About 1.5 weeks ago it started raining, and rains for 2 out of every 3 days...but only from about 3-8pm...but dang does it rain! The other day we were in the middle of teaching George and his daughters when a MASSIVE rain storm came in, hail and all....and because they have a ghetto tin roof it was so loud we couldnt even teach any more. So we proceeded to help him shove socks in holes in the roof and put down tons of buckets and pots and pans where the roof was leaking. Oh Ecuador...haha classic.
Yesterday
G and I made cupcakes that his girlfriend sent him...they were
BOMB! Before that....our mamita served us Cow Udder. It was a bit
slimy...but I actually really liked it. My companion HATES it
though...so listening to him tell them he liked it was a chuckle. We
dont have a stove...so last week we made the plan to make the cupcakes
after church/lunch...which ended up turning into another (late) birthday
party for Elder G. Epic!
The work is going well....it has been a little tough working through all the rain, it makes any contacting we do very rough, and running from visit to visit quite miserable. But I have gotten way good at drying my shoes with newspaper and our griddle.
Tomorrow we go into Quito for our mid-way through training meeting! I am so excited to see all my homies from the MTC! And President, for like the 5th time since I've been out here haha. Hes the homie...truly the man!
Really dont have too much to say, so I will answer a few questions I got this week!
So
what's your typical schedule like? How much time do you spend finding,
teaching members, teaching investigators, etc. on an average day?
We wake up at 6:30, workout and make breakfast and get ready for the day....at 8am have companion study, 9am personal study, 10am comp study#2, 11am
language study, and then we head out for the day. We typically try to
have at least 1 lesson with a member each day, try to teach our
investigators every other day at least, and then teach 1 lesson or so
each day to a less active or recent convert...and probably spend 1-2
hours a day contacting. We have extra study time in the morning for my
first 2 changes...which is cool, but honestly we have never had all 4
hours of study because we often have a cita in the morning with someone
who cant meet at night. Busy, but great!
And does it feel like the Spanish is coming along well?
Spanish
is coming a lot great. G and I have been speaking more when we are
alone. From Lunch to 7 every day we go solomente espanol...which has
helped a lot. All the member and latinos say I speak great for my first
change, but I still feel a bit lost when it comes to talking outside the
gospel. My goal is close to fluent by 6 months! Aka, 3 more months to
learn A TON haha. Goals are good though. :)
Do they grow pineapple, mangos, or other tropical fruit there (in addition to their world-famous bananas)?
Claro
pues!! (well of course!) Apparently October is the start of Mango
season...so I am very excited!! Literally every fruit and veggie they
have out here...including like 25% more that dont exist in the states...
Ill try to remember to take some pics of them soon!
Being at, or near, the equator, do you have seasons or does you weather stay pretty similar all year?
We
still have seasons. Temp doesnt change too much. But because we are in
the mountains the nights do get chilly. Theres a few months of rain, the
rest is sunny. Though, like I said, temp is pretty constant.
Well, I love you all!
Elder Sorensen
PS- ENJOY GENERAL CONFERENCE!!! CANT WAIT!!!!!
Oh yeah, and we lost power from Sat at noon to Sunday morning...planning in the dark! epic!
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