Honduras

"My faith has been hit with a torpedo and there is a big hole where I thought there was hope."

"This is the Lord's church. Not the Honduran way or the gringo way, but the Lord's way."

"I need to forgive and I need to forgive and I need to forgive."

"If you want to give up, go ahead, but only a day."

"Mope around, complain and just give it all you got, but when you get up the next day, get back on track."

"I feel a genuine responsibility for the people here in Honduras to give them my best effort."

"We do remove who we are for a moment and become quiet and still, so that the still small voice of the Holy Ghost can talk to us."

"Being here on a mission has really been tough at times, not being able to say the things that I would like to say."

"The Spirit has been very strong at times and has given me the ability to understand when I needed to understand."

"My testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel has grown to the point of exhaustion."

"Sometimes we are too busy with our own lives to stop and be reverent in life."

"I put my shoes on top of the car and someone came by and asked me for my shoes."

"I would give the shirt off my back if someone really needed it. But not the shoes I was wearing. Kind of a hypocrite."

"So I stood up, grabbed the shoes, and turned to run down the street to locate the man who asked me for my shoes."

"The look on his face was happiness like I just gave him a million bucks."

"The Savior gave all that he had and did it with a kind heart."

"I gave, but I don't know if I had the right attitude about it."

"We are missionaries called to help members of the church to find jobs."

"I know this work is of God."

"I have prayed earnestly this past week and the Lord has given us a direction to follow."

"I faced my fear and I wonder why I had the fear in the first place."

"Maybe that flat tire was a blessing."

"Blessings come when you are doing what you can to serve the Lord."

"I was struck when Daniel Garay asked me to go beneath the pier and catch him when he jumped because he cannot swim."

"What trust he had in me."

"I sometimes cannot keep away the tears of knowing how much they need leadership and how much they yearn for someone to love them."

"It is because of young men like him that I do what I do by making some type of young men's program for them."

"Positive and encouragement is the best answer to allowing someone to change and do something with their lives."

"Friday we had 50 orphans that came from the mainland that was very special."

"Thank you to the dentist for taking care of our teeth."

"It brought tears to my eyes to be able to see the gratitude that the kids had for us."

"As they got on the bus I can still see their smiles and their love."

"I just had a glimpse of what the Savior taught about the innocence of little children."

"I want to hug them and tell them I love them and I am grateful for them."

"What is our ultimate goal in life?"

"My ultimate goal is to be with my family for the eternities."

"Does my family want the same goal?"

"This mission has been a trial from the first day we arrived and still is."

"Roatan will be blessed forever because you gave your heart and soul to the work."

"Missionary work is a thankless job and sometimes you have no idea what effect you have on them until you leave."

"Looking back on what little service we rendered, we have realized what great effect we had on some."