Monday, April 25, 2016

April 25, 2016 Machala

April 25, 2016 Machala
Dear Family, 
This week has been literally one of the most eventful weeks in my whole mission!! It all starts off on Saturday when I just barely ended emailing  my family!! Like 2 hours after!! So, me and my companion had to do some things in the house, all of a sudden I could feel tiny shakes and then more and more and MORE AND MORE!! It started getting super super bad!!!  The entire house just totally started shaking and the lights were going off and then things were falling off shelves, you could hear glass breaking when it would hit!! I was like WHAT?!?! It lasted for like a minute!!  We were like oh my gosh earthquake!! We couldn't believe it!! We were both just shocked, but right when it ended our first thought was the missionaries!! Like, how are they? What happened to them!! We couldn't call ANYBODY!! The phone service was down and it was pitch black!! So thanks to my flashlight that Grandma sent me we used that!! So it was just that!! It has been the news ever since!!

 ha ha on Tuesday I found out I was getting transferred from the office from being AP.  I am training a  new missionary! His name is Elder Parada!! He is from Santa Cruz Bolivia! He is a good guy! Patience in all things! But really we are going to tear it up!! We are going to open a ward and a brand new sector and we don't even have a HOUSE!! haha We looked and we finally found one and found 2 beds and that's where we are sleeping. We have to buy ALL the things for a house!! There's alot!! haha but it's been good!! 
A seventy came, Elder Montoya. He was amazing!  What he said was so inspiring. I got to plan all of his visit.  President told him that Elder Hammond is in Machala and he is going to plan and organize everything there,  so with my son (the new missionary) we did just that. We organized all the missionaries for everything and it went just perfectly!! 
This Sunday we went to church, we need alot of help from the members to help us know where people live and where the boundaries are so we can just keep working super hard!  This week will be amazing!  but I need your prayers in all things!  I love you all soo very much!! We are all good here!! The Lord is blessing us!!! We are praying to have a baptism here this week!! Start baptizing like crazy again!! That's something I have missed!! I love you so much!!
Elder Hammond

 Water and supplies for Manabi

My best friend in the Centenario ward


new missionaries

My new Comp Elder Parada
  
Saying bye to Elder Soto

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