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Hello everyone!

It`s been another great week here in Quito.  This week I`m going to have my first 2 baptisms!  Our investigator, Andreìna, and her son, Andrès, were supposed to get baptized last week, but because of the riots it had to get pushed to this week.  We are so excited for them!!

This week we showed up at Andreìna`s house to teach them, and there was a grown man sitting on the floor crying.  He was another Venezuelan who came here to find work and a better life, but he had just lost the only job he could find (there are basically no jobs here), so he was going to leave on a one month long walk back to Venezuela so he could at least be with his family.  So, we gave him a Book of Mormon, bought him a loaf of bread, and sent him on his way.  It was so humbling and honestly really sad... he could pack all his possessions into a backpack and a little duffel bag, and he didn`t even have a penny to travel. Because he couldn`t take buses back to Venezuela, he had to walk in the cold and in the rain.  
This eye-opening experience made me think back to when we first started teaching Andreìna and her familia.  When we first visited her, all she had in her house (which is the size of a normal bedroom in America) was a cinderblock to sit on and a blanket to sleep on with her 2 kids.  Now she has so much!  She now has a bed, a table, and chairs!  I have realized that no matter if we only own a cinderblock and one change of clothes, or if we live in a mansion and drive the nicest car, the Lord is always there to help us.  Even if we have nothing, we can still have the gospel, which is worth so much more... money can come and go, but God is always constant.  No matter how dark the trials we are going through are, Christ is always there to bring us light and peace in our lives.  I am so thankful for my Savior who suffered for each one of us and for every one of our pains.  It is such a blessing to be able to share the gospel with people who need it so much!

Love you all,
Hermana Harris

Pics:
- REUNITED WITH MY FAVORITE PERSON!!!! I finally got to see my MTC comp, Hna Oswald, at a multizone conf we had this week!

- We cute pt 2

- My comp talked me into buying this little troll for $12.  We named him Guillermito.  Here he is with my snow globe.  (I think I`m way too funny)

- Guillermito receiving some mad revelation while studying the scriptures

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