Music of Ecuador. Ha.

Hola,

I'd like to take a minute to talk a little more about the music here because I THINK there's some things I haven't talked about.

Elder Cuberos is a huge fan of music as well as a large number of the people here in South America.  No one really minds music, so, people like to set their 9000w speakers outside of their house and blast whatever the heck they want for the whole town to hear while they sit in their house.  I'm still trying to understand this...  I explained that if a person did this in the united states, the people next door would call the cops.  People also like to set their 9000w speakers on top of their cars for both playing music and for selling things out of their trunk.  No one has problems with this.  I've had thoughts once of twice about buying a big speaker system and blasting MoTab from the deck of our apartment.

Shakira is super popular down here, turns out that she's Colombian.  There's also another song down here... not sure if it has reached the United States or not but it's basically the latino Gangnam Style and it's just as bad.  It's called Caballito de Palo and people play it all the time.  I'd be surprised if Lindsay didn't hear it in Peru.

Along with Shakira, caballito de palo, and the typical Latin artists that play on the radio on the buses, other music from home is here too, usually only the pop, but sometimes there's surprises.  I like it best when someone blasts One Republic... Mi Canta!
Me and my companion have also been comparing Disney movie titles are the lyrics of the songs.  It's interesting sometimes and sometimes super funny!

Every Monday we've been playing fútbol at the church in Quvedo as a Zone.  It's super fun but most of the time I'm really really bad at it.  I've been told I'm progressing though, so that's good.  To world cup is cool, but what's super fun is when missionaries from The United States, Columbia, Handores, Peru, Chile, Dominican Republic, and Ecuador all team together and play fútbol!  Good times in the mornings on P-day.

I really don't have much to report, which isn't a bad thing.  Things are good here in the Buena Fe Mission-  or so I call it as I've had three different companions but only one area.  My health is good both emotionally and physically.
Happy Birthday to mom!

I love you all!

Cameron