Still working hard

So this week was pretty good, Ronald and his baptism went well, this week is Jordans baptism so keep praying that everything goes well. John is also working well for his baptism on the fourth of October. if this week you can add Jesus Menuscal to your list of people to pray for we are trying to help him so he can accept a baptismal date. he is looking for the true church in his life. also pray that we can find more people to teach. but we are working hard and excited as usual to do the work of the lord.

A trainer, a greenie, and a baptism!

This week was great. Leonardo was baptized. I also have a new companion. his name is Elder Evershed. He is from Toronto Canada. he is 21 years old. and he has just started the mission. we get along great and he is such a great person he just loves everyone and wants the best for the people. it is so great. and the ward is great and we are finding a lot of new people. how cool that he gets to start with some baptisms. this week is also the baptism of Ronald Zambrano. he is really a great person, he left with the ward members to do home teaching visits yesterday it was really cool. then next week is the baptism of Jordan Mite. John was not able to attend church this week so pray for him that everything is okay. we will see for when we put the next baptismal date for him. also keep praying for Erik Bravo. we have not seen him at all this week.

Love you all.

Elder McCammon

and i found crabs.

Waiting in Guayaquil for his new Companion

These are the people we are teaching:

Leonardo Aviles 16 years old,  13th of septiember

Ronald Zambrano 14 years old 20th of september

John Mendoza 15 years old 27th of September

Jordan Mite 9 Years Old 27th of september

Erik Bravo 19 years Old Maybe the 27th

My week was good me an my comp worked hard and we had a lot of people in church. we have a few people that are working towards baptism so if you can pray for them. my comp got changed as well, do not know who my new one is yet. I am in the same sector, but my companion left, so right now i am in a waiting stage for my companion with another elder who is going to train, i do not think i am training, i am with him until three when he goes to pick up his companion and have a training meeting with the other missionaries who will train, the new missionaries, and president, but i do not know what i will be doing. 

I only read 150 pages this week in the bible, next week I am going to kick it in the butt though. I am in the 2 book of Kings chapter 15. Eliseo, in spanish i think its elijah in english, just died. and someone touched his bones and lived again. so that was kind of cool act of faith type deal. Solomon was a cool king i love his conversation with the lord when he asks for wisdom. that was cool

i would recommend reading it.

(when asked about his area) i am right on the outskirts of the city, but to the south i am right by the ocean, but where i am it its the ocean it just looks like a river, because there are trees about 150 yards out, so you cant really see anything. right now it is not too hot i have not had too many problems adjusting to the climate change.

i wish you all the best elder mccammon

UPDATED:  when a member posted pictures of Jesse's birthday I also found other pictures of Jesse...this was from a Missionary Prep Class...apparently on 2 people showed up so they ended up messing around a little I think!!!  Cute pictures though.

A new week a new transfer!

So i am now in a new ward in Guayaquil, it is Calderon and it pertains to the Puerto Nuevo stake. Is the very south of Guayaquil, in an area called Guasmo Sur. It is pretty close to the 25 de julio ward so i know a little where i am at. Also the limits to our sector are cool we only touch one other ward and then the rest is river.It is pretty hot so that is sad i would rather have cold. Oh well still some time for other changes. here we are doing pretty well with investigators we are teaching Ronald Zambrano who is 14 and loves the church. he is going to seminary and even went with the ward Saturday to the temple so he could at least walk the temple grounds. He is preparing for a baptism this 20th of September. Also for the 20th we have Erik Bravo who is 19. He likes the church and loves the spirit he feels as we teach him and he attends church. We are also teaching Leonardo Aviles. He is 16 he is very apt to learning and loves what we have to share he has a few problems with work on Sundays but he is trying hard to make sure he can come, he is preparing for a baptism on the 13th of September. We are also teaching Jordan Mite who's family are members but have been inactive for a while, so he was never baptized, he is 9 years old, his parents are excited to come back to church and he loves attending. and we are also teaching John Mendoza who we just recently got to know he is 15 he loves to hear what we have to share and he is very excited to be able to come to church and his family is thinking about attending as well but they want him to be able to be there.

That wraps up my week i hope the letter was larger than usually and you all enjoy the read and pray for each  and every one of these people.
Love Elder McCammon

Its a good thing to be able to write back and forth, because I wouldn't know anything from that letter!
They moved him to Guayaquil and he's a district leader, but there are 33 new missionaries coming in this week, so he imagines he'll possibly have another change this week...but who knows.  Bill asked if he know his come home date and he said not for sure he said but please don't call the church offices asking, its been happening a lot and I don't want the mission president to think I am getting over exited. (I think he's telling us to be patient!)  He said his new companion is from Peru and he knows him from when they were in the same zone in Machala, but he didn't tell me his name![Elder Saldaña] We asked if he was sad to leave Loja... I will miss Loja though it is a very beautiful place, but i am pretty sure i will have another move next week. with all the new missionaries who are coming, but i do not know we will see. I do not have pictures this week. the next week i will, i do not think all the transfers are that bad. it makes it so i can see more of Ecuador. In the parts of my mission I almost know all of the mission there are only a few i have not been to, there are others that
only know Guayaquil, so i feel blessed.
Then he said this...Just an update, one fourth of the way done with the bible i am shooting for 500 pages a week. so i will be done in three more weeks. but it blows my mind how the lord always chooses people but then they sin. like the life of Saul, he was chosen to be king of Israel in Samuel but he sinned and lost his right to be king and did not feel the spirit anymore, so David came and was the next to be king and at the start of his reign is a very very very righteous king very righteous, but then he fell due to temptation. Then i was reading in DC, about John Covill in section 38 or 39 i would like to say and the lord set him apart for a divine calling, but then it says in the next section that he fell to temptation and did not want anything to do with the church anymore. i do not understand why in all of these circumstances the same thing happens, if you have insight and can help me understand why these were all chosen of the lord that would be great.

So if you have insight for Jesse, write him a letter!