Monday, February 8, 2016

February 8, 2016 Week 16 Riobamba

Hey MOM,
Well first off you are lucky that you have your Ipad and can talk into it and it types for you. I have to type everything and it sucks cause my hands get tired. These keyboards are also very terrible. Well here it goes. So this week was pretty normal except when you walk outside you are in a battlefield. Well I guess there are two battlefields, One with Satan and the other with little kids always trying to hit you with Espuma and Water balloons. Oh and chalk. 
Anyways I thought I would try and make this spiritual....I will try but you know me mom. So there are so many people here that don't believe in Jesus or anything and all these people are very into their culture and that is why it is hard to teach them because everything we present is so different. Some people are just very into their culture. They like to drink and think they are Catholic. We try to teach them things they need to know but sometimes they just don't listen and they don't want to change. But inspite of all that we keep trying and help them. We also found a family who live right next to us and they are from England but they are actually Ecautorianos. So that was weird but we went to their house and talked to them for a while. They have a 19 year old daughter who is... nice. Anyways so we talked to them for a long time and then at the end of it we were like well maybe we can come by and teach you guys and stuff. So the dad is like "Oh yeah you guys are missonaries, like me" so were like "What?" And he just says really casually "Yeah we are Jehovas Witnesses" And usually those people won't let you talk to them because they think that you are spawn of Satan. So the fact that he is actually nice to us and doesn't kill us is amazing. SO we were like well we will pass by and see when we can talk again. Anyways so that was actually kind of cool. 
And I know that Satan has plenty of ways of deception and he will do anything to keep us as the People of Christ away from our brothers and sisters. I know that we just keep trying and eventually these people will find the truth but only if we keep bringing it to them. And there is a scripture in D and C somewhere that says something like this "They are kept from the truth because they know not where to find it" That is one of my favorite scriptures because it basically explains that these people are not part of our church yet because they have not had the chance to find it yet. I love that because we are the bringers of the word of God. We share something that nobody else has. We share something that nobody else has the authority to share. Anyways mom that is what I was thinking.
 Anyways now down to the other war that we are fighting here. IT IS CARNAVAL. Everybody just throws water balloons and soaks everybody with buckets of water. It is really scary actually we always watch the roof tops for people. It kind of sucks because we have appointments and stuff to get to and it sucks when you are soaking wet all day. Some people actually respect us and don't soak us. The other day I was crossing the street and some guy passed me and started praying and putting his hands together asking permission if he could pass me. It was really weird. Also we went to the hospital the other day and they have some good security and you are not allowed in. So we asked if we could go and see a member who was getting surgery on his organs or something. Anyways the lady said that only one of us could go in. So my companion was like "Look we are missionaries of Christ and are only here to visit our friend" So they let us in without any problems and also they didn't take our IDs like they usually do. So we got into this hospital full of sick people and it is kind of hard being in there because you know that you can heal them but you can't because it's not allowed really. So everybody is just staring at us and it was super quiet as we walked through this hospital. Anyways it was really cool and I think the member appreciated it.  He got hurt a few months ago because he was drinking for his birthday and got into a car crash and almost died. Anyways he is alright though. That was also a cool thing. 
I don't really like their donuts or cookies because they are terrible at cooking them and they just don't know how to do it.  We have flour and sugar here but I want to try and make my own stuff maybe. Next changes are in 2 weeks so we will see how this goes. Also we are going to Quito in a few days because Elder Holland is coming to our mission and going to teach us some stuff. I will send pictures of that later. And also I don't know why people don't uderstand that addiction enslaves them. They also have terrible education here though. We also had some guy here that told us that our country is Hell for people like him. Well that is because you can't just go to America and expect that your education is up to par with ours. They just don't know enough to get payed more than most Americans. Anyways people hate us here because they think that we chose to be born in America and have waayyyy better education than them. They also love to charge us about half a million dollars for stuff. I hate that. But I do like their culture here now. It is funny. 
Well also we have been soaking little kids and stuff all week of course and today is the actual day of Carnaval. So we went with some members and played a lot and had a bbq. It was fun but I hope that we don't get wet these next few weeks. We are not allowed to leave the house tomorrow. They just don't want us getting wet and getting hurt or something. So we will just hang out I guess. These are the only times in the year that we have to stay inside though. Also we might make some scones tomorrow. Porque las hermanas de la Primavera nos dio algunas cosas para cocinando scones. Entonces hacemos scones...
Also I want to make some more because they are good. Anyways I dont really know what else.
A lady is teaching us to knit


 I heard the Broncos won and what not. That is exciting. Love you guys
Love Elder Rogers

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