Finally in Ecuador.

okay...so have you ever had that moment when you know the Lord is just for sure looking out for you?? yeah i had that moment this week.  It was a crazy week. we got here tuesday and chilled for a bit then slept with all the new girls and two girls already in the mission. the apartment was way nice cause it is where the nurse lives so when you are sick you go there. But i was the only person that didnt know spanish before so that was fun haha the latina chicks are awesome though. then wednesday we had classes all day like a mini ccm. it kinda sucked cause i felt a little lost and also i got pretty sick. i had a temp of 102 and the chills all day and lets just say whatever was going in me didnt stay in me hahha. moats tradition right?? anyways i was only sick for 2 days but i didnt wanna be lame and say that so i kinda just fought it and stayed in the classes. probably some of the worst days ever but its over righT!! k thenthursday everyone came for transferes and to get our companions. there was this way cool girl named hermana fischbuch and her companion hermana aldas...fischbuch is from texas and has been here 8 months. aldas is from ecuador and is waiting for her visa to mexico...but they said they were gonna be in a trio...so when they got called up i was lke oh please have me cause its the best of both worlds a gringo and a latina...and guess what...the Lord must know me pretty well cause that is who I am with!!! It´s awesome. Hna fischbuch went to byu to so thats fun and were the same age. She doesnt let me talk much english though which is good for me. that is probably the hardest thing so far. 

i think people forget about the beginning of their missions when they are copletely lost in the language. thats kinda how i feel. i can understand maybe lke 25% and i speak okay, but not great.it is frustrating cause i want to be effective and make friends and let the people know i love them, but i don´t feel like i can do that great yet. PERO. its getting better every single day!! 

but anyways ahhh missinary work is incredible. our zone is santa ana. right in quito. all the pics you see of quito on google...ya thats where i am. our sector is vargas though so we have 2 areas in that monjas alto and jardin de valle. half is really nice and half way poor. gosh super humbling. i have taught already probably like 20 lessons. incredible and we have a litle girl estephanie with a baptism date for the 20th. her dad is inactive and her mom wants to join, but her dad is still maried to another woman. loco in ecuador. so thats interesting. we also have some other investigators that have a date but not progressing as fast. we have this family the carillions it was my first lesson with them and they accepted a date. so hopefully the progress. also a lot of our job here is to reactivate. the ward is realy strong though and helps a lot!! really life is good. i wont lie and say it isn´t hard. this is for sure the hardest thing i have ever done. but i know poco a poco i will learn more and feel more confident!!!! 

anyways i guess i leave you with something i found wayyyyyy sweet in jesus the christ this week. it was when a man asks jesus to heal him..he doesn´t say can you heal me? he says WILL you heal me?? we all need faith like this. Christ and our Heavenly Father can do anything and everthing. just know they can, and ASK. they cant help you if you dont ASK. i am gonna get better at this, at having faith everyday and knowing that without a doubt they are there for me!!!

k ill send pics or ill try right now...but know I LOVE YOU ALL MORE THAN ANYTHING. gosh good thing fams are forever...cause i cant wait to be with you all FOREVER. 

peace and love. workin hard prayin hard and PLAYIN hard. 

love always 

kar