This week had its ups and downs just like the hills, or mountains, that surround Cuenca. I will start with the downs so we can end the letter on the ups.
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| Elder Shanklin and his darling new friend |
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| Elder Shanklin and a furry friend |
Downs
This week, as many people know, we were supposed to have a baptism. Well as I have previously stated that nothing can ever go smoothly for baptisms, and my point is still proved up to now. On Tuesday we recieved a call from our zone leaders that they had gone to Paolas house and when they got there they found out that the step father had passed away randomly that morning. It came to all of us as a suprise because we had talked to him the day before and from what we understand he was healthy and didnt have any problems. Lets just say that took our world for a wild turn. We were lost in what we should do and say so we turned to the lord. We decided to call the sisters from our ward to ask for help. They came and we went and visited her. She was very lost, and needed a lot of help. She told us that she has a lot of questions, and doubts, and is angry with god so she doesnt want to be baptized until things play out a little bit. She still wants us to come by but she told us right now she will be spending a lot of time with her mom, because she is going threw a lot of problems. Hopefully in the coming weeks there is good news.
That really is the only down but it is super sad.
Ups
This week President and the assistants came to Cuenca to give us a speech, or help. We watched a little bit of Meet The Mormons which was super awesome. I learned alot about how we can better ourselves as missionaries and as people. We gathered as the 2 zones from Cuenca and another zone from just outside. We didn't eat guinea pig or anything like that but they did bring us some food to eat which was pretty good.
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| Elders at Zone Meeting |
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| Zone Meeting Pictures |
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| Zone Meeting Pictures |
Biggest up of this week is the news I got about one of my good friends, Alec. Probably making the best decision of his life this saturday and it stinks that I wont be there but I support him 100%. Honestly wish I could be there to support, but I am doing the same thing here in Ecuador. Gonna change this kids life forever.
Got some good news from one of our investigadors that maybe in a couple weeks, he could be ready to be baptized.
Here in the mission good things and bads things always happen. Someone told me this week that the mission is like kung fu. You have to use the force from the bad and use its own force to combat it and make it good. That would be a quote from my zone leader. Not sure if you understand, but it is alright. Thanks for all the support and prayers. Hope everyone has a good week.
Life is a sport, make it a count
Elder Shanklin
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