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Letters:

Colonia Florencia Norte, Contiguo a SEARS

Entre boulevar Suyapa y PriceSmart

Edificio Plaza America, 3er Piso

Apartado Postal 556 o 3539

Tegucigalpa M.D.C., Francisco Morazán

Honduras


Packages:

Colonia Florencia Norte, Contiguo a SEARS

Entre boulevar Suyapa y PriceSmart

Edificio Plaza America, 3er Piso

Apartado Postal 556 o 3539

Tegucigalpa M.D.C., Francisco Morazán

Honduras


Thanks and love you all!
Hermana Bernal

Week 11: "I feel like I'm an explorer"

Hello!

Briefly reporting to you after my second week here! Still in the lovely awkward transition phase of learning the language, but things are going well! My companion is just the best, I learn so much from her! I am starting to get to know everyone in this little town of Santa Lucia, everywhere we go we are talking to people who pass by and everyone is so friendly and open, I love it!

Sometimes I feel like I´m an explorer because we are also walking every day through trees and little paths of all sorts. Love you all and hope you´ve had a great week!

Hermana Bernal

Week 10: "Thrive in ambiguity"

From Izzy,

Hello friends and family!!! Every week I am so bummed that I don´t have more time to share with you more of my experiences here!! But I am now officially in Tegucigalpa! I arrived this Wednesday and it has been a really great week. My trainer (my first companion for 12 weeks) Hermana Nunez is pretty much the greatest human! She is from Dominican Republic, and is an incredible missionary. Not only is she a really fun person, but she has challenged me to abrir mi boca and talk to everyone that we pass by! Right now we are in an area named Santa Lucia, it is so amazingly beautiful here and I am starting to live and love the culture. I am so thankful to be in Santa Lucia for my first area because it isn't too hot! Ok but really this whole week was great, I have a lot of trouble remembering people´s names and I have no clue of my way around, but I´m hoping it will come. I´m exhausted by the end of every day after trying to be engaged in conversations of a new language, all is well and I am trying to be patient. Life is good! One thing that I am trying to work on is the wise advice from one of my friends from the MTC to "thrive in ambiguity." There is so much new to absorb everyday, and I am trying to decide ahead of time that no matter what challenges come by, no matter how shocking certain aspects of life here are, and no matter how discouraged I may feel at times, one day I am going to look back at this year and a half and wish that I could do it all over again. I have 18 months to be a full time servant of the Lord and all of eternity to ponder if I gave it all I could. It reminds me of how much of a speck our Earth life is, in comparison to what is come to come... When it is all over will will be at peace with the work we have done, in whom we´ve trusted, in the person we have become?

Love you all!
Hermana Bernal

Week 9: Hola from Tegucigalpa,

Hola from Tegucigalpa,

We are happy to tell you that Hermana ­­­­­­­­­­­­Bernal has arrived safely in Tegucigalpa. We love her already and look so forward to serving with her for the next 18 months. We have attached a picture of her taken with us on the day of her arrival.

She has been assigned a missionary companion who has been selected to serve as a trainer because of her experience and diligence as a missionary. We know your missionary will grow to love her and learn a great deal from her.

We want to assure you that we will be in close contact with your missionary during the coming weeks and months. Our greatest responsibility is to dutifully care for each young person with which the Lord has entrusted us. If there are ever any concerns for her well-being we will be in immediate contact with you and/or her local priesthood leaders.

Thank you for all you have done to prepare your missionary for this wonderful opportunity to serve. We know your family will be greatly blessed as you support her from home.

If questions or concerns should arise at home during your missionary’s service, please feel free to contact us or call the mission office at 504-2239-5587. We also have a blog for parents. The blog address is ServingInTegucigalpa.blogspot.com.  There is also a Facebook page which was started by a few missionary moms. The group’s name is Honduras Tegucigalpa Mission.

President and Sister Bowler

Honduras Tegucigalpa Mission

Week 6: 6 days until Honduras!

Hi Everyone,

Reporting to you from the Guatemala MTC, only 6 dys remaining till I'm shipped out to Tegucigalpa. This week I learned a ton. My companion and i have been working really hard on our spanish, and especially working on how to be better teachers by being better listeners. In the MTC we are constantly reminded that to be an effective missionary, we must always be in tune with the genuine needs of the people we teach. Because really, who wants to listen to someone spit out information about God if they don't see how it directly applies to their life, when that is maybe the most important point to get across!

This week my companion and I got the opportunity to serve as Hermana leaders! It has been really fun to use this job to get to know all of the newbies better, I am so inspired by the girls here and their desires to serve God! One thing hilarious that happened though is that our fire alarm went off during the day one day, and then again the middle of the night that night, and NONE of the girls on our floor got up!!! The next day everyone talked about how we were literally all awake but just layed in bed to wait it out to hear if it was real or not. Sooooo good thing it was a false alarm!!

Sorry I have no time!!! Love you all!!
Hermana Bernal