Safe!

Well I got lucky this time!  No transfers for me!  Elder Housley is staying here too, so we´re excited that we´re going to be here for Christmas.

This week we´ve been busy looking for people.  Lately our tactic has been chasing down families in the street, and it´s worked pretty well so far.  The zone has been having some challenges, mostly with missionaries who don´t want to be obedient.  My comp and I were among the only 3 companionships that didn´t have to go get interviewed by the mission president.  Now the zone is receiving a whole bunch of new missionaries.  Among them is Elder Diaz, my companion in Esmeraldas!  It will be good to work with him again because he will be in my district.  We´re actually writing outside of the terminal right now because we have to wait for him to arrive.  It feels kind of strange that now there is only one more group older than mine.  On the 26th we have a meeting with President Ghent, I think to help us end well and not just bum around!  We´re working hard here in Conocoto, this Friday we have a movie night at the church, with popcorn, soda, the whole works.  The only rule is that to come, the members have to bring their nonmenber friends.  We´re hoping for a big turnout so that we can find a lot of new people to teach. 

Right now we´re getting some more investigators who are really good.  I´ll tell you about some of them.  The Morales family is a couple, Diego and Anita, who have two daughters.  They have a lot of interest in what we teach and have been starting to participate in the activities that we have.  They just need to get married.  Once they do that, they will be able to be baptized quite easily.  Janet Chamba is a lady who has a salon close to our house.  She was a referral from a member of another ward, and has been evangelical for a few years, although she doesn´t go anymore.  She likes what we teach because it is meant to help the family, and she is having trouble with one of her teenage sons.  Finally, we have Susana Vargas, who is an old friend of some of our members.  She´s been to church several times but hasn´t been baptized because she still has a few misunderstandings about what she can and cannot do after baptism (i.e. not being about to attend funerals, weddings at other churches).  We´ve been working to clear that up and are hoping to put a baptismal date with her very soon.  They´re all great people, and we´re glad we found them.  

Apart from that, we´ve been working and having a good time here.  We´re very excited for Christmas.  I did like the Christmas devotional, we were able to see it last night.  Apart from that, on the 25th I will be able to call.  Sometime in the afternoon, after church.  When would be best?  Let me know.

Love,

Elder Wallace