Not So Funny Story

1-21-13
Hey so I’m here in Guabo still ha-ha. Ok first, I’m going to answer questions. Guabo isn’t so much of a farming community. There aren’t too many farms here in Guabo. But, there are a lot of banana trees and a lot of Banana fields. So yeah I’m not sure if that counts as farming but yeah that what’s here.

Ok so this past week was way fast. We had a baptism on Saturday. His name is Diego Cañar. He has 19 years. We passed by on Tuesday so see if he was still excited, and yeah he said he wasn’t sure if he wants to be baptized. I guess Diego used to have problems with alcohol and tobacco. So he’s worried he’s going to drink or smoke again if he gets baptized. We just told him that by being baptized, you will have a guide with you that will help and give you promptings of what to do. We also told him we always sin, so if you fall into temptacion, you can always get repent and get back on the straight and narrow path. Well he chose to be baptized, and was baptized on Saturday and got confirmed and Sunday. So yeah I’m really excited about that. I will send pictures.

Diego Cañar

Diegos Familia

 Ok so we have 2 baptisms this Saturday ha-ha we are going to baptize 2 kids ha-ha. They are grand kids of a member and they have gone to church 2 times and want to be baptized. It’s pretty hard teaching kids. They don’t pay attention and laugh during the lessions. Idk we have 2 kids this Saturday, and then the 2 of febrero, we have 3 kids ha-ha, and a boy who has 20 años. I’m going to be baptizing 5 kids in my first sector ha-ha its weird. And then on the 9th, we have a couple who are going to be baptized. They aren’t married. But they have a desire to get married. The guy is Diego’s cousin. He’s cool, he told us he wants to get baptized too so I’m excited about that. He has to get married though. But, people here in Guabo get married. In Cuenca, they don’t. Idk I think in Cuenca they have more money, but the desire here is greater. It cost 50 dollars to get married. And people here have a desire to be baptized, so they sacrifice the little money they have and get married. It’s awesome; people from Guabo are nice and cool. People from Cuenca are lost people who pray to a virgin that doesn’t exist. Oh and on the 16th, we won’t be baptizing people. The 16th is when people are going to be voting for a president. Ha-ha so yeah I’m enjoying all the competing here right now. There are like 6 people running. But the guy who has been president for the last 4 years is going to win. It’s funny here; there are people in the streets that wave around banners of the person they are supporting. People go around door to door handing out flyers. Ha-ha yeah I’ve been enjoying it. And you guys know me; I have to get involved too. I’ve asked a few of the supporters what the person they are supporting wants to do. No one has an answer; they just say he wants to help schools. Idk it’s weird. I’ve also asked if I could vote, but they say no I can’t. I want to vote, that would be awesome. Oh well ha-ha.

Okay so I have a funny story. So on Thursday, I went to Machala to have interchanges. The district leader came to Guabo so he could fulfill the interview. I went to Machala and hung out with his comp. his comp is of my group, Elder Arriaga. Ha-ha so yeah we worked together on Thursday. Okay right now I’m in Machala. The hour is 2 PM, we just finished eating lunch. We went to a store so Elder Arriage could buy something. He was in the store for like 5 minutes. Then we left. And I swear the minute we left, the feeling hit me....... I had to go to the bathroom!!!!!! I have never had these feelings so bad. I immediately asked my comp where the nearest bathroom was. He said really far away. I asked him where the nearest chapel was. He said really far away. I told him, yo tengo que defecar!!!! He started laughing then we started running. We were far away from everything. I was going to have an accident. But suddenly, Elder Arriage said, hey there is a bathroom there in this person’s backyard. I asked him if he knew the family. He said no but let’s go anyway. Ha-ha okay so we went running to this outhouse of a family that we didn’t know. We knocked on the door. Asked them if I could use the bathroom. She said yeah. I entered, the bathroom that smelt like crap.  And that’s not the best part. There wasn’t toilet paper! I yelled at Elder Arriaga and told him there isn’t paper!! He said okay I'll go buy some. He left me there and went and bought toilet paper ha-ha. He just left! He came back, and yeah I was relieved. This story was horrible but so glad it turned out fine with a bathroom in site!

Okay so that’s my story of the week, I hope you liked. And I will try to send letters to you guys maybe in Febrero. Okay thanks for the letters. I’m thankful for all your support. I’m glad to hear basketball is going well with Jaxon. Keep it up bud. And I will be praying for Cass para que tenga paz y consuelo. okay thanks family for everything, I will send pics. bye!!!!!