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After the tribulation comes the BAPTISM!

Ima nasha ta cangi!!

The past couple days we´ve been stuck in the house, so our day to email got moved to today!  Don´t worry, this time we were in the house for Carnaval, not because the Ecuadorian government was being overthrown :´)

This week was NUTS to say the least.  It started off horribly! We have been working super hard but haven´t gotten anything out of it.  We got rejected like usual, yelled at to leave people´s properties, and even laughed at while sharing our testimonies.  On top of that, we have nobody to teach.  Needless to say, we were super discouraged!

BUT... a couple days later, we had a MIRACLE!  Long story short, one of the member´s cousin´s was in town from Spain to get married here, and her fiancee (who´s not a member) told her he wanted to get baptized before their wedding this week!  So, we met David and his fiancee Lesli on Thursday, and he got baptized on Saturday!  He already had been attending church, and 2 years ago had heard the missionary lessons.  All we had to do was teach him everything again!

I would have never imagined a week ago I would have a baptism, but with God all things are possible, like it says in the Bible!  Baptizing someone in 3 days was something I´ll never forget and was a spiritual experience for us and the family.  
At first I had my doubts and thought he was getting baptized to make his fiancee happy, but during the lessons he was able to share his pure testimony.  It was such a sweet moment when we finished all the lessons and began talking about temples... everyone shared powerful testimonies of eternal families, and after, Lesli, his fiancee, shared that she had been praying since she met him that one day he could accept the gospel.  And, a few years later, just in time for their wedding, his heart changed and he got baptized!  That was just a sweet testimony to me that the Lord changes hearts on His time, not ours - when we want to give up on someone, keep praying for them!

I hope you guys have a great week!

Con amor,
Ñaña Harris

Pics:
- When you get hard core rejected, give life a thumbs up and knock another door! :´)
- David´s baptism!!!
- Feel free to zoom in on that FAT shoulder tanline I got
- In case y´all were wondering what cuy (guinea pig) soup looks like
- Zone conf this week!  We are no longer Zona Imbaya, we´re Distrito Imbaya.  No I was not kidding my zone literally has 8 people :´)

- Zone conf this week!  We are no longer Zona Imbaya, we´re Distrito Imbaya.  No I was not kidding my zone literally has 8 people :´)

- In case y´all were wondering what cuy (guinea pig) soup looks like

- When you get hard core rejected, give life a thumbs up and knock another door! :´)
- David´s baptism!!!
- Feel free to zoom in on that FAT shoulder tanline I got 

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