A letter from Joy's Mission President
Misión El Salvador San Salvador Este
San Salvador El Salvador. C.A.
Welcome, Sister Ashton, to the San Salvador East Mission!
We feel blessed for the revelation that the Lord gives to His prophets and for the fact that you have been assigned to this Mission of the Lord in El Salvador San Salvador East. Our mission covers 6 Stakes and 1 District and we have 10 Zones and 165 consecrated missionaries. We thank you for your health and deep desire to serve. Thank you for your honesty and purity in doing this beautiful work.
Who we are: We are consecrated missionaries of Jesus Christ and Preach My Gospel and with His authority we convert, baptize, and retain.
We invite you to watch this training video by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland from the Provo MTC in 2011: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
We promise you the blessings that our Father has for His children and His protection as you keep the commandments and Mission rules. These will help you see miracles every day. The people are ready, the Lord has prepared them so that you and your future companions will find them and teach them by the Spirit because you will have the right to invite that Spirit to aid in the conversion of His children.
We have a beautiful temple with which we help inspire those we baptize to do vicarious temple work for their beloved family members that have passed away soon after their own baptism. We invite them to endure so that they can be sealed as a family when they have completed a year of being faithful members. We invite you to do your own family history work before you enter the mission field.
Express deep gratefulness to your parents for the upbringing and preparation they have given you. Thank them for giving the Lord the best of their lives… You!
Sincerely, President and Sister Vásquez, San Salvador East Mission
Our area doctor has asked us not to use contact lenses here in our mission; he asks that we use glasses only. Eye infections here are common and very dangerous. In our country, there is so much bacteria that we touch on the bus, on the hands of others, etc., and then we touch our face and have skin infections, eye infections, etc. The eye infections are especially dangerous. It is very difficult to identify the bacteria in order to give the correct treatment. And here we do not have good medicines to treat eye problems. It is imperative that you obey this rule. In the past, they have had to send some missionary’s home to the United States for treatment and some almost lost their sight. The risk of blindness is high with these infections, and they progress so rapidly. Hence, the rule not to wear contact lenses here in the mission was put in place. We would ask you to please not bring contacts with you. We do not want to take any unnecessary risks with your eyes.
The postal system here in El Salvador is very unreliable so please tell your parents and loved ones to NOT send packages by private mail systems like UPS, DHL express, FedEx, etc. If they do the packages will be stuck in airport customs and we will not be able to retrieve them. Please tell your loved ones to send packages by US mail as these will arrive directly to our office without any fees or problems. The address to send both packages and letters to is:
Sister Ashton
El Salvador San Salvador East Mission
PO Box # 3362
San Salvador, El Salvador
Central America
At the same time I’d like to ask you to send me your parents’ or tutor’s email. We use your parents’ emails to contact them for emergencies
Thank you and we are very excited to have you join us here in El Salvador!
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