Transfers!!

Well, I`m writing today from Guayaquil! I am being transferred today! Well probably tomorrow. I am going to be with a missionary named Hermana Camacho in Guayaquil! This is very bitter-sweet because I really enjoy working with Hermana Cambal, and I have such a soft spot in my heart for Aurora now. It`s been a really really great 2 months. I`ve learned a lot from my trainer, from the people in this area, and most importantly, from the Lord. I know that Jesus Christ lives. He really lives, and He really loves us. There really is a Heaven where Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father live, and I know that there are angels around us every day when we are following Christ. I know it. And if any of you don`t know it yet, find your testimony of the Lord, because it is so incredibly comforting to know that you are being watched over, and that you are never alone. Ahhh, I seriously love the work of the Lord. I love that I have the knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and I look forward every day to sharing the love of the Savior and the great news of joy and peace with the humble people here in Ecuador.

This week has really been great! We have been working with some new investigators and a lot with the members to help our investigators have friends at church. That is so key in missionary work. For all of you members of the church-- work with your missionaries to befriend their investigators! It really is the difference between a baptism and a life-long convert.

I don`t have much else to write... I did a bad job at writing things down throughout the week and now I can`t remember what happened this week haha but I hope you all have a wonderful week! Next week I`ll work on replying to everyone`s emails... Don`t worry, I haven`t forgotten about all of you! :)

Love,

Hermanita Busath

Pictures! :)

-Hermana Cambal and me with our view from our apartment

-My 3 converts (the fourth is in a different ward now)

-Hermana Nazer and me livin it up at church on Sunday :)

-Hermana Cambal and me in the Bishop´s car

-I spotted my first iguana! These things are HUGE here, and I was honestly scared to get any closer to it than I was in the picture, haha (click on the pic to make it bigger and look at the far right on the fence)

-Us with our investigator Klever and his motorcycle. The first time we had an appointment with him, he met us at a park and told us that he`d show us where he lived from there... on his motorcycle! Haha don`t worry mom, I wasn`t about to hop on his motorcycle. We took the bus and followed him to his house. SO many people here in Ecuador use motorcycles, and every day you`ll see a family of 4 or 5 riding one. The newborn is strapped to the mom`s back, the two little ones are in between the mom and dad, and one is riding in the front. It`s so incredibly dangerous, but it`s all they can afford to travel.

-The family in the house is another family of investigators that we have been working with. They are so wonderful and welcoming, and por fin have a baptismal date, as of yesterday :)

-Mayra is the woman with her 3 children. They are so sweet and awesome. Her husband (the son of our convert Nancy) died 2 years ago. She means a lot to me, and it`s been so wonderful to help her start a new life with her three children :)

-The 4 of us missionaries that lived together in Aurora this past month. I really love them all so much! Hermana Martinez is going hometomorrow, Hermana Cambal and I are parting ways tomorrow with new companions, and I don`t know where Hermana Nazer is going. But the 3 of them are so wonderful, and such great missionaries. I`m going to miss them :`(   (yes, my hair is wet, just got out of the shower!)