Week 21 in Ecuador

I am doing great and i cant wait for easter in the states. Easter here was people sleeping or drinking all week which was SUPER FUN.

We just met with people we normaly do and didnt really find any new people.   My week has been filled with tons of rain so its not been too bad. No baptisms this month but we have some planned in two weeks.

Love

Elder Roney

Week 20 in Ecuador

I dont have any pics this week sorry ive been a little busy to take pictures (im the english tutor and have to do classes for my district thursdays and record information to report to my presidents wife). My week was great... not too many new bug bites which is good. Not really any new investigaters this week because we are focusing on the old ones at the moment. I think that if i get to pick where i want to end my mission i might pick here as a district leader because the district leader gets to go with a zone leader every once in a while to this island thats four hours away in a canoe and they baptize the people that have been taught by the members there. Last weekend they got to baptize 8 people in the river there. Hardest part of the week i think is just that its super humid here but i can live with it. Most spiritual moment was Elder Gallardos talk in sacrament (my district leader).

We dont have any plans for easter. Palm Sunday here is impossible to work because every one is crowded outside the catholic church playing music and stuff so no one is home to teach. I get to watch conference at church but it is gonna be in spanish but oh well i will get most of what they talk about as long as i dont fall asleep (more reason to pay atention). I didnt get the package yet because i am super far from the mission office. I am 6 hours away from the offices.

My companion is great and he only has one change more then in the mission so he likes to work hard which is good. Sector is pretty cool and i can buy clothes cheap here. I am gonna buy two new pairs of pants because the sun kills pants in this country my black ones look like a brownish purple color now. And I also might buy a new suit too here to have another one to wear. 

Week 19 in Ecuador

There is no daylight savings time in South America which is good. Idk if i had too many spiritual expirences this week but one day we were walking and we passed a house that was playing really loud music and then felt like we needed to go back so we did and it was a lady that goes to church when she is on vacation in south part of ecaudor and doesn't go here because she didn't know we had a chapel here. So only part I don't like about my sector is its super hot and humid but i can deal with it.... the part thats worse is the mosquitos that don't care if you have bug spray or not. There havent been any storms it just rained a little last night. Language is going fine so thats good.


















AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU TELL A MISSIONARY ALL TIES ARE 2.50

Week 18 in Ecuador

Well the package might take a while to get to me because I got transferred.... 5 hours in bus almost to the coast. Its super humid here and there is also lots of cool stuff. Like these motorcycle taxi things. Only story i really have is that i got off the bus and no one was there to get me so i had to walk a mile with all my stuff to find a phone and then no one answered for 30 minutes until i decided to call president. After i called him the zone leaders answered the phone right away because he talked to them. 




Oh and here is a picture from the baptisms a week a go with president.



Me with my companion last companion



Here are some pictures from my bus ride today

Week 17 in Ecuador

I was super excited to hear Caroline was called to Chile and its super cool she will being speaking spanish too!! So for my week i dont know if Hermana Richardson put the pics up on her facebook yet but here is what happened saturday. My companion and I had 2 baptisms and our district leader had a family of 4 being baptized. So we combined them all together and President and Sister Richardson came to support everyone and took pictures with us.  

Elder Roney

Week 16 in Ecuador

i am glad God speaks Spanish because thats the easiest language for me to pray in. When I met Elder Holland we only told him our name and where we were from. Then he said something to each missionary but to me he said (I am glad to have you here) or something like that. But during the meeting he explained that was his interview for everyone because he just wanted to look in our eyes. He than said he was super proud of us and that this is one of the most obedient missions he has ever seen and one of the best groups of missionaries. Then he talked about how mad he gets when the interviews turn out different and his wife (runs out the door) he said and then he said that she's like (I dont know that man i have never seen him in my life) haha it was funny. Then he started getting fired up and talked about return missionaries that are inactive and told us that is the worst thing he has ever seen. He also told us not to worry about numbers and explained how the Prophet Abinidi only converted one person (alma) but it turned out alma converted thousands. Its crazy though that he had like at least 7 devotionals while he was here and he didn't use notes for a single one he just talked and the only thing he read from was his scriptures.

My Companion and I are doing fine and have two baptisms this week and three more for march. The three for march is a dad and two kids, the mom is less active and the kids are (13,11,6,3).  

I am reading the scriptures in Spanish cause i finished english twice and I bold anywhere it mentions god or jesus or similar names.  I marked a lot of scriptures and everything. I like where it describes captain moroni around alma 40 ish and says what would happen if everyone was like him.  

Love

Elder Roney

Week 15 in Ecuador

I am doing a lot better. Yesterday we had our stake conference with Elder Holland and it was super cool and he spoke in English.  I liked one of the stories he told about a kid that ran away from home instead of going on a mission and got into drugs in New York and then into a motorcycle gang in California and no one in his family knew where he was for 20 years until one day a missionary felt like he needed to talk to him and he learned that it was his older brother who ran away when he was a baby and ended up being assigned to the mission and sector to find his brother after 20 years. I really enjoyed listening to him. We have another meeting with him on Wednesday.  We took pictures with our group with Elder Holland.  I think i might be in the next liahona if they put the picture of me in it.  I think i pretty much have the language down as long as no one speaks fast.  Now i just have to learn to like rice.

Elder Roney