Hey Guys! So I have almost spent a whole month in the
mission? Ha-ha wow time flies so much faster in the field rather than in the CCM. So things are going great here. I’m still with the zone leaders ha-ha.
It’s been fun though. I’ve learned a whole lot watching 2 experienced
missionaries teach. My first day here, last Monday, the zone leaders went to a
meeting so I ended up hanging out with the other companionship that’s living in
the same house. Elder Perez and Elder Munoz. So we were doing our studying and
we practiced teaching leccion 2, el evangelio de Jesus Christo and I wasn’t
able to teach anything!! ha-ha I felt so lame! I’m not having a problem with
Spanish, it’s a manner of knowing what to say ha-ha! So yeah that didn’t go
well but I think it’s a good thing because it really made me realize that being
a missionary, you can’t just make stuff up like seminary answers, you literally
have to teach the principals and make sure the people know what they need to
know. So yeah that happened last Monday. This past week I’ve been working my
butt off getting all the principles down in the leccion 2. Now I feel like I
can actually teach. The zone leaders give me some time during the lesson to say
stuff ha-ha, usually the first vision and the opening prayer ha-ha, but
sometimes I talk about a certain principle and I think I’m doing alright ha-ha. Like I said, Spanish isn’t difficult; it’s actually saying stuff that isn't false doctrine.
So yeah I’m doing great with everything. I have done SO MUCH
more stuff this past week than the past 3 weeks combined! I don’t have my
journal with me so I can’t say what happened on each day, but I’ll just tell
you what happened on one of the days, I think it was Thursday; I made my first
contact on the bus! ha-ha it was awesome. all 3 of us got on the bus and there
are only 2 pairs of seats next to each other. It’s kinda hard to explain but pretty much there was no more room with the ZL so I had to sit somewhere else.
I ended up sitting next to this woman. I think she calls herself Monique ha-ha.
so yeah I turned to her and said, BUENAS NOCHES! ha-ha it was awesome. We
talked; I explained where I’m from and why I was in Cuenca. I talked about the
church, asked her questions like who do you live with, where are you from, what
do you do for work. Ha ya it was awesome. There was one word I couldn't say
though. Fried chicken. I still don’t know how to say it ha-ha. Since she said
that she cooks food for work I asked what type, and she said, "hamburgers
and chicken." So I asked Fried chicken? She wasn't able to understand me. I
tried to say fried chicken with a Spanish accent but still, wasn't able to
understand me ha-ha. So yeah I almost got her info, but we had to get off the
bus so I wasn't able to receive the info. it was awesome! I felt so happy after
that! I wasn't able to get the info, but still I felt pretty proud of myself of
talking in Spanish and actually communicating with a person from Ecuador. I’m
sorry ha-ha; I hope I don’t get dad, Tanner, or Rich mission sick. (home sick),
pero mission sick. it’s so much fun here! I gave my first blessing ever
yesterday in Spanish ha-ha. So there is a kid here gonna serve in Argentina
and his family asked us to come by to give a blessing of consuelo. So we went,
and Elder McRae blessed the kid and the mom. and the dad asked me to bless him
ha-ha. Wow I was so nervous! Never in my life have I given a blessing in my
native language, now I had to give one in Spanish. I think it went good though.
I don’t think all the grammar was right because I was so nervous but I got my
point across. Tanner was right, he said that giving a blessing in the mission
is the best thing ever and it is! I felt like a legitimate missionary after the
blessing.
So that was my week this week, we taught and talked to a ton
of people! The last 3 weeks, I was just walking around and trying to find
people. this time, oh wow it’s completely different! I don’t have a problem
with walking around, it’s only when we walk for 16 miles in a day without
teaching anyone that's hard!
So dad, I don’t think I have answered you question the last
couple weeks.... the weather... the weather here is perfect. It’s kinda chilly
in the mornings, but during the day is pretty sunny and perfecto. At nights it feels so good. My body is so confused. mi cuerpo is so used to being hot this
time of here so it’s a change for it ha-ha. The food here is good too. Mostly
just chicken, rice, and sometimes a vegetable. Every time we go to a members
house they give bread and a hot drink like a flavored
drink and it’s really good. I still don’t know how long I will be with the
zone leaders. I think I’ll be with them for this change, so in 2 weeks more
I’ll have my companion. I hope I get a Latino, because having a Latino
companero makes you learn Spanish a whole lot faster! I feel like my Spanish
has improved a ton this past week!
Mom, I have not yet received the package. apparently,
missionaries in Guayaquil get their packages a lot sooner because that’s where
the mission home is and all the packages get sent to there so I haven’t
received anything. They said it takes about 2 to 3 months to get packages and
sometimes letters too ha-ha. so yeah for my birthday you’re going to have to
send it in February ha-ha.
Clint! What a stud! number 33 that’s legit! You’re
looking beastly out there on the field. Safety
gets all the fun drilling people. aw man, looking at those pics made me a
little trunkie ha-ha. it’s all good though! keep it up bro and tear the crap
out of those idiots from Vegas.
Everything is going great here! I’m loving
being a missionary. Wow talking to that women on the bus got me pumped being
out here. I love the language. I’m probably going to teach my family Spanish in
the future ha-ha. You guys should learn it to so we can talk in Spanish together. Alright everyone that’s it for this week! love you
lots! peace!!
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