October 31st, 2016

Well, life is amazing.  I have never been so happy, and my Spanish has skyrocketed.  I've learned so much Spanish, it is amazing.  Elder Villacorta is an amazing person.  Whenever I struggle with Spanish he looks at me and says, "poco a poco"(little by little), and he tells me it is alright to struggle.  We are great friends and are full of laughter, it is great.  It is great speaking Spanish, in fact, I'm forgetting some English.  I'm starting to become a bad English teacher because I can't answer their preguntas(questions).  I'm starting to get bad at reading in English, I can't pronounce half the words, it is awesome.

Anyway, Tungurahua is starting to have a little bit of smoke and last night there was a lot of rumbling, and tremors, but nothing happened.  To dad, another big storm came in, it is cool, but I get really wet.

Last night we had a great lesson with a less-active family.  The dad is an investigator and the dad had a friend there who is also an investigator.  The whole branch council came, it was an amazing lesson.  We talked about prayer and the church, the spirit was very strong.  Elder Villacorta was crying near the end along with many other people, (Not Me).  But it was great when the oldest kid bore testimony of the church because the dad was really affected by it, it was an amazing lesson.  I love this family.  Whenever we walk into the house of this family, the youngest boy runs up to us and screams, "ELDERS", and gives us hugs, I love it.  This week has been full of awesome experiences.  I now know what it means to be a missionary, it is amazing.

It is great you guys are doing good, and the ward party looked fun.  Was Ellie dressed up as Sariah, Nephi's mom?

I love you all and have a great week. ​