July 27, 2015 CAMBIOS!! I got transferred

July 27, 2015 CAMBIOS!!  I got transferred!!

THIS WEEK HAS BEEN HECTIC!! I can't even describe to you what has been going on here!! ha ha Well,  Tuesday was a good day. We had the meeting and an Hermana made some delicious cake!

 Wednesday, we had to do interchanges with a companionship because they were clashing and we had to help them a lot.  In just the 4 hours that we were with them, we put 6 new fechas in their sector! We worked hard!! THAT NIGHT I got a call at like 9:30 saying I had changes!!! NOOO!!!! hahaha yuup I had changes!  I couldn't even believe it!! I've been here for like 3 months! So I packed everything up and called some of my converts!  The saddest part is we have a baptism on saturday Oh well,  I'm still counting her as my baptism!  I worked my tail off for her! 

 Guayaquil from Machala is like 5 hours, so I had to get up at 3 in the morning to get there by 8 and practically all of the zone leaders had changes!   I heard I was going to a place called LOJA!  It's 8 hours away from Guayaquil! So right then and there we bought the ticket and left! ha ha Loja! Well, now I'm here its FREEZING!! I'll describe it to you perfectly, it's just like the Teton mountain range or like Jackson hole.  We are surrounded by mountains and it's SOO COOL!! I can't even tell you! I'm used to like 100 degree weather.  Here it's like 60 degrees and I'm dying!! hah

So on Thursday, I literally traveled for like 14 hours and was dying but that's okay.. got here and I had to put on my jacket because I was soo cold  that night!  Well the houses don't have heaters.... so literally the houses only serve to keep rain out and wind.. When it's 55 degrees outside the house is 55 degrees!! I'M DYING! ha ha So we get to the house and I'm just cuddling in anything I can find! Everyone here has huge coats and stuff and all the time I have been here I've been in my sweater!  It's cool!!  I'm still a zone leader here so that's cool! We have 12 missionaries in our zone and they are pretty chill! My companion  is Elder Archila he is from Guatemala! He's cool, he's super relaxed!
 We did an interview on Saturday!  Here it's like the temperature doesn't change inside so when you have to go to bed its like camping.  Or when your in a cabin that doesn't have a fire!  You get into your sleeping bag and pull your head under the covers and try to get yourself warm!  When you wake up you can see your breath! ha ha I'm dying it's soo cold! But I'm good! ha ha

On Sunday, we had church at 8 in the morning so we had to wake up at 6!  Church was good and I'm in a branch! So we have to help them out here!! Well after church I heard we were going to have a special lunch. You know what it was YUP the dreaded COY!! I don't know if you've heard of it but its like guinea pig!! So we got there and he had 3 live guinea pigs in the house.  He killed them right there and he skinned them! ohh my gosh!! soo ahh!! 
 After we saw that we had to run to a baptism because the baptismal font didn't fill all the way!! Like at all so starving we had to fill a baptismal font bucket by bucket for over 45 minutes!!! AHH!! ha ha that's a story! But she got baptized thats the most important part!!  After that we went to eat the guinea pig or rat!   It's not that bad not that  good but its not terrible! I was blessed to eat the head of it! hahahaha noo!! Anyway,  I'm good here and am I am working hard and ready to show the Lord why he needs me here in Loja!  love you alll!!!!!
Elder Hammond