Hey mom!!! I'm glad to hear that you and the family are doing very well. I had no food haha but the members are good and keep us fed no worries. But forgive me I'm trying to be good, but its hard when I have had 6 companions in 3 months.

So my new companions name is, Elder B, haha he is from the country of Honduras. He is super humble and quiet and in truth, a good Elder. He is leaving for Mexico in two weeks. He was suppose to leave 4 weeks ago but the embassy of Mexico screwed up one little letter in his name, and it set him back a bit, he is with me in the mean time. That means that I will be having another companion soon. I still feel pretty good, I feel kinda like a one man companionship because nobody is with me long enough to get to know the ward or our investigators.

So Thursday our district had interviews with the President. I must say that I have changed alot in one year. The only thing that I really got scolded for was my hand writing haha. I think I'm going to do what Heber J. Grant did and practice until my handwriting is perfect. That's the Goal anyways.

We have a baptism this week. I think I wrote about her and her son before, but her name is Giovava. She has so much faith, she always keeps commitments and well ya she is pretty much a chosen daughter of God. Her son is kinda unsure about baptism still. He will get baptized this month, he is ten and likes the church so I have no doubts.

The F family is struggling a bit. They love when we come over because we bring the Spirit, but when we leave, so does the spirit. They have some marriage problems, problems with Trust, patience and communication. I feel super unqualified to help them because I have never had a wife before. I think I'm going to ask President Flores for help on this one, or the Bishop. I have faith that they will get baptized soon. I cant let them go.

we started teaching a kid named Christian the other day. He is 22, his mom died, and his best friend from our ward just left on a mission. He is really cool. I have the feeling that we will be baptizing him soon =)

I am writing you all personal letters, Hopefully you will get them some time in February but we will see. They are very special and believe it or not I have put a ton of time into them haha. Please read them and treasure them !!!

So I'm thinking that I need some more nose flutes, and maybe you could send that Nephi movie. Don't worry about it now, when you can't. There's no hurry.


Con todo mi corazon,

Elder Nathan Ahlborn

I got the Package!!!Thanks I love you

So the first three days of the week, my companion Elder Espinoza was sick. I read so much. I read in Jesus the Christ, The Book of Mormon, Preach my Gospel, literally everything that I could possible read. I learned a ton of patience haha. My companion is better now ....
So all of the sudden this morning while writing, President Flores called our zone leaders and wanted to talk to my companion. He is being transferred to another part of Honduras, a part that is like 4 hours away. Once again I'm going to have another emergency Transfer. I'll tell you who my new companion is next week haha.
We are still working with the Familia f. Last week their 16 year old neighbor showed them an anti-Mormon website. I was really worried, I prayed and studied a ton to help this family. With a lot of faith, we answered there questions and I think all is well right now. They also stopped drinking coffee, we just have to get them going to church.
We are going to baptism Sister G and Jefferson her son the 4th of February. She is a divorced mother with two kids, she has another girl, Grecia. She has a ton of faith, and she has been coming to church for the last month. She has had some doubts about the work for the dead, but we have been teaching her and is starting to understand the importance of it. She is super smart too, right now she is on vacation, but normally she is working, studying at the University of Honduras and caring for her two kids. We were really lucky to find her while she was on vacation. She is truly a chosen daughter of God.
So something cool I found out this week is that here in Honduras, they have a Boy Scout program. It's pretty similar to our program in the States, except I don't think they have Merit Badges, and they don't have the resources to do a lot of the things that we do. To me, the only big difference is that their uniforms are forest green haha.
I am doing well, I think I will be in Centro America Oeste for a while with this new transfer, but I don't really mind, I need to baptize a few more people before I can leave.
I love you all, I know that you are praying for me, I know that our family here on the earth and on the other side of the veil are praying for my success as well. Elder Nathan Ahlborn

Baptisms!!

Hey mom!! things are great here. I'm still waiting for the package, but no worries I should get it soon. Thanks for Austins testimony, I loved it.

So my companion is still sick, today he has an ear infection. We are going to the office today to talk to the Doctor. I hope he gets better soon. I just want to work and work, and I know he does too, but its hard when you're sick.

So we baptized two people this last Saturday and Sunday. The first was Katherine, from the F. family that I baptized in December. She quit smoking and decided that she was ready. I'm a bit worried for the whole family. They all came to church yesterday which my day.

The other baptism was of a 10 year old girl that didn't have the chance to get baptized at eight. She was born in the church to parents that were sealed in the temple. Her parents got divorced a while ago and its just her, her mom and her two brothers. The baptism is a convert baptism because she is older than 8 years old. Her whole family came, everyone but her dad. That broke her little heart. It makes me sad to see a broken family. She felt better afterwords no worries!!

The Fr. family came to both the baptism but not to church, It kills me that they can't wake up early. Every Sunday morning for the last 8 weeks I have knocked on there door without success. Yesterday morning, I finally woke up one of them, Manuel the dad haha. He was like ya maybe we will come haha. I'm still waiting for them to make the decision to come to church on their own. They loved the baptisms and told us that they would be there soon. I just have to gain a little bit more muscle says Manuel so I can baptize him without killing him haha, he is a big guy.

I am doing very well, I'm really happy, I think its because I am seeing my work go somewhere. I really enjoy being out here, and I'm already making plans to come back haha.

One last thing, this is the better address of the mission
Misión Honduras Comayguela
A.P. 2625 y 3688
Tegucigalpa Honduras C.A.
Things should arrive faster with this address!!!
Love you all so much, I'm writing hand written letters for you all, they should get there to you around the end of February.
Elder Nathan Ahborn.

Happy New Year!

Happy new year love you all!
So Elder Rivera left for Mexico, his mission, on Thursday. Right now I'm with an Elder from Utah, Elder Taylor. We are only together until this Wednesday when we have changes. I'm going to be training again, for 12 weeks. I'm a bit nervous but excited. I will be in Centro America for a while. I hope I train this missionary well. I'll tell you more about him next Monday.
So I think I lost all my photos to a virus. I'm kinda bummed but I'm going to see what I can do. We are still working with the "F" Family. (I've decided not to put full names on here to protect their privacy--Julie). I want my new companion to start of his mission baptizing a family. I have faith that my new companion will be just what they need to get baptize. Some good news with the family is that Ana the mom stopped drinking coffee and Manuel stopped drinking. They really are progressing but its super slow. I'm not worried, I have a ton of time here to help them.
I have to move today, I'm not excited about that cause the house isn't as nice as the one we have now, I'll send pictures later.
Well I gotta go, love you all!!!
Elder Ahlborn