Dear Family,
Hey, thanks for the words and the support and all of that good stuff. This week was better. Well, yes and no. I’ll explain a little bit later on. But hey, that’s life. I’m glad you guys have been doing well at home. The trips, the chistes, and all of the other good things that go on in the good ol Reber home. Whats happened to my room? Has Hunter gave up on the video games yet? Brooklyn and Whitney found more friends? Madison, too? I dunno, I just feel like askin some questions. I can’t really think of much more, but I will, eventually. I’m glad everyone is happy and just keepin on.
Two things first: Yeah, the Spanish is here. More or less. I can understand everyone, basically, and don’t have too much of a hard time speaking. It still is hard, because the words sometimes aren’t right, and I don’t know the grammer like I should, because nobody here uses grammer. It’s just like good ol Cedar. Nobody knows how to talk. And I love it. But it really helps to have this Perez here. We´ve had some fallin outs, because he just talks and talk and talks in the lessons, and it makes me mad. But we always come out good. We have been findin some more people, and por fin we have another bautismo. A family. The familia Tipán. I think I sent photos of all of them. They’re a cool little family.
Hey, thanks for the words and the support and all of that good stuff. This week was better. Well, yes and no. I’ll explain a little bit later on. But hey, that’s life. I’m glad you guys have been doing well at home. The trips, the chistes, and all of the other good things that go on in the good ol Reber home. Whats happened to my room? Has Hunter gave up on the video games yet? Brooklyn and Whitney found more friends? Madison, too? I dunno, I just feel like askin some questions. I can’t really think of much more, but I will, eventually. I’m glad everyone is happy and just keepin on.
Two things first: Yeah, the Spanish is here. More or less. I can understand everyone, basically, and don’t have too much of a hard time speaking. It still is hard, because the words sometimes aren’t right, and I don’t know the grammer like I should, because nobody here uses grammer. It’s just like good ol Cedar. Nobody knows how to talk. And I love it. But it really helps to have this Perez here. We´ve had some fallin outs, because he just talks and talk and talks in the lessons, and it makes me mad. But we always come out good. We have been findin some more people, and por fin we have another bautismo. A family. The familia Tipán. I think I sent photos of all of them. They’re a cool little family.
It´ll be a good way to end this change, too, and then off to another companion. Wow. This will be number. . . 5? Not sure, but I am pushin 6 months here in Ecuador. Crazy. I remember when I first got to San D and all of the missionaries had 8 months or 10, and I thought that was so far off. Now, it’s ridiculous, and 15 months is so far. How fast it really is. But cool. Second, its Cinderella that sings “Dont know what you got”, I’m pretty sure. Ah, I miss music. Haha, whatever, its good.
Hmmm, what else has happened. There still haven’t been really stuff thats happened. Well, that I can remember. We found a drunk guy Saturday, and my comp wanted to contacted him. We took him home, and he stopped to pee and just kept tellin us "Yo tomo, loco. Yo tomo." or "I drink, man. I drink." Haha, we took him home, and put a return appointment, but there wasn’t time to go to him. That was interesting. Also, we were going to eat lunch yesterday, with the COOLEST lady ever. Her name is Katty Ampudia, and she is our mamita for Sunday. She is an English professor, and she speaks basically perfect. Her accent isn’t too good, but she is way cool. Her daughter passes through Cedar all the time, because she is studying in Salt Lake. So cool. But anyway, we were on our way to her house, and three dudes in black robes were there. We had seen them before, but my comp wanted to ask what the robes meant. We called them over, and one came. Haha, I was a little freaked out, but it was good. He was really nice, and was a Father in training for the Catholics. He wears the black robe as a sign of sadness for the death of Jesus. . . . .Ah, yeah, um, cool. That’s interesting, friend. And this dude invites us, at any time, to come to his convent and talk with them, to share ideas and stuff. Oh ho ho, that would be so cool, but we can’t. And I’m pretty sure that they would kill us. They look like ninjas, I’m serious. Like, real ones. I totally have a ton of ideas for a missionary movie that I wanna make after. Awesome, haha.
Now, spiritually speaking. We had a lesson with this family, Familia Tipán. They have had this date, but haven’t been too excited. Really doubty, but we´ve managed to hold on. I was on divisions with my District Leader, Elder Chavez, and we went to them. They were really bad, but he was really direct and turned it around really well. It was really super cool, and I was really glad to have been there for it. It helped me to see the importance of being direct. He’s a little bit of a lampara, but it’s all good. We have the interview for this family tomorrow, so we´ll have to see how that goes. They really are ready, but just scared. And they think the people in the church judge them because their two younger sons are nuts and loud and cry all the time. We have tried thousands of things, but nothing seems to have made an impact yet. We´ll see.
So that’s that. We basically have nobody else to teach, but you know what, we´re really gonna buckle down this week and find some people that are ready. I’m sick of visiting the same people over and over that just suck. I wanna find someone that’s really good and so we can have some more baptisms for this upcoming cambio. Cool stuff, lets do it.
Well, I ain’t got nothin else. I’m grateful for all of your support and for the love that I feel here. I am still strugglin on, day by day, but its been goin fast, and I couldn’t ask for much else. I know, know, know, that the day I get home, everything will just hit me, and I’ll know how important the mission really was, and how much I’ll miss it. But until then, just gotta enjoy the time I’ve got in front of me in this moment. Have a good week, and keep me in your thoughts and prayers, please. Love you and miss you.
Love,
Jace
Elder Reber
Oh, by the way, if there’s not a letter next week, it’s because either I got changed, or my comp did, and I had to go and get my new one. Well, love you.
Jace
Hmmm, what else has happened. There still haven’t been really stuff thats happened. Well, that I can remember. We found a drunk guy Saturday, and my comp wanted to contacted him. We took him home, and he stopped to pee and just kept tellin us "Yo tomo, loco. Yo tomo." or "I drink, man. I drink." Haha, we took him home, and put a return appointment, but there wasn’t time to go to him. That was interesting. Also, we were going to eat lunch yesterday, with the COOLEST lady ever. Her name is Katty Ampudia, and she is our mamita for Sunday. She is an English professor, and she speaks basically perfect. Her accent isn’t too good, but she is way cool. Her daughter passes through Cedar all the time, because she is studying in Salt Lake. So cool. But anyway, we were on our way to her house, and three dudes in black robes were there. We had seen them before, but my comp wanted to ask what the robes meant. We called them over, and one came. Haha, I was a little freaked out, but it was good. He was really nice, and was a Father in training for the Catholics. He wears the black robe as a sign of sadness for the death of Jesus. . . . .Ah, yeah, um, cool. That’s interesting, friend. And this dude invites us, at any time, to come to his convent and talk with them, to share ideas and stuff. Oh ho ho, that would be so cool, but we can’t. And I’m pretty sure that they would kill us. They look like ninjas, I’m serious. Like, real ones. I totally have a ton of ideas for a missionary movie that I wanna make after. Awesome, haha.
Now, spiritually speaking. We had a lesson with this family, Familia Tipán. They have had this date, but haven’t been too excited. Really doubty, but we´ve managed to hold on. I was on divisions with my District Leader, Elder Chavez, and we went to them. They were really bad, but he was really direct and turned it around really well. It was really super cool, and I was really glad to have been there for it. It helped me to see the importance of being direct. He’s a little bit of a lampara, but it’s all good. We have the interview for this family tomorrow, so we´ll have to see how that goes. They really are ready, but just scared. And they think the people in the church judge them because their two younger sons are nuts and loud and cry all the time. We have tried thousands of things, but nothing seems to have made an impact yet. We´ll see.
So that’s that. We basically have nobody else to teach, but you know what, we´re really gonna buckle down this week and find some people that are ready. I’m sick of visiting the same people over and over that just suck. I wanna find someone that’s really good and so we can have some more baptisms for this upcoming cambio. Cool stuff, lets do it.
Well, I ain’t got nothin else. I’m grateful for all of your support and for the love that I feel here. I am still strugglin on, day by day, but its been goin fast, and I couldn’t ask for much else. I know, know, know, that the day I get home, everything will just hit me, and I’ll know how important the mission really was, and how much I’ll miss it. But until then, just gotta enjoy the time I’ve got in front of me in this moment. Have a good week, and keep me in your thoughts and prayers, please. Love you and miss you.
Love,
Jace
Elder Reber
Oh, by the way, if there’s not a letter next week, it’s because either I got changed, or my comp did, and I had to go and get my new one. Well, love you.
Jace