Conference!!
Oct
5th
This week went by super
fast mainly because I was with all of the gringos all weekend.
First Tuesday we were able
to teach a family of members that just moved here from Uruguay. I could barely
understand them they talk super fast pronounce things with a super weird
accent. Luckily I had an Argentinean comp who’s accent is similar, but they are
a way nice family and are going to help the ward out a lot.
We also found a new family
where the mom has been less active for almost 5 years. the mom came to church
randomly because her 6 year old son is in scouts which is at our church on Saturdays.
She told us that every Sunday he is always bugging her that he wants to go to
church, thankfully she finally gave in. Now she wants to come back to the
church and relearn and regain the testimony she once had. Her husband is
receptive as well and we are hoping to steer him towards baptism.
This weekend was way fun
being with a bunch of gringos chowing down watching conference in our own room.
I will send pictures we had a pretty sweet set up, also none of us were even
close on guessing the new apostles. I also saw the Gallardo family again!
Anyways that’s about all
that happened this week!!
Elder Keyes
We did the sprite banana
challenge for a district activity....
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| Gallardo Family |
2/7 Full
Working Days this Week
Oct
12th
This last week we weren’t
able to work much but there were a ton of miracles this week.
But this week my group
renewed their visas so I got to see Elder Olsen (my comp from the mtc) and after
we went to all you can eat Papa Johns, so I guess you could say that was the
most happly full I’ve been in my mission!
Also this Thursday there
was a leaders meeting for all of the district and zone leaders from Quito, I
was able to learn a ton
Friday we had another
leaders meeting just with our zone, then we had the conference with President.
it was pretty cool I was able to see Gabby its really weird seeing one of
your friends after such a long time. but it was pretty crazy to get
caught up a little with what is going on with everyone from High School
now.
Saturday we had a pretty
crazy day and we actually found a new family which is exactly what we needed
right now in our sector. we were also able to stay with the zone leaders, so
that was super fun.
Sunday we had a really cool
lesson with one of our less actives, he really opened up to us so now we can
really start helping him get his life back on track. he loves the church and is
really looking forward to prepare to go to the temple.
Love Elder Keyes
Crazy
Changes
Oct 19th
This last week was a pretty
sad week my comp was sent home on Wednesday. I was in a trio with elder Juarez
and Elder Erickson.
I was able to go on a
division with a member on Thursday. Henry, he is awesome he is preparing to go
on a mission. he was able to come with all of that day. It was kind of funny a
less actives mom gave us some bread and what looked like hot chocolate. I kind
of sat it aside to eat it after the lesson, Henry started to chug the
"hot chocolate" right away. I looked at it smelted and asked the lady
what the drink was she said oh I just like a little bit of coffee in with the
milk. I looked at Henry whose eyes just got really big as he sat the mug down
which was about 3/4 of the way empty. He was super frantic to explain to me
after what happened, he said he drinks something at his house which is like Postum
and he thought it was that.
Friday Elder Juarez
and I were able to have divisions with Elder Brown. He has about 3 weeks in the
field so it was good for him to be with Elder Juarez for a day to help out with
his Spanish a bit. This day we were able to have a super good lesson with a
less active family. we taught about the sacrament and how Satan works. we
focused on how to protect ourselves from Satan.
Today I will be receiving
my new comp from the jungle, so he will be getting here in a few hours because
its likes a 9 hour bus ride from the jungle. His name is elder Gevaria or
something like that and he is from Peru.
Welp love you all Chow!!
Elder Keyes
Colada Morada and Wawas De
Pan
Oct 26th
This week was pretty crazy
my comp had to go to Otavalo to catch up on a training that he didn’t receive,
so I was left with Elder Carr. Elder Juarez passed his final English test so we
all got cake. We also had an activity with the ward.
Wednesday I was with my
brother (elder Carr) which means we both had the same trainer. He finish in
January, he's from Seattle. It was a pretty good day we both had changes Sunday
so we both received comps that hadn’t received the training from President. So
our companions had to go to Otavalo. They got back at about 9 o clock and left
at 6:40 in the morning.
Thursday our mamita fell
through so my comp made us a really good Peruvian dish that’s called lomo
saltato its basically like a stir fry but with Peruvian spices it was good.
Friday Elder Juarez called
us and shared his super good chocolate cake that sister Richardson made him for
taking his English test. All Latinos are encouraged to learn English while they
are here and there are a bunch of levels you can pass and stuff like that and
he finished.
Saturday there was an
activity in the church and they did a challenge where you had to eat a banana an
apple a mento and then chug a glass of coke.... and of course the first people
they chose to compete were the missionary’s..... luckily i didn’t throw it up
everywhere. They also made colada morada which is like a blackberry drink with
like cinnamon and stuff its good also they had wawa's de pan that are like
little bread figures with jelly on the inside. they always do that combo every
October.
Today we rode bikes with
the bishops from Elder Juarez's ward we rode to an old airport they turned into
a giant park.
Chao Elder Keyes,
