I'm Tired!

Elder Thomas and Elder Wallace

Hey everyone!  Ready for another week?

So this week was a hectic one!  Here´s what we did...

Monday: We left in the morning for Quito with María, who needed to be interviewed by President Ghent.  Picked up some things from the mission offices, and went to the house in Quito where all the missionaries stay when we have meetings.

Tuesday:  A full day of meetings with President Ghent, lots of things to remember, and lots of goal-setting for all the zones.

Wednesday:  More meetings with more people.  We made it back to Ibarra at night, and enjoyed a night of sleep in my own bed.  

Thursday:  We ran around trying to get our area in order, checking up on the people who needed to be baptized and confirmed.  Didn´t look too great.  Luis said he wouldn´t be able to make it to church for his comfirmation, and María wasn´t at home.  

Friday:  We got put on splits by our district leader, so I spent the day and that night in his area with his companion.  Totally took us by surprise.  I didn´t have a single change of extra clothes with me, but the day went well and we found a lot of great people.  My companion and our district leader found María, and everything got arranged for her baptism!

Saturday:  María got baptized along with her son Dennis!  (I got to baptize him).  The sisters also had a baptism in their branch, so we also attended that.  Also, we found out that Luis had visited with the branch´s Relief Society preisdent, who is a good friend of his.  She CHEWED HIM OUT!!!  He called us to tell us that he WOULD make it to church the next day to be comfirmed!

Sunday:  María, Dennis, and Luis all got comfirmed.  Afterwards we had a brief meeting with the district president to talk about the mission work.  Then we got a call from the district leader in Tulcan telling us that he needed baptismal interviews.  So we travelled the 2 1/2 hours to Tulcan, did the interviews, then made it back to Ibarra just as it was time to be back at the house.  We planned quickly and went to bed early.  

Now we´re ready for another week!  We made burgers as a district today, and they were tasty!  Now it´s time to check up on the families that we found last week and see what we can do about getting them baptized.  I think I should be greatful that I´m not travelling 6 hours in Australia like Grandma and Grandpa Wallace!  I can handle the trip to Tulcan (even when the bus gets stopped and checked for cocaine every now and then!).  Good job on the 22 mile walk in the mud, the garden and all of its produce, BYD, the dance, and running cross-country minus one toenail.  (You´ll get used to stuff like that in the mission, my feet are in pretty rough shape right now!).  Thank you all for supporting me, and I´ll talk to you all tomorrow!

Love,

Elder Wallace

P.S.  Elder Thomas told me that he heard from his mom that she heard from my mom that my mom had said that my emails are too short.  What do you all think?  haha