Well family this week was just awesome here!! First, I want to tell you about Naranjal! Naranjal is awesome!! It's like Idaho! Just a lot greener!! Naranjal is super super SUPER poor!! There are SOO many people here that have cement homes and their houses are as big as our piano room! It kills me!! The thing about Naranjal is that it rains a ton! I LOVE the rain so it's all good!! ha ha but Naranjal is super new to the church like almost 2 years now! It's such an opportunity to serve here! Because a lot of people haven't heard of the gospel here so we can talk to everyone we want about the gospel!! This week we have worked a ton with less actives!! I love working hard!! It just makes everything exciting and the days just FLY!!! This week we had the opportunity to give blessings to 3 people who are really sick and that need help! I love love sharing and serving the people with the power of the priesthood and I know this power comes from God!
It has rained soo much this week that the power has gone completely out in the whole city at night time!!! It's soo COOL!! There are no lights and everything is just quiet!! Some times there is no water so that's pretty legit!!
And noo... we didn't do anything for April fools day!! I wish we would have though!!
Here in Naranjal I have learned that testimony is what brings men to conversion!! Every single day we hear something new that the members have a problem with: so it's true that the Mormons don't believe in God! That you guys have 7 wives! And this and that and this and that! Aahh but I was like what did Moroni do?? He was a leader!! He was a powerful leader!!! He was the man!!
Ya pues... esta semana fue fantastico!! Me encanto muchisimo conferencia!! Con todo mi corazon! (This week was fantastic! I loved conference so much with all my heart!) I LEARNED SOO MUCH!!! Something about Naranjal remember is that we have soo much persecution. A new video about Joseph Smith came out saying he had 15 wives and that he was a false prophet and that we dig up the dead and baptize them in the Temple. So people are scared about the church but a talk I LOVED!!!! was in priesthood about being a modern day Moroni!!
The talks in General Conference were just soo powerful to me !! Every member needs to be a modern day Moroni!! WE NEED to be leaders! We need to stand up for the truth!!! No more sitting back and eating potato chips! Satan is working harder then ever and the lord needs men and women fighting and preaching and defending His gospel!! Something that President Eyring said!!! It is not how Long you have served it's HOW you serve!! Then will the lord say well done thou good and faithful servant! I want to be able to stand in front of the lines and defend the truth! When Christ comes in his glory and say well done Elder Hammond you served faithful that's my goal!!! It was soo cool here in Ecuador!!
This week we got to talk alot about the sacrifice of Jesus Christ!! I loved it!! People dressed up in costumes of Romans like in Christ times and I guess it's part of a tradition here where a Jesus will walk around the streets with a cross and people will beat him and maybe whip him and I was like don't you DARE even get close because no man could ever do that except for Jesus Christ!! He was the only one who could save us from sin!! It's important that we take his name upon us!! And defend his truth!!!! I love this gospel!!! I KNOW IT'S TRUE!!!! I love being a servant in His hands here in Ecuador!!
Love you all
Elder Hammond
The Birthday party package came!!!
No electricity!!!
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