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HOLA familia mia! Como estan?
This week we had a multizona in San Pedro Sula on Tuesday with Elder Martino of the 70. The Spirit was so strong and I wrote pages and pages of notes. Sister Martino also spoke, and it was fun to hear her Texan accent and then the Spanish translation (Elder Martino served his mission in the Central America mission).
Then on Wednesday we had a zone meeting, and afterward outside of the church we did a street contact with a young man (age 19) named Carlos Hernandes. He looked sad and we talked to him for a while and then invited him with us to an appointment with the Contreras family (Silvano and Sofia). He happily came along as he had nothing better to do. We taught the plan of Salvation, and the Spirit was very strong and we had a lot of participation. We were also able to explain about baptisms for the dead. Silvano accepted the docterine with hardly any questions, but Sofia is still praying about an answer. When Silvano or Sofia didn´t know an answer to a question, Carlos surprised us by knowing. He is very bright.
Afterward we took a moto taxi with him to see where he lived and dropped him off suposively near his house. He told us it was easy, just follow the road and we´ll see a white house made of adobe on our right. The next day we went to find his house, and called out ¨buenas tardes!¨in every white adobe house and didn´t find him. We tried for 2 hours and had plenty of contacts and inviting to church, but no Carlos.
Anyhow, when we talked to him on the phone that night, he said ¨Oh, now that I think of it, the house is white on the inside.¨ Ha ha...
His family is also very receptive and we had a great lesson with them (the restoration). They said they´d come to church with us on Sunday, which was a satelite conference for Central America. Elder Costa, Sister.... I don´t remember but 1st counselor in the General YW Pres., Elder Christofferson and Pres. Eyring spoke. FHE was a big theme, as well as temple work.
One thing I liked from Elder Christofferson (he spoke in perfect Spanish) was that the father of the home should pray to know when his children need a priesthood blessing, not just wait for them to ask for one.
On Saturday we had a lesson planned with Silvano and Sofia and The Rojas family who are strong in the gospel. We went and to our surprise, Silvano wasn´t there. As we sat and waited, talking to Sofia (who is much more shy than Silvano and hardly said a word... only now after all this time is she willing to read and participate in the lessons with only us missionaries), we felt that Silvano was drinking. Sure enough, when we saw him the next day he was so ashamed. We were worrying about him the whole night, not knowing where he was and it was so sad to see him feeling the guilt of his sin on Sunday. But he has to feel this sorrow in order to change. We expressed our disappointment, but told him that true repentance is still possible, that we are here to help him, and told him to get ready to come to the conference with us.
Hermana Figueroa said that she feels like Silvano will be a great leader. Satan is fighting so hard against him! We had a baptisimal date (March 6th) and we were planning the baptism for the river behind his house, and now he has to wait more time because he drank. He was doing so well but still hanging out with some of the same friends and finally wasn´t strong enough. On Sunday night we brought the Rojas family and the Herrera family for a FHE, and they were very friendly with the Contreras family. I know that everything that has happened to Silvano and Sofia is for a reason, and that truly they are being prepared to be excellent leaders in the church. Please pray for them!
There´s much more to write, but time is short. I love you all so very much! Thank you for your letters, your prayers, and support. Keep the prayers coming... Satan is tricky and can sometimes make us feel like we don´t know Spanish or like we can´t do the work. But I´m here for a purpose, and I know I can do it! Right? Right.

Love, Hermana Francis
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