Blast to the Past!

 This week I had a few back to the future moments.

    Number 1: I had transfers this last week and I`m back in the city of Santa Rosa! When I first started my mission I was in a city nearby, Piñas, which pertains to the Santa Rosa Zone. I`m remembering some of the past moments I had almost a year ago going to Santa Rosa for zone meetings, incluiding my favorite bread bakery! I buy bread there every time I go past it now. 

    Number 2: Stake conference! The last time I was in Piñas we had a stake conference, and this Sunday was a stake conference again! I got to see alot of the members a year later and see how they are doing. Inlcuding I got to see the sister, Janet, of one of my converts, Cesibel! Cesibel wasn`t able to make it as it is almost 2 hours away and she needed to help her mom, but it was awesome to see some old faces there in the stake conference! The stake conference was actually a Sattelite broadcast for all of Ecuador. The speakers by sattelite were Elder Holland, Elder Scott, and the General President of Primary. The mission President, President Torres, was present in our stake for it. I got to play piano for the Santa Rosa Stake as well as there wasn´t someone that knew how. They spoke about how to strengthen the families and our testimonies of the gospel. Elder Holland began to speak in Spanish, but stopped saying more or less ¨Ahora, no voy a seguir hablando en mi horrible español.¨ That was extremely funny. Elder Scott knows Spanish well. 

    Number 3: I`m back with Elder Saenz! He`s from Nicaragua and now has 21 months in the mission. I was with him 6 months ago in Huan Cavilca and Los Rios. We are the zone leaders now here in Santa Rosa North zone. I`m super excited to be back with him as he is a very good friend of mine. 

   We have some awesome investigators that we are teaching and I`m loving the mission. The sun is coming down on us still but I`m loving it here! I know this is the Church of Jesus Christ himself. Keep the commandments and do a good turn daily, the recompense will come in this life or the next! 

Love you all!

Elder Pollock