Hello All!
Elder Myler has arrived in Ecuador. We are thrilled that he is safe and happy. This is the email we received from his mission president:
Dear Family of Elder Myler,
We
are so happy to have your son, Elder Myler, in the Ecuador Guayaquil
West Mission. Please know that he arrived safely and is now with his
trainer in his assigned area. We are sending three
pictures that were taken of him: one with us, one with his companion,
and one with the group (Davin ended up with a new companion so they did not include that picture). We are so grateful that your son was chosen to
serve with us in this mission at this time. We know he will be a great
asset to the work of the Lord in this part
of His vineyard.
Thank
you for the sacrifice, hard work, teaching and training that you have
provided to your son throughout his life that makes it possible for him
to serve as a full-time missionary for the
Church with the marvelous people of Ecuador. Please continue to
encourage him, and remember that positive and uplifting messages from
home reassure all missionaries that the Lord is blessing those they left
behind. Missionaries always look forward to news
from home, including messages of faith, uplifting experiences, and
positive thoughts, which strengthen and encourage them. Such messages
help them successfully confront the challenges of each day and enable
them to keep focused on their missionary work and
not worry about their families. Your son will be able to e-mail you
each Monday and we know he will look forward to weekly e-mails from
home.
You may see pictures and read bits of information about what is happening in our mission at
www.guayaquilwestmission.blogspot.com.
Please be patient with us. Beginning a new mission is very
time-consuming and so for a time it might take awhile to get the blog up
to date.
To send letters and packages the address is: Ecuador Guayaquil West Mission;
Casilla de Correo 09-04-206;
Guayaquil, Guayas;
Ecuador.
You may also use the pouch instructions in the call packet.
Please disregard the mission address in the call packet as that
was our home address in Bountiful, Utah. They are in the process of
correcting that. Be sure any packages you send weigh less than four pounds and use the green
mailing sticker (instead of the white one) to avoid customs charges here.
We
also are putting in place a Facebook group where you will be able to
see pictures of the mission, although only our returned missionaries can
join the group. The purpose of the blog is for
our returned missionaries to be able to stay in contact with and
strengthen each other after their missions.
The link is on the right-hand side of our blog.
We
pray the richest blessings of the Lord will be with you, your family,
and your son as he serves diligently here with us. If you have any
questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to
call or e-mail. The mission office phone number is 011-593-4-213-6711 and the e-mail address is
1921037@ldschurch.org.
Thank
you for all the love and support you will give your son as he serves
this mission. We know the Lord will bless you greatly for that and for
the service your son will render to His children
here in Ecuador. We are very grateful for the privilege of serving the
Lord with him.
Sincerely,
Pres. Jorge Dennis
Sis. Anette Dennis
Ecuador Guayaquil West Mission
(The Best Mission on Earth!)
As you can see, his mission president & wife are awesome!! Here are the pictures they sent us:
Elder Myler is in the very back and to the right. All you can see is his cute little head!
As always, here is what Elder Myler sent us this week:
Well its offical i am in ecuador, It has been quite and exsperience
getting here and i can hardly comprehend what has happened because so
much has happened so quickly. But i will start from the beginning. Me
and seven other missonaries left the MTC at eight thirity at night on
wendsday. Our plane left mexico city at one in the morning and touched
down in Bogata Columbia at around ten. we had an hour lay over there and
were in the air for ecuador at eleven. we met a bunch of missonaries
from columbia at the airport there and flew with them. We touched down
in Ecuador at about One in the after noon on thursday November 1st. the
prisedent of the mission his two assistance and the mission secratary
picked us up and took us by bus to the president´s house. we spent
several hours there getting some orantaion and had lunch. we took some
pictures and then took a bus to the temple in Guy. there we stayed at
the housing near the temple and met our companions. My companion was
Elder Saaverla, he was from Chilie and spoke a lot of english. after a
few hours at the temple housing i took a taxi to my new home. i unpacked
and prepared for my first day in the mission. The next day i went to a
district meeting and started tracting. it was wery hard because we
started our fast at lunch and could not drink water. i was very tired by
the end of the day but me and my companion got two dates for baptisms.
the next day was sunday. Church was very different but i did manage to
get up and bear my testimony in spanish. we ate finish our fast and ate
lunch at a members home (lunch is the biggest and most importat meal in
Ecuador) we then continued to track. We found a little boy and her grand
mother and taught them for about thirity minuits and invited them to
get bapitsed and they said yes. After that we helped some members of the
ward give blessing to an investigating family and went to a ward
activity. the activity was a movie. we finally got home and got a call
that my companion was going to transfer the next day. We were both super
angry and sad. we got up early the next day (today) and took him to the
bus terminals and i said good bye to my companion, i met my new
companion Elder Rojas and we went home so he could put his stuff in the
house. we then started our p day (preparation day) and went down town.
we visited a park full of iguanas and did some shopping. now we are in a
internet cafe writing emails, and thats my mission so far.
To Chelsey (I was complaining about fasting. I'm a bad sister!):
Haha i also dont enjoy fasting but for other reasons, but the best
part is after you have completed the fast in faith you can have a small
prize for the effort. I dont know how correct that is docterinally but i
think it will help you. I will send a huge email to mom with all the
details of the trip so hopefully she can send it to you and to the blog.
I dont know if i have the ability to send pictures but i will try next
week. Hope you and travis are going well and are staying faithful
Love Elder Myler
To Travis (brother-in-law):
Thank you for the advice, the mission here is a walking one so it
dosent take long for me to be very tired. I will always try to think
about just one more thing i can do everyday to be a better missonary.
The language is a huge barrier for me right now and i can hardly
understand a word people are saying, so i need to work my very hard
right now, Thanks again for the message and i hope you and Chelsey are
working hard too. With work and with the gosple Love you both and miss
you guys too
Love Elder Myler
I didn't get any other responses from family/friends. So, that's it for this week!
Thanks for reading and supporting.
With love,
Chelsey