Hola Familia,
Thanks for all the birthday wishes. The people here took really good care of me. On Saturday, we went and helped the zone leaders move to a new house. Afterwards, they attacked me with eggs. The smashed three eggs on my head. I wasn't expecting it at all. On Tuesday we ate a cake as a zone to celebrate. Then on Sunday, a ton of people wished me a happy birthday. I don't know how they all found out. After I went and ate the most delicious cake with a recent convert. It was a Sublime flavored cake. After at night, a member invited us out and we ate cake. I feel super old now that I'm 20 years old. It feels really weird.
As for the news you have all been waiting for, I got a new companion, and guess what, I am training again... This is the third time I will have trained a new missionary. To be honest, I am kind of tired of training. I would like to have a companion with some experience so we could focus on the people and make the ward El Progreso, progress. My companion is Elder Sanjuan from Columbia but has lived in Ecuador since 2009. He is 18 but his birthday is November 30. This transfer I will have my birthday, my comps birthday, and Christmas. It will be super fun. Elder Sanjuan is cool but he talks a ton. He loves to talk about himself and he talks about a lot of random stuff in the lessons. I will have to dedicate a lot of time to studying and practicing with him because he doesn't know that much. It will be a little difficult but I will make it work.
This week got a little better with investigators. We had 5 investigators in church. 3 of them are basically eternal investigators. But Demy, Nikol's sister came to church this week. This was the first time she came to church. She is 12 but looks older. I am going to try and baptize her with her sister in January. Also, a members son came to church this week that is not a member. His name is Carlos. We are going to look for him and visit with him. Hopefully everything works out and he can get baptized.
I also got some great references this week. One was to a less active woman but she is traveling. We met her daughter who is 35 years old. She is a single mom with 3 kids. one who is 14, 12 and 7. They are all really cool and I can see them getting baptized in December. We also got a reference to a family that wants to learn more. They also could be baptized in December but they need to get married. They are really poor and it could be difficult for them to pay the fees to get baptized. We will just have to make them realize that baptism is neccisary and that they will need to get married to get baptized. If they know this they will be willing to make some sacrifices in their live.
That is how my week went. Thanks again for all the birthday wishes.
Love,
Elder Isaacson
PS President just told all the missionaries that there will be one transfer of 7 weeks. That means that instead of going home on June 14 like I thought it will be June 21. Don't get too trunky Mom.
PSS I don't know what you should tell the ward. I just would tell them that I have learned so much on the mission. The experiences are priceless. I have learned from good and bad moments. The spirit is so important and that even in the worst trials of their lives they are never really alone. They will recieve strength and blessings after and during the trial.
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