12/19/16: The Best Way to Spread Christmas Cheer...

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear! How is it aleady almost christmas ?? So crazy.This week we went on a trip to Mapasingue! Our leaders called us Tuesday night right before we went to bed and told us that we were going to have to be in the terminal the next morning to travel to Mapasingue. It`s because my new companion, Hermana Mancuso, sang in a choir for an activity that the mission did in Guayaquil. So we were there from wednesday to sunday morning! And while my companion went to choir practices everyday and then performed in the activity, I was with another hermana, hermana Mendoza, and she was Mary in one of the live nativities that they had in the fair where the activity was Saturday. The activity Saturday was a fair and it was in a place called Concha acustica (something like that) and on thursday,friday and saturday there were 7 nativities and the activity was with 2 other missions, guayaquil south and guayaquil north mission. And in the nativities the people at the fair could take their pictures and then they had to write down all their information so that we can send them their picture slash (I can`t find the slash button on this keyboard..) so that the missionaries can go contact them! And guess who took the pictures in one of the nativities, me! The first night we took 98 photos...and then the next night there weren`t that many people and then saturday there were SOO many people!! We took over 200 photos over the 3 days...

In other news, Gabi Rojas is going to be baptized this saturday, On Christmas Eve! So excited for him. He`s so ready. Yesterday we were teachiing him and he sounded like a gospel preacher,haha. He`s just very deep and he gets really into what he`s saying. Then there`s Miguel Ortega, our best friend. He`s one of the sweetest people ever! He`s like 70 years old, always rides his bicycle to the chapel and his greatest desire is to be baptized! We taught him tuesday and he accepted a baptism date for january 7th! Right after we said the prayer he asked us what he needed to do to get baptized....more to come! 

    We put some chirstmas lights up in the house, found  a nativity scene in a drawer of one of the dressers in our room but it`s missing baby Jesus...and we also found a mini christmas tree that we`re going to put together soon! Hope everyone has a very JOLLY christmas!!! FELIZ NAVIDADDD!!! CHAO, love you!