Well when I got called to Santa Rosa, I thought it would be a poorer area and I was really expecting that my new area was going to be just like Guayaquil, with scary stuff going on all around and a lot of garbage, but man it's like I'm in a whole new country! My new area is in the middle of banana farms and rivers and it's so awesome! The bus ride I went on was through banana fields! Everybody lives in real houses and some even have swimming pools! It's hot here, that's for sure, but not as hot as it was in my last area and it's even cold at night! Our house is pretty dope but we have a LOT of mosquitoes. I'm close to Peru and I might have to get someone to get new luggage for me there because everything is way cheaper!
The people here are great! Santa Rosa is still just a District, so I'm in a Branch and this Branch is so Strong!! There are 200 or more people in church every week. Everybody does their callings! The Branch President is such a homie! The rumor is that in February, it will become a stake! I hope so! All is well right now! hahah I think this last week was the first time I've ever prayed for the mission to go by slow because man, this week was SO fast!
I'm the Zone Leader here and we share this branch with 2 sister missionaries. All the other missionaries in the Zone live 30 minutes to 2 hours from us so we have to travel a ton! It's kind of tough, but it should be an adventure! So far, it's pretty fun here!
This past week we had a bautismo with the Sisters! They had taught 2 people who were baptized and we had 1 investigator baptized! My companion, Elder Barnett, the Branch President and I baptized them and it was awesome! Great way to start off the week in the new sector! But man now we have nobody to teach..... kinda blows and I'm stressed, We Starting From the Bottom. Should be fun to see who we can find and teach! All in all, all is well for me! Tomorrow my companion and I have to get up at 4am to travel on a bus back to Guayaquil for a Zone Leader training. I hope we get there in time to watch the announcement from President Nelson on tv!
Elder Hoole
With the sisters, my companion and our Branch President
We travel around the city in these. They're called MOTOS.
The view from inside a MOTO when you are riding in it.
Landscape
Santa Rosa!
Crossing over using one of the many water pipes
He was pretty camouflaged.
At our baptism last week!
Before the baptism
Selfie - kind of blurry
One part of my new area
Seafood ceviche! Yum!
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