Hello Family and Friends of mine.
How are you? Thank you Laura for the letter and Elida for the Disneyland postcard. Also thanks to Isabel for the email.
I am happy and healthy in Ecuador. I am still in Ibarra but that might change on Wednesday because transfers are coming up.
In reply to a request I should let you know that I will be home on November 13th at night. I really can’t believe it and it doesn’t seem real how time has flown by here in Ecuador. I once described it as a blur in slow motion. What ever it is, it is coming to an end and that’s just craziness.
English class was fun this week. I brought everyone pictures cut out of old Ensigns and they had to describe what was going on the pictures in English. Some students have a really good imagination.
We are teaching a lot of families that come to church every Sunday and love it but have lots of things impeding them from getting baptized. One family has to get married, another wants to wait until their youngest daughter turns 8 in November. You know things like that.
The people here teach me so much everyday. I love meeting new people. We probably talk to between 15 – 40 people everyday, depending on how many citas we already have planned and how much we go out of our way to talk to people in the street. The other day I tried to talk to some women and I stuck out my hand to shake theirs and they wouldn’t but they did end up talking to us and we now have a cita to go back. Funny how quickly someone’s attitude can change.
Last night we had a talent show. It was really fun and funny. The primary in one of the branches acted out when Moses came down and saw the Israelites dancing and worshipping the golden calf. They made their own golden calf but it looked more like a golden cuy (guinea pig). My companion and I did mormoncita which is when I do the arms and try to get ready for the day and end up putting make-up and food, etc. all over my companions face. I couldn’t see but everyone was laughing pretty hard. Do you remember when we did that in 8th grade Laura? There where many other choice acts and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
I love being a missionary!
I love you!
Love,
Hermana Jones
P.S. You should probably write me some letters soon if you want me to get them before I go home. Nudge, Nudge. Wink, Wink. 
