I'm here in Ecuador, doing the normal. Mom asked a few questions, so I thought I'd address them:
I'm in El Barrio Albonor in Guayaquil. The people here are a little more on the richer side, which means they think with a little more logic and can be a little bit prideful. The Logical part is ok for me, as long as you belive in the Bible our faith makes complete sense. The trick is you actually have to read the bible to understand that. (FYI the bible is actually pretty awesome and talks a little about the plan of salvation in Corinthians and other parts) The problem we've been having is that people have started putting stickers on their doors that say "This house is Catholic. Please respect our religion"
Which is cool, and I respect their religion...but I've also read the bible, and I've figured some things out for myself... ANYWAYS!
Yeah, This area is richer, a little bit cleaner, and a whole lot more compact. Every block has a number but none of the numbers are in order, and people usually write their addresses on their door with a crayon which can make it VERY hard to find a little house in this maze of a city. In BuenaFe we used landmarks. Our directions we literally like "The street with Water Tower of San Jacinto, left at the guy who sells chickens and take a right after two blocks. It's the house with Old blue paint and a brown door"
Here the directions are: "Sauces VIII Mz 454 F7 Villa 12, ring the doorbell for the third floor and ask for Familia Loor" It's very different.
We're teaching a few families, one is Familia Maldonado, who are some mas o menos activo members with a daughter who has been on the fence about baptism for a few years. I cooked some Pancakes in their house on Saturday and my friend Gabriel who's 10 years old is starting to master my recipe. I think if I ever come back here after my mission I'll find a very successful Pancake Restaurant in Sauces VIII. Our goal is to help Gabriela find her answer about the Book of Mormon and help her be Baptized before the end of January.
Elder Taylor is awesome. He likes working, and I do too! It can sometimes be kind of hard being two good looking white guys walking down the street in white shirts and ties. We get called "guapos" several times a day on the street. The thing is with my companion and the two other guys that I'm living with is that I can usually expect to end up laughing about a new inside joke every single day.
Yep, the rain has begun. we've had a couple of beautifully refreshing rainstorms over the last week. It's supposed to kick up more in a week or so. I just got me a new umbrella today. Rain season also means cricket season. They're all over the streets and they like to get into your houses. It's another fun element that we get to experience here. The over shoes I got at Mr. Mac are cool and help a little. But they probably weren't worth the $20. Then again, in a muddier area they would probably be very helpful.
I've been kicking sick season like a champ so far. Two people in our house and half of our zone got sick with a fever or a parasite last week, but I've been unscaved so far.
Yeah, that's all. I've been doing pretty dang good in general. That's all the time I've got for today. I'll write again next week, as always.
I hope all is well back home!
Love you!
-Cameron
P.S. here's the picture of the suit you got me for Christmas and a box of Corn Flakes:
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