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Ima shuti ki cangi!

To sum up this week: there are more cows in my sector than people, Kichwa is wrecking me, and I´m starting to like weird food!  I am in LOVE with my new area!

My new sector here in Otavalo has some new challenges I´ve never faced before!  Basically all of the people we are teaching only speak Kichwa, which is not similar to Spanish at ALL, haha.  We´ve learned how to teach lessons in Kichwa, but the people who speak Kichwa have little to no education, so we have to teach like we´re teaching 5 year old kids! 

It´s actually pretty funny, when we teach about the Restoration it´s basically "You kid of God. God love you. God give family. God teaches us. God helps man with old book. God give His word. Pray know truth".  Complete with hand motions and everything haha. 

The Gospel really is that simple!  When it all comes down to it, we don´t need to know the complicated things or deep doctrine.  I know that God loves each of His children and that He prepares a way for them to receive HIs gospel!

Con amor,
Ñañagua Harris (A member taught us: ñañagua=hermana)

Pics:
- My camera had some issues last week so I didn`t get to send this!  The saddest goodbye from leaving Ponceano :( Alexandra is my favorite investigator and seriously changed my life!
- Don´t wake the sleeping chancho!
- Before my mission I couldn´t bring myself to eat fish.  Now I can scarf down a full fish so quick and eat everything but the bone.  Even the eyeball... which is my favorite part...
- What happens when you visit an aztec sacrificing site for preparation day
Don´t wake the sleeping chancho! 
 Before my mission I couldn´t bring myself to eat fish.  Now I can scarf down a full fish so quick and eat everything but the bone.  Even the eyeball... which is my favorite part...
 What happens when you visit an aztec sacrificing site for preparation day
 The saddest goodbye from leaving Ponceano :( Alexandra is my favorite investigator and seriously changed my life!

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