Painting the Streets and Rolling Them Rs!

Great Week. 

Just want to say I am so glad that the mission is not 2 years of painting streets. Painting streets might be one of the most boring things in the world. And also very physically taxing. 

So I painted some streets this Saturday. We had a stake service activity painting the medians or islands in major streets with yellow pain on the edges. It was the worst. Okay it really was not that bad but definitely not as rewarding as missionary work. I did not change that medians life. 10 years from now it will be back where it was before: a crappy strip of grass in a street. What really stunk was that the odors of the paint were really strong and they kinda took me out of action Saturday and Sunday. Like I worked normal and everything but my mind was not in the game. It stunk but now I appreciate being 100%. 

I am just so glad I am a missionary because I wake up every day excited to work. My Grandfather said we should try to find a job where we would want to pay the company to work. And that is totally what the mission is. I am paying for this. And I love it so much. The days fly and Ecuador is the best. Best people, best food (except for pig head), and the worst sun. Not everything can be perfect.

I love my companion Elder Alanoca so much. He reminds me so much of my dad. There have been two people in my mission who have reminded me of my dad. A big reason is that they were both short people who acted tall. They were short but commanded a presence. That is Elder Alanoca. Also he really likes speakers and he shares a lot of mannerisms with my dad. They are both very precise people who are good at making split second decisions. Also there was a time when my Dad was playing a lot of chess and he told me that he began to see chess situations wherever he went. Elder Alanoca was the same with painting the street. He told me now when he sees a median he really wants to paint it. IDK just sharing some thoughts.

So a huge miracle that happened this week is I can finally roll my R's. To those who do not speak spanish it might not seem like a big deal but I have been working and praying for this for a year and I am so glad I can finally do it. God plans when he blesses us and typically in our lowest moments we have a huge blessing just around the corner. 

So the World Cup is this week. Not as huge here as I thought it would be. I mean they are talking about it all the time but I wanted to see people watching it in the streets. I hear about it a lot but I am trying to stay focused. (How did Argentina tie Iceland?) That was a rhetorical question. 

I think I have developed an addiction to conference talks. I love listening and studying them so much. 

Another fantastic week. Loving life here. 

Elder Tucker