This week started with a shake and then we keep things rolling during the week.
Earthquake
Because of the immense heat here in Ecuador things happen. This week at 6:00 on Monday morning we woke up to our house and beds shaking because there was an earthquake. Those of you from California -it was not a huge one but instead a small one.
(Mom Note: I looked it up and it was a 5.8 magnitude earthquake) However for the Ecuadoreans it was something huge. However us missionaries are not from Ecuador. The earthquake woke us up and within 3 minutes we were both back asleep. We still had 30 minutes more of shut eye. That has been the talk of the town tho. Since that has happen tons of people has asked us if we felt it and if we were scared and a bunch of others things. We are still alive.
BBQ FHE
This week we had an awesome Family home Evening with the youth and recent converts. We all had a bbq and watched a church movie. Good time. Yours truly was head chef because suprisingly nobody knows how to cook hamburgers here in Ecuador. We had a great time and took some cool photos. The youth here are great. One is leaving to his mission in Bolivia soon so it was like a going away party for him.
Investigadors
We are working super hard in Guayaquil in order to have as much success as possible. We have tons of investigadors and lots are super excited to come to church and learn more and are working hard to help them progress and eventually take the steps necessary to be baptized. Geo is a 23 year old who has been investigating the church for 9 months and is now ready to be baptized. There is also a single mom and her 3 daughters that we are working with and some others in the mix as well. This are moving along and hopefully in the next couple weeks you will get pictures of us in white!
Thanks for all the love and support
Life is sport, make it count
Elder Shanklin
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