This week was super cool because we got to teach a few lessons
with Floris and Anthony Sierra. They are
both recent converts so it was super cool to see them bear their own testimonies
and help share the gospel!
Then Friday night at the Sierras we learned how to make Honduran
tamales! The next day they had a
birthday party for Aileen, the 4 year old, so they invited us over to show us
how to make them. The ingredients were
all prepared, but we had to dry out the banana leaves. All we had to do is put them on a hot pan and
the wet parts turn white so you have to press the moisture out. They gave us paper towels cuz the pan is super
hot but I wanted to be a true catracho so I did it with just my fingers on the
hot pan. It was rough but worth it! (Btw’s “catracho” is a native Honduran). I don’t
get it, Maira and Gisselle just handled the pans with their bare hands like
they weren’t even hot! But after we
dried the leaves we put in a corn paste thing and a tomato paste and
then meat, peas, and potato. Then they
get rapped in foil and put in the cooker for like an hour. They ended up super good!
And then Saturday morning, we got to go to the temple with 4 of
our recent converts and 6 others from the ward and do baptisms for the
dead. I was bummed because elders are
not allowed to baptize in the temple but I did get to be a witness and do a few
font-side confirmations. It was super
spiritual because all of them had family names and they were super happy!
And then yesterday I finally got a taste of the Texas
rainstorms. It was crazy! We would run
from the car to the door and just be soaking wet it was raining so hard! Our phone got a bunch of tornado and flood
and crazy warnings. Too bad there was no
tornado but there was a lot of flooding.
Super fun but it was nothing compared to the tropical storm they had
last year. Maybe one day…
Next week I’ll tell y'all about the Sierras going to the temple!
Elder Parks
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