Hey everyone I'm doing good. I made it to Honduras and its is super hot. My new companions name is Elder Ramirez. He is a Latino from El Salvador. He speaks no English so it has been super hard to communicate. It's good for me though cause it is making me learn faster. Any Spanish i thought i knew at the MTC doesn't help. I haven't talked too much in lessons but i talk a little. Everyone is so accepting of the gospel here. Everywhere we go and ask to teach them the accept. We haven't had one person tell us no. They give us phone number address and name no problem.We are serving in El Carmen. Its one of the safer places to be in Honduras. It's so different here. There are dogs running loose everywhere and cows just wondering around the city. it's so different. Our house is pretty small no air conditioner and no kitchen really. We wash dishes by hand and also have to wash clothes by hand and air dry them. no maids unfortunately. I sleep in a spring twin bed. I've been sleeping good because we walk and walk and walk. I think i walk more here then i did when i was shed hunting. My legs are super tired and i'm super tired. I have to buy all water bottle and there is water that is in bags that  buy. Then you tear the bag of water and drink it out of it. There is american restaurants around but they are super expensive. I eat a lot of cereal and noodles and rice. We eat at members house occasionally and some of the things that i've eaten i don't no what its is. Our last meal with a member was fish and i'm pretty sure is was a parana. It tasted really good. Definitely don't eat as much as i did when i was at home. I'm always hungry so i eat everything that is given to me good or bad. I've had some things that taste nasty but i eat it cause i'm hungry. We have tons of investigators. We have 3 members scheduled to be baptized this week so will see how that goes. Also we have 5 scheduled for september 15. We were teaching this less active member this one evening and he stood up and pulled a gun out of his pants. He then walked and put it on the book shelf. he didn´t say anything he just pulled it out  Also we were contacting at a wedding and i was walking teaching people and when i walked around this corner there was a lady breast feeding her kid with no cover. It caught me way off guard. I guess its normal for here. A couple nights ago i ate something and like 10 minutes later my soft skin around my eyes swelled up huge. I think i was allergic to something in the food. Its super hard but i know it will get easier ounce i know how to speak. I love you all and hope all is well. 

 We would like to inform you that Elder Cleverley has got here safely to Honduras, he is companions with a great missionary. 

Thank You

Thank you for all the scriptures I love reading them.  That is so awesome you got to go to the temple! I wish that I would have gone to the temple more when I was younger. That has been the highlight of my week to go to the temple here in Guatemala. This week hasn't been too eventful - just learning the language and the Gospel. I leave the mtc this Monday night to fly to Honduras. I'm super nervous but also super excited to get to where I've been called to serve. My instructors tell me not to worry because I will learn most of my Spanish in the field. While my Spanish is getting better it still needs a lot of work.

Oh my companion is a big sleep talker and walker so that pretty entertaining. He sleep talks about every night and yell things like HELP! i think the most that i laugh is at night! anyways doing good and miss you! 

It is so awesome here! This week has been my favorite so far. We went to guatemala city and handed out Book of Mormons. I was really nervous at first but my companion and I said a prayer before and I calmed right down. My companion and I handed out 5 Book of Mormons. Most people got 2 handed out. It was one of the best days of my life. We talked to this guy and he was so inteseted and said he wants me and my companion to come to his house and teach him more. Unfortnetly we dont get to teach him but we got his information and gave it to the missionaries teaching in his area. The hardest thing is speaking spanish. We have to prepare lessons every day in straght spanish and then teach them to fake investigators. I also had the oppurtunity to give Elder Townsend a priesthood blessing. He rolled his ankle super bad playing basketball. His ankle is literally straight purple. He was on crutches but he is getting better and is walking withought crutches now so that's good. I've met 3 latinos that I'm super close with. One is from the Dominican Republic and the other 2 are from Honduras. One of them from Honduras speaks english very well so he has been helping me with spanish. His name is Elder Gurar. We found out we can't send pictures anymore so that's all you get until I get on my mission. Love you tons and have an awesome summer. I love hearing from u(:

Spanish has been super hard but I am still learning. I've talked to missionaries that have been out longer then me and some have said they knew hardly any spanish leaving the mtc. They said it comes to you better in the field and when you have a companion that speaks fluent and can help you. Haven't given the talk in spanish yet so that's good.  I love you and miss you guys so much. 

Yeah the first week was really slow. But now the time is flying by. Spanish is still giving me a hard time but i am definitely learning slowly. I'm starting to understand what people are saying so that has been good. When i talk to the latinos i have to tell them to speak slower cause they talk so fast. Right now i have to think really hard about every word i say in spanish. But its crazy to see the improvements i have made so far. I dont know if my visa is taken care of yet. Nobody has said anything yet so im guessing not. The temple was built in 1986 and it is so pretty. Its so nice because its small enough that you never get lost and there is just something special about the Guatemala temple that i love. I'm hoping there is a temple i can go to in Honduras but will see. haven't given a talk yet thank heavens. It will probably happened though. The patience building is going good. I wish i would of brought ear plugs because the district and my companion are singers and they never stop. And when they sing there are literally singing as loud as they can. I've learned just go hang out in other peoples room. So i talked to this native that lives in Honduras and he told me that its very dangerous. But he said the gangs love the missionaries. He said they warn missionaries when and where the shooting fights happened so they can stay out of the area. He told me of a story that this missionary got robbed and the gangs found out about it and found who it was and they actually killed the guy and returned all the missionary stuff back. He also told me that when members give you food to eat all of it because they are so poor that when they give you food its a big deal. If you don't eat it its way disrespectful. Yes i love the pictures keep sending them. Also will you find my patriarchal blessing and type it too me? Tomorrow we are going to hand out book of mormons to the natives so im super excited and nervous for that. This Wednesday we will be the old kids in the MTC. The kids that where here are leaving on there missions this Tuesday. We will be getting new kids so I'm excited for that.