These past 2 weeks have gone by super quick because we have had zone conference, consejo de Líderes (leadership counsel), and a ton of service todo. Most of the service we do is just chopping weeds or pulling weeds out. Since it has been raining for the past little while, everything has started to grow quite a bit so there is a lot of green. Our first service of the week was just cutting or chopping weeds up and the hermanas weeds were like vines so we would cut the vines but we still couldnt pull them out. Then the second one of the week we went up to El Suspiro, which is about an hour or an hour and a half north from our sector. We had to ask permission and they gave us the permission so we went up to this pueblo or super tiny town in the little mountain in the middle of nowhere Ecuador. We went to a pepper farm where they grow peppers, but it has over grown with weeds so we had to look for the peppers and pull everything out around from the pepper. It felt like iIwas in the movie McFarland. We got back to Santa Elena around 5pm so we were dead from the service and we all got burnt.
Then the day after the service we had our consejo de Líderes or our missionary leadership counsel. It was probably the best counsel we have ever had and it was the most I have felt that we were guided by the Spirit in the counsel. All the leaders came prepared with soluciones and were ready to comment. We ended up finishing early but still got back super late por que el líder de zona de otra zona casi se hizo encima. 🫣🫣
Now starting with the miracles that happened 2 weeks ago. We were heading to a lesson but I saw a house that was kind of hidden and I told myself that there was a house there and that we could go see if they were interested. Out came a lady who was pretty busy who seemed really interested to find the true Church of Jesus Christ and told us that we was interested. Since then Shirley or the mom who we contacted and Scarlett have been to church 2 and have a baptismal date for the 26 of April. If everything goes right, we will have 4 baptisms lined up in April and the ward should have around 6-7 new members of the ward because of the hermanas too.
Then after the second hour of church yesterday, this hermano comes up to us and kind of jokingly tells us to baptize these 2 kids are his family. And turns out he had brought his son and all of his family who aren't members of the church and really liked it. I don't know what the Lord had in mind for us or for the family but I think the thing I have seen in this sector is that the Lord is preparing people and we just have to look for them and help them to live the Gospel and understand it.
Transfers are next week so we'll see what happens or if i just stay with Elder Villanueva👀👀
Los extrano
Elder Roper
