ahhh life is good in quito. man i don´t even know where to start so much. okay first things that i forgot to tell you all. The week before i left the ccm elder christofferson came!!! how sweet. yup just met an apostle no big deal. man he was incredible. i can´t remember if i told you guys that or not?? but his message was so powerful because it was so simple. Like it was nothing i hadn´t heard but it was just powerful. He told a story about how when he was called as an apsotle he felt inadequate and was standing with the others in the temple. and pres packer was looking at him funny...and finally he said is something wrong pres packer?? and he said I AM SO HAPPY YOU ARE HERE. I have thought abuot this a lot here because my emotions are so up and down. I love the mission, i LOVE MY COMPS oh my gosh they are gems, but its hard when you cant speak and you are just trying to show people you love them. But then i have realized that it is kinda a blessing i can´t speak fluent. because the things i can say are simple, yet hopefully powerful. the gospel is simple, and i know that i am supposed to be here. yes it might be hard sometimes, but el valor de almas es grande en el vista de dios. eh???
anyways life really is good!! im loving it. man everyday i get home EXHAUSTED. mostly from the freaking hills in this place hahaha its like a hike 24-7. In the mornings we run sometimes in this gorgeous park...but there is the biggest hill at the beginning. i seriously die...plus quito is something like 12000 ft high so there is literally no air. but its awesome.
the best part of this week was probably saturday...we had this huge activity with the young men and young women in the ward. we went on divisions with them and taught. i was freaking out because i was like the trainer for 3 girls and i have been here 2 weeks. but hermana mino came with me, she served in columbia i think and she is a killer missionary. it was great for me though because it made me speak. i´m acutally not that afraid to speak so thats good. and the people help me out so much!!! it is the best. anyways the activity was awesome and we got pizza after...so ya like best day ever.
oh and weird the elders had this activity fri night for members and investigators called noche de cine. so we thought they were gonna show like a church movie but they showed the blind side...i guess they got permission but it was weird to watch an actual movie...not complaining though. i ate popcorn and made up what they were saying in english cause it was all in spanish. nothing like sandra bullock with a latina accent. it rocked.
hmmmm what else?? OH WE HAVE A BAPTISM THIS SATURDAY. with the cutest girl ever stephanie. she rocks she is 9. her mom wants to be baptized bad too but theres all this messy stuff with her dads divorce and so were trying to work on that. we also have an investigator angel who has a date...but didnt come to church. gosh thats the hardest part everyone is like pumped ya ill be there and then doesnt show. and we found this family that i think things might happen with but the girl had a baby this week so were trying to get some baby blankets and go teach!!!!!!!!!! anyways the work is great. my area is super catholic...uh that is understatement...but still a lot of people are receptive. im getting pro at teaching the restoration haha. john was right when he said that teaching that is so powerful...how it is layed out in preach my gospel is seriously perfect.
oh some great stories....okay so my first day here it was POURING RAIN with my luggage ya it was nuts. but since then hasn´t rained which is good i guess!!! oh also i bore my testimony about how i was so thankful to be here in PERU. and yes i am in ecuador...so that made for some good laughs...also the other night we were getting copies for ward council and the guy asked my comp if she was prego...we DIED LITERALLY DIED.
oh my comps. they are steller. man i wish i could be with them for 2 years. seriously the best. hna fischbuch and me are for sure gonna chill hard at byu after the mish...oh also mom and dad you know the family that we went to prague with...tristan?? and leslie?? yea that is hna fischbuchs aunt which is way cool.
thats pretty much all for this week!!!!
but know I LOVE MY FAM AND FRIENDS SO MUCH AND PRAY FOR YOU ALL CADA DIA. i´ve been loving the scripture in ether 12:6...blessings come after the trial of your faith. thats real and i love it.
i love this work. i love these people. and i´m so grateful to be here. miss you and love you!!!
keep workin hard, prayin hard, and playin hard, and listening to beyonce. what a diva.
kar
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