My poor mothers (my mother Kiersten and my mother Hermana Moody) both wrote to me this week asking WHAT I WAS DOING IN ECUADOR!
Well, I was illegal for a little while and we needed to flee from the country. Just a simple visa issue. So you can all stop calling the mission offices. Elder Fallas is going to reprimand me for my absentmindedness.
HOWEVER.
Ecuador is the bee's knees.
This week has been pretty good. We are working hard and have 2 fechas and several possibles! My companion and I both received priesthood blessings on Tuesday from our Zone Leaders and, as we have put our faith in that authority and the guided words of our leaders, we have been strengthened very much. I even caught a cold again (yes, my voice is like the cryptkeeper once more) but I have had no problem going out to work every day. So cool! We have seen miracles this week!
I just remembered something out of the blue the other day. When President came to our zone meeting a week and a half ago, he used fashion (specifically, how to properly wear a vest) to explain the principles of humility, obedience, and our relationship with God as it pertains to doing His work and His will.
SO MUCH REVELATION POURED INTO MY SOUL.
I was not called to la Misión Perú Lima Oeste. I was called to President and Sister Archibald.
Also, I am going to share an allegory invented by the genius Elder Crouch (one of the gringos who went with us to Ecuador - he started his mission in Puente during my last transfer there and is still there doing awesome things!). He taught us, as we sat in the boiling heat of the airport late at night in Tumbes, that Papa Murphy's pizza exemplifies the American Dream. "You can buy the pizza on Saturday, keep it in the fridge overnight, cook it on Sunday, and then you keep the Sabbath Day holy AND have fresh-baked pizza!" He further explained that this was that glorious dream had by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Elder Crouch is a lot like my brother Billy.
Alright, folks. This week, say your prayers and make good choices.
Read the Book of Mormon! It is a true book!
De Perú con tanto amor,
Hermana Hewitt
P.S. Quote of the Week goes to Elder Larsen, talking about his basketball team and how excellent they were despite their abundance of white people: "We didn't even have any bruthas!"
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