Puyo is still kickin!

Well it has been another week, long but a great week. So last Monday I left Pelileo to go to Quito with Hermana Carter and met up with Hermana Peralta on the way. It's always fun to see old companions on the mission. We all went up to Quito to find ourselves locked out for some time, got some McDonalds and headed to the nurses house. Wednesday we all got our new companions, fresh ready to work greeeeenies. My new comp's name is Hermana Macias. She's from New York City, 20 years old, took BALLET her entire life and is the 3rd of 4 kids. 

I love being with new missionaries, they want to do everything perfectly and have the best attitude. I love her already and we have been working, working, working the past couple days we have had here. We had some great encounters with some shuar people, the native Indians here. My brand new comp is having culture shock. I have gotten her to eat rice like an Ecuadorian. We walked into one of the first lessons of her mission and the girl Monica told us she wanted to be baptized in 15 days when I invited her to be baptized.  Exactly 15 days, came out of her mouth and Hermana Macias could not have been any more excited. If only the mission was always like that HA! Oh and it also hasn't helped that all this week, we haven’t had hot water, our next door neighbors got everything in their house stolen and our toilet EXPLODED with dirty water. WELCOME TO THE MISSION and the jungle all at once.

We have seen miracles this week. I could not be any more grateful. I love the work of the lord, I love being a missionary. If there is anyone that is having doubts; doubt your doubts, the church is true. If it wasn't I would not be here and would not be so happy. It is time to put our trust in the lord, not just think we are trusting him, but giving our entire heart to him, doing everything we can possible do and thanking him in everything we do. Bring Christ into your life, let him in he will heal you, and take away the pain. 

Well that is about it. This week, be a little more thankful for the fresh clean food you eat, the fact that you live in a house and not a hot humid hut and the gospel of Jesus Christ in your life.  The people here are humbly grateful. 

Love you all

Hermana Merrill

This weeks Pics

My new comp at the training meeting aka nice and clean

and our area...