Hola
mis queridos hermanos y hermanas,
As
you might know, we had changes and I am now in Tena which is the
farthest city from Quito in our mission. There is only me and my
companion for this whole area and it is HUGE! I had to travel about 5
hours from Latacunga to get here, but the drive was super beautiful.
It is also very hot. About the same as Florida, the only difference
is that we don't have any air conditioning! There is just a branch
of roughly 50 people and we don't have a chapel. Its very different
here but it is all the same work!
Lunes, we decided to go to Ambato to play soccer and then said goodbye to a bunch of different people the rest of the day.
Martes, woke up at 5 so we could send off Elder Henrichsen and Elder Sarango could come to Ambato with us but we ended up not leaving till 7 or later so we could have slept in. Didn't help that I was up till 12 the night before making sure I had everything. Took a bus to Ambato then from there to Puyo and from Puyo a taxi to the terminal and there met Elder Florian so we could go to Tena.
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| Me and my new companion Elder Florian |
Miercoles,
woke up and showered. We do not have warm water so I shower and shave
with freezing cold water every time. You would think that because it
is hot outside that showering in cold water would feel nice but
unfortunately it doesn't. We also went to visit lots of people and
they all live far so we take buses everywhere we can and walk the
rest. This morning Elder Florian called an investigator who is on
date to ask how she is doing and how her calender of reading and
prayer is. The conversation went like this:
“Como
esta su calendrio?”
“todo
esta destruido hermano”
“porque”
“rompi
la ley de castidad”
This
caught us so off guard and after we got the whole story and ended the
call, we just laughed. Turns out everything is ok jajaja.
Jueves,
traveled to Puyo for district meeting and back which cost an arm and
a leg. It started to rain super bad which is another thing that
happens here that I forgot to mention. We came home and studied until
merienda. After we finished eating I wasn't feeling good so I asked
to use the bathroom. I ended up throwing up, but all is well.
Viernes,
went to a cyber to get references and then went to lunch where we
also helped them seal plastic bags full of a variety of things that
they sell in their local. Then took a bus to an investigator and her
sister from Latacunga was there who is a member so I got to say hi to
them which was fun. Also had merienda with a family and the branch
was going to the temple so they just left us with food and the keys
to the house.
Sabado,
we cleaned the church building because all the members are gone. Then
ate lunch and went contacting. We then went to a lesson but he
canceled on us so we went and got ice cream and started contacting
again. Later in the night we went to a Colombian family and taught
them about the Restoration. She told me she can't understand me so
Elder Florian taught most the lesson. For some reason all the members
and investigators here don't like gringos so I have to try and change
that.
Domingo,
had church which was weird, first of all not in a chapel and second
of all with so few people. Then came home and did weekly planning and
then went to lunch. From lunch we came home to study and then later
went out to teach a family and afterward walked to another member's
house for correlation and merienda.
This
week was crazy and hard mainly because I am still adjusting to the
heat but I love the work! Hope you all have a fantastic week!
Les
quiero mucho,
Elder Tolman
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