Mochito Memories

Hi guys! 


Now that I’m in a new area (if you want to know where it is, read my last email) I figured I would do a quick recap/stat sheet of all that went on during my time in El Mochito! I'm going to do this in bullet point format, so let's go!


In El Mochito I had:
4 companions
2 official companions
2 unofficial companions (emergency divisions)
2 trainers 


48 days with Elder Miles 
113 days with Elder Franco


3 baptisms 


Running water
Electricity
Wifi
A bed 


During my time in El Mochito we went through:
A monster thunder storm
1½ months without water
1½ months without pants 
The only cold that exists in Honduras


2 weeks as a trio
A motorcycle accident
1 week without my comps
1 week with other comps


Special days we had were:
Independence day (lame)
Children's day
General Conference
Halloween (Honduras is too superstitious for Halloween)
Thanksgiving
Christmas (cool)
New Years
The b-days of my parents and sister
The day we discovered Baleada Locas


In El Mochito I ate:
Baleadas
Pollo Chuco
Tortillas con Quesillo
Catrachas
Tamales
Bean soup 
Snail soup 
Banana Soup 
Pizza (but I used the wrong flour)
BBQ wings
Hamburgers
Wendy's
Ice cream!!!
Wine (cannot say if it was alcoholic, I was too feverish that day to remember things clearly)
Sacrament bread and water
Water
Avena (water with oats)
Horchata
Soda and chips….
Egg Salad Sandwiches
Much more…


In El Mochito I was sick:
Twice
For the first 3 weeks (body getting used to diet)
Between Christmas and New Years (got a cold)


In El Mochito I met:
Elder Van Dyke and Elder Montoya
The ZLs (There were 4 of them in my time there)
The APs (There were also 4)
2 bishops
One of the owners of the mine (and the Elders Quorum pres
3 pensionistas
A kid whose nickname was *****
Rotman
Fam Gomez Dominguez (previously Fam Benitez)


Area Potrerillos
Area Las Vegas
Area El Mochito (obvs)
Area Rio Lindo


In El Mochito I visited:
Los Naranjos (twice)
Pulhapanzak
Las Marias
Las Gloria
Lago Yojoa (not Lago Jehova)


In El Mochito I learned:
Spanish
Hebrew
Greek
What the Atonement means
What my testimony is
How to pray (properly… if there is such thing as a specific way to pray)
How to talk with people
How to plan
How to teach
How to relax
How to wash clothes
How to wash stuff in general w/o Clorox wipes


In El Mochito I didn't have:
Time
Money
Washing machine
Hot water 
Water (for 6 weeks)
Pants (also for 6 weeks)
My trainers (for 1 week)
Sanity


So yeah… a lot of stuff happened. I could keep going but I'm getting tired of reminiscing, I have a new area to get used to!!! El Mochito was a very interesting area and I'm grateful for all I did and learned there. I now hope I can use what I've earned to help my new area and my new comp! There's a lot of promise here, and I can't wait to see what will happen. There is just so many amazing things waiting for us in the future! Ask scary as it may be, I want to just embrace it, and you should too!


Anyways… I hope you all have a great week and a great life! The next time I talk with you guys I'll be 19 years old and with a years-long reminiscence (maybe, not likely). Keep doing amazing things because you are amazing children of God and he chose you for a reason. See ya!


-Elder Grant

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