WELL! Before coming, I thought missionary work was all door to door approaches for 12 a day 6.5 days a week. Was I wrong! The vast percentage of the people we teach are through references through members and the past missionaries. We go contacting about... hm.. maybe a few hours a day, but the majority of the day is studying, teaching lessons, making appointments, and learning how to serve. So far, we`ve been teaching a small handful of people, we haven`t had any 2nd lessons with anyone yet, and in reality, the area is kind of dead in a missionary work sense, because it turns out the 2 missionaries who were here before us were really slacking and not following the rules and kind of dumped off. BUT! Elder Redd and I are trying very hard to re-kindle the spirit of missionary work in our sector, and we`re trying to get references from everyone, teaching lessons with ward members, and I`m just adapting the world of Ecuador. We make our own breakfasts (we`re already made pancakes, french toast, and Egg+spam sandwiches, that cookbook Mom wrote is great!), and every day of the week we eat with a designated family, or a `mamita´ for lunch. Lunches here are huge and a little later in the day, so we don`t really have dinner but eat a snack once we return home (usually about 9 or 9.30, no later.) I`m attaching pictures of my old district, a pic of the view from Pres. Ghents house (WHICH! BTW Mom, sister Ghent remembers you, and we were all talking about it!) a pic of my Comp and I in our house (and I`m wearing the llama tie!), and my new decked out planner. I`m praying more than ever, teaching more than ever, and Spanish in the `real world` just got a whole lot tougher! I feel like out in the field everything is taken up an extra level! But it`s nice, and I feel more compelled than ever to work. Plus, I got to go to a baptism last Saturday! Future goals! (Oh! And before I sign out, 1- did you get my plaque scripture 2- Erik! I sent out an international add-on too! KT should be sending it to you soon! (and for some reason the pictures you attach don`t work... is there another way you can attach them? And yes. I did say those quotes out loud) 3- I must clarify, when I said houses don`t have roofs in Peru, I only meant the tops. Of course all the homes have roofs! Sorry for the mixup 4- Look up our area on google maps, it`s in Ecuador, in a town called Carapungo, you can look up the church using lds.org, and we live a few minutes away. 5- Ok, here`s my mission home address
Casilla 17-03-078
Robles 640 y Av. Amazonas
Quito Ecuador
CIAO! -Elder Sanders. I`ll tell you once I`ve eaten chicken foot soup.
