Jan. 30, 2016 Guayaquil

Jan. 30, 2016  Guayaquil

Hello Family, 

This week has been pretty good! We have done a lot of things!  Tuesday we received new missionaries, so we didn't sleep much! hah but it was good! I love receiving new missionaries, they have no idea  whats going on!! They say it's so hot that they are dying in their suites.  It's funny,  They always ask if I've gone to the Galapagos. But it went really well.  We animated (excited) them and set the line down that this mission is obedient and that we baptize and nothing else!!  It was a really cool week!! 

Yesterday we went to a place called huaquillas!! We got there at like 1 in the morning like in the middle of the night!   It was raining like crazy!! Like thunder and stuff! We came down to help with baptisms. There were 3 planned, satan was working like crazy! A tire went flat! People didn't want to come! The baptisms didn't want to get baptized!  So my companion and I called the zone leaders and said GET ON YOUR KNEES and PRAY!  So,15 more people along with us in the pouring rain, kneeled and prayed for a miracle to happen so we could baptize these people! And you know what! The rain stopped! The baptisms came through an hour later! We had an amazing experience!  Really the Lord answers our prayers and is WATCHING OVER us in every moment!! This week will be amazing and very fast!! I love you all soo much! This gospel is true!! God lives and his son Jesus Christ is our example!! I love him! And love his gospel!!

Love,

ELder Hammond

Jan. 23, 2016 Guayaquil

Jan. 23, 2016 Guayaquil 

 I have little time to write today because we are going to work a lot in a place called Pindal! It's gorgeous there! This week has been absolutely amazing!! Full of miracles and literally, I love it soo much! We are working hard and helping a lot of the zone leaders to reach their maximum potential! Literally this work is soo amazing! The gospel couldn't ever be more true! We have been working in Machala and in Guayaquil this week! Rescuing baptisms and making sure the mission stays on its toes and that everybody is being obedient! I am soo glad everybody is doing soo good!! I'm literally soo stoked to go out this week and keep preaching repentance to EVERYONE!!! Especially after that amazing conference world wide that there was! I know for a fact that everyone needs to be baptized and repent so they can be saved! I learned that the Holy Ghost really is the power teacher and that we need to be worthy of that power be to able to astonish our investigators! I LOVE this work!! I have no doubt in my mind that it's the true church!! 

 This next week we will be getting and receiving new missionaries so we will be holding a gathering  for them next week! I love seeing those newbies with fire in their eyes ready to work from the CCM! I love this work!! I Love Ecuador!!  I Love Preaching and testifying that God lives and that Jesus Christ is HIS SON!! He Lives!! Thanks for all your support! I love you all so much! Sorry I couldn't write to everybody today but I love you all soo much!!

Elder Hammond 

Jan. 16, 2016 Guayaquil

Jan. 16, 2016 Guayaquil 
 This week was pretty amazing!! We had the great opportunity to help all the zone leaders out here in Guayaquil! We made sure that they are all doing well and training and being obedient with the missionaries! It was good!! I am sorry I have no time to write again today, because of some disobedient missionaries,  my plans had to change! 
I literally love this work soo much!! It's the work of the Lord!! He is our great and eternal captain!! He leads the church and guides the team on to victory!! There is noo greater satisfaction and greater joy than to preach the restored gospel here on the earth today!! It's crazy to think I have 19 months in the mission!! The time is going by sooo fast, it's freaking me out!! But I know the lord loves us!! He wants the very best for us!! I know that testimony is the way the spirit of the Lord touches the hearts of the investigators and that if we as missionaries testify with power and not fearing ANYBODY, the Lord just like Lehi and Nefi will see people shake and tremble before us! I know that is true!! The church is true!! God lives and He is our Father!! I love this work soo much!! What a blessing it is to be by President Torres and learn of him! What a blessing!  I LOVE IT!!

Making you proud in Ecuador!!

Elder Hammond

Jan 11, 2016 A letter from Pres. Torres

Jan 11, 2016 A letter from Pres. Torres

We received this letter yesterday from Presidente Torres:

Dear Hammond Family,

I just wanted to thank you for preparing your son so well to serve in our mission. He has always been a leader even before he was assigned to be my assistant. His smile is contagious and has influenced positively his fellow missionaries. Thank you also for your gifts sent. May God continue to bless you richly.

Un abrazo,

Presidente Torres
Mision Ecuador Guayaquil Sur

Jan. 11, 2016 Guayaquil 19 months

Jan. 11, 2016 Guayaquil 19 months

This week was absolutely amazing! I loved every single bit of it!! We worked hard and the Lord has blessed us a lot!! We had a big Consejo de Lideres (leadership counsel) on Tuesday  with all the Zone leaders and the Sister leaders in the whole mission! It went really well!! Then we helped a few missionaries on saturday for a reason I can't write about.  Remember, if you don't hear from me on Sat. I'm okay.  I can't write sometimes just because I'm working hard, and not able to.   This week has been amazing!! I gave a talk in church and that went well too! I love you soo much everybody!! Thanks for ALL your support!! I couldn't be happier sharing the best and most powerful message of all here on earth!! Christ LIVES!!!!!!

Elder Hammond

Jan. 2, 2016 Guayaquil

Jan. 2, 2016 Guayaquil


HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!! 2016!!! The year of miracles and goal completing!! 
I CANNOT BELIEVE that it's 2016!! This is the YEAR!!! Soo crazy!! The 4th quarter has started and now it's time to give EVERYTHING to the Lord just absolutely everything!!! I love it!! 
This week was crazy here in Ecuador everything just gets super super lazy! So people were inside their house.  The mission as a whole is good and excited! This next week we have consejo de lideres.  Leadership counsel  It's gonna be good! We will work our tails off and hope the missionaries and the zone leaders and everyone can feel the spirit to work hard and achieve 600 baptisms this month!! I know we can do that!! We just have to ask the Lord to bless us and be 100% obedient to His rules and commandments! I know this is HIS CHURCH!! He is at The head!! He knows us perfectly and wants the best for every single one of us! He is our captain and He leads us in this battle between good and evil and we are GOING to win!! We will preach his name in every minute day and night!  We will not stop and never rest because the Lord is never resting in His work!!  What an honor and privilege it is to be an instrument in His hands! I LOVE IT!! This is going to be an amazing year!! A year of MIRACLES!!

Love you all, Elder Hammond

Dec. 25, 2015 Christmas :) Talking on the phone

Dec. 25, 2015 Talking on the phone