Man, what a week! I´m not gonna lie, this week was a little bit rough. But I´m still having a great time here.
I got a cold this last Monday. It was that kind of sick where you`re not quite sick enough to justify staying home but still just sick enough to feel miserable. We had a lesson during our Zone Meeting about when we have difficulties during our mission we have two choices: we can shut down and be discouraged or we can keep working. Misery is a choice. So I´ve been trying not to choose it as hard as I can. We had a lesson with a less active family this week that was amazing except for the fact that my nose was running off my face! The wife noticed and handed me some tissues which I was thankful for. She then proceeded to hand me this mysterious cream with Chinese writing on it and told me to rub it on my nose and throat. Foolishly, I proceeded to do just that. I have no idea what the heck it was, but my face started burning!!! It made my nose run even more and I was tearing up uncontrolabley. Elder Garcia was the only one who noticed I think and was trying so hard not to laugh. Man, I was so embarrased but at least I got a funny story out of it.
So, I have big news. I got a guitar! We were teaching an investigator and I noticed hye had a guitar on his wall and I mentioned that I played. He had me play something really quick and I played Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing for him. A couple days later he called up Elder Garcia and asked if I wanted to buy it for $25. We got it okayed by President Christensen and bought it! I haven`t had a lot of time to play it and I`ve been trying to only play hymns on it. But it`s been really fun to figure out how to play hymns without music. I`ve come up with some pretty sweet arrangements.
I went on my very first splits with the Zone leader. His name is Elder Waldie and he`s from Mesa! We talked a lot about Arizona stuff and it was kind of nice to speak a little bit of English. Elder Garcia only knows a couple of words and phrases in English so communication has been a little difficult. It was a great time though and it was intersting to see how another missionary does stuff around here.
I think I`ll close there. I`m hoping for a bit of a better week this week but even if I don`t get one, I`ll choose to go to work. I love you all and love hearing about what`s going on in the states. (Little side note. I`ve been hearing a lot about an app called "What`s Up" here in Ecuador. Is that a thing I missed while I was in Mexico?) Anyways, Have a great week!
Los quiero mucho,
Elder Travis Hicks
Picture 1: Elder Garcia and I doing our thing
Picture 2: This is what a washer and dryer look like in Ecuador. We are super lucky to know a ward member who has an electric washer.
Picture 3: Beautiful Turubamba! That forest is called Pac-Man forest because of the way it`s shaped. You can`t really see it from the picture but trust me, it`s there.
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