Feb. 16, 2015 My new area Naranjal!!!
I can't even begin to tell you my week this week! It has been absolutely crazy!! And awesome! I am learning SOO MUCH!!
I'll just start with lunes (Monday)
Lunes! So, I was with the assistants all day! I was helping them do a lot of things! One of those was to do cambios (exchanges) en the mission! So I was with them in the office until 2 in the night!! I was sooo tired because I didn't get any sleep from the changes I had from the Galapagos!! yeah 2, it was great! They told me where I was going and what I needed to do! They told me! Elder Hammond, you have a huge responsibility to be the lider de zona...(Zone leader) you have to lead 8 missionaries to break the record of 19 baptisms there! You are going to train too. You have to train him, he only has 1 month in the mission! haha I was like oh my gosh what more! Also they said you are lider de zona number 1! Which means you won't have a trainer to tell you what to do! So, they gave me a 5 page little packet what I need to do as a lider de zona! ESO going in cold feet! Also the branch where your going to serve is only a year old and you need to do everything and help them with everything! So, I couldn't sleep that well that night!
Tuesday! I went to my new sector which is Naranjal!! Naranajal is very beautiful its like fields everywhere but it has mountains as well! It's super cool! I am learning a lot of patience, my companion is called Elder Romero! He has ADHD.... he talks more than I breathe, it's very very hard because he is very orgulloso! haha soo.... just imagine my spot.. it's hard! But we put 2 new fechas (dates for baptism) that day in only 2 hours of working!!
I don't remember what happened Wednesday or Thursday!!
Friday! This branch that we have is only 1 year old! Friday morning I got to see our church building! It's a garage we rent! haha like literally it's a garage! I was like, yup the Church is true! You could see the cockroaches run through the chairs and everything! After we worked, the assistants called me and said that they were here in Naranjal! So I had to work with them to show them our fechas and everything! I was super super stressed!
Saturday! SOO to start off Here in Ecuador! It's Carnival!! What happens is EVERYBODY gets everybody wet!! Outside they have pools and squirt guns!! EVERYONE has silly string! soooo saturday we had to be in the house at 6! Today and Tuesday we are in the house at 12!! That's why I have to write soo early today!!
Saturday we had our meeting!! We have 8 people in our zone and we animated (excited) them so we could destroy the record here! I know we can do it! It was my first as a lider de zona! My companion doesn't really like to be that obedient and so it's super hard too! BUT we HAD 4 baptisms!!!!! AND I got to BAPTIZE IN A RIVER!!!!!!!! AAAHHHH Ocean, then a RIVER!!! Super super cool!!! I was like ooh my gosh I could totally catch a fish here!! haha It was hard, but it was soo good!!!!
Sunday!!!
Sunday was good!!... I lead the Church meeting, and I had to play the piano!! Also I taught the gospel doctrine class!! I am DOING SOOO many things!! I really am praying my tail off here! I am on my knees like 30 minutes everynight!! I love this mission!! Really I am learning SOOO MUCH!!!!! ALSO Mom, thanks soooo much for the package!!!!!!! I LOVED THE CANDIES!!!! I love them ALL!!! I give the candy to the kids here that don't have anything! They love American candy!I I love all of the hearts sooo much- and all of the notes from my family! I love you soo much my wonderful mother!!!!!!
Please keep praying for me!! I love you all soo much!!
Elder Hammond
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