Hey family, just so you know, yes I did get transfered, And I left Guayaquil, Now Im in a small city called Milagro(miracle). Its really cool here because its different from Guayaquil, from the city basically, its marshes and individual cane houses as far as the eye can see, but they arent grouped together they are spread out and everyone has their own small farm. Right now Im in the center of the city part of milagro to write you, actually this cyber is really nice, the machines are new and the internet is not slow so its looking good, here in the outskirts of the city there is a giant sugar plant, they are huge and export to all of south America, so the thing is that there is sugar cane everywhere here when wewere coming in I saw the workers in th field and they were everywhere, sugarcane plants as far as the eye can see, also pineapple is the second biggest export here, so all of the people eat it and its also everywhere, here they like fruits and sweets, so just walking down the street its all sugar and fruits, I think I am going to like it here,
•    Also its looking like Im going to be here for 4 changes ( 6 months) so we will have to see what happens in these months, My companion is Elder Ortiz, he is from mexico, so there is some common ground between us, I also know him from the first time I was here in Ecuador,we played soccer together and had meetings, it is his last change, so president sent me here to keep him from getting trunky and to work, the thing is the next change like 18 elders leave and that means that a big group is  coming so next change they are saying that  I will train in 6 weeks, if that happens it will be really weird because now Im to the point where I will be senior comp and it just blows my mind,

Dad you were talking about my time, but the thing to remember is that the time here is different for the time that you guys have there, I know how crazy that might sound to you guys but Im serious, the time here in the mission moves faster, I don’t know how or why god does it but its true, there have been times when I have looked at a clock and I kid you not the second hand was flying, it was seriously moving faster than a second. Just trust me on this one, I will be finishing the mission before I know it. Im not worried about time either, im just trying to make the most of what little time I have left., My shoulder is doing fine, Im doing 20 pushups everyday, the thing is that sure I might have a little shoulder pain everyday but my shoulder is getting a lot stronger and Im still alive and kicking, so don’t worry, if something bad happens to my shoulder Ill let you guys know, but just know that nomatter how bad it were to get I am here until the last day.

Its super crazy that you guys got that much snow, I wish I could be there in the cold really bad, I just wish as well that I could be there and not in this heat, yeah sure I absolutely love it here, there is no other place I would rather be right now but seriously the heat here sucks, oh and in milagro we have to use a certain type of repelant that the church gives us because of the super high number of mosquitos.
On the money front I had to take out a little more than I wanted to to finish buying a coulple of things but don’t worry I  can last until march, I just got here in the sector and don’t need to buy anyth ing extra for a little while.

So in the last two weeks we were able to have 4 baptisms, that made the number of baptisms that I helped to complete in barrio batallon 11, a  good number, especially because there are missionaries that don’t get to have 1 during the whole mission, so I am being really blessed, its also good to know that I am seeing the fruits of my labors

Well I let you guys know how its going next week in this new sector, well have to see, I love you all very much and am praying for you everyday, stay safe in the cold and ice and keep the faith always, its not worth it to lose the faith, I promise you this, from seeing all of the inactives here.

LOVE ALWAYS
ELDER JONATHAN MATCH