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ok let’s try this again...
Last week we had a baptism of Jason who is 12 and really tall for a latino. But he didn’t come to church the next day so we couldn´t confirm him. His mom made him do chores... but anyway!

A normal day in the life of Elder Arntsen is to wake up at 6 am (not the normal 6:30 cause we´re better in the San Pedro Sula mission) and exercise for 30 minutos. Then shower and get dressed and all that stuff. For breakfast we usually have cereal with powder milk, and then it’s an hour of personal study time. Then an hour of comp study, then half an hour of language study. Then we head out at 10-ish. We usually have lunch at members houses (it varies, but usually rice with chopped up carrots and corn, beans of some kind, fried chicken or other type of meat, always tortillas, home and handmade, and when it’s cold hot chocolate, or this some other juice or soda (usually banana tropical)). Then at 7 to 8 we go to our cocinera for dinner. And we are back in the house by 9-ish. The streets here are pretty much just dirt, or mud, and there’s a pulperia every ten or so houses (it’s like a QT). All the food is good here. Plain and simple. Well, except chichiron. It’s like pork rinds, but there’s actual pork skin in it... There are street lights here and there, but it gets pretty dark at night. The stars would be bright, but it’s usually pretty overcast. Oh our house is a one room apartment with the kitchen detached from the rest of the house. It’s pretty danky, but awesome too!

Ok now for a rundown of the last two weeks:
We haven’t had tons of lessons so we’ve been tracting lots. We have two investigators who we found my first week who are progressing really fast. If they had come to church two Sundays ago they’d be baptized by now, but something came up. They’re names are Junior and Elvis, and they are roommates. Junior is 16 and accepts everything we tell him. He’s started reading the Book of Mormon almost every day and is in 2 Nephi. Pretty good since he works 16 hours a day 5 days a week... thanks for all the letters from everyone (just mom, dad, and caitlin) but I’m sure the rest of you reading this have already dropped it in the mail and they are on their way! haha.

Last Tuesday we had a multi zone, which means getting up at 3 in the morning to be there by 8... not much fun. I got to see Elder Cahoon. His area is 20 minutes from the office... and I ordered some sweet leather scripture cases, and I also had to buy a Honduras futbol jersey. Honduras beat Mexico last Thursday, which meant we ended the day a little early so we wouldn’t get shot or thrown fireworks at (and no one was outside, or answering phones, or opening doors) the whole country shuts down when there is a game... Thursday we did weekly planning as a district and then started divisions. I was with Elder Loughton, a gringo too, in my area. And by some crazy turn of events we had divisions for two whole days instead of the normal 1. Then Elder Flores got really sick so we stayed in on Saturday (with permission), and he wasn’t much better on Sunday so we just went to church. Now he is on his way to San Pedro cause they think it’s denge, and I’m on divisions with Elder Tzuban (from Guatemala and can’t speak a word of English) while his companion who is also sick is with Elder Flores. We don’t know how long they’re gonna be gone so I may be working here for a few days.
That’s all for now!
See ya next week
Elder Arntsen