Whooohhhaa sabe

December 19, 2011
Whoooohhhaa sabe? Los semanas pasen mas rapido cada vez haha, the weeks go faster and faster everytime, guys, this is so crazy, I can't really believe it. Thank yo so much for those pictures, they were awesome. I love my gift to, thanks. My comp gets the biggest kick out of my cardboard “me”. He thinks it's so funny. He is so awesome. Elder Aguilera and I get along so awesome, we are both just half crazy all the time and that makes this thing so much funner. And guess what, we have another baptism this week:) His name is Kevin Munos. He is 11 years old and this kid is amazing. He knows everything. I am so stoked for him. I love it out here, really, I am so happy. To all the nephews, GO ON A MISSION:):). It's hard, but it's so worth it. Really, wow, I am just so happy.
Well another week has come and gone and I still haven't been able to get my package. This is the biggest pain. Remember also it needs to be below 5 lbs. I know I'm being picky about this but please understand the mess this has been. I've been to the post office 4 times now which is an hour away and I have to go again today to pay and then again in the morning to get it, ahhh. What a pain. I think 2:30 your time would be great for the Christmas call. To tell you the truth, Christmas has not even been hard really. It probably is because there isn't snow. It's 150 degrees and there isn't many decorations or anything so it's really just been pretty easy. We are jailed in our house Christmas Eve and Christmas day, bleh, oh well, at least I get to talk to you guys:) Wow, can you believe this week I hit 6 months. Really, that is so crazy to me, honestly, another year and I'll be in Colton's shoes and getting ready to come home in six months. I'm really excited to see that guy.
This week has been pretty uneventful but we have been teaching this family, Family Atermerano, they are FULL MUJERES, ALL WOMEN ahhh, really what a pain in the.... there are eight of them and they all just talkkkkkkkk soooooo muchhhhhhhh cuz there are 8 of them throwing questions out left and right and I barely understand what they are saying anyway cause women here just talk soooo fast. The men are a little better but really, haha, they talk so much, I think it's going to take a lot of work but I think we can baptize a few of them. Teaching them reminds me of being with all my sisters. Haha, they are very open and have LOTS of questions, and some are pretty personal and we just grunt and move on in the lesson, or I just act like I didn't understand haha, it's a stress fest but when we get out of their house we feel good for teaching eight people, so it's alright.
Thanks for everything guys:) I Love you:) Talk to you on Sunday:)
Love, Elder Profaizer
Sar-bear
Hey you:) How are you Sarah? I hope amazing. It sounds like your doing good now that finals are over, that's awesome. I'm so happy for you, Sarah, and I'm so excited for you that your going to a different country for a while. That's so cool and a great opportunity to learn more. Take advantage of every second you have there, ok:) Don't waste a minute:) I love you so much, Sarah, never forget that and you are constantly in my prayers. Have a Feliz Navidad and stay safe in this bad weather season. Don't be like me and do stupid stuff in cars, ok:) Wear your seatbelt also. Sorry I feel like a parent, but I just want you to be safe:) I love you:) Love, Elder Profaizer

December 12, 2011 - Hola mi familia,

December 12, 2011
Hola mi familia,
Alla en los estados unidos. No puedo creer que estoy en diciembre. Por fin!!! 6 Meses, jaja, wow incredible. Can you guys believe I'm 6 months into this thing already? I sure can't. That's so crazy and look, my spanish is getting much better:) So my first week, with my new companion was horrible. He is half crazy. I don't know if I can deal with him for much longer. I might hit him. He has only taken one shower this whole week and sleeps in a coat!!!.................haha, just kidding! Really this week has been GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy. All those things aren't even true. Haha, he is way cool and we get along like brothers. It's way cool. We are always joking and talking, in spanish, may I note. I'm definitely not good at it by any means but he understands and I understand 99% of what he is saying. I about understand everything but talking is a little difficult, but oh well, with time it will all come.
Ok, so first thing. I beg you to never send me a package with a white sticker again. I still haven't gotten it and I have to go back to central AGAIN for the 3rd time Monday and I have to pay $50 to get it. The central is over an hour away and they have to check it and all. Please just stick with green stickers, please please please. If I was any further away from central, they wouldn't have given me permission to go retrieve my package. Oh what a pain. Really, I don't care how big it is or anything, I just like getting something small. It's just as good. I promise, I'm not lying. I'm grateful for a letter when I get it:) I got a letter this week from Sarah and she had pictures in it. Wow, I just love her so much:) She's so pretty and I just miss her so much:)
So, this week has been interesting. I have some things that are kinda funny. First thing, there was a guy catching birds and the guy just scared them and they fly off but he was so fast he would just snatch them out of the air with his hand. The best part is that he is 75 year old or older. So because of the package ordeal, we have spent a lot of time on Ecuadorian buses and wow, there is crazy stuff that goes on here. They are safer than the buses in Peru but they are still scary but I love it. It's an adventure. You get to the point where anything out of the ordinary is just great. But on the bus, there are people who get on and do acts for money. This one guy stuck a 6 INCH NAIL IN HIS NOSE straight back!! ahhhh, then if that wasn't weird enough, he would take a knife and play a song on the nail that was stuck back to his brain, (if he even has a brain) ahh crazy. Oh and then today there was a preacher that came on the bus and started saying how if we gave him money, we would be saved and the best part is people actually gave him money! I was thinking, we should hop on some buses, sing a song and hand out pamphlets haha. Oh, also, guess what?....I had my first talk in church yesterday. Wow, I was scared but believe it or not, I probably wasn't understood well but they got the message and it was like a good ten minutes in spanish. I think it was alright. When I get nervous, I forget spanish. Me and my comp are working on this with me right now. This week we had a day without lessons til about five, which is a bad day and we had tracted for 2.5 hrs without anything. That's also unheard of here but the people are very hard here. There are several cases where we would go just to ask questions and they would show nothing but hate and just really crude tones and would just say ESTOY OCUPADO!!! which means I'm busy always! I tell you, it takes a lot of patience because I get really worked up sometimes, but I have finally learned how to keep my mouth shut when it needs to be. Something I have struggled with my whole life. Sometimes I just want to tell them they are going to burn in hell or something. Haha, oh well, laugh out loud. So we got to a house where they were scraping paint on the house. We used that as an opportunity to teach a lesson. They were busy with that, so I took the scraper and got to work and after 30 minutes, they knew we were serious. After I was covered in paint flakes in my shirt and tie, haha, and we got in a lesson:) SO IT WORKS!
This is how the Christmas phone call will work. I will precall you guys to your cell phone and then you will have my number and I'll tell you a time to call me. I'm really excited to hear your voices. I love you guys lots:) I'm so excited :) Thanks for everything:)
Love, Elder Profaizer

Dec 5, 2011 - Como esta familia Profaizer:) !!!

Dec 5, 2011
Como esta familia Profaizer:) !!!
How are all of you? I hope really good:) haha guess what? I got ANOTHER new comp! Can you believe that? WOW, I don't know why I get so many dang changes, haha, oh well, my new comp is named Elder Aguilera. He is so cool. He is awesome. I'm getting so lucky with my comps. He is way awesome, just really really ready to go. This morning we got the call that says there were changes and we were wondering, huh, what for? But, oh well, we just go where we are called. I'm still in Huancavilca but it is cool here. I like it. I'm really cool with all the members, they are all so great. I love them all, but the work is still kind of slow. This sector is just a tuff sector but oh well. So guess what? My converts are moving (that whole family is moving, I can't even believe it) I don't know when, but they are looking at other houses. It's so sad, oh well, this week has been a little bit slow, we didn't get many lessons in but it's not because we weren't working. We don't know why but closer to the end of the week things started picking up. We taught this guy that drinks a lot and his family is struggling. The spirit was so strong and and the end he said, “well, hmmmmm, maybe God sent you guys here for something.” We just thought to ourselves, well.....yeah. We were sent here to help you change your life. So we'll see what happens there, but he has to stop drinking. Gosh, alcohol is a mess for families here. If you ever wanna scare someone out of drinking, send them to Ecuador for a weekend. This Christmas we have to be in the house from 2 P.M. Christmas Eve till Monday morning, over 36 hours in the house. I have a feeling that we are going to get a lot of sleep and rest. We'll call some members to bring us food or something, haha. I bought Christmas lights this week. They look cool so it's a little festive but it's nothing like the village or a Christmas tree, oh well. It's all good. I'll be back before we know it. In 17 days, I hit 6 months. Can you believe that! It feels just like yesterday that we were saying goodbye. Wow, that's crazy. Before I know it, I'll be hitting a year:) I love you all so much:) MERRY CHRISTMAS:)
Elder Profaizer
P.S. I'm going to use my debit card if you guys could email my pin, that would be cool because I totally forgot it. I wanna buy a little stereo thing that I can put my USB drive with church music on it so I can listen to music.
Dear Sar-Bear
Hey you:) How are you? I'm so excited to hear about your meeting people that are going to Jerusalem. That's so cool. I'm so happy for you. So, today, I'm mailing you a SD card with some talking on it. I hope you like it. It was a little weird at first but after a bit, it just got really natural. Just like I was talking to you. It was fun. I loved it, I hope you like it also. I love you so much, SarBear:)
Love, Elder Profaizer