Colada Morada
Elder Davila & Elder Solari
Las Tijeretas
Museum
My week has been great here in San Cristobal!! I love the
island and the people and the members are great. There arent a ton of members
so Ive already met almost everyone this last week! My companion and I get along
super well he only has a couple more weeks than me in the mission...Its funny
because his last sector was Las Acacias, where I started my mission so we have
been talking a ton about that area. Here we live in a cool apartment, second
story. Elder Davila told me a couple of months ago we had a sweet view of the
ocean but recently they started construction on the house next to ours so now
there isnt a view...bummer! The weather is super nice..its always windy, and
the sun usually comes out around noon. And the part of the island where people
live is big..we walk a ton and its hilly which has been cool because all the
parts in Guayaquil where I served have been super flat. I honestly dont know
how many people live here in the island..some people we asked told us like
3000, and others have said 10000. But a lot of people that live here work on
boats or in turismo.
So here on the island there are 5 Melquisedek priesthood
holders, 2 of them being us. They are the group leader, his counselor, and the
YM Presidente. So I am actually the 2nd counselor here in the group and my
companion is the secretary so its a cool experience being here. And none of the
other brothers could go yesterday so we presided the meeting and we got to
conduct it as well, and we gave the classes the 2nd hour!! Here in Group San
Cristobal we only have church for 2 hours!! Its how the area wants us to do it.
In this sector President Moreno told us he wants us to focus a lot more in the
new converts and the less actives so we can become a branch..also there are
plans to build a chapel here because we are only renting an old school hours.
So we spend a lot of time visiting the less actives and converts but they do
need to be strengthened a lot. We always read the Book of Mormon with them and
we have activities. Another cool thing about the island here is that we can
play soccer! Here they call it indoor and its on a basketball court, and we can
play Fridays when we have the group sport activity. The only sector in the
mission where we can play soccer!!
As far as investigators we do have a few... There names are
Michael and Dayana and they live next to members. They didnt come to church
yesterday but they are interested so we will see! Also Bernardo who is going to
be baptised real soon so if you guys could pray for him as well!
This last Wednesday was dia de los difuntos, day of the
dead, so they make this purple drink..I dont know how to say it in English but
its called Colada morada and its super good. They cook like a ton of fruit and
it has an oatmeal base and this whole last week all the members were making it
so I drank it like 10 times every day haha. It has pineapple, strawberries and
cinnamon in it.
I read a quote in Preach My Gospel from President Hinckley
that said something like: ``Great will be the day when the members of the
church not only pray for the missionaries in the whole world, but for the
missionaries serving in their own wards`` It left a pretty great impact on
me..dont forget to pray for the missionary work happening in your wards back
home! Pray for them specifically so that they can find the Lords elect...I love
you guys! until next week!
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