HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELDER SOLARI!!
Companions
1-9-17 LETTER
Thanks for the birthday wishes guys it means a lot. And
sorry if this email looks boring its just that the exclamation point doesnt
work on this keyboard hahaha. I passed the day pretty well dont worry I ate a
super good lunch and even some cake at night. For lunch the mamita made us un
parrillada which is like a bunch of grilled meats with rice and beans and
patacones. Its probably my favorite plate here in Ecuador. I ate so much...and
then we went on divisions with some of the leaders and the YSA. After that we
went to visit the Rodriguez family and they invited us to dinner and made me a
little cake that was super good.
And one of the members took a ton of photos that he sent me
so you guys can see them all.
Ask far as the work and the sector it has been good this
last week. I am finally getting to know our sector because its honestly super
huge. Theres a big populated downtown part, and then a part thats out in the
country where everyone lives in houses made out of sticks and branches that all
look like they are going to fall over. But I like being able to have a
diversity of neighborhoods. And the majority is dirt roads and it has been
raining a ton so they are all filled of water...and there are also a ton of
stray dogs that like to bark at us and chase us so thats been pretty cool as
well hahaha. A lot of the people are very humble and receptive to our message
so it has been good. We brought 12 investigators to church yesterday so we are
working with the ones that have real interests in the church.
So my companion ELDER SALVATIERRA has 20 months in the
mission. We also lived together when I was in Amazonas Centenario, and he also
served in the same zone when I was in 25 de Julio so we already know eachother
super well. He is from Cochabamba Bolivia. And for these next couple of weeks
the APs have put us in another trio...so my other companion is Elder Gomez and
he is from Peru and has 16 months in the mission. He is waiting for his
companion to get here because he will be training. But I do have some
experience in the trio in the MTC and in Cisne so no worries. The members here
are great too...we had 152 in church yesterday so we started out the year
strong here in Machala Central.
In other news this last week we had Mission Leadership
Council and we got to take a bus to Guayaquil at 5 in the morning to get there
by 9..and we were in the training all day and got back to Machala at 11 that
night. But they made us a little booklet with information for the Zone Leaders
and focused on how we can be Leaders just like Jesus Christ was during his
ministry in Jerusalem. I enjoyed it a lot. It talked about how we need to
believe in our missionaries..not just for who they are but for who they can
become. Missionarys consecrated and dedicated to this work. It helped me a lot
to see leadership from the Saviors aspect..it was a talk from President Spencer
W. Kimball titled, Jesus, the perfect leader...I invite all of you to be able
to read it and study it. And dont forget to keep going with your new years
goals. I love you guys...until next week
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