The Pope, Wedding, Party, Ward activity, Rock concert.

Hola,

So last Monday was a big pain in the butt because the Pope came to visit.

PEOPLE HERE WENT NUTS.  He went to my old zone in Guayaquil in Parque Semanas and then went to Quito the next day.  From there he went to Bolivia.  As missionaries we were assigned to stay in our sector from the p-day.  From what I saw on the TVs, el papa Francisco is a really cool guy.
It´s not a bad thing to be a part of another church.  However, the authority to be saved only exists in the Church of Jesus Christ, and that authority only cames through exact obedience to his organization and commandments and by the laying on of hands by someone who has been called of God to have the same priesthood authority.

Last week was the last week of Elder Gutierrez, he´s in Guayaquil getting ready to leave as I write. Last week we sent him off with a bang.

Wedding, party, ward activity, rock concert.

On Friday we had a wedding! (The Howell Family may or may not have used $20 of my reserve to help them out with that.  THANKS :D)

We helped Melisa and Adrian Huacon get married en el civil.  They´re both members, we helped them reactivate and live the law of chastity.  They´re a happy family of three and we foresee them being very very active in the church from now on.  They´re already incredibly faithful to the Lord.



...I always forget that I´ve huge until I see pictures of me with other people...

After the Wedding we helped the ward plan a big wedding reception which turned into a party that we couldn´t see through to the end (curfew is 9:30pm.)

The following Saturday we threw on a ward mission activity planned by us, the missionaries.  It was a talent show and it was EXTREMELY successful.  People later came to over and said it was the best ward activity they have ever attended. And the attendance was incredible.  It was a mix activity between two wards, but the bishop said it had better attendance than the stake activities.

The Talents included cultural dances, skits, singing, etc...

We ended the night with a rock band that asked to come and play.





And the night was forever remembered.

And that´s all.  ¡Voy a entrenar!

I don´t have a new companion yet.  Turns out that I have to wait a little while for my new companion because he isn´t in Ecuador yet. I´ll update you all next week.  I´ll probably have a whole lot more to say by then.  I already have a more to say but my time is short.  I´ll write you all next week!  let me know if you have questions.

Love you all!

-Cameron