4 months and transfers

Well I hit 4 months of being away from home yesterday, time is passing so fast. Today has been a crazy day, We woke up suuuuper early, went all the way into Quito to the offices and picked up some sisters,  then took a bus to this huge bus station about 3 hours south where I picked up my new companion!!! We then took all her stuff back to our house here in Conocoto and said goodbye to Hernama Castillo. Hermana Castillo is still in my zone so I will see her a lot but she is just a bit more north with a new companion. My new companion is Hermana Costa, she is from Venezuela. Her parents and 2 brothers now live in Chile due to the craziness happening in her Country. She is suuuuper cute and fun, I only know a little about her we have literally only been together for just a couple hour long bus ride! I cannot wait to get to serve with her and learn from her experience here. 

As for Conocoto, we started teaching a new family this week the Familia Rosero. They are not married but we are also teaching their daughter who is 24 Mira and her younger sister. They are progressing as with the family Mora, who I love!! I cannot wait for their baptism. We had a bit of a crazy week getting Naomi Zappata ready for baptism. I may not have written about them before but there family was probably the most success we had last transfer. The father Diego is a captain in the military so they move around a lot and moved here just 8 months ago. The father has been a member for about 5 years and the mom got baptized in Guayaquil just 2 years ago. They have 3 daughters and are the best family around. Diego is away for 30 days in the Orient which is like the jungle and home for only 10 so it is hard to get to church on Sunday. We worked hard the past 10 days basically to make it possible for him to receive the priesthood to baptize and confirm his daughter before he went back to work. IT happened!!! It was great the little girl Naomi we taught her some lessons and had the baptism on Saturday. They are going to go to the states to be sealed in about a year. All this happened because one night we happened to stop by and got the ball rolling. I love that family. 

Sorry for the long dry story, but I just want to restate how much I love it here, I love this work, it’s HARD but it’s worth it. I have never felt so tired at night lying in bed, but yet knowing I did everything I could that day to progress the work of salvation. Hermana Castillo and I had a great last week together. I love her to death she helped and taught me so much in the past 12 weeks of our training. 

I don’t have much time today to write due to transfers things are a little upside down.

I love you all and hope all is well; you are all in my prayers.

xoxox

Hermana Merrill:)