Ultima Semana en el CCM y Primer en el campo!

Where to begin!

CCM

The last week was about the same. It was pretty hard to leave my district, I am really going to miss those guys, but I was so excited to leave the CCM and get to the Mission field. Also some quck updates about the last week is one during sports we were just shooting around, so I aksed Elder Hughes, (the guy who is going to be a linebacker for wyoming when he gets back) if he wanted to play 1 on 1. I beat him, so he said we had to do 2 out of 3. Well, that turned in to 3 out of 5. I won the series 3-1. It was fun. 

Mission Field

So, I woke up at 2:30 AM, everbody going to Honduras met in the downstairs at 3:00 AM. From there we drove a bus to the airport and flew from Guatemala to El Salvador, y from El Salvador to San Pedro. From here we went to the Banke, or the Stake Center in San Pedro. Here we had a bunch of meatings and information obout the mission. After this we were all paired with an older Elder, and went to work. I went with Elder Elmer. It was pretty awesome, we talked to some people and had one lesson with this lady let us in. I also got to ride a Rapidito (Fast little thing) It was a little tiny van, basically a taxi, and there were about 12 seats with 20 people. It was pretty crazy. The driving down here is pretty crazy. Then I went to my interview with President. After this we all went to have dinner at President Bush house. Despues that we went and slept at the AP (Asistent to Presidents) house. Then the next morning we found out wich area we would be in and who our Companion was.

My area is Smith 1, in the middle of San Pedro Sula! My Companion is Elder Lowder from Washington the State. He is a really cool guy. It´s pretty hard having a gringo, or white guy at first, because I am so tempted to speak English, but he is a great guy. We are both new to the area Smith 1, so this first week has been really interesting. I don´t know spanish, and we both don´t know any people or where we are. But it´s been good. It´s getting better. As for spanish, I can´t understand hardly anyone. Sometimes I feel like I understand a lot from one person, but then there some people, and I wonder if it is even Spanish. But it is really good. The area we are in is the the Hermanas were preveously. There was also a Baptism on Sunday. Tecnically my first baptism, but I don´t feel like it counts because I don´t really know him. It was the hermanas who tough him. 

Honduras is awesome! I don´t know how to explain it. I am not good at expalining things... But it is HOT. I am always sweating. I never though the fan would be my best friend. But no joke, I take a break from study in the morning where the fan is and go to the bathroom, and imediately I am sweating. But It is great. I love the food, the people are great even though I can´t understand what they are saying half the time. I love being a misionary. 

Well, I love you all! I can´t believe I am actually here! This is truly a blessing that I can be doing this work. The work of God!

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Elder Trenton Horace Harmon

Honduras San Pedro Sula West Mission

Guatemala Missionary Training Center

Bulevar Vista Hermosa 23-71

Vista Hermosa I, Zona 15

01015 Guatemala City

Guatemala 

trenton.harmon@myldsmail.net

eldertrentonharmon.blogspot.com 

Hola! Uno mas Semaña en el CCM

Wow! Time is absolutley flying! I am so excited to get to Honduras en 1 week! I do love it here, the Spirt is so strong, but I am pumbed to start the real work. 

I want you all to know how much I love you, and I know God loves you. I am thankful for every one of you and the differences you all have made in my life!

As for my expereiences, I am really starting to love my District and my Companion. It is going to be hard because everyone in my distrito is going to El Salvador, except for me and Elder Funk, I´m going to Honduras, y Elder Funk is going to Guatemala. I am really going to miss all of them. I have come to love them all so much, and I have truly been blessed with Humility. It is so interesting to me, from being here I see all these people with way different backgrounds. Things that they have gone through are so different then what I have. Yet, they have a firm and strong testimony. And how it has come about may be different, yet it is similar. We all know that God is real. He loves us. We know that Jesus Christ suffered for our sinds. And we all know that the Book of Mormon is true, and Joseph Smith did indeed translated it through the power of God. And through the restauracion we have the power of god, the Sacerdocio (Priesthood) on the earth again. And we have once again a living Prohet to lead and guide us and bring others to the truthfulness of the Gospel. 

Some of the people I had the hardest time with in the beginning of the CCM experience, only because they were different, I have truly come to love and respect. No body is too far gone with the wonderful blessing of the Atonement. God loves all of his children and wants them to come unto him, have faith in him, repent, be baptized, recieve the Holy Ghost, and Endure to the End. If I had all day long I would talk about this forever! And as a Missionary I have the authority to bear testimony and promise that God does indeed love all of his Children. I want so bad to explain this simple word LOVE. The power it has is exdrodanary. Imagine how much you love someone, times it by infinity, and this is the love our God has for us. So, love him back, accept him, and follow him. 

I love you all. This is why a bear testimony of God. Because I know it is only through him that you can gain the highest degree of Glory in the after life. If I didn´t know these things were true, and If I didn´t love you all, first of all, I wouldn´t be here, second, I wouldn´t care about telling you all what I know or believe. But I do love you, and I do know, and I KNOW GOD LOVES YOU SO MUCH MORE!!!

Thanks again for being awesome! 

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Elder Trenton Horace Harmon

Honduras San Pedro Sula West Mission

Guatemala Missionary Training Center

Bulevar Vista Hermosa 23-71

Vista Hermosa I, Zona 15

01015 Guatemala City

Guatemala 

trenton.harmon@myldsmail.net

eldertrentonharmon.blogspot.com 

Semana 4

I have been out here for 4 weeks and thats kind of crazy... I love it. Time is flying by. Honestly it`s still the same thing. Lots of spanish, rice beans and eggs. So not a whole lot to say, but I love being a missionary! 

I love you all!

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Elder Trenton Horace Harmon

Honduras San Pedro Sula West Mission

Guatemala Missionary Training Center

Bulevar Vista Hermosa 23-71

Vista Hermosa I, Zona 15

01015 Guatemala City

Guatemala 

trenton.harmon@myldsmail.net

eldertrentonharmon.blogspot.com 

Semana 3

Life is going good! The beggining of this week has been prety interesting. After being here for 3 weeks all of the Latinos left. It was pretty sad to them go after becoming such good friends with all of them, but now they are on to better things. As for me and the rest of the North Americans we have 3 more weeks here in the CCM. It´s so good though. I can´t wait to get out to the field. Today we went to Central Guatemala and we had the oppurtunity to talk with people and hand out Books of Mormon. It was pretty sweet! 

I love sharing this Gospel! I know it´s true! I know that Joseph Smith did indeed restore the Gospel on the earth with the Authority and the Power of God. That Power and Authority is called the Priesthood. This is the same power Jesus Christ had while he was on the earth, and the same power the earth was created by. 

I love you all! 

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Elder Trenton Horace Harmon

Honduras San Pedro Sula West Mission

Guatemala Missionary Training Center

Bulevar Vista Hermosa 23-71

Vista Hermosa I, Zona 15

01015 Guatemala City

Guatemala 

trenton.harmon@myldsmail.net

eldertrentonharmon.blogspot.com