The mosquitos have me beat 13 to 10

Sep 10, 2018, 6:08 PM

Hola todos!

This week was great! We worked we played and we ate lots of great food! Yes I can finally eat again!

First of all, we had 3 people get baptized here yesterday. Flor and her son Andres, and Isabel. It was really powerful and we all felt the spirit. 

Second, yesterday a couple came to church. The husband is less active and the the wife isn`t a member, but when we visited them, the wife already believed that the church is true. It was a miracle. They have such a bright future ahead and I am  glad that God has given me the chance to be a part of it. 

Georgina decided that she didn´t want to get baptized or hear from us which was kind of sad but her son is still really excited about the church and we are going to see what his plans are.

More news next week.

Today for p-day we went and visited a community of Tsachilas, a native culture that live away from the rest of Santo Domingo. They have a lot of really interesting cultural activities including painting their hair red and speaking a different language. It was pretty exciting. 

Also in the pictures below you will see all of the wonderful foods I have eaten recently. Such a blessing to be able to eat. 

The baptism was a little rushed because we had to do it right before church started, but the spirit was really strong

Here I am chewing on sugar cane. It is really tasty. Much better than the white processed stuff they sell in the united states.

Chicken feet anyone?

This is cacao, or cocoa. The stuff that becomes choclate. It has a hard outer shell, but inside there´s a strange white gummy thing and a bean that when dry becomes choclate. The white gummy stuff is also really tasty.

Here is the medicine room of the Tsachilas. The tour guide is one of them and her clothing is what they wear. It may be hard to see but she also has lines painted on her skin. I´m really curious about their culture, but they didn`t tell us very much as to why they do the things they do... :(

Well that's all folks I gotta go and this keyboard is starting to bug me because it likes to throw in random letters and numbers sometimes.

Wish you all the best of luck!

Elder Cloward