Week #4 . . . this week was wild!

October 25, 2021

4 weeks in honduras wow!! Some crazy things happened this week. I said in my last email that im not close to the city San Pedro Sula right now so im not gonna have any stories yet.. well i was wrong. I will put them in bullet points cause nobody wants to read huge paragraphs (except my mom).

 -Crazy gun shots 3x this week. All at night, and one of them was next door. Each time its like 10 shots that are so dang loud. They keep me on my toes haha.
- I ate Shark this week! My area right now is known for having shark meat, and it did not disappoint. Was actually super good.
- Saturday night I had a bad allergic reaction while we were pretty far from home. Nothin like being covered in hives trying trying to explain to my companion what is happening in spanish. We ran home and luckily we didnt have to miss a lesson cause they're all over the phone. For about 2 hours, i taught lessons shirtless with my whole body covered in hives. There is one blessing of covid missions right there!
-There were some CRAZY storms this week. I love the rain, but came to find out there is a hole in our roof, right above my bed!!!!!! Lucky me!!!! I walked into our room and my bed was just soaked.
-The bugs that i find in my house would make 95% of you want to die. For example this morning i woke up with some Beatle lookin thing just chillin on my arm. Scraped that off, whatever. Then i went to go shower with our bucket and when i lifted it up there were cockroaches under it.
-Power went out a few times this week.
-Every night there are a bunch of lizards in our house that just sit there and eat the bugs. 
-I saw someone who was wearing a J-Jazz jersey. I didnt ask him for a pic which i regret but ill find him again.
  
Sorry that was a lot. The mission is tough not even going to lie. Everyday I am being tested in a new ways I didnt think were possible, but i am growing and learning from every moment and I know this is where i need to be. My testimony has never been stronger! I hope you all have a good Halloween!!! Miss you all like crazy. 

-Elder Townsend

1. Painting on the back of my tag.
2. Me and ocean
3. Me and trendy color wall
4. Our water (my brother calls it soup)
5. The viewwwwwww

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