Hey guys,
Well I have a ton to tell you this week.
I've had a lot of changes and I am now out of Guayaquil wooooow!!! I am in Machala, the
city of the bananas... the banana capitol of the world haha and I absolutely love
it. I have been called to be the district leader here and my new companion's
name is Elder Hammond and he is from the United States from Rexburg, Idaho and he is
awesome and I love him to death. He has 5 months in the mission and he is super
animated all the time... he hardly ever frowns. It's great.
We are in a sector that
is called los esteros and it is one of the best areas in all of the mission. The
whole ward is super good about missionary work and they help us out a ton. This
is one of the areas that baptizes the most in all the of the world... So it's
absolutely perfect. I am so excited to be here and I love my companion. However,
it's a big responsibility to be here too. We'll have to keep working hard and
reach the potential of this area :)
Although I am super happy here, it was hard to leave Esclusas...I loved that
area and I made some amazing friends. I'll miss my crazy Colombian companion
Elder Cardona but oh well, I had to leave at some time.
Now about the week. So we worked extremely hard this week. And I got super
burned haha (sorry mom) I got way burned caused apparently the sun is more
potent here in Machala and also a big part of our area (named the Coco) doesn't
have cement and it is just dirt and when you are there it honestly feels and looks
like you are walking in Africa. About 90 percent of those that live in the Coco
are black and almost all of the houses are made out of bamboo. It is awesome,
sometimes dangerous but really sweet. We explored all of the area and we are
seeing a lit bit of our efforts, and hopefully we will have one baptism the coming Saturday :) yeah!!!
And something funny this week that happened was that we were
walking in the Coco and a little tiny dog started barking at us and it got really mad and
got close to my leg so I kicked at it and it backed up but kept barking like
crazy. So then we were about 70 or 80 feet away from it and I picked up a rock
and just sorta winged it backwards at the dog and I drilled it in the butt
hahahaha . felt way bad afterwards and I was so amazied that I hit it. It was
hillarious, my companion was dying from laughter.
And today we bought a 10 dollar Christmas tree and set it up in the
house :) it's sweet it has lights and everything.
So anyways I love it here in Machala and I'm so glad I have you guys in my
life. I am grateful for everything that you've done for me in my life :) I hope
you all have a wonderful week!
Love, Elder Lignell
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