4 Months in!!

Hey Everyone!!

Yesterday was my four month mark!! But no, I`m not really counting down... Time is flying though!

I`m still here in the city of Milagro with Hermana Adams. I`m really enjoying being here in this area with the people I`m working with.

Elder Christofferson came and spoke to us a few weeks ago. There was such an awesome spirit with him. He spoke to us about being servants of Christ and how best to go about it. He`s got pretty good Spanish.

Speaking of Spanish, learning it is going really well. Gifts of the spirit are so legit is all I have to say. I had my first interview with President this week and he asked me where I learned to speak such good Spanish. Don`t get me wrong, I have a ways to go til I`m completely fluent but for 4 months in, I am speaking really well.

So far I haven`t done anything nursing here--just the regular missionary thing. There`s another girl from Utah that`s doing the nursing right now. I expect they`ll pull me to the office in a few months to train with her.

We`ve had 7 people get baptized so far this month and we should have 2 next week.. This past weekend was the service for a set of identical girl trillizas (triplets) that were turning 9 the same day. They were so fun to teach and I love their family so much. We had a huge cake for them at their baptism. They have a custom here that whoever`s having a birthday bites the cake so they all bit it and they all ended up with clown smiles painted on their faces from the frosting. It was the cutest thing! I want to bring them home with me.

My most exotic experience recently was shaking hands with a monkey. It was somebody`s pet and he was just tied up outside. He was pretty ugly. He tried to jump on me but luckily his chain wasn`t long enough. I might have died if he had actually jumped on me. Monkey`s are much cuter as drawings.

One thing that I love about Ecuador is that everyone uses hammocks. Almost every house has a hammock strung up in the room with the TV where you can just chill and watch. A lot of people have their houses elevated on stilts for the flood season so they`ll string hammocks up underneath their houses when it`s dry. I even saw a man napping in a hammock strung up under his transport truck. Gotta love Ecuador. So, fam, be thinking about where you`d like to put the hammock. ;)

One not so cool thing here is the mosquitoes. They`re like paranas of the air. No.me.gusta. And every season is mosquito season because it`s always hot here. And apparently it`s going to be getting hotter because we`re about to go into their summer in a couple of months. Sweet.

That`s about all I have for now. I hope all is well with everyone at home. Congratulations to everyone that got/is getting married or having babies. I love you all and miss you all. And a huge thank you to everyone that sent a letter or note or email. Even though I don`t answer back right away, I really appreciate hearing from yàll. Until next time... Have a wonderful day!!

Love,

Hermana Williams