Called to Serve Ecuador Quito North September 2015-September 2017: Week 56 in Ecuador

Are you counting how many Pdays i have left? We dont really do too much here p day because we always ending up spending all our money traveling to meetings,wednesday through friday we will be in Quito because we have a meeting with Elder Montoya and we have to sleep there because we cant travel at night and the trip is 9 hours. Christmas they do celebrate but not the same as in the states. They just have a dinner and thats about it cause no one normally has that much money to buy presents or anything. This week we spent alot of time traveling to Lago to have a meeting with President and also spent time traveling to the far parts of our sector. The coolest thing that happened was when we visited the Abril Family. They are less actives who live 1 hour away. We went to visit them and everyone had lots of really good questions. (the dad doesnt like going to church because he thinks he has to make up all the tithing he hasnt paid). Camila (13) Asked us a ton of questions about tithing and then later explained that she has been saving her tithing in a piggy bank because her family hasnt been going to church so she is saving it there until they go to church and she can pay her tithing. Well thats the first time i have ever seen a less active that saves their tithing which was super awsome. Camila and Her brother want to go to church but their parents dont want to send them in a bus alone and they dont want to take their kids to church. We are working on getting them to church. The branch president was surprised when we said that in the branch council meeting and said just for that he is going to visit them today and talk to the parents and try and get them to come to church again

We dont go near the water cause thats where the snakes hide. Idk i have seen lots of turtles and iguanas. I found a Cockroach in my shoe today so that was a bit interesting.