Epistle from Cartagena Epístolo desde Cartagena

Después de la reunión de distrito :) Tuvieron que hacer la el viernes por la noche, entonces, pues, mira la hora jeje :P 

After the district meeting.  They had to have it on Friday night, so look at the time haha!

Elder Read says everything continues to go really well but they're tired.  However, that goes with missionary work.  Tired but full of blessings!

He still hasn't heard where he's going when he leaves this area, but he'll know this week.  We've checked back and see that he arrived in Cartagena on 29th April, so on Monday, not the day before yesterday, he will have completed four transfers!  Four transfers means twenty four weeks, or just over five calendar months - a long time.  He says he's excited to know where he's going.  Naturally, he's grown very fond of the members and the missionaries in Cartagena and it'll be difficult to leave.  He's been District Leader for all the missionaries here except one.

For the first two transfers there were two companionships, then in the third there were six, so it went from four missionaries to twelve. In his fourth transfer they created a new zone and split the district, so that there were eight missionaries.

Like us he loved General Conference, saying it was brilliant and he learnt so much.  It's true, he says, that they have to talk to more people as more are ready to receive the Gospel.

Very interestingly, they are having their stake conference this coming weekend, just the same as us in Portsmouth stake, and he's in the stake choir the same as we are - and he is when he's at home.  Cartagena stake was only created six months ago, so this is their second conference - and he can't wait!!

Last Sunday, between sessions of General Conference, it was raining and two missionary sisters ran outside and started running and jumping about!  He took a video of it, but it's too big to send by e-mail, so we'll just have to wait until he comes home in 14 months.

Last week they went to see a large number of less-actives and investigators, although many more they didn't manage to see, but they're happy with what they're doing.

And now he's just waiting for the phone call to tell him where he's going next.

Elder Hampel eating sardines?
Elder Hampel, el compañero de Elder Read

Dice Elder Read:

 Todo va super bien por aquí. Estamos MUY cansados, pero nos encontramos bien, y es así con la obra misional.  Cansados pero bendecidos. Aún no sé donde me voy, sabré esta semana, pero estoy animado para saber donde me voy. Pienso Andalucía otra vez pero no estoy seguro, simplemente lo que yo pienso jeje :P Va a ser difícil ir me de aquí, y sí he estado aquí por mucho tiempo ya, 4 traslados, es mucho tiempo jaja, bueno, normal para esta misión de hecho. Pero tengo tanto cariño por las personas y los misioneros aquí, he sido el líder de Distrito por todos los misioneros aquí menos uno. Los primeros dos traslados solo eramos dos compañerismos. Luego el tercer traslado eramos 6 compañerismos, osea antes eramos 4 misioneros y luego 12, y este traslado el distrito de dividió en una zona y ya somos 8 misioneros en el distrito. Entonces todos los misioneros aquí estuvieron en el mismo distrito por un tiempo menos el nuevo líder de zona que vino este traslado. Voy a echar mucho de menos Cartagena. 

¡¡La conferencia general era GENIAL!! Aprendí tanto. Es verdad, tenemos que hablar con mas gente, hay mucha gente preparada. 

Ya estamos en el coro de la estaca y tenemos la segunda conferencia de estaca de cartagena este fin de semana. No puedo esperar :) Ayer estaba lloviendo en medio de las sesiones también, dos de la hermanas misioneras corrieron afuera y empezaron a correr y saltar jaja :P tengo un video pero el archivo es demasiado grande para mandarlo por correo electrónico, tengo un montón de videos, pero no se pueden mandar, entonces tendran que esperar para que cuando vuelva jeje.

Esta semana pasamos por muchos menos activos e investigadores, y muchas personas nos fallaron jaja. Pero nos sentimos contentos de lo que estamos haciendo. 

Ya solo tengo que esperar la llamada para decirme donde me voy.