Help Him Clean The House-Cuenca Week Twenty Six

Well lets just say this week was pretty great with lots of faith building experiences...

Miracles

So on Tuesday we received a call from a recent convert that told us he was done. That his wife told him that he needed to leave the house and take all his stuff. He immediately called us and told us to come over fast. We arrived in lightning speed. He told us he was going to renounce the church and move away. He sat there listening attentively the whole time as he told us the stories and what was going on. We didnt say one word for almost 10 minutes because he was talking. Finally after a few seconds of waiting an idea popped into my head. As I looked around the whole house was dirty, and it was a complete mess. The thought come to my head clearly. Help him clean the house. I shrugged it off thinking that has nothing to do with the problem. Then the thought came again this time with the thought that whenver my house was clean my mom was happy. This time I offered our assistance. He kinda was hesitant at first but then accepted. We would spend about 2 hours cleaning his house, doing laundry, about everything we could think of. We left him with a goal that he would clean the house everyday, even if it is for a couple minutes. We went by the other day, and lets just day things are going way better for them.

I have no words for this picture!
Can you see the pure JOY in his face??

Gringos Everywhere

So Cuenca is a hot place for retirement for people from the United States. At first it was weird to see white people but know I think I am getting used to it. The coolest part is that there are a couple of gringos in my ward. One which is super awesome. He invites us over like once a week to eat american food. This past week we had a crab feast. It was awesome. Reminded my of the times in New Orleans.  It was boiled crabs, with bread and olive oil, and potatoes with guacamole. It was pretty fantastic. 

Ready to meet their fate!

Not the first time he has done this

Potatoes and guacamole

What is left of dinner

The Awesome family that feeds them

Rain, Rain Go Away

We have officially entered the rain season here in Ecuador, which means that it rains about every single day here in Ecuador. And when the people you have to teach live on top of a mountain in the middle of nowhere it isnt the funnest thing to climb a mountain. At first I thought that it was just a couple day storm so after a couple days I stopped bringing my jacket. Well that was a mistake when it starting down pouring on us in the middle of walking up a hill. Anyway it rains a lot here and it is way colder than the other places I have been.