Wowzers this week was crazy, we had another set of emergency changes on Thursday (this was round 2 this change). This time I got moved, so now I'm in a sector called Salvador Celi, with Elder Smith (see pic below). He's from Lehi, UT, and he's super cool. I'm really excited for the next 1 1/2 changes I'll have with him.
One of my last days in Guamani, random neighborhood kids were throwing water balloons at each other, and decided to chuck one at us for who knows what reason. Gotta love em.
Well, aside from a surprise bout of sickness on Saturday, my switch here has been really good. Basically I woke up sick and later figured out that the District Leader also woke up sick with strep throat, so the Zone Leaders called the Mission President and we ended up doing temporary divisions, me and the District Leader getting quarantined in a house by ourselves to get better. Fun times! :)
I gotta tell you all about our Pday activity last week, which me and Elder Choque did as a companionship before the emergency changes. So, we went to Panecillo, which is basically a famous hill in the middle of Quito. We've been wanting to visit it for a while, so I was glad we finally got to go. It's famous among the Catholics (and is a big tourist sight as well) for the Virgin Mary Statue that you can see from just about all of Quito. It was pretty neat, but even cooler is the story from a Church point of view.
Basically, if I remember right, in about 1965, Elder Spencer W. Kimball (at the time an apostle) was talking with President David O. Mckay about plans for missionary work in South America. He pointed on a big map to Quito, Ecuador, and spoke about the millions of indigenous Americans living there. After consideration, President Mckay said "I think the time has arrived for the Lamanites to hear the Gospel," and gave Elder Kimball the authority to start the missionary work there. A little while later, Elder Kimball went with a small group to the top of Panecillo, and said a prayer to dedicate the country of Ecuador for Missionary Work. If I remember, I'll try to upload a picture of the whole story next week. But yeah, basically it was really neat and spiritual to read that story at the very hill where Ecuador was dedicated for the work of the Lord.
Anyways, I'm super excited for another week here and to help the other missionaries grow and give it their best efforts.
I love you all and hope you have a great week!
Love,
Elder Stolle
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