Oct. 28, 2013 ~ October is winding down and it's time for our weekly letter from Elder Ethan Merrill...always a huge moment of excitement and anticipation! I wrote "Here's a hug for you" in the subject line of my letter to him...but now I'm afraid to ask what it actually I said...lol
A hug for you as well – it is almost
correct what came out of google translate. Don´t worry though. I understood it when I read it. LOL. I´m doing
great this week! I´ll tell you what´s been happening. I got transferred the day after I wrote you
last week, but I got sent to an area in the same zone. AGAIN. I´m actually working in the same exact city,
Necochea, just in a different part of the city. I get the feeling that I´ll finish
the mission in this zone. Maybe even in this area. I only have this transfer
and maybe 2 more. I also am with the same companion still, which is weird.
Finally, the new area I´m in only had 2 elders before and now there´s 4 here.
So we have to reorganize the house a little. We´ve had to start literally with
nothing too. No people to visit, no investigators,
nothing. I feel like I´m opening an area really. So we´ve had to talk with
EVERYBODY to find people to teach. Yesterday was a little hard, but I think
this week will be better. We´ve got people who told us that we could pass by
later. So we´ll see if they really want us to pass by or not.
Well, all the craziness of the transfer is settling down. We got 43 new
missionaries in this mission! Things are pretty crazy with how many there are
here. I think that it´s amazing to see the growth of the gospel in an
exponential way though.
Thanks for sending pictures of Kyle’s birthday! It´s fun to see Kyle and James
and Jared and CJ and Stuart and Jess and Brad all at once. I hope Kyle had fun.
LOL, I bet that´ll be fun to see how things go with the students
after Halloween. It´s not too popular here, but it does exist.
To answer your question:(is it noisy where you are? people noises, animal noises, or just country quiet?) it all depends on where I am. Noisy animals or
neighbors can be a huge problem, but I personally haven´t had much of a problem
with it. I remember in my first area though, one of our crazy neighbors decided
to scream at the top of her lungs at her kids or husband at 3:00 in the
morning. I didn´t understand anything, but I could make out the muffled yells
through the wall. But like I say, it all depends where you live. In this new
house, we don´t have a problem with it.
I found the story in Turkey funny.(Happy Hotel, a nice beach spot but the room was bed, bathroom and sink in about 4 sq ft) It sounds a lot like our bathrooms
here. A shower, sink and toilet all in the same spot basically. You could use
all three easily at the same time.
I hope that everyone in the ward is doing fine. Tell everyone that I say
hi. Like I say, your letters of support always keep me going and lift me
up! Thanks for always writing me and I´ll see you all soon! Have fun this week
and tell everybody that I miss them! I´m thankful to be here and to be a part
of the Lord´s work. Stay safe and know that I´m thinking of you guys always!
love you lots! See ya! Bye!
-Elder Ethan Merrill
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