Speaking in Church

 Paul was asked to speak twice in September. Given that our Spanish is terrible, we were able to find General Conference talks that were already translated. I joined him on the second assignment in Orellana. Everyone was very attentive.

The funniest part was that in Lago Agrio members of the congregation were trying to help Paul with his pronunciation. Occasionally, someone would yell up to the podium the correct word and Paul would thank them. They enjoyed that.

I threw together some cinnamon rolls, which is probably because General Conference is coming up. Naturally, since I live in a proof box, they over-proofed. No big deal, I just push down the centers and frost the whole thing.

Recently we found a picture of Elder Carlos A. Godoy's visit to Quito last month.

The quality isn't very good, so we'll try to get an original. The front row L-R is President Galán of the mission presidency, Sister and President Román, Elder and Sister Godoy, Sister and Elder Becerra, me and Paul, and Tammy Román, the President's daughter. This is only half of the mission since we have so many missionaries.