Hola hola!
The year FLEW! Last January I was working at Malawis. haha! Now im in Ecuador. Whoa. Its crazy that it went so fast and I can only help but think about how fast the mission is going and how its only going to increase in speed. Or so they say. Anywho, the year flew but this past week could not have gone slower. For different reasons, one of which was the family chat. I was glad to have been able to talk, but it definately made the week go by slow. Either way, we worked hard and had a baptism.
Here in Esmeraldas, it is SO hot! its the rainy season and it is super humid, muggy, sticky, heavy, sweaty, yucky. UGH! When it rains here, it just adds to the humidity.. It being super hot, and with it being new years, nobody was home, appointments fell through and it just was a slow week. Lots of contacting, sweating, waiting, calling with no answer, more contacting. Hard week but we also had our ups. A family that has been waiting to be baptized for quite some time, for health reasons, told us this week that they are ready to get baptized this week. Also, we baptized a sweet hermana. She has trouble speaking but understands really well. She had attended church several times before but in another ward. But because of the recent work of the Relief society president (Who is the Ecuadorian twin of Aunt Sharon), she asked us on Wednesday, "When are you going to baptize me?" "uhh...this weekend?" I said. She said, "Absolutley". We did our best to invite everyone within the week and so did she. Unfortunately, only the bishop, Aunt Sharon, and us showed up. She brought her son. We were the only ones who showed. She didnt care. She told us that she could not have been more happy to have been baptized. And you could tell. She was really happy. It was such a humble service and I couldnt help but cry. Tender. I cant get enough of seeing the happiness that this gospel brings to peoples lives.. I get a front row seat and get to see and feel the spirit working, scoring touchdowns I guess you could say. :)
Also, we had the most investigators attend church this past week since I got here. It was very good to see that our work, although at times it appeared futile, payed off.
Anyway. The packages didnt come this week. 4 packages were in route but it turns out they were for another elder. False alarm. Hopefully this week they come.
There is an old guy from california with his grandson here in this cyber watching the rose bowl right now! Oregon Wisconsin and it looks really exciting! He is retired and living in quito but spending new years here in esmeraldas.
I love you all! God is our Father and He loves us. Christ lives and He is our Redeemer.
ELDER BURR
The year FLEW! Last January I was working at Malawis. haha! Now im in Ecuador. Whoa. Its crazy that it went so fast and I can only help but think about how fast the mission is going and how its only going to increase in speed. Or so they say. Anywho, the year flew but this past week could not have gone slower. For different reasons, one of which was the family chat. I was glad to have been able to talk, but it definately made the week go by slow. Either way, we worked hard and had a baptism.
Here in Esmeraldas, it is SO hot! its the rainy season and it is super humid, muggy, sticky, heavy, sweaty, yucky. UGH! When it rains here, it just adds to the humidity.. It being super hot, and with it being new years, nobody was home, appointments fell through and it just was a slow week. Lots of contacting, sweating, waiting, calling with no answer, more contacting. Hard week but we also had our ups. A family that has been waiting to be baptized for quite some time, for health reasons, told us this week that they are ready to get baptized this week. Also, we baptized a sweet hermana. She has trouble speaking but understands really well. She had attended church several times before but in another ward. But because of the recent work of the Relief society president (Who is the Ecuadorian twin of Aunt Sharon), she asked us on Wednesday, "When are you going to baptize me?" "uhh...this weekend?" I said. She said, "Absolutley". We did our best to invite everyone within the week and so did she. Unfortunately, only the bishop, Aunt Sharon, and us showed up. She brought her son. We were the only ones who showed. She didnt care. She told us that she could not have been more happy to have been baptized. And you could tell. She was really happy. It was such a humble service and I couldnt help but cry. Tender. I cant get enough of seeing the happiness that this gospel brings to peoples lives.. I get a front row seat and get to see and feel the spirit working, scoring touchdowns I guess you could say. :)
Also, we had the most investigators attend church this past week since I got here. It was very good to see that our work, although at times it appeared futile, payed off.
Anyway. The packages didnt come this week. 4 packages were in route but it turns out they were for another elder. False alarm. Hopefully this week they come.
There is an old guy from california with his grandson here in this cyber watching the rose bowl right now! Oregon Wisconsin and it looks really exciting! He is retired and living in quito but spending new years here in esmeraldas.
I love you all! God is our Father and He loves us. Christ lives and He is our Redeemer.
ELDER BURR
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