Well today is the first day of the new change, or transfer. I am no longer in Otavalo, the land of the Lamanites. But, I am now in the capital city of the country, Quito. But because of how big Quito is, there are 4 zones of missionaries each zone having at least 20 missionaries. I am in the Zona Ofelia, ward Pusuquí. My new companion is Elder Quintana. He is from Lima, Peru and is close to finishing his mission.
This
week as a district we ponderized a scripture it is found in Ether.
12:6. It says that the testimony doesn't come until after the trial of
our faith. As well, as a zone we ponderized a different scripture. This one is found in the Doctrine and Covenants 18:44
which says that it is through us that God and Jesus Christ will do and
complete their work. We must continue being strong and do what we are
supposed to do.
This week, Elder Nielson and I
saw a miracle this week. First for the month of March we felt that we
should put 8 confirmations as a goal for a little over a week. We didn't know how that was going to work out because we had 6 people
already with a date and a possibility of 1 or 3 more but not 2. Well,
we went and did a family home evening with one of our investigators with
a date, and her mother in law, an active member told us that we needed
to baptize her son because the church lost his record, and the same
thing with her niece. And with these two `free` (because it took 0
efforts to find these two specifically) we reached our number of 8
people with a baptism date for the month of March.
This week we are also attacked by two ducks. That was not as cool experience as it sounds. A few weeks ago we were walking and a bull acted like he was about to charge us so we almost ran up the street. We have also had a donkey laugh at us, kind of.
Obispo (Bishop) Morocho
From the Imbabura Ward in Otavalo
Elder Draper
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