10-3-16 Letter
I feel spiritually uplifted after being able to watch and
listen to 10 hours of conference this last weekend! We didnt even leave the
stake center during the day...only at night to go back and sleep and wake up
and get out there again! So before with Pte. Torres we could only go to
conference if we had investigators...but with Pte. Moreno it was a rule that we
had to go to all of the sessions si o si!!! (mission slang) I enjoyed just
about every minute of it. But one of the things most relevant to the church
here in Ecuador was Jeffrey R. Hollands talk in the priesthood session about
home teachers. Here we call that talk a ´´machete´´ or that he basically told
everyone what they were doing wrong and how they can fix it which was a much
needed talk. Its honestly one of the things different our church
does...visiting every member home at least once a month to be able to help the
families and so that they can have support from the ward family and everything
they need. We are definitely going to be referring to this talk a lot here in
our mission and in our ward. Another talk I really enjoyed was that of Elder
Rasband about faith and K Brett Nattress about the Book of Mormon and
families.
This last week we also had a baptism!! Fabricio Andrade is
another child of God that made the decision to be baptised and thats how it
went! It was a great service...we did it after the afternoon session Saturday
and a ton of members went to support and help him. The ward where we baptized
him hasnt had missionaries for a little while but tomorrow they will have
missionaries there because today arrived 18 new missionaries to the mision! So
as of right now I am in a trio because Elder Erickson goes home next week...so
my new companion is Elder Terrones! He is from Peru, and has like 20 months in
the mission and has already been to The Galapagos Islands!
Yes Jonathan committed to being baptised this weekend if he
receives his answer he has been praying for so keep him in your prayers please!
I know he will be able to get his answer if you guys can help! Sorry I havent
been able to send that many pictures Ill try to get some sent next week! Love
you guys!
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