Ryder's Mission

  Hola everybody! Como están? Man what a week!! Don't have a whole lot of time, so I'll just give a quick rundown: Not to make two emails in a row about fish... but I had the most interesting lunch out here yet in the mission, went to a members house for seafood (crab, catfish, shrimp, and more, it was crazy, definitely throw in a pic) but the best part was we got to help make it too! Got to help dress and cook the fish and shrimp, definitely not something I thought I would learn on the mish Also this week, we had a lot of miracles with people coming to church! With the other two elders, and with the help of an amazing member, we had more than 16 friends and inactive members come on Sunday, it was amazing!! I've also been a missionary for just about 4 months!! Man the time flies by, still feel like I just got here. As for spiritual, gotta stick with the theme of thanksgiving week. I was reading and found a great scripture in D&C which says: And he who receiveth all thin...

  Hola everyone! Como estamos?? Wow, can't believe it's Monday again already, these weeks are flying by. This week was pretty great, just a couple things: 1st: Had intercambios with the ZL's, and I got to go back to Gavidia, my first area!! It was super sick, went out with Elder Gomez (he's a dawg), and got to hang out with Elder Moss again (my first comp). It was a also a really great confidence boost to go back, because I was able to see how much I've grown in spanish and being a missionary in the past weeks! Obviously I'm still not perfect, but always remember to celebrate the little victories!! Also remember that you're growing, whether it seems like it or not. 2nd: Man the rain has been crazy this past week. I've heard there's 1, maybe 2 hurricanes (though I'm not for sure, we don't have Google or news or anything, we're pretty separated from everything, if there’s stuff I'm missing feel free to please lmk ). But yeah, it's b...

  Hola everybody!! Sorry its been a little while! Not a whole lot has gone down the past couple of weeks ngl, so this should be pretty short (but no promises lol).  First up is Halloween! (Or the lack thereof)  So yeah... Central America doesn't really celebrate Halloween, but don't worry- we stayed in the spirit- ate lots candy and dressed up for our zone call . What Central América does have however is Día de los Muertes; we spent a lot of that Saturday handing out water and helping people in the cemetery, all the decorated graves and people were super cool! I'll throw in a pic below.  Something else I've been loving down here (as always) is the food... especially the tamales. Everyone's been harvesting milpa (corn) and making tamales and wow... they're incredible. If you ever get the chance to have homemade tamales, don't pass it up, they're a lifechanger!! About the title: Everyone here has a hard time pronouncing my name, and the closest word in spa...