Dear Family,
Yup, I got changed. WAY sad to have to leave Quinindé. One of the few times I almost cried in the mish. But hey, you gotta do it. Got changed to friggin Quito again, but in the north this time. Man, I didn’t wanna go. There are three zones in the whole mish that I never wanted to see, and I’m in one of them now. Haha, oh well. It’s ok here. We have a couple of bappy’s lined up, and I’m just trying to remember how to work in Quito. Hard as heck trying to find people, but its a little bit more like home. Christmas stuff ALL over, and its cold. Makin me super trunky, not gonna lie, but oh well. Can’t believe two weeks, no más. I don’t know what to think. I’ll let you know next Monday what we´re gonna do and how we´re gonna do it. What day and all ofthat. We´ll see. Anyway. That’s that.
Umm, last week was good, baptized a lady that had been investigating for a year and a half. SUPER golden. She was just waiting to get divorced, and then to convince her dumb husband to marry her. Great story. He goes to church two Sundays ago, and I feel way strong to invite him to baptism too. Weird. I had never even taught him, but the missionaries before, yes. I invited him, and he basically says, yeah, why not? So we baptized her and him. Way super cool. One of the best bappy’s I’ve had. Really spiritual, and everyone was so excited for the lady. She has a stronger testimony then those other guys, but they all love her. I’ll send the pics. Everyone else is good, too. Did a lot of fun stuff. Watched a chicken get killed, ate it super fresh, like, within an hour, best chicken I’ve ever had, and did some other fun stuff, too. It was good.
Here, it’s ok. There’s a lot of people, and the zone is fun. My ward is called Carcelen Libre. It is pathetic. Attendance is roughly 35. Wow. It’s a ward too, not just a branch. Sad. But that means a lot of improvement. I’m gonna see what I can do to try and boost it up. I think we could make a lot of changes. Got a way cool dude that´ll be baptized Saturday, and I’m stoked. Couple in the upcoming weeks, too,
but I’ll let you know.
I did get a new camera. Its really nice, and I’ll send some photos your way.
Well, I miss Quinindé a ton, and I hope they do at me, too. We´ll see. Learned a lot there, and had some of my favorite people. There was a lot of love, and I’m excited for when I get to go back. We went to the offices today, and I knew almost everyone. Except for all of the newbies. It’s good to see I know them all, and we get along well. Back at home, I think it would be a different story, but here, we´re all in it for the same cause. I love that. Anyway. This church is true, gonna buy me a Christmas tree and lights, and do exercises, because I’m seriously getting way fat again. I don’t wanna diet. We only eat twice a day here! What the crap. Oh well. Feliz Navidad, y hablaremos la proxima semana.
Love,
Elder Jace Reber
Aitken was here, and had 2 baptisms in 2 changes. Another had 16 in three changes. It’s just really sad, because the retention here is horrendous. Of everyone that has been baptized in the last like 2 years, maybe 1 or 2 are active. Of like 50 people. I think I’m gonna work more on increasing the ward and the members and stuff. Of course baptisms too. But not as much.