It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

This week was good. Nothing really exciting happened. My area is pretty small compared to all of my other areas. I like it a lot though. My area is struggling right now. We don't have many positive investigators. We're working on it though. The zone is also struggling right now. Also working on that. I feel like I have a huge mountain to climb to change the zone but I like challenges. My zone has 11 companionships, almost twice as much as my last zone. 

My companion is really cool. He is really patient and nice. His name is Elder Lazo. He lives in Honduras. 

We went to the leadership meeting on Tuesday and we talked about how we need to teach about the Atonement so the people can feel the need to change like King Benjamin teaches in Mosiah 2-5.

I went on two interchanges this week and walked a ton! There are some areas that work in cantons that are really far away. I also went to a place called San Lorenzo. It is right on the border of El Salvador and Guatemala. So we went to Guatemala. 

We decorated our Christmas tree that we have. It's really hot and there is a 0 percent chance of snow for Christmas. So it doesn't actually feel anything like Christmas.

Nothing else really exciting happened. Sorry. I'll have a more exciting week this week.

Thanks.

-Elder Rowberry

It's a new day. It's a new life, for me.

Well folks I am now in a new area. I am now in the ward Atiquizaya, in the stake Atiquizaya, in the zone Atiquizaya. My new companion's name is Elder Lazo. He is from Honduras. He is really cool. He has a little bit less time than I do. Atiquizaya is a bigger than Nahuizalco but my area is a lot smaller. It's going to be different working here than working in Nahui.

I was kind of sad to leave Nahuizalco. I learned a lot of things there and I grew to love a lot of people. I hope that one day I will be able to return there to visit. I feel like that is my home in the mission. I am excited however to meet new challenges here in Atiquizaya. And there are new challenges. Atiquizaya is not doing so hot right now. Elder Lazo and I have a lot of work to do to change this zone. My zone has 11 companionships now which is almost twice as many as Nahuizalco. 

Chikungunya strikes again. Elder Lazo got it as well as another Elder who lives in my house. I'm using a lot of OFF so that I don't get it. 

I don't really have much to say this week. I will fill you in more next week.

Thanks for everything.

-Elder Rowberry

Staying Alive

From Monday November 24, 2014

Well my companion didn't die this week. He's fine. But his feet hurt him still. We didn't work for half of the week almost but it was a good week. We were able to witness a great miracle. A couple of weeks ago we found a family. This family consists of the dad, the mom, and a toddler girl. The dad's name is Noé. He is Freddy's brother. I baptized Freddy in August. His wife's name is Carolina. We visited them a couple of times. The second time we visted them Noé told us that he just wanted to learn about the church and Carolina said that she was catholic and that we were wasting our time with her.  We didn't return for a week or two. We were on interchanges one day and Elder Flores was in the area and I was away. That day they went to their house. Supposedly something had changed and Noé wanted to go to church. He was doubting his wife though. He said that he wanted to get baptized and married, because they were just living togther. Anyways they went to church that sunday and they liked it. We kept teaching Noé because Carolina always works during the week in San Salvador. That following Saturday I went to visit them with the Bishop and with 22 year old convert in the ward, because Elder Flores was sick. We read The Family: A Proclamation to the World and watched the mormon message "Enduring Love." I invited them to be married the following Saturday  the 22nd. I thought they were going to say that it was way to fast but they accepted. The next day the went to church and I returned in the night with Elder Slack to visit them and we were able to put the baptismal dates with them for the 23rd. Elder Flores and I could hardly believe it. We thought there had to be something wrong. They passed their interviews and were keeping all of their commitments. They read all of the pamphlets and then could teach us what the pamphlet said. Because they did it they were able to feel the Spirit and were converted. On Saturday they got married and on Sunday they got baptized. Those are the last converts I will have here in Nahuizalco because this morning the assistants told me that I have changes. I have learned a lot here in Nahuizalco and I love it a lot. On Wednesday I will know where I am going to be. I will let you know next week.

-Elder Rowberry

Thank you for everything