2 Baptisms

Hola!

Well, I forgot to mention in my email last week that we were going to have 2 baptisms this week!  So this past week we had 2 baptisms!  They were awesome!  Such a great experience!  Jean Peir y Yaneth are just great, great people who really have faith and know this church is true!  

Now I ask you all to please pray for the familia garcia!  They are a great new family we are teaching and this past week we went over to teach them and there were 2 Catholic sister missionaries in their house teaching!  NOT GOOD  haha. No, the Catholic religion is great and they really are great nice people who love the Lord too, but man it was so scary and they had them confused on some stuff...but now all is well!  The work here is going well!  

We are hoping for another baptism this week!  A lady here who has been an investigator for like 7 years is finally getting married.  We are hoping that after her wedding she will choose to be baptized now! 

All is well down here in Ecuador!  It is super hot and it rains a lot!  They had the presidential elections here and if they don't vote they get fined like $40.  We couldn't leave our apartment after 6:00.  Next week, we have to stay inside on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday because of some holiday they have here.  So my PDay will be on Wednesday.  We can only leave for church on Sunday and to eat at a members' home for lunch.  I only eat rice and chicken and soup hahah!  People here are so great.  I still have culture shock here sometimes, and then I worry that I will come home and Utah will be for me what Ecuador is like for me right now!  In church yesterday, I gave a talk and my Spanish was soooooo bad!!!!!!  haha  They called me right up during the meeting and I was so scared!  But all is well!

Everyone: READ tonight as a family or by yourself in the Book of Mormon 1 Nephi chapter 8

CTR, my friends (Choose The Right)

CON AMOR,

Elder Hoole!

P.S.  Don't forget about me!