So, right across from the Rio Guayas there's a city called Duran. It looks like a dirty smudge on the map, BUT DON'T WIPE IT OFF, that's where I am right now, and it just looks dirty on the map because its a dirty city.
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The mission had changes last Tuesday. I left my beloved Guayaquil and crossed the river to Duran. My first impressions was the sight of horses digging through the trash in the street corner and a some weeds blowing through a dust cloud. I quickly discovered that the houses here don't have running water, there's a water truck that comes by everyday and fills every one's 55gal drums with water. We luckily live in a private community that has running water...for that most part; it flows out of the pipes for five seconds every five seconds, and only from 6am-12pm and 6pm-10pm
Drugs are also a huge problem here. At night all the kids are in the park sniffing, injecting, and smoking. They don't have to hide it either, everyone does it.
I have, however, found that like in all the places Ive been, there are good people here and for the most part everyone is humble and friendly. Ill probably learn to love this town as I have Buena Fe and Guayaquil.
I'm here with Elder Gutierrez, he is a little guy from Argentina, I have a picture but... I forgot to bring my camera to the Cyber.
He is just about ready to finish his mission, he will be going home in July so Ill be getting another new companion in about a month.
Right now things are doing good. Duran isn't only dusty, its also got dirty rivers and rice swamps so there are mosquitoes, which is something I don't like because Dengue y Chikungunya are problems right now. I don't plan on getting Mosquito sicknesses anytime soon though.
I'll send some pictures next week, sorry I don't have them today.
Love you all!
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