Week one, new companion

Well, as I shared last week, I have a new companion: Elder Nielson.  He came from the Jungle, El Coca. He is from Monticello, Utah. He is on his last 6 months.  He is little bit taller than me, by about an inch.  It is interesting.  Two tall white Americans walking around Otavalo, where everything is shorter.

Elder Draper and Elder Nielson

This week, I had the opportunity to ponderize the verse in Mosiah 2:24.  The verse, talks about the blessings from God and how we are always and always will be in his debt.  That and we have no reason to be prideful. 

This week, we found a person.  Right now she has a baptism date for the 13th of February.  We will call her 'B', she is married to a less active member in the ward and they want to be married in the church.  Well in the church meaning in the Temple of the Lord. 

As a zone, this transfer we are focusing on growing our faith.  We, as a mission, have received some members of the seventy telling us that we need to grow our faith. We are in the Promised Land from the Book of Mormon.  There are a ton of promises for the people we are teaching, we can bring thousands to the gospel if we have the faith that miracles can happen. 

 Elder Draper.