Hey mom! Yeah, cambios are just a crazy part of life here. They´re never expected and they happen often. There are almost more cambios in the six weeks between cambios than there are on the day of cambios. It´s normal. My last companion, Hermana Catmull, she never unpacked her suitcases because she almost routinely got cambios every 3-4 weeks on average. The longest she ever stayed in a sector was 7 weeks. But she´s an extreme case.
I´m glad that General Conference was so great for you guys...it wasn´t for us. My companion and I got sick two days before and we didn´t fully recover until yesterday. So for that, we didn´t have anyone to bring and could only go to the Saturday morning session. I was seriously seriously bummed. But we stopped by for the Sunday morning session to see if one of our investigators was going to stop by (he didn´t...we waited outside awkwardly for him and couldn´t go inside), and I saw a whole bunch of people from the Alamos ward that I just left. It was super nice!
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| Katie with Yinson at his baptism |
The good news though is that last night after conference we had a baptism! His name is Yinson and he´s literally one of the best investigators I´ve ever had. Definitely an escogido (sorry not exactly sure how that translates). He has such a strong testimony and even though he´s twice our age (he´s a 40-year-old single dad) he´s become a really good friend of ours. He would ask a bajillion questions, and we would somehow always have the answer for him. It was so cool. His baptism was one of the most spiritual baptisms I´ve attended, despite the scarce attendance (three members from the ward showed up). I´m so happy for him. I just know he´s going to do great things. He always says he´s going to visit us in the US haha.
This Wednesday, so in two days, I hit my 6 month mark! I don´t know how it went by so fast. I only have exactly a year left until I go home! This is much stranger than when Nathan was on his mission, especially since he was out for six months longer than I´ll be.
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| Katie is super happy! Loved her package. Thank you Jill! |
Oh yeah, and this week I got a package! It was actually from the Juchau´s! It had peanut butter which made me laugh because I remembered what you had told me. It definitely made me feel better when I was sick. I think it was supposed to be a Christmas package, but I didn´t get it until April 1st...the thing is packages get to Ecuador fast enough, but they just sit in the mission office for the loooooooongest time, it´s so annoying. Like just give me my mail, darn it. I still haven´t gotten Neeharika´s or Angela´s letters. I´ve given up hope with those.
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| A typical lunch. Katie eats this everyday! |
But yeah, that´s all my news for now. Hope everything is all chill now that everyone´s home. I think Nathan gets home in just a couple weeks, right? Ya mismo! Love you all,
Love,
Hermana Iverson
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