Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Weeks 3 and 4 in Ecuador

Ian's emails from weeks 3 and 4 in Ecuador were short and sweet. We did get some photos, though:
"Food we eat: eggs, fries, bread, ramen, pineapple, juice"
"The view from our toilet"
"So, this week has been pretty quick. Conference was great, we watched it in the Stake Center in Santa Ana. There was a room designated for us missionaries that speak English so we could relax and listen to the true voices of the speakers. Sometimes the translator voices get annoying for me. Glad to see that all is well at home, Something I forgot to say last week, was we went to an open air market of crafts from the Otavaleños, but there was this funny couple there who knew NO Spanish. I heard them ask a lady what the price was for an alpaca sweater, the lady replied, "dieciocho." They were still confused, so I chimed in, "eighteen." The wife said, "Oh, finally someone that speaks English. They just keep blabbering in Spanish as if we understood!" They were waiting for their plane to leave in a few hours.They just finished their vacation in the Galápagos Islands. Joe and Natalie(?) Bison or Bryson... Sorry this letter was short today, we have an appointment at 6. I want to send a bunch of pictures to you! You'll have to wait another week, I suppose.
Love Elder Blackwelder"


"Ian and his companion, Elder Barrera, with their first baptism, Sebastian Portilla, and his wife"
"Ian and Blanca making bolones, (boiled immature bananas (verdes), mashed up and mixed with fried pork, then rolled into these balls, then fried. Really good, but super dense."

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