Masaya Week 63

Hey well it’s your friendly neighborhood Elder Hironaka, still reporting from good old Masaya!!!! I love it here it’s awesome!!! This week I’m a little busy today and I don’t have too much time but I’m going to give a good report!!!!!

We are teaching a lot of people. We have really gained a lot of respect here as missionaries. A lot of my old friends from here are calling us to talk to their friends and to invite them to come to church. This last week we were able to have 11 people come to church; 6 of which I think will get baptized! 

Also so last week I talked about how we were teaching the friend of Marcello, right? So anyway he came to church this week by himself all done up in a tie and shirt. Cool, right? He also was called on to give the prayer in priesthood and did it; I was like, that's what I taught him!!!!!

Also this week I went and did house checks with Hermana Russell and one AP. It's fun going doing house checks with Hermana Russell. It reminds me of when you and me, Mom, did the same in my own room. But this time I passed the test as well as many in my zone. I have to say missionaries here in this mission are in the good hands of Hermana Russell. Our homes are good houses.

Also had a very cool experience here with the stake with the Stake President. So, the day before the house checks I went to the Stake President’s house to get the keys to the Stake. When I asked for them he told me that he would meet me at the church at 7 in the morning.  The next morning I went to the stake early because I didn’t want him to be waiting for me. When we got there we were 7min early and we waited. Out of nowhere a man in a hat and a huge jacket come from out of the blue. It was the Stake President. Ha-ha He was very happy to see us. He told us that we were the first Elders to be exactly on time. He opened the church and then the next day he just threw me the keys and told me to lock up once we were done. I didn’t think much of it until President Russell and Hermana Russell told me that I’m the first Elder to have the keys and that the Stake President has never trusted anyone with the keys. They told me I passed the test, ha-ha! I was like that is so weird, ha-ha. But it’s an event for the mission.

Anyway, like I said can't talk all that much but want you guys to know I love you all!!!! BE safe, love you mom.

Masaya Week 62

It’s your Nica. Missionary Elder Hironaka. Well this week there wasn’t too much stuff that went on, but it was exciting a little bit, haha.

To start we talked to Barkidia again this week. She is someone I was teaching last year but didn’t get baptized. She has been really involved in the lessons and has been reading a praying to have a testimony. She will be a lot of work to get baptized because she needs to get married. I can see however that she will be baptized some day.

Marcelo!!!!! My little buddy is doing work!!! He brought his best friend to church this last week and he loved it. It has been good to see how much Marcelo has helped us. I hope that he will be able to see his friend be baptized!!!

Also this last week I was in my 2nd area of my mission. San Miguel, I love that area the people are so nice and it was awesome to see all the people I taught and who were baptized. It’s awesome to see that even after we left that they wanted to listen and help the missionaries with the work. I even think that Lester who we baptized is the ward mission leader!!!! Crazy right, but cool!

My zone as I told you guys is huge we have one district that is an hour a way!!!!! I think but do not know for sure, but I think we might change it and have 2 zones but IDK.

Elder Nelson is coming and he is going to be in my zone for the stake conference.

I can’t talk all that much but I want to tell you that I love you and miss you all. LOVE YOU BE SAFE!!!!

Love, Elder Hironaka

                   Workout oh yeah!!! LOVE YOU!

Masaya Round Two Week 61

Esta semana era loco!!! This week was super crazy!!!!! Well to start your friendly neighborhood Elder Hironaka got changed!!!!!!! Yes. I left Las Palmas!!! You guys also will not believe were I’m at now!!! I’m back in MASAYA!!! Yes, that is where I started my mission and now I’m back as the ZL in the same house, where I started my mission. This week has been so crazy!  So buckle up to listen to some craziness!!

So, like I said I left Las Palmas, Mom. We had 16 baptisms there in 4 and half months. It was sad leaving everyone again and do you know what was even more sad? The People from Bello Amanecer came to say goodbye because they all knew I was leaving the stake. I’m going to miss every one of them, but it brings tears to my eyes to see how happy they are and to see how far they have come in my time in my mission. I don’t think i told you guys this, but 3 of the people we taught and who were baptized, Helen, Brain, and Jessica all have gone to the temple in Honduras to do baptisms for their families. I will always remember all of them.

I’m back in Masaya. I have to say I’m proud to see that some of the people we baptized when I was here the first time are still going to church. Yes, the first person to come and see me when he heard that I came back was Marcello. I talked about him all the time when I was starting my mission. I was so happy to see him again. I thought in this time, wow, if I feel this way to see him, how am I going to feel in 10 months when I see my family again?

Yes, everyone remembers me and wants us over for dinner, haha.  It’s a little funny. They are all like “ELDER HIRONAKA!!!!!! How are you??? Wow, you can speak Spanish now. Holy cow that is awesome !!!”  Yeah, it’s funny, all of them say that. I like it though because I have improved a lot, haha.

Masaya is huge and I’m here with another cool ZL named Elder Morales. I feel we are going to have a lot of success together in this zone. We also were given a new guy who is pretty cool named Elder Atkin. He is cool and is from Utah. Also I have another companion to work with who you guys know named Elder Corbeara. Yes, he is the guy you saw with me when we SKYPED on Mother’s day. Yes, he is back with me don’t know why but we are back together.

So another crazy thing that happened yesterday and another reason why I feel I’m back here again is because I met someone again yesterday. Her name is Barkidia, She is super cool but when I was here last year she couldn’t get baptized because she needed to get married but she didn’t want to get married. Well the guy left and she told me that she was glad to see me because she now is ready t be baptized!!!! How cool is that, right!!!!!

Well I can’t write a ton but I wanted to say I love you Mom and hope everything is going great!!!! I LOVE YOU!  BE SAFE I’LL WRITE MORE NEXT WEEK!!!!! 

Las Palmas Managua Week 60

Well it your busy friendly neighborhood Elder Hironaka. 

I would like to start by saying I’m very sorry that I have not been able to write that much these last couple of weeks. I really am sorry. I want to say that I really do live on your guys letters and I love reading them and seeing how everyone is doing. I have a lot to talk about. In this past two weeks I have had a presentation that I made, been in a couple of earth quakes, found a couple of awesome families, had problems with my companion being sick, stake conference, working with other missionaries, hair cut, had a convert Died, and just a lot of other things.

So lets start with investigators. So, I have really started looking for awesome families. Well I found 2 great families. One family, is family Luz (LIGHT). They are super awesome we found them and they kindly let us in and we taught about how the family can be forever and how the gospel could help them be an eternal family. They really liked the message and they came to church with us. Jenner, Luz, Luznadi, and Jennersito all are preparing now to be baptized for the 29 of Aug.!!! It has been awesome teaching them and seeing how they are progressing. Pray for them please to be baptized!!! Ok so our other family we’re teaching, who also came to stake conference this week is the Penalba family. This is a story that is awesome. Ok so in my zone there is a guy named Elder Penalba. He is from the states and has never talked really to his Dad’s side of the family. It turns out that his Dad was born here in Nicaragua and when he was 18 he left for the states and never came back. He was baptized in the states and got married. It was awesome for his Dad when he found out his son’s call was to Nicaragua. Anyway, I have been working in an area, a little richer and we cane across the Aunt of Elder Penalba’s. It was crazy she looked just like Elder Penalba. She invited us in as well and we talked with the whole family (6 people). They liked the message and I invited them to church. They knew that they had a missionary of their family here but did not know what part and what he really looked like. Turns out that this week was stake conference and without any of them knowing they all were in the same stake conference!! The face of Elder Penalba when he saw them was super awesome and unforgettable. I’m going to work my hardest to bring them to the waters of baptism and to have Elder Penalba baptize his family=)  (I also had permission to bring them to church when Elder Penalba was there) (no soy frito) COOL STORY RIGHT!!!!!

OK well Presentation went really good!! My zone has done outstanding. It’s great to see the results of hard work. My goal for my zone for this month is high but I know that we can complete it. I really love it here in Las Palmas and the zone Managua. Its super city like I told you guys but it’s still really fun and has its ups and downs like every area. For example here a lot of people work so it’s hard to find the person and teach but the up side is that the people here are a little more trustworthy and will do what you ask them to do.

Well other thing that has happened in this last couple of weeks is the earth quakes. Yeah they’re different but don’t worry they have not been strong. I do have to say an earthquake does hurt your head and gives you headaches. DON’T WORRY ABOUT ME THOUGH IM OK!!!  Last year they had really hard earthquakes!!!! Don’t worry nothing bad has happened and I know nothing bad is going to happen?

OK I’m not going to lie a lot of people are getting sick here. Elder Kliener bit the dust pretty hard this last week and was in the hospital for 3 days with viruses of some type. As well my companion, he was a super sick and we found out that he had a super weird sickness but it went away in 3 days. Don’t worry I think about the blessing that President Lines gave me all the time and know that I’m going to be ok and protected from these sicknesses!!!

Well another sad story in the mission is that one of my converts died=(I baptized an older lady with Elder Kliener. Her name was Marta. I will always remember her great testimony and I know that she will be ok and will enter into the kingdom of Our Heavenly Father. 

Hair cuts;( well sad, so, I sat down to get my haircut.  Well, they did a really bad job. So, I look pretty bad but what don’t worry in two weeks it will be long again. 

It’s awesome to see Tyler with braces as well, hah, it’s cool bro! Rock the grills for a little bit.=) 

Questions that I have!!!!!!!

Q Are you having family night?

Q Have you seen meet the Mormons?

Q Are you ready for school?

I LOVE ALL OF YOU GUYS

LOVE, YOUR ELDER,   Elder Hironaka;)

Las Palmas Managua Week 59

I’m sorry I cant write much I have no time at all because I have to do a Power Point for my zona. 

I’m going to write a ton this next week I love you very very much I’m safe. 

I LOVE YOU!  I WILL TALK TO YOU MORE NEXT WEEK! 

Las Palmas Managua Week 58

Well this week for starters we had a baptism!!!! Her name is Margin. We taught her hard for 3 weeks and I had to kind of fight with her mom to let her go to church, haha. She is kind of a Cinderella story. She lives with a mean step grandmother that makes her clean and cook. Every morning she gets up at 5 just to clean and get everything ready. On Sunday she has to get up at 4 to get everything done so she can go to church with us. Anyway it was sad because one day she didn’t clean something and her grandma got all mad at her and kept telling her and me that she doesn’t love her and she should go back living with her mom. It was really sad but we talked to her and settled her down. In Spanish something that is different is you can be really direct and it’s not rude. In English it would sound bad what we told her, but in Spanish its normal. We kind of told the grandma that Margin is awesome and that she needs to be more loving to her. She was a little mad but God softened her, haha. But, Anyway she got baptized!!!

Also this week we had multi-zone, which was awesome. It made me really trunky. Trunky is when you think a lot about home.  I was a teacher as well and had to teach the zones about how we can present and teach the book of Mormon. It was fun but wow being a teacher can be a rough job, haha. Anyway after we listen to a story about a girl that lived in Mesa and they kept showing pictures of the Mesa Temple. I was like oh man I miss my home. Also we were able to watch Meet the Mormons. It was awesome but that made me even trunkier. It had Football and showed more pics. of AZ. I was like, “kill me.”