Monday, November 9, 2009
Elder Smith 21 Sep 2009
Hey family,
How is everyone doing? Doing very well i hope. We finish a pretty exciteing week. Not very exciting in the misión work because i ended up spending the whole week in the bed and in the hospital. I got bit by some type of bug and it got infected and we had to go to Guayaquil to see what happened to me and what they had to do to help me get better. Im doing a Little better now but i still cant walk that much. My companion is going to have to leave with another person all week because i have to continue resting until im 100% good to go. Its been pretty boring not being able to work but the good part is that i have had a ton of time t oread the scriptures. Ive read the Book of Mormon and about to finish Doctrine and Covenents. I going to put the goal t oread the Bible this week and see how far i make it.
Not a whole lot to share with you guys. Looking forward to hearing from all of you this week.
Elder Smith
How is everyone doing? Doing very well i hope. We finish a pretty exciteing week. Not very exciting in the misión work because i ended up spending the whole week in the bed and in the hospital. I got bit by some type of bug and it got infected and we had to go to Guayaquil to see what happened to me and what they had to do to help me get better. Im doing a Little better now but i still cant walk that much. My companion is going to have to leave with another person all week because i have to continue resting until im 100% good to go. Its been pretty boring not being able to work but the good part is that i have had a ton of time t oread the scriptures. Ive read the Book of Mormon and about to finish Doctrine and Covenents. I going to put the goal t oread the Bible this week and see how far i make it.
Not a whole lot to share with you guys. Looking forward to hearing from all of you this week.
Elder Smith
Elder Smith 14 Sep 2009
Hola familia,
How is everyone doing? I’m doing really well. We had a better week as far as the investigators that are progressing and that will be baptized. A few people came to church for the first time yesterday and they like it a lot. This week we have planned two baptisms. A sister named Carmen and her granddaughter named Allison. They are both excited and looking forward to their baptism. We hope that all goes well and that they will be ready for this Saturday.
We are working a lot with the members of the ward and everyone is excited for a Special Sunday that we are going to have this coming up Sunday. Bishop wants to have 50 investigators in the church so it’s going to require a lot of work. We are looking forward to having a really good turnout and lots of investigators to teach.
It sounds like everyone at home is doing well, good turnout for your youth conference, that’s cool that you were all able to do a service project based on mission work. Joseph said after all that has been said the most important job is mission work and President Hinckley said if we want to be happy then we have to forget about ourselves and loose ourselves in this great cause. In the Ensign there is an article that is called our religion is saving souls. The whole purpose of the church is to help us or better said all of the children of our Heavenly Father obey the commandments and return to live with Him. Those that are members of the true church of Jesus Christ have a very large responsibility to share the gospel and I’m glad to hear that the youth of our stake had the opportunity to participate in something so important as
mission work and service.
I hope that everyone is doing well. I love and miss everyone. Looking forward to hearing from you all to know how you are doing. Here in Ecuador I’m doing very well. Until next week. Choa.
Elder Smith
How is everyone doing? I’m doing really well. We had a better week as far as the investigators that are progressing and that will be baptized. A few people came to church for the first time yesterday and they like it a lot. This week we have planned two baptisms. A sister named Carmen and her granddaughter named Allison. They are both excited and looking forward to their baptism. We hope that all goes well and that they will be ready for this Saturday.
We are working a lot with the members of the ward and everyone is excited for a Special Sunday that we are going to have this coming up Sunday. Bishop wants to have 50 investigators in the church so it’s going to require a lot of work. We are looking forward to having a really good turnout and lots of investigators to teach.
It sounds like everyone at home is doing well, good turnout for your youth conference, that’s cool that you were all able to do a service project based on mission work. Joseph said after all that has been said the most important job is mission work and President Hinckley said if we want to be happy then we have to forget about ourselves and loose ourselves in this great cause. In the Ensign there is an article that is called our religion is saving souls. The whole purpose of the church is to help us or better said all of the children of our Heavenly Father obey the commandments and return to live with Him. Those that are members of the true church of Jesus Christ have a very large responsibility to share the gospel and I’m glad to hear that the youth of our stake had the opportunity to participate in something so important as
mission work and service.
I hope that everyone is doing well. I love and miss everyone. Looking forward to hearing from you all to know how you are doing. Here in Ecuador I’m doing very well. Until next week. Choa.
Elder Smith
Elder Smith 7 Sep 2009
Hello family,
How is everyone doing? I hope everything going well at home. Here in Ecuador it is still pretty hot. We are teaching lots of people. There are many people that want to be baptized so we are helping all of them to be able to complete with the commandments, which sometimes can be the hardest part. This week we had a really low number of assistance at church but this week coming up will be better. We are looking forward to finding lots of new people this week to teach.
Time sure is going by fast here in the mission. I forget how long I’ve been here until the people ask me. I thought by this time I would know everything but I still have a lot to learn. There are still lots of things that I want to achieve here in the mission so I have to take the advantage of the time that I have.
We didn’t really have anything too exciting happen this week. Ill try to have something better to write next week.
Looking forward to hearing from everyone. Hope all is well.
Elder Smith
How is everyone doing? I hope everything going well at home. Here in Ecuador it is still pretty hot. We are teaching lots of people. There are many people that want to be baptized so we are helping all of them to be able to complete with the commandments, which sometimes can be the hardest part. This week we had a really low number of assistance at church but this week coming up will be better. We are looking forward to finding lots of new people this week to teach.
Time sure is going by fast here in the mission. I forget how long I’ve been here until the people ask me. I thought by this time I would know everything but I still have a lot to learn. There are still lots of things that I want to achieve here in the mission so I have to take the advantage of the time that I have.
We didn’t really have anything too exciting happen this week. Ill try to have something better to write next week.
Looking forward to hearing from everyone. Hope all is well.
Elder Smith
Elder Smith 31 Ago 2009
Here are a few of the questions that mom had for me about ecuador with the ansewor ( i dont remeber how to spell haha es respuesta en español) haha
What is the elevation?
where im at right now is pretty much sea level
are you near the ocean, in the mountains, is it like a jungle, is it like a city? our house is about 40 minutes from the pacific ocean, other parts of ecuador have lots of jungle but there isnt any sector of our mission that has jungle, Portoviejo is a city with lots of buildings and cars and tons of people
, what kind of stores?
they have store of everything, here in portoviejo there is a mall..something different here in ecuador is that people put little stores in their houses and sell stuff like soda, chips, snacks all that small stuff that you would find in a minimarket.
, what is in style?
Ecua is the style lol i dont know. have you ever heard of Daddy Yankee the rapper? all the youth like his music and try to follow his style i guess
, do they have Famous there? Do they even know what that is?
Famous doesnt exsist here :( i did see one t-shirt of famous a while back ago but it was by luck. there are stores here that sell "American Clothes" so sometimes good clothes get donated to sell. a member this week was telling us that they went to one of those stores this week and found garments!! woops.
Are there good looking girls and guys there? Are they all dark skinned? Any blonds?
good looking dudes i dont know. good looking girls, not 8 more months :) and not everyone is dark skinned. there are alot of people that are born white, i dont know how maybe they have a Nephite background haha there are black people here too. little of everything in Quevedo and guayaquil there are lots of Chineese people..
do you eat a lot of bananas?
they eat something that is like a banana but diffent. its called Maduro and Verde. its a hard green banana that they cook. and they have like a hundred different ways to cook this "banana" the verde i like. but the Maduro is the only food i cant eat in this country. its awfull!!
Do they have beautiful flowers? here in the coast i havent seen alot of flowers, but maybe in others parts like Quito the capital. everyone says that the "sierra" is the best part of Ecuador
What is the elevation?
where im at right now is pretty much sea level
are you near the ocean, in the mountains, is it like a jungle, is it like a city? our house is about 40 minutes from the pacific ocean, other parts of ecuador have lots of jungle but there isnt any sector of our mission that has jungle, Portoviejo is a city with lots of buildings and cars and tons of people
, what kind of stores?
they have store of everything, here in portoviejo there is a mall..something different here in ecuador is that people put little stores in their houses and sell stuff like soda, chips, snacks all that small stuff that you would find in a minimarket.
, what is in style?
Ecua is the style lol i dont know. have you ever heard of Daddy Yankee the rapper? all the youth like his music and try to follow his style i guess
, do they have Famous there? Do they even know what that is?
Famous doesnt exsist here :( i did see one t-shirt of famous a while back ago but it was by luck. there are stores here that sell "American Clothes" so sometimes good clothes get donated to sell. a member this week was telling us that they went to one of those stores this week and found garments!! woops.
Are there good looking girls and guys there? Are they all dark skinned? Any blonds?
good looking dudes i dont know. good looking girls, not 8 more months :) and not everyone is dark skinned. there are alot of people that are born white, i dont know how maybe they have a Nephite background haha there are black people here too. little of everything in Quevedo and guayaquil there are lots of Chineese people..
do you eat a lot of bananas?
they eat something that is like a banana but diffent. its called Maduro and Verde. its a hard green banana that they cook. and they have like a hundred different ways to cook this "banana" the verde i like. but the Maduro is the only food i cant eat in this country. its awfull!!
Do they have beautiful flowers? here in the coast i havent seen alot of flowers, but maybe in others parts like Quito the capital. everyone says that the "sierra" is the best part of Ecuador
Elder Smith 24 Ago 2009
Hola Familia,
How is everyone doing? Another week gone by here in the mission, time is going by faster than I would like. We had a good week. No baptisms but we have people that are getting ready for their baptisms and other people that we have planned this week to put baptism dates with.
What is new at home? I haven’t heard a whole lot about Reno in a while. Ecuador is about the same. The Alava Macias family is doing really well. They are really excited about the church and looking forward to being able to go to the temple in a year to be sealed together. They are talking with all of their neighbors about the gospel and trying to help as many people as they can go to church too. We have found a lot of people through their references. This week should be a really good week. We are going to invite everyone that we teach to be baptized.
Looking forward to hearing back from all of you.
Elder Smith
How is everyone doing? Another week gone by here in the mission, time is going by faster than I would like. We had a good week. No baptisms but we have people that are getting ready for their baptisms and other people that we have planned this week to put baptism dates with.
What is new at home? I haven’t heard a whole lot about Reno in a while. Ecuador is about the same. The Alava Macias family is doing really well. They are really excited about the church and looking forward to being able to go to the temple in a year to be sealed together. They are talking with all of their neighbors about the gospel and trying to help as many people as they can go to church too. We have found a lot of people through their references. This week should be a really good week. We are going to invite everyone that we teach to be baptized.
Looking forward to hearing back from all of you.
Elder Smith
Elder Smith 17 Ago 2009
Hey family.
How is everyone doing? Really well I hope. Here in Ecuador I am doing great. We are teaching lots of really awesome people and helping to harvest the Lords vineyard. We didn’t have any baptisms this week but we do have a few people that are preparing for their baptisms.
This week we are going to go to a sector that doesn’t have the church yet. We received a reference from a member of the church that lives in Quito and said that all of her family is waiting to learn more about the gospel. We are excited to go and are hoping to have lots of success and to find many people that are prepared to receive the blessings of the Restored Gospel in their lives.
As far as the mission goes, everything is going really well. Im speaking spanish and teaching everyday using all the time that I have left to help the people come unto Christ.
Looking forward to hearing from everyone this week. Hope all is well at home.
Chao
Elder Smith
How is everyone doing? Really well I hope. Here in Ecuador I am doing great. We are teaching lots of really awesome people and helping to harvest the Lords vineyard. We didn’t have any baptisms this week but we do have a few people that are preparing for their baptisms.
This week we are going to go to a sector that doesn’t have the church yet. We received a reference from a member of the church that lives in Quito and said that all of her family is waiting to learn more about the gospel. We are excited to go and are hoping to have lots of success and to find many people that are prepared to receive the blessings of the Restored Gospel in their lives.
As far as the mission goes, everything is going really well. Im speaking spanish and teaching everyday using all the time that I have left to help the people come unto Christ.
Looking forward to hearing from everyone this week. Hope all is well at home.
Chao
Elder Smith
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