This week was crazy, so much stuff happened, we were super busy. First off, transfers came this week! I will be staying in La Concordia for another 6 weeks, and Elder Azabache will be headed off to Quito! Pretty sad that he`s leaving, he`s a good missionary, but I`m excited to continue the work here in La Concordia! Elder Muentes, from Guayaquil, will be my new companion. I don`t know anything about him, so more news on that next week. The end of this transfer means that I AM FINALLY DONE WITH TRAINING!!!! I was trained 2 transfers in Oregon and then 2 more here, so now I am officially a real missionary that is not being trained!
We had 2 more baptisms this week! Ramiro and Aran! The rest of the Familia Contrera wasn`t feeling ready, so we had to push their date back a bit. Aran was a total stud and set the example for his mom and aunts, and Ramiro finally got married on Tuesday and then was baptized on Saturday. It was awesome to be a part of those two big events. Aran and Ramiro both bore their testimonies after and it was so great. The spirit came in super strong and I hope all the investigators there were able to feel it too.
Some other cool things that happened this week:
One of our members works in a technology store, and the other day he called me and asked me to come to his store and translate some instructions for a bluetooth game controller. Turns out all you had to do to connect it was press the X and Home buttons at the same time. I felt like a genius, it was awesome.
We met a member and her children`s names are Hermione and Moroni. Talk about the two best books ever. I`m definitely naming my kids with Book of Mormon and Harry Potter names.
We had a Noche De Hogar (Family Home Evening) with a member this week, and her mom and her sister were there. She told them that I only recently got to Ecuador and they were both surprised because they said my Spanish sounded really good. Then the hermana from our ward said "Yeah but it`s all the gift of tongues. When he first got here, he couldn`t understand a thing and I couldn`t understand him either." It was a nice compliment.
My area here is huge, we cover a sector 2 hours away called "Los Bancos." This area has never had missionaries visit it, and this week Elder Azabache and I made history and went over there for a whole day. We`re going to start going there one day a week and every other Sunday to get the work going there, so that should be a fun and exciting challenge.
This email was kind of all over the place, but it`s all good. I also took some good pictures this week, so you can enjoy those.
I hope everyone has a great week, don`t forget to say your prayers and read The Book of Mormon.
Love and miss you all!!
Elder Weston Ludlow from back home in Allen, TX!
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