Week #5 . . . Baptism!

November 1, 2021

This week was a really good week, and the time absolutely flew by. We had a ton of lessons in person which was awesome. Not super crazy like last week, but we did have a BAPTISM!! I'll put a pic down below, along with some other nice pics from the week. Her name is Gladys, and she was one of the best people ive ever met in my life. A few things about her..
- She lives in one of the poorest parts of Honduras. Her house is a tin box. Just a bed and some chairs.
- She cannot read.
- She is 52 years old.
-Was living with her boyfriend (who is married to another girl, but broken up lol) but decided to move out and live separately so she could be baptized.
-She has a hurt leg, yet still walks 2 hours to and from church every week.
-Has 0 money.
She is amazing and that is an experience i will never forget.

We had some rain storms that lasted about 2 days. The rain is so loud that we can barely hear each other scream in the house. It comes down hard haha. And once again my bed got soaked. So, i moved my bed across the room, just to find out that in the night another hole formed and dripped over my bed on the opposite side of the room. Lucky me once again!!! Im not sure what type of lessons god is trying to teach me here, maybe patience who knows. 

My comp is awesome and i love him. Every time i complain about something or bugs in the house, he is always quick to be positive. He is teaching me so much, and i am trying to to my best to teach him as well. This week i taught him to pray in english which has been cool. Also not to brag but at the start of our companionship he could do 2 pushups and now he can do 15. We workin!

Sorry i dont have a whole lot to talk about this week, but this week really was a good week. I still haven't gotten used to how beautiful my area is. Everyday I leave the house its just wow. There is so much to be grateful for! I hope you all had an amazing Halloween. Sadly i didnt celebrate it here but ay, maybe next year. Love you all more than you know! Hope this week is a good one  
    
-Elder Townsend

1. Baptism
2. Grub
3. House
4. View from the beach
5. My paintings i bought this week

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