Hey Mom and Dad,
Wow sounds like it´s been another good week. That sounds exciting that it was Women´s conference at BYU. Those sound like awesome talks from Elder Oaks and Sister Beck. That´s true they always seem like strong speakers. That must´ve been great to see family as well.
Things here are going good. But to answer your questions, the Quevedo Sur zone is actually one of the bigger zones in the mission. We have 8 companionships, 16 missionaries. 6 companionships are inside the city limits then there is one companionship 30 minutes away then another companionship that is an hour and a half away that technically isn´t part of this stake, but is part of this zone. So yeah it´s fun coordinating everything. And as for the war against Cockroaches, we are doing much better. It´s nice Elder Barrientos is very much a fan of cleaning and keeping the house clean so that´s helped a lot. There´s still a few cockroaches we´ll see every now and then, mostly in the garbage or things like that, but definitely a much more tolerable level. We are thinking about moving into a better apartment actually because a family in our ward just moved to Guayaquil and the apartment they stayed in is a good price and sounds much better. Hopefully we´re able to talk with them to see.
But anyways, so this week has been great. I think we´re starting to see some fruits of our labors. But first we had an awesome experience on Tuesday. I don´t think I´ve mentioned much before but the first or second week of every change the mission has what´s called “consejo” (council?) of all the zone leaders in the mission. It´s way neat because all the zone leaders come together with the assistants and the president and it´s like a special training session adapted to the needs of the mission. I´ve heard of the things they teach once or twice and always thought it sounded way awesome. We had it on Tuesday. So yeah with Elder Barrientos we got up early and put on our suits to get to Guayaquil by 9:00am and it was neat as soon as we entered we found all the first rows of the chapel arranged in a semi-circle to make it a little more personal. It felt a lot like Zone conference only less people. First Elder Sanchez gave some special announcements for us as zone leaders or rules to be emphasized that the mission has had problems with (for example one announcement was a reminder that confidential information needs to be kept confidential between the leaders of the mission. Apparently the mission had troubles with that). Then President Gamboa did a little activity to see how our memorization was with The Maestro. I got a little nervous but luckily he didn´t call on me. Though it wasn´t as hard as I thought it would be. He just called two companionships and had them do a basic contact and had one be an investigator to ask questions and the other had to answer with scriptures. It actually looked like fun. The themes that were emphasized was a lot about working with the members and bringing investigators to church. One thing that President Gamboa said really caught my attention. We talked about how more than anything the attitude of the missionaries when they come into a sector can make a big impression. There´s nothing worse than to meet a couple of arrogant missionaries that think they know everything, lol. President Gamboa said that when we step into the home of any member we need to remember and keep the attitude that we are “standing on sacred ground,” the home of a family. It reminded me how special a thing it really is, the home. We should show the utmost respect at all times and truly be representatives of the Lord. It was way good training. We learned a ton of good things to put into practice. Then, one of the best parts, when it was over we all went and had KFC chicken lunch that the mission bought for everyone, yeah definitely a good way to end the consejo.
Alright well I´m afraid I´m out of time so I´d better go. Thanks for your email and the package! I got it today! It´s great! I´m excited for the jerky and the cream should help a lot!
Love you! Chao!
Love,
Elder David Frome
PS- I attached a few pictures that we took while doing service in the house of some members. they live by a huge hill and there was a ton of mud and dirt stacked up we had to take out, fun stuff. J
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