Hola!

August 10, 2015

Hello Family!

I'm really out of time but thank you so much for all of your emails. Thanks for sending the great pictures too. I love you all so much. It won´t be too long until we can talk face to face about all that has gone on these last two years. 

My companion and I are working hard. We taught 47 lessons and found 26 new investigators this last week. There are so many people here willing to hear the gospel. Sometimes the trial is helping them act upon what they learn. That's the difficult part. Sis Mejia Carbahal(Marta) has all her papers to get married and Bro Mejia (Miguel) should have taken his out today. We are going to visit them tonight and find out! :) They are getting so close!!! I am so happy for them and I know that one day they will make it to the temple and seal their family for all the eternity. 

On Sunday I gave a talk during sacrament meeting on Agency. It was great learning more about this subject. We played soccer as a zone in the Olympic Stadium today!  It was a lot of fun. I can´t believe how fast time goes by. I love you all so much. I hope that you all have a great week!

I know that everything in the Church is true. I know that Jesus Chirst lives and loves us more than we can imagine.

Love Elder Conover

Bringing souls to Christ

August 3, 2015



Hola hermosa familia!

This week went great. We are working hard. I feel the time is going by too fast! We had a baptism on Saturday. Fanny's mom Rosa was baptised! It was really special. Fanny is so happy to not be the only member in her family anymore. Rosa bore a very special testimony after her baptism. She said that when Elder Rodriguez invited her to pray and ask Heavenly Father sincerely if the Church is true she felt the authority he had and she decided to finally pray and ask sincerely. When she did she felt great peace and love and she knew she needed to be baptised. The spirit was very strong. We are working with her husband Mario but so far he hasn't opened his heart. I know that he too will one day feel the truthfulness of the restored gospel. Fanny also was called as secratary in the young women's presidency yesterday! She is progresing a ton.

We are working hard with Marta and Miguel and Carmelo and Cristina trying to help them take out their papers. Things are going slow but I know they can do it! Sometimes I feel discouraged that they still haven't been able to get married but I am trusting in Heavenly Father's timing and I know everything will work out how it should according to His will.

Brandy's friends/neighbors came to Church yesterday. Her friend named Estrella after church told us that after being there she has decieded she wants to be baptised. Her other friend Karen also wants to be baptised and has a baptism date for the 22nd. It is amazing the fruits that come from one tiny seed planted by the twins (Nicole and Michele) giving us the reference of Brandy.

I love you all so much. I know that this work is led by the Lord Jesus Christ. I truly believe that Heavenly Father wants us all to make it back Home with Him. My deepest desire and the reason I came here on the mission is because I want everyone to make it to the Celestial Kingdom. I know the power of the Atonement is real and I am so grateful for the beautiful plan of salvation. Heavenly Father is perfect. Loving and serving others is the best way to live. Keep pressing forward!

Love Elder Conover

Love Elder Conover

The Spirit of God like a fire is burning!

July 27, 2015

Hi family!

Today I started the last transfer of my mission. Where did the time go? I am filled with so many emotions right now. I feel so much love towards you all and towards the people here in Honduras. My greatest desire is to accomplish all that Heavenly Father wants me to here in Honduras. I am working hard here with my new companion Elder Zelaya! He is from El Salvador. My third companion from El Salvador! haha My last companion in the mission... wow.

We are working hard with Miguel and Marta. Sis Cerrato the lawyer in our ward is great and is helping them a lot. Things are going good and this week or next week they will have their papers to get married! I am so happy for them! Marta bore her testimony during the last class at church on Sunday the Elders quorum and Relief society were combined. The bishop was asking different people to share what they were going to take home from what they learned at church and at the end she just stood up and said she felt she needed to say that she knows the church is true and that even though she hasn't been baptised yet she feels like she is a member of the Church. She started crying and spoke so many beautiful words about the love of the members and the truthfulness of the church and how the church has helped her son Christian so much. I felt the spirit so strong. It was one of the highlights of my mission to see her stand up and say what she said. Her and her husband Miguel are getting so close! :) It is so exciting. Last night we had a really special lesson with them about eternal marriage in the Temple. The spirit was very strong. My companion and I both bore our sincere and grateful testimonies for our parents who chose to be sealed in the Temple. More than anything in the World I am so happy for their goal to be sealed as a family one year after they are baptised.

Fanny's Mom, Rosa if all goes well will be baptised this Saturday! We are very excited. She has stopped drinking coffee since the day we taught the word of wisdom. She rocks!

There are  many more stories to tell but we will have time soon to talk and talk about all the adventures of Honduras. I love you family. I know that Jesus Christ lives. I have never seen Him but I believe. I know the Atonement has the power to heal us. I know that we truly can repent and be cleansed through the Atonement as we partake of the sacrament. Have a wonderful week!

Love Elder Conover

pictures:  Brandy's baptism; zone soccer; Elder Zelaya is in the blue shirt in front

Last transfer, last companion! What?!

July 20, 2015




FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!

Hola! I can´t believe it. This week I start my last transfer in the mission. My companion Elder Rodriguz goes to his home in Dominican Republic this Thursday. I wonder who my last companion will be... Its almost 100% sure that I will stay in this area but we will find out tomorrow. I hope I will stay to continue to help our investigators and recent converts. I am filled with so many emotions. I just hope that I can accomplish everything Heavenly Father wants me to acomplish. I love this work so much and I love the people so much. I feel like a Hondureño or Catracho like they call themselves here. 

On Saturday we had a baptism! Brandy, the friend of Nicole and Michele(the twins) was baptised! It was really special. The twins and two other young women sang a beautiful song at the baptism. Brandy's mom Ivis, Fabiola (the sister of Brandy's step dad) and one other friend came. My companion baptised Brandy. His last baptism in the mission! So crazy. But he has work to do when he gets home. His parents aren't members of the Church yet. Just him and his sister. He has been a great companion. I'm going to miss being with him. Walking home from the baptism Fabiola asked us how many time lessons does someone have to listen to be baptised. I told her there's 5 lessons but we usually don't teach each one in just one visit. Then I asked her if she would like to be baptised. She enthusiastically told me she would love to. Then I asked her how about we prepare a baptism service for August 15 for you? She was like, really?! It was so awesome how excited she was. She said she will be going with Brandy every Sunday to church. We gave her a Book of Mormon to read and pray to know the truth. Brandy's mom Ivis has a powerful testimony of the Church. She bore her testimony at the baptism as well as Brandy. Sadly Ivis will be working the next 4 Sundays and then she will have the following 4 off work. She is going to try and find another job. She also needs to get divorced and then married with Miguel(the man she is with right now). Its going to be a long process but one day I know she will be baptised. :) Today they invited us to eat lunch with them. It was a lot of fun! 

Carmelo, Cristina, Miguel, and Marta are still in the process of taking out their papers to get married. It's quite the process! haha We definitely are learning to have patience as well as them. 

Two of our recent converts went to the temple last Friday. Christian (Miguel and Martas son) and Fanny. It was really special because Fanny took two names. Her grandma and her older brother who passed away. She asked Christian to be baptised for her brother. I wish so badly I could have been there with them. It's so cool that converts are baptising ancestors of other converts. Fanny was baptised for her grandma. It was so great to hear from them about their experience when they got back. Every Sunday Christian blesses the sacrament. It is so wonderful. 

I love you all so much and hope that you continue to have a wonderful Summer. I know that Heavenly Father has all power and all wisdom. I know that if we trust in him and love him and all people we will be blessed forever and we will be happy. Love you! Keep going strong!

Love Elder Conover

P.S next week I will send pictures because I don't have my camera right now.

Adventures and miracles

July 13, 2015

Hola familia!

Thank you so much for all of your emails. I am so happy to hear that you all had a great time at the family reunion. All the pictures are beautiful.

Things are going great here in Honduras. The time is fyling by so fast and we are trying to enjoy every momemt and give our all. Yesterday was a lot of fun because we went to Pico bonito with Pres. Klein and the other zone leaders. It was so beautiful. I will send pictures. I also got to see Elder Solano because his area is close to where we went. It was great to see him. He is training a new Elder from Guatamala! The trip was also very tiring because we woke up at 4:30am and were in a small bus for around 3 hours to get there. We made it back home at 6:30 yesterday and then our stake presidency took us out to dinner for the baptisms we had in June. It was a really fun but exhausting day. 

Miguel and Marta Carbahal (Christians parents) have started taking out their papers to get married! We are doing an activity to help raise funds so that they can buy all the needed documents. The goal is that on July 30th they will get married. Wahoo! Miguel still hasn't been able to get work off on Sundays to go to church but we continue to pray for him. 

Carmelo and Cristina made it to Church on Sunday but so far haven't been able to take out their papers. The goal is also that by the end of this month they can take them out. 

The recent convert Fanny's parents, Rosa and Mario are also starting to progress. Especially Rosa. She was going to a evangelical church but for months we have taught her and invited her to pray to know if the church was true. Just recently she received an answer to her prayer to know if the church is true. She told us she felt love after she prayed and asked. She told us that she hadn't ever asked specifically but now that she did she knows. She went to church and she is now testifying to her husband Mario of the truthfulness of the Church. It is so awesome! The great thing with them is that they are married! Rosa has gone to Church a few times and has a baptism date for August 1st. We are trying to help Mario make it to Church. Fanny is so happy her parents are opening their hearts and receiving the gospel. 

We are also teaching a girl named Brandy and her family. She is 12 yrs old. She has a baptism date for this Saturday! Her Mom Ivis has read and prayed about what we have taught and also recieved an answer to her prayer of the truthfulness of the Church. Brandy has been going to Church the past weeks and Ivis made it this last Sunday. Brandy was a reference given to us by Michele and Nicole who are 14yr old twin sisters in the Ward. Ivis is willing to marry her husband to repent and be baptised. Brandy's Dad told us that some years ago he was listening to the missionaries. They are an awesome family! 

We truly are so blessed to have the knowledge and testimony of the restored gospel. I am so grateful to be a missionary. I love helping families come unto Christ. I know the Church is true and that President Thomas S. Monson is God's prophet on the Earth. I love and am so grateful for each one of you. I hope you have the best week ever! :)

Love Elder Conover

God bless the USA!

July 6, 2015

Happy late 4th of July family! I love you! I enjoy reading your emails so much each week. Keep being so strong. The gospel of Jesus Christ has and continues to bless our family so much. The gospel of Jesus Christ truly is the only way to true happiness.

Things are going great here with my companion Elder Rodriguez. Carmelo and Cristina are back together and they have started the process of taking out their papers to get married! They came to Church on Sunday and they are reading! They are awesome! We are so happy for the great choices they are making.

The Mejia Carbahal family (Miguel and Marta) is doing good also. Christian blesses the sacrament every week and even though he is going to turn 18 before EFY the Stake President gave him permission to go. They go in December! Marta almost always comes to church and Miguel is trying to get work off on Sundays so that he can join his family. The members have been visiting a lot this family and it is helping a ton! They are feeling the pure love of Christ as members visit them. They are so grateful they have found the true church and they have very strong testimonies. They too need to take out their papers to get married.

We have a goal to always find at least 10 new investigators each week. This transfer we have passed our goal everyweek!

I love sharing the gospel. Many people need the light that comes from the Atonement in their lives. I know the Book of Mormon is true. Today in the bus I talked with a man named José about the Book of Mormon and gave him a copy. He told me he will read, ponder, and pray. I wrote down his information so that the missionaries can go visit him. He seemed very interested. I know that the Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ and that it leads us to all truth and righteousness. I love you all so much. You are in my prayers everyday. I hope you have another great summer week!

Love Elder Conover

Hello from Honduras!

June 29, 2015

Hola familia!

This week went really well. I continue to learn everyday. Today was fun because we went and played soccer on a big field with the zone. It's been a while since I've played on a big field. It was tiring but a lot of fun! I love the feeling I get after excersising really hard. It reminds me of crossfit. :) 

Saturday was awesome becaus
e Elio, Marcos, Astrid, and Densel were baptised! Elio is a young man who is 14 yrs old. He lives near by us. He goes to seminary and learns really fast. Marcos, Astrid, and Densel are three kids who live in a home where many of the people are members. Their aunt and cousins are members. We have been teaching them my whole time in this area but until now they have been consistently going to church. They are great! It was a special day! 

Carmelo's wife Cristina left him on Saturday. He is really sad she left him and their little daughter but supposedly she will be coming back...He came to Church on Sunday with his little daughter and his sister. We visited him after in the afternoon and had a great lesson! He told us that he knows now that this is the true church. He has the desire to be baptised but wants to wait for his wife to come home and get married with her. They have a baptism date for the 25th of July. Hopefully his wife Cristina can make it home soon. 

We are actually teaching 12 different couples! They all need to be married! haha We are trying to decide who will progress most and focus on helping them. It is a great blessing to be teaching so many families. 

I know that we belong to the true Church of Jesus Christ. I know that He lives and loves us. I know that we are children of a loving Heavenly Father who has a plan for each one of us. Yesterday I felt the need to repent of some things so after church I knelt by the side of my bed and prayed sincerely to my Heavenly Father pleading for forgivness. After the prayer I could feel the power of the Atonement working in me. I know that Heavenly Father forgives us of our sins if we repent. 

I love you all so much and hope you have the best week ever! 

Love Elder Conover