
of the restoration and she asked that we would come back every day. She
also started crying during her closing prayer and kept saying to come
back and not have it be the last time we visited her. We had a powerful
lesson with her and she had been prepared to hear the gospel.
C.
and her daughter came to church! Its the best when investigators
go to church for the first time and its even better when they have a
warm welcome from the members. C. said she loved how everyone was a
family and already misses the people she met, and wants to go to church
every Sunday from now on!
Im grateful to be a
missionary here in Honduras. There are so many miracles we get to see
every day and i wish i had time to write all of them. I know without a
doubt that the Savior is at the head of this work and when we are worthy,
He will give us opportunities to see miracles in being His instruments.
Love,
Hermana Sherman
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| on the way to Pico Bonito |
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| The Bridge |
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| Typical ride in Honduras |
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| Roatan |
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