The pics that I sent are of the Botanical Gardens here in
Quito. Way cool. And there are other photos of Cayumbe and Cotopaxi,
and our house, and us on top of our house :)
In
order to find people, we try to ask for references. That is the most
effective, but then we also contact every day. We usually knock doors or
talk to people in the streets. We can do whatever we want to contact
basically.
Ummm, in order to approach the less actives, we just
go and call them or knock on their door, or go with members. They know
who we are. Umm, yeah, I don't know if that answered your question. ;)
We pay zero to have our laundry done. :) We just pay
for detergent, but there is a family in the ward that does it for us.
We just drop it off and go back one or two days later to pick it up!
Easy.
Haha our dinners are usually just bread. There are
tons of bakerys here and they are super good. But no. We only really
prepare breakfast. Members feed us lunch, and dinner really is not
anything special. We usually will just stop at a bakery in some moment
or on the way home and buy some bread to eat.
My arm is much better. And my health is good. The
weather here is usually sunny but really not too hot. But sometimes the
sun feels super strong haha But it is really comfortable. And almost
always I wear short sleeves just because we walk a lot and sometimes it
gets a little hot, but I could be wearing long sleeves no problem too.
This week also my companion recieved his patriarchal
blessing. And we were taught a lot buy the patriarch. In 2 nephi 4:7
there is something super interesting. It is the promise of Lehi to his
son Laman. The promise is that the people of Laman will never be
destroyed. So when we read about all of the wars between the Nephites
and Lamanites, the nephites never really had a chance. Haha. the
lamanites had the Lord's blessing that they would not be destroyed.
Just an interesting thought. ;)
I have to go now, but I know that this church is
true. I know that we can receive so much from God if we are obedient to
His commandments. Many people tell us that they are happy, but they can
be much happier, and feel so much more with this gospel. I have seen the
blessings in the lives of the people here that we teach. Families
really can be eternal and live together forever. I know that this is
true. This message offers so much hope and peace and comfort and
everything else good. I love my Heavenly Father and all that He has
done for me. This life is not perfect and we are going to have
challenges, but Heavenly Father will be with us in every moment if we
love Him and follow Him.
Thank you all for your examples. I love and miss you! Sorry if these are too long ;)
Love,
Elder Parker
So I have tons of pics today, and these are of the botanical garden that we went to!! :) It was sweet.
In this bunch there is a little bit of NM!!! :) They had chili!! :) aha
These pics
are of Cayambe and Cotopaxi. Cayambe is more pointed than cotopaxi. This
is like the first day we were able to see them both clearly because
there is always clouds surrounding them. And me and my companion
eating breakfast one morning.
I have a new injury! I just slipped when we were walking down a steep hill because there were tons of pebbles haha
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