Farewell for now...

It is so sad for us to see these amazing missionaries finish their service to the Lord.  We have come to love them so much and appreciate their dedicated service so we have a hard time saying goodbye.  We know how much their families have missed them and are excited to welcome them back home.  So, they close another chapter in the book of their lives and begin a new one.  We wish you all the best as you return and look forward to hearing of your future successes!  

Farewell dinner at the Carlisle home

Until we meet again...

Presenting our Newest Missionaries

Every six weeks we get to introduce a new group of missionaries to the mission.  On October 25th we welcomed seven elders and four hermanas to missionary service in the Honduras San Pedro Sula East  Mission.  They arrived with big smiles despite their lack of sleep.  The missionaries that had come from the CCM in Mexicohad gotten up at 12:30 a.m. to make their flights with connections to the airport outside the city of San Pedro Sula.  They were greeted by all the new trainers and introduced to their companions.  After they sat through some training (which is a little like trying to get a drink from a firehose) and enjoying a baleada (a traditional Honduran food), they were off to their new areas.  We are so happy to have them here to help move the Lord's work forward!

Can't you just feel the love?  They are all in the very place the Lord needs them to be!

On the Road Again...

October is my birthday month so the office staff and the mission nurses threw me a little surprise party complete with balloons and a Tres Leches Cake!  It made my day and was definitely a birthday to remember!

October was interview month so we were back on the road.  We saw lots of beautiful scenery and encountered a few obstacles in the road.  There's never a dull moment when traveling in Honduras.  There are always a few surprises!

Off the coast of Trujillo - the furthest area east in our mission.

Roatan

The coastline of La Ceiba

We had to take a little detour while workers removed a very large tree that had fallen across the road during a big storm.

These are some of the obstacles we regularly share the road with on our travels.

We had a great time visiting with all the elders and hermanas in the mission over the past month. I am sorry to report that I am terrible at remembering to take pictures along the way, but the missionaries in Tocoa and Olanchito made sure we got a couple of snapshots to remember our time together.