In case you were wondering...I am in the mission field right NOW!

December 16, 2010

 

Hey Familia!

 

Elder Storm here reporting from a local place that has internet, called a cyber. In case you were wondering I am totally in the mission field right now, and it is awesome. I am in a place called naranjito and it is about 1:30 outside Guayaquil. Everything is absolutely lovely, it has been off and on rain since I got here which is nice because it makes it feel more christmassy, Besides the fact that I am sweating like a pig 24/7 lol. Anywho me and my companion cover the whole town by ourselves. I have no idea where we are or where we are going most of the time, but esta bien. I love you dad, I appreciate you taking time to email me, it means a whole lot and it brought a huge smile to my face. Anyway, my companions name is Elder Montoya, and he is from Trujillo Peru. He has been out for about 23 months so I wont have him for very long, but you can definitely tell he knows what he is doing. I think possibly I left my camera and my english scriptures in the mission home, so I wont be sending pictures this week but I should get it by next week. So we left for the airport at about 6:30 in the morning on Tuesday, they said that we werent able to call anyone, which stinks but hey in 9 days I will be talking to you guys!!! We got to the airport and realized that we were only allowed 33 kilos of weight combined in both our bags. I was at about 46 kilos so we were going to have to pay some big overages. Luckily the church came to the rescue, and paid, for a second there I thought I was going to have to dump some stuff. We finally got on the plane, and we were all soooo nervous, I wanted to sleep but I definitely could not sleep at all, sooo excited/nervous. The flight was about 2 hours, and when I saw Ecuador for the first time, I was at ease. It is about 10x nicer than peru, so I am super happy. as we were walking through the airport I was thinking, ahh the humidity isnt that bad, I can definitely handle this. Then we saw the mission President and his APs. He is a super nice guy, automatically called me elder Tormenta, which I have been getting used to because almost everyone calls me that down here. We all piled into a van and headed towards the mission office. We had a quick lunch and then we had an orientation meeting, pretty much a review of what we learned in the CCM. After we got to go to the temple which is like right across the street from the mission office. It was sooo awesome, I absolutely love this temple, talk about beautiful. After I took some pictures in front of the temple, and then people just started going their separate ways, Sooooo weird to be by myself with my companion, that is probably the weirdest part actually. I am so used to being able to be with a bunch of guys, not used to it at all. We spent the night in the mission home and in the morning left on a bus to my Sector. naranjita is sorta jungle like, there is banana trees and pineapple trees everywhere. Lots of people live in houses made out of bamboo. We actually taught a lesson to a family in a bamboo house. I am loving it so far though. it is sooo sweet. Yes it is hard work, but I can handle it. I have already noticed my spanish improving since I got here so that is good. Today is pretty chillax though, we did service in the morning from about 10:30 to 12:30, ate lunch and now we are emailing, its a mini-pday. I have some unfortunate news however, I have not  yet seen spencer, I was sooo hoping I would but it didnt happen, I have heard from a number of elders that he is a stud, and everyone thinks he is sooo cool. (typical of spencer haha) anyway I hope I get to see him soon, talk about an epic reunion, chariots of fire kinda stuff right there. Anyway didnt get your packages, but an elder said he had mail for me so they are probably in there! I will probably get them early next week is what my companion said. Oh and we already have two baptisms lined up for the 25th! talk about getting my feet wet in a hurry (no pun intended). Anywho, family, I love you guys, think about each one of you everyday, no idea what a great influence you are on me, your emails are awesome. you guys mean the world to me, please stay safe and dont get hurt, idk why I always worry about that for some reason. All is well with me though, no need to worry, the Lord is on my side and I am ready to baptize some people and bring them to Christ!

oh and how weird is that that it is only gonna be the 4 of you for christmas? I know I would be weirded out, and dad I am excited to see this canoe of yours, be sure to send pictures of this masterpiece.! dont worry I wont open the packages until Christmas! okay love you guys, peace out

LOVE

Elder Tormenta