January 2, 2012
Candice-
Haha crazy, total bummer about the snow, never heard of Utah resorts having to make it....what a bust. Weather here is unusually sunny for December from what I hear. It's been so nice though, high pressure systems in the mornings that give way to some light rain in the afternoons occasionally.
Today was my first pday where we had extra time to do things, so we are writing early because we don't have anything else to do. we walked al around the plazas and found an old dood and his old friend (she was blind) playing the guitar and accordian. I got a recording, so I'll send that over to you.
We were in a cabina last week, oh, a cabina is the internet/or phone booths, and the kid working there was playing all sorts of music. He said do you like coldplay? YES I says, and so he put it on...oh sounded so good compared to some of the goofy Ecuadorian music. He ket plaing that then put on some classic rock like Hotel California and Stairway to Heaven, then...it started slow...but I knew what it was right away...the last song in Lords of Dogtown...."So, so you think you can tell, Heaven from hell.....We're just two lost souls swimmin in a fish bowl, year after year...how I wish you were here" I was practically in tears! It brought back every good memory I have! Ah, what a song can do to the mind.
So daniel, that nature kid, went home to Guayaquil for the holidays so we haven't seen him for a while, but he should come back this week.
So, they had everything here for new years. They make these big "dolls" I guess and call it the "año viejo" and they burn them at midnight to signify all the bad from the year before getting burned. Usually people make them out of old pants and shirt sewed together then filled with paper or straw and then they put a mask on to make it look like them. Each person makes their own usually, but sometimes people make one huge one of Bart Simpson or something, or the smurfs. They have tons of fireworks, but mostly just the ones that sizzle up then POP. Kinda fun, but everyone here has really nice speakers for their stereo, even though the would cost like twice as much as in the US, and they all play their music from their house...really loud. I got a recording from inside our house of what it was like to try and sleep that night...yes, this was the first year for a long time that I was asleep before 12.
I don't know why, but there is tons of fruit in the stores lately. A friend of ours gave us some mangoes and "guabas" to try. Fresh mangoes are incredible. And the guabas come from this huge green husk with like 10 sections inside that have what looks like a black bean the size of your thumb covered in a cotton ball. You can't see the bean, but ou suck off the cotton ball and eat that (it's really sweet and juicy) then throw away the bean. Strange.
We found 2 new investigators this week. One is 20 and just had a knee replacement because of arthritis. I had no Idea that people that young could have arthritis. What a bummer. SHe was moving from one house to like 3 doors down, so we helped her with that and then taught a lesson. THe mom was like, wow, I've heard a lot of religions preaching at my door but I've never heard anything as strange or different as that. And I told her that was the best part, that she could KNOW for herself by reading the Book of Mormon, pondering it, and asking Heavenly Father in a prayer and she would know for sure if it was false or not. She seemed willing.
That's all for this year. Love you
Ian
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