English speaking investigators! I love the people of Ecuador!!!
Hello Everyone!
Wow it has been a while since I got time to email! And today isn't much different...New Years is basically like Christmas here.. Christmas we didn't really find a cyber to write at and then this week we had to bribe a person to let us get on for a little bit of time. Man New Years here is super crazy! Probably the majority of this email will just be describing what happened New Years. So they start the day at about mid day when people dress up as woman... I didn't quite get the concept of why they did that but it was something like all the dolls are male. But they all ask for money from every single person and if you don't give them money...well they..grope you haha.. So needless to say we spent a little bit of money on Sunday to prevent us from being groped lol And so when they burn the dolls at midnight everyone is left as widows.. haha weird I know. But these dolls represent the old people that they are leaving behind and burning every thing bad that happened in 2017. So literally you could not sleep through 11:59 to 12:00... it was the loudest commotion I have ever heard. It was a mixture of crazy noises and yells and it was just crazy. So we looked out our window and it was so crazy to see what was going on out there. It actually gave me a bit of the chills and goosebumps because it looked like the 2nd coming haha All these dolls were on fire in the middle of the road, on top of houses, the streets were covered with people lighting off fireworks and then there were TONS of fireworks that were going off at the same time. It was so exciting to see all of this! I absolutely love the traditions of culture in Ecuador. It is interesting to see the difference in each culture. I love the people of Ecuador. They have nothing, yet they have everything. Their life is so simple and so lively. We get so caught up in everything that doesn't really matter... But when we get back to the basics, life is so simple and so easy. We were actually discussing how life is so crazy and how in the different stages in life are so different. How when we are young we can do everything and are running all over the place trying to get everything done that we need and want. But when we are old and we physically cant, we just focus on the most important because of the limited energy we do have. I hope in each one of our lives we can put all of our energy and focus on what is really important. Although people from 3rd world countries are obliged to, they are so much happier. Because they know what's most important despite the religion or way of life. I love the opportunity to learn from them. I feel the mission is exactly what I needed.. Definitely not what I wanted haha.. but what I needed. I just hope that I am doing everything that I can to help others. I love this gospel. It is so true. It is true in every single aspect down to the science. It is awesome being in the truth. I know it will all my heart. I love you all. Happy New Year.
Elder Reynolds
This is a doll they burn for New Years.
It represents everything bad that has happened in the year and a new fresh start in this New Year
I am soooo weak...
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