Dear Family and Friends,
Wow! It's so great to hear that everyone is doing soo well! That's so crazy that Nate leaves tomorrow! Ahh!!! Loco! But he is going to be an awesome missionary and love the mission so much. It is the best two years of your life really. And like you said it is important to keep a good outlook on life because it is tough too. But it's also been the most fun and the happiest I've ever been.
So first off, I'm sending all the pictures that I couldn't send last week. The first picture is of the baptism we had a week ago that I already told you about. It was a mom and her two kids and it was an awesome experience. The next two pictures are of another baptism we had this Thursday that just passed and that was so awesome. It was the baptism of the Guadalupe Family. They are so awesome. The husband is an amazing guy and he really changed his life and loves the Gospel. It has been awesome to see the change in their family is these short three weeks here. And later I am going to send some pictures of the other missionaries in our zone and also of when we went to Cotopaxi, the snow covered volcano.
So the big news this week is that we had transfers! But nothing happened here. I'm still with my two companions and still in the sector Vista Hermosa. But I'm okay with that because I've only been here for 3 weeks. But I did get bumped up to district leader this transfer. Which means now I have to take care of all the missionaries in my district and do baptismal interviews and all that good stuff. I'm a little nervous about it, but I think I'll hopefully do alright haha.
Besides that, General Conference was awesome this week! I loved every minute and learned a lot. Oh and as usual I saw Uncle Andy in the Conference, but I also saw Aunt Melissa this time! Freak the first time singing in General Conference and she already got a close up with just her. What a star! haha. Oh and when the choir from BYU sung I also saw my homie Hollie Pratt singing and I thought I saw McLaine Sanford so that was kinda cool. But yeah Conference was awesome and I can't wait for the next one.
Well that's about all I've got for this week. Still just living it up in Ecuador. I love you all soo much and I'll talk to you next week!
Love,
Elder Joshy LEE!!!
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Monday, April 1, 2013
Easter!
Dear Family and Friends,
I'm glad it sounds like everyone had an awesome easter!! It's really amazing how fast the year flies by.
Also, we had some baptisms this week! Whoo!! The Ruíz family. It is a mom and her two daughters and it went great. I like this new sector a lot because we have a lot more people that we are teaching and helping to come unto Christ.
Well so that's about all I've got for this week. Sorry but I didn't have much time to write, so I'll write more next week! Love you all and hope you have an awesome week! And Nate's going on a mission in a week!!! Ahh!!!! Haha love you all a ton!
I'm glad it sounds like everyone had an awesome easter!! It's really amazing how fast the year flies by.
I don't have a lot of time to write this week, so you might not get pictures until next week sorry. But today as a zone we went to Cotopaxi. That's why I don't have a lot of time to write. But Cotopaxi is an active volcano that has snow on it! And yes there is snow in Ecuador haha. But it was pretty fun I guess. And really freaking cold. I didnt really bring snow clothes with me to Ecuador so it got pretty chilly up there. And there wasn't even really snow. I took one picture with a tiny bit of snow and that's all we could find. There was more snow higher up, but we didn't have time to keep climbing. But it was still a lot of fun.
Also, we had some baptisms this week! Whoo!! The Ruíz family. It is a mom and her two daughters and it went great. I like this new sector a lot because we have a lot more people that we are teaching and helping to come unto Christ.
Oh and one funny story this week. Well in the U.S., like 3 days ago or something there was daylights savings time. Here in Ecuador that doesn't exist because the sun always rises at 6 and sets at 6. But I bought my watch in the U.S. and it automatically changes to daylight savings time. I didn't realize it, and on Sunday my companions and I got up at 5:30 instead of 6:30 because of my alarm. I didn't even think about it still being dark outside and I didn't realize my watch had changed to an hour earlier until church started an hour late (or so I thought). My companions got a little upset at me for making them get up a little early, but it was pretty funny haha.
Well so that's about all I've got for this week. Sorry but I didn't have much time to write, so I'll write more next week! Love you all and hope you have an awesome week! And Nate's going on a mission in a week!!! Ahh!!!! Haha love you all a ton!
Love,
Elder Joshua LEE!!
Monday, March 25, 2013
Los Chillos Week 2
Dear Fam and Friends!
Wow it sounds like a pretty crazy week at home! But I'm glad it sounds like it went well! I loved the few pictures of Ben at Disneyland. Everytime you tell me a story about something cute that he says, I can totally imagine him saying it in my mind haha. He is a little cuties. And I'm pumped to talk with him and the whole fam again in almos a month! Wow time flies by. And that's awesome that the whole family could come down for Nate's farewell. He's gonna be a stud missionary. And that's soo cool he gets to go to the MTC in Chile! I hope Amanda and Nathan both had awesome birthdays!!!
Well the big news this week is that they changed the email rules for all the missionaries. We now have 2 hours to send emails and we can email friends as well as family members! Whoo!!! I'll attach the copy of the letter from our president so you can see too. So all my homies, if you want, can send me emails now!! It's kinda sweet.
In other news, I really love my sector here. We have a lot of people that we are teaching and everything is going well. And we had a baptism this Saturday! He's a dude named Alex and he's kinda a stud. His wife is already a member and we've been teaching him. I actually only had like 2 lessons with the guy and he chose me to baptize him which was an honor. I sent some pics. But it went really well and hopefully we'll have some more baptisms this saturday!
It has been a little tough with my companions in this sector though. Being in a trio is a little difficult and one of my comps gets angry really easily, but i've learned a lot in my short week and a half here. I know the Lord put me in this companionship for a reason and that I can learn a lot from my companions. I've been learning a lot of patience and I've also realized that I've been a little bit prideful as a missionary. It's something that I need to do better. And I'm really going to work on being more humble this week to get along better with my comps.
But we also had some other cool things this week. FIrst, it's freezing in this sector too. We're on another mountain and it rains like everyday and the house is freezing. It even hailed one of the days! Or more like 3 different times! But I'm more adjusted to the cold now so it's not too bad. Also, one of our mamitas, or the families that give us food, took us to a buffet this week. That was awesome. Not quite as good as an American buffet, but still delicious. Oh and we had kind of an interesting contact this week. We were out knocking doors and out came this Catholic dude (no surprise. Everyone here is Catholic). But we started talking and we found out that he was a Catholic missionary in a special group with other Catholics. And then he started talking about how he talks with angels and they let him know what's going to happen. He said there are a lot of things planned for this year, especially in August. It was a really interesting experience and I felt really weird talking to him haha. But now I have a funny story.
So that's about it this week. Thanks a ton to Sister Isom for the letter she sent me! I got it this week and it was really great! I'm really excited to be in this area and I know there are a lot of things that I have to learn here and a lot of people that I need to help. Even with the cold and having to climb hills and everything, I like this new sector a lot and I'm really happy to be here. I'm also excited to have 2 hours to email and to anyone we want! Whoo! haha. But it's amazing being a missionary! I wouldn't trade it or the lessons I've learned here for anything in the world. Miss you all a ton and talk to you next week!
Con Muchísimo Amor,
Elder Joshy LEE!!!
Wow it sounds like a pretty crazy week at home! But I'm glad it sounds like it went well! I loved the few pictures of Ben at Disneyland. Everytime you tell me a story about something cute that he says, I can totally imagine him saying it in my mind haha. He is a little cuties. And I'm pumped to talk with him and the whole fam again in almos a month! Wow time flies by. And that's awesome that the whole family could come down for Nate's farewell. He's gonna be a stud missionary. And that's soo cool he gets to go to the MTC in Chile! I hope Amanda and Nathan both had awesome birthdays!!!
Well the big news this week is that they changed the email rules for all the missionaries. We now have 2 hours to send emails and we can email friends as well as family members! Whoo!!! I'll attach the copy of the letter from our president so you can see too. So all my homies, if you want, can send me emails now!! It's kinda sweet.
In other news, I really love my sector here. We have a lot of people that we are teaching and everything is going well. And we had a baptism this Saturday! He's a dude named Alex and he's kinda a stud. His wife is already a member and we've been teaching him. I actually only had like 2 lessons with the guy and he chose me to baptize him which was an honor. I sent some pics. But it went really well and hopefully we'll have some more baptisms this saturday!
It has been a little tough with my companions in this sector though. Being in a trio is a little difficult and one of my comps gets angry really easily, but i've learned a lot in my short week and a half here. I know the Lord put me in this companionship for a reason and that I can learn a lot from my companions. I've been learning a lot of patience and I've also realized that I've been a little bit prideful as a missionary. It's something that I need to do better. And I'm really going to work on being more humble this week to get along better with my comps.
But we also had some other cool things this week. FIrst, it's freezing in this sector too. We're on another mountain and it rains like everyday and the house is freezing. It even hailed one of the days! Or more like 3 different times! But I'm more adjusted to the cold now so it's not too bad. Also, one of our mamitas, or the families that give us food, took us to a buffet this week. That was awesome. Not quite as good as an American buffet, but still delicious. Oh and we had kind of an interesting contact this week. We were out knocking doors and out came this Catholic dude (no surprise. Everyone here is Catholic). But we started talking and we found out that he was a Catholic missionary in a special group with other Catholics. And then he started talking about how he talks with angels and they let him know what's going to happen. He said there are a lot of things planned for this year, especially in August. It was a really interesting experience and I felt really weird talking to him haha. But now I have a funny story.
So that's about it this week. Thanks a ton to Sister Isom for the letter she sent me! I got it this week and it was really great! I'm really excited to be in this area and I know there are a lot of things that I have to learn here and a lot of people that I need to help. Even with the cold and having to climb hills and everything, I like this new sector a lot and I'm really happy to be here. I'm also excited to have 2 hours to email and to anyone we want! Whoo! haha. But it's amazing being a missionary! I wouldn't trade it or the lessons I've learned here for anything in the world. Miss you all a ton and talk to you next week!
Con Muchísimo Amor,
Elder Joshy LEE!!!
Monday, March 18, 2013
Los Chillos Week 1
Dear Fam and Friends,
It's great to hear that the family is doing well! I'm glad they are all enjoying spring break! And that's awesome that Amanda and Jake got to go on trek! It was soo much fun for me and I hope they enjoyed it! And that's crazy that Nate is already going to give his farewell talk. Wow time really flies by. Just another 2 weeks and he'll be in the MTC. He's gonna be such and awesome missionary. And thanks soo much for the pictures!
Well here in Ecuador, the big news is that I got transfered. For me it was actually really sad. I really came to love the people there in Atahualpa (my last sector) and I was soo sad to leave. Especially my convert Alexa and her husband Leo. They're the family we got married last week and it was really hard to say goodbye to them. I felt like I was leaving home for the second time. I fell like that is something I've learned a lot about on the mission, charity. i really have come to love the people here in Ecuador. But that's the missions, and I'm excited to get to know the people in my new sector and learn to love them too. My new sector is called Los Chillos. It's a valley a little outside of Quito. I'm up on the mountain side, but more in the valley the people have a TON of money. They have giant houses and I feel like i'm in the states sometimes haha. But that's not my sector. Oh and I'm in a trio. My companions are Elder Soria from Argentina and Elder Hidalgo from Ecuador. Elder Hidalgo is another new missionary, so Im training again. And Elder Soria has 10 months. It's a little difficult being in a trio and especially because Elder Hidalgo and Elder Soria don't get along so well, but I'll make it through and be able to hlep the people in this sector.
Well that's the only news from me. Life is still going well and the mission too. Oh and they changed the rules now so that we can email other missionaries in the mission! Whoo!! So if you could send me the emails of like Taylor Heyman, McGyver Mann and anyother homies in the mission that'd be sweet. Oh and Alli Farnsworth too. But that's about it! Love you all soo much and talk to you next week!!
Con Amor,
Elder LEE!!
It's great to hear that the family is doing well! I'm glad they are all enjoying spring break! And that's awesome that Amanda and Jake got to go on trek! It was soo much fun for me and I hope they enjoyed it! And that's crazy that Nate is already going to give his farewell talk. Wow time really flies by. Just another 2 weeks and he'll be in the MTC. He's gonna be such and awesome missionary. And thanks soo much for the pictures!
Well here in Ecuador, the big news is that I got transfered. For me it was actually really sad. I really came to love the people there in Atahualpa (my last sector) and I was soo sad to leave. Especially my convert Alexa and her husband Leo. They're the family we got married last week and it was really hard to say goodbye to them. I felt like I was leaving home for the second time. I fell like that is something I've learned a lot about on the mission, charity. i really have come to love the people here in Ecuador. But that's the missions, and I'm excited to get to know the people in my new sector and learn to love them too. My new sector is called Los Chillos. It's a valley a little outside of Quito. I'm up on the mountain side, but more in the valley the people have a TON of money. They have giant houses and I feel like i'm in the states sometimes haha. But that's not my sector. Oh and I'm in a trio. My companions are Elder Soria from Argentina and Elder Hidalgo from Ecuador. Elder Hidalgo is another new missionary, so Im training again. And Elder Soria has 10 months. It's a little difficult being in a trio and especially because Elder Hidalgo and Elder Soria don't get along so well, but I'll make it through and be able to hlep the people in this sector.
Well that's the only news from me. Life is still going well and the mission too. Oh and they changed the rules now so that we can email other missionaries in the mission! Whoo!! So if you could send me the emails of like Taylor Heyman, McGyver Mann and anyother homies in the mission that'd be sweet. Oh and Alli Farnsworth too. But that's about it! Love you all soo much and talk to you next week!!
Con Amor,
Elder LEE!!
Monday, March 11, 2013
Best Week Ever!! Quito Week 18
Dear Fam and Friends,
So this week was amazing because I got to go to my first Ecuatorian wedding!!!! It was sweet!!! There's this family that I've been teaching since I got to this sector in December. The husband is a member, but his wife wasn't, but she couldn't get baptized because they weren't married. And they couldn't get married because they had some problems with their papers and it's a lot harder to get married here in Ecuador than in the US. But there papers finally came through and they got married this week!!!! It was soo awesome! My companion and I got to go and I took a bunch of pictures and it was way cool! And then afterwards we went to their house and got to meet all their family and it was way cool. And then..... the day after... Alexa got baptized!!! Whoo!!! And she picked me to baptize her which was way awesome. It was probably my favorite baptism I've had so far. I really love this family soo much and it made for such and awesome week. i'm gonna try and send home a lot of pictures!
But yeah that really made for an awesome week. The rest of the week was good too, but not too much exciting happened. I'm still working hard and really loving being a missionary. I hope the whole fam is doing well and I miss you a ton! But I really have developed such a strong love for this work. When I can have weeks like this, it is amazing. I really have noticed just how really happy I am out here serving a mission. It's amazing to see the change the Gospel can make in people's lives and how happy they are when they have it. I'm going to be really sad when I have to leave this area because I have met soo many amazing families here, but I have at least 4 more weeks so I just need to keep working as hard as I can to find as many people as I can in this sector. Love you all soo much and hablamos la proxima semana!!!
Love,
Elder LEE!!!!
So this week was amazing because I got to go to my first Ecuatorian wedding!!!! It was sweet!!! There's this family that I've been teaching since I got to this sector in December. The husband is a member, but his wife wasn't, but she couldn't get baptized because they weren't married. And they couldn't get married because they had some problems with their papers and it's a lot harder to get married here in Ecuador than in the US. But there papers finally came through and they got married this week!!!! It was soo awesome! My companion and I got to go and I took a bunch of pictures and it was way cool! And then afterwards we went to their house and got to meet all their family and it was way cool. And then..... the day after... Alexa got baptized!!! Whoo!!! And she picked me to baptize her which was way awesome. It was probably my favorite baptism I've had so far. I really love this family soo much and it made for such and awesome week. i'm gonna try and send home a lot of pictures!
But yeah that really made for an awesome week. The rest of the week was good too, but not too much exciting happened. I'm still working hard and really loving being a missionary. I hope the whole fam is doing well and I miss you a ton! But I really have developed such a strong love for this work. When I can have weeks like this, it is amazing. I really have noticed just how really happy I am out here serving a mission. It's amazing to see the change the Gospel can make in people's lives and how happy they are when they have it. I'm going to be really sad when I have to leave this area because I have met soo many amazing families here, but I have at least 4 more weeks so I just need to keep working as hard as I can to find as many people as I can in this sector. Love you all soo much and hablamos la proxima semana!!!
Love,
Elder LEE!!!!
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