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Week 48-52: Loja
Howdy! It's been a little while and a lot has happened, so I figured it's time for a little update. For the past 5 months I've been in...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Aug 14, 20231 min read


Week 1: HMTC (Andy's First Post, eh!)
Elder Andy Bolingbroke spoke in our ward on July 30, 2023 at 9:00am on the subject of charity and started HMTC on August 7, 2023. It has...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jul 16, 20231 min read


Weeks 44-47: Loja
Elder Bolingbroke has been serving for 11 months now and still loves Ecuador and the wonderful people.
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jul 3, 20231 min read


Weeks 41 - 43: Loja
Hey friends! It's been quite a crazy week! A highlight was being able to see our friend Jose be baptized. He took his time and wanted to...
Jeff Bolingbroke
May 31, 20231 min read


Jeff Bolingbroke
May 11, 20230 min read


Week 15-25: Pasaje
Hello everyone! Merry Christmas all! I hope you all had a great holiday season! On my side of the world, it's still as hot as ever. It's...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jan 29, 20232 min read


Weeks 10-14: Machala & Pasaje
Hola Amigos y Familia!! (that means hello friends and family) I am now in Zona Santa Rosa, Area Pasaje. I'm sure you've never heard of...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Nov 13, 20221 min read


Weeks 8 - 9: Machala
Trevor doesn't have a lot of time to write emails for multiple reasons. He shares a phone with his companion so they both have to take...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Oct 16, 20221 min read


Weeks 3 - 7: Provo MTC & Machala
Hola Amigos! After 6 weeks of training, I finally made it to Ecuador, and I absolutely love it here! Almost everything is different here...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Sep 29, 20222 min read


Weeks 1-2: Home MTC & The Drop Off
Trevor was set apart as a missionary on Sunday August 7, 2022 and he started the home MTC portion the next day. Since Andy has the...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Aug 25, 20221 min read


Week 106 in Mikkeli (A Wanderer in a Strange Land)
If I may start with a bit of poetry: Victor Hugo, a great author and poet, once stated, regarding death: "When I go down to the grave, I...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Aug 12, 20193 min read


Week 105 in Mikkeli (He's a Charmer)
Well well well... August is here, and it already feels like fall! To be fair, fall's my favorite time of year, so I'm just impatiently...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Aug 6, 20192 min read


Week 104 in Mikkeli (What Goes Around Comes Around)
Gooooood morning! At least it feels like morning. I don't know what the weather's been like in other places, but this week it was...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jul 30, 20193 min read


Week 103 in Mikkeli (Arrogance is a Spice of Life)
It's been a bright, sunshiney week, folks. I'm so glad to be doing this missionary work, and we've had some funny happenstances since...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jul 23, 20192 min read


Week 102 in Mikkeli (The Proof of your Love)
What a week, folks! I'm so happy to be a missionary in good ol' Finland. This place is still gorgeous, by the way, and I'll prove my...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jul 16, 20192 min read


Week 101 in Mikkeli (From Sea to Shining Sea)
I hope that I won't be a bore to the people who read missionary emails, seeing as I, similarly to the others, intend to focus the...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jul 9, 20192 min read


Week 100 in Mikkeli (Oh lovely sunlight)
Goooooooooooood day. Wow, do I love being here in Mikkeli. The work has gone fantastically this week, and we're basically sprinting....
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jul 2, 20192 min read


Week 99 in Mikkeli (Duck!)
Goooood afternoon, fellowmen. We've had a pretty amazing week here in the city of Mikkeli(fun fact: Mikkeli is named after the swedish...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jun 25, 20193 min read


Week 98 in Mikkeli (New Faces)
Goooood morning Mikkeli! This is gonna be an interesting email - I'm writing while fishing, from my phone this time around. Let's see if...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jun 18, 20192 min read


Week 97 in Mikkeli (Missionary Mojo)
Dear friends, the mojo is strong this week. Up here in the lands of the north, we've gotten to the point where the sun rises before we...
Jeff Bolingbroke
Jun 12, 20193 min read
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