♥ from hermana Miller week 33 (5-12-20)

Hello everyone, 

I made it to Mesa and the heat hasn't killed me yet haha, although it's been a gnarly 110 degrees all week. My area is in Apache Junction, basically the "boonies", but even though I joke that they must have filmed the ugly planets of Star Wars here, it has its own unique kind of beauty. The cacti are pretty legit, some of them are taller than phone poles! My companions (I'm in a trio) are both very sweet Canadians. They've had their own rough go having been in quarantine for nearly two months now, so although welcoming a bunch of reassigned foreign missionaries has been a big adjustment for everyone involved, it's also going to be a great opportunity and challenge to be creative and learn how to do the Lord's work even in this worldwide pandemic. Thank you for your love and support and prayers, you are in mine. When all is said and done, it is a blessed day to be a missionary. 

Much love from Mesa, 

Hermana Miller 

♥ from Hermana Miller skipping to week 32 (5-5-2020)

....And I'm off! I received my new temporary assignment only days ago, I've been called to serve in the Arizona Mesa Mission. Although my heart is still aching for Ecuador, I feel really blessed to have the opportunity to go out and continue my mission. The unexpected transfer at home and time with my most favorite people ever (the Miller family:) was a bonus blessing that I can't thank the Lord enough for. I have learned things I don't think I could have any other way, but of course, He knew that. It won't be any easier to leave this time, in fact, I think it will be even harder, so I'm counting on Him to help me! It will be a trial of faith for sure, but I know that this next part of my adventure has some custom made blessings and special people to meet waiting, and I can't wait to find out what He has in store for me in Mesa. (If the heat doesn't kill me first,  haha!) Wishing you all health, safety, peace and happiness in these crazy times! Thank you for your love, support, and prayers, you'll never know the strength they've been for me. 

Love, Hermana Miller 

Saying goodbye...again.... on her way to Arizona

With just four days notice, the time came too fast.... what a gift this month together has been.

So, Monday night, Sadie was set apart (by Roarke as the Stake President had delgated that to him) 

With such an early flight the next morning, we told the kids not to get up, and so they hugged it out, we had family prayer and we went to bed.  (not to sleep, but to bed-- it was really hard to fall asleep)

Tuesday morning, May 5th, Roarke found out he had a patient that couldn't move in his schedule, so this daddy daughter love and send off happened bright and early at home.

 Em came with Sadie and I to the airport for some very sweet sister goodbyes~

 knowing they'll still overlap on their missions

It's hard to do a real smile when you are the verge of the "ugly cry"

People kept asking me if it's harder or easier this time.  It's neither. It's just hard- it's very own kind of hard.  But that's okay- we know whose hands she's in and we trust Him!

masks required at airport for Covid-19

"Hurrah for Israel"

I hope Mesa Arizona loves you as much as we do ♥

Letter to President Chacon, Ecuador Quito North

5-1-2020

Presidente,

I think I waited so long to write this because it makes me very emotional, so please forgive me. I can't find the words to tell you how grateful I am for you and your sweet family, and the impact that you've had on my life, even in what felt like a very short six months. You taught me to become the missionary that I wanted to be, and reading through the notes that I took during conferences or after interviews has been a strength like no other to me in this time. On the really hard days I imagine you singing, "I'm dancing in the rain..." or pretending to do a hip bump with Elder Holland. :) This is the hardest thing that has ever happened to me; some days it's like a physical ache in my chest. I guess that means I lead a pretty easy and blessed life, but really, I've never faced something that has broken my heart like leaving behind the country and the people that I'd come to love so much on such a whim. I can't imagine the stress and pressure you must have been under those last few weeks. But all you had for us at the airport was smiles and positivity, and even though I didn't feeling like a photo-shoot at the time haha, some pictures I'm very grateful to have now. Thank you for taking such good care of all of us. I always felt safe and looked after and I knew that you were always going to do what was best for me. I can imagine that it's been its own unique trial of faith to lose so much of the mission, and I hope you know you and the mission are in my every prayer. They've said it to me time and time again since I've been home, that the Lord knew who His missionaries would be when this pandemic would change the world and change missionary work, and that He knew, as President Eyring so eloquently said in conference, that we were the ones who "could do hard things well". Well, I'm sure that that must be doubly true of mission presidents. Please also thank sweet Mama Chacon, she's such a light, and I love her. Also Esther, she was a blessing to me from the start, and one of my very first friends, and I wish her all the best. I received my new temporary reassignment just days ago and I leave early tomorrow. I'll be serving in the Arizona Mesa Mission. And while it isn't Ecuador Quito Norte, I'm going to try to learn to love it like I loved Ecuador, although that's quite the challenge. And while I'm sure my next mission president will be fantastic, it'll also be a challenge to learn to love him like I loved you. Thank you for being such a role model and strength for me always, you'll never know in this life, I think, the lasting impact that you've had on us missionaries. It's pretty incredible. So, I have eleven months left on my mission. I don't know if you'll see me back in Ecuador as one of your missionaries, but look for me, because if the opportunity is ever extended to me, I'll be on a flight to Quito ASAP. :) Meanwhile, I'm off to Mesa, telling myself over and over again, "Miedo no."  Thank you for your service to me, to all of us missionaries, and to the Lord.  

Love, Hermana Sadie Miller

HIS RESPONSE:

From: Jorge A Chacon <jchacon@churchofjesuschrist.org>
Date: Tue, May 5, 2020, 6:42 AM
Subject: RE: Le extraño Presidente!
To: Sadie Miller <miller.sadie@missionary.org>

Nuestra muy querida Hermana Miller,

Nos ha llenado de gran felicidad saber de usted – también la extrañamos y muchooooo!!!. He intentado llamarla al teléfono que tengo en el sistema pero siempre cae en la contestadora. Quiero que sepa que la amamos y estamos muy felices de saber que continuará sirviendo al Señor. Yo no tenía la menor duda que usted seguiría sirviendo y sé que lo hará con todo su corazón, alma mente y fuerza, de la misma manera como sirvió en su misión Ecuador Quito Norte.

Le escribo en Español porque quiero que siga practicando para cuando regrese a Ecuador. Sepa que el Señor le acompañará y también estará cada día nuestras oraciones por usted. Nunca olvide que usted está Viviendo su Sueño y gracias a eso usted está dando la oportunidad que otros vivan su sueño también.

Cuando tenga un tiempo por favor lea en la biblia Joshua capitulo 1. Josué iba a comenzar su ministerio como líder del pueblo de Israel después de la partida de Moisés y se sentía incapaz de lograrlo. El Señor le da a Josué la misma instrucción 4 veces. Lea con detenimiento cual es esa instrucción y haga lo mismo. Sé que usted tendrá gran éxito en todo lo que haga en su vida. Usted es una princesa hija de nuestro Padre Celestial, y aún mejor, es una princesa valiente.

La amamos y estaremos orando por usted siempre. Usted es nuestra hija y nunca lo dejará de ser. En nuestros corazones quedará siempre las hermosas impresiones que aprendimos de usted, su buen ánimo, su esfuerzo por aprender, su determinación de servir al Señor, su compromiso como mujer virtuosa, su generosidad con sus compañeras y las personas que enseñaba, su sonrisa que testifica del gozo que tiene por vivir el evangelio, su conversión que nos mueve a todos a ser mejores personas. Gracias por haber servido en Ecuador, por haber atesorado las enseñanzas que le dimos, gracias por sus oraciones y por su amor autentico y gracias por ser una misionera EXTRAORDINARIA.

Esta es su misión y siempre será así.

Hasta que nos veamos otra vez, con todo nuestro amor.

Presidente y Hermana Chacon

Jorge A Chacon
President
Ecuador Quito North Mission
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Cel: +593-98-481-2371

jchacon@ChurchOfJesusChrist.org

Another Mission Call... temporary Reassignment

Reading her call....Temporary reassignment to the ARIZONA MESA MISSION

And just like that Arizona becomes a part of her story and a part of her heart.

 So super exciting for all of us to find out her news.... she said she had some mixed emotions because for sure her heart is still in Ecuador.  She wanted this reassignment call to make everything that's been unsettling feel right, but it didn't.  Still a faith leap.  She is thrilled with her new assignment and on board and ready to fall in love with everything but the crazy heat, but it's still not easy... I guess it wasn't designed to be.  The trick is believe that it is God's design and He is in the details and will bless this sweet hermana.  Oh Mesa, you are so so lucky to get this one!

Mission Intermission April 2020

 

♥ from Hermana Miller week 26 (4-2-2020) & the beginning of my MISSION INTERMISSION

Hello to all, Sorry it's been awhile, needless to say, things have been really crazy. 

Today is my 6th month mark as a missionary and I wish I was writing from Ecuador, but 'm home now. After 11 long days of intense quarantine in Ecuador, (no opening the front door and police on the streets all night picking up people outside) a willing member came in the middle of the night to get us out of our house. We left in gloves, masks, and goggles. It took me about 48 hours to get home, but after quite the adventure I'm safely here and very grateful for that. I don't understand a lot right now about what is going to happen, but what I do know is that I'm at home in "self-isolation quarantine" (meaning that I can't leave my house) for two weeks. I will be receiving a reassignment as soon as possible- but not really sure what timeframe that really means. Originally, the new assignments were going to be more systematic and logistic, but President Nelson has said that he wants each reassignment to come directly from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. I think that's pretty neat, and I know that I will be reassigned based on revelation to another place that the Lord needs me (in the states most likely)- although I would LOVE to return to Ecuador.... (and that's an understatement)

I already miss Ecuador like crazy. That place and the people there will always have a piece of my heart. It was so hard to  leave. It hadn't even really sunk in yet-  probably because when I left, we were just so focused on getting out. I think this may be one of the hardest things that's ever happened to me.

 One thought that's really brought me a lot of comfort in this time is that Heavenly Father loves me, has a plan for me, and will take care of me. That's a principle I've always taught and always believed, but now I've got to really trust it, because it is a lifeline for me right now. If He loves me, and always has my best interests in mind, and has a perfect plan for me that can't be foiled, then what am I worried about? It's of course easier said than done, especially when your heart feels broken, but I know that to be true. The Lord is in the details and if I am faithful to Him and to His commandments, I cannot fail. It's a pretty incredible truth. 

This week is going to be an exciting one! It is the two hundredth anniversary of Joseph Smith's incredible First Vision, when God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ appeared to a boy in a grove of trees in answer to his prayer. Through Joseph Smith, Jesus Christ established His gospel again, the same gospel that He established when he lived here on Earth. Can we just pause a moment and consider the magnitude of that truth? God the Father and Jesus Christ have established their Church, and, since the time of Joseph, we have had a living prophet to lead and guide us. How grateful I am for that! It is not coincidence that before the world went upside down, we were focusing on home-centered gospel learning. It is not a coincidence that for years we've been doing our best to have home food storage. It isn't coincidence that this generation of young adults are technology wizzes and thus our ability to share the gospel isn't limited. It isn't coincidence that the Lord's priesthood power isn't limited to the church buildings, but to all worthy men to administer the sacrament to their families and those around them. It isn't coincidence that in recent years we have been taught to minister in higher and holier ways and have learned how to better take care of each other. It isn't coincidence because God is speaking to His prophet, Russell M. Nelson, and He is leading and guiding the affairs of His church. How blessed we are! So I would invite you, each of you, member or otherwise to tune in this coming weekend April 4 and 5, and listen to God's prophet, because he is going to speak to the world. He will be sharing with you what God would like you to know. It's an opportunity that is both collective for the Church, and individual as we prepare ourselves to hear His voice. I can PROMISE YOU, and I feel really strongly about it because if you take me up on this invitation you really will receive blessings, that if you will listen to what President Nelson has to say this weekend, and just come and see, you will feel the love God has for you personally, you will recognize him to be a prophet of God, and that as you follow his counsel, you will be blessed and protected and so will your families. I KNOW that is true, and if you're open and willing He will change your life. I've seen it time and time again in my own life, in the life of my family, and in the lives of those I had the blessing to come to know and love in Ecuador. 

I'm so grateful for each and every one of you and your love, support, and prayers, and emails. You are the Lord's hands to lift and strengthen me when I need it most. I'll send out another email when I have a reassignment to share-- hope it's soon!

Lots of love from Nampa, 

Hermana Miller 

♥ from Hermana Miller Week 25 (3-16-20)

This week we didn't get to talk to Sadie via video chat as things with the Corona Virus have gotten worse.  She had limited time and needed to stock up to begin a quarantine period in her home with her companion.  I am grateful that she has Hermana McCune, her first American companion, at this time with so much changing and so many unknowns. They already have the bond of knowing each other from the MTC, as well as getting Visas together in Arizona, and then traveling to Ecuador from the MTC together-- that's a blessing.   I think they will be a great comfort to each other.  I hope Sadie's Spanish stays strong.  (so grateful for the blessing of Sadie just having had South American companions until now-- it's made her Spanish so much better, more authentic-- maybe not her grammar, but her pronunciation) I felt like it was a blessing that first thing in the morning, I was reminded that I needed to put some extra money in Sadie's missionary account.  I have been meaning to do that for a few weeks, so she'd have a little extra to get a few souvenirs before she was transferred but hadn't gotten around to it.  It was important to me this morning though and I had finished that before Graham and Lainey left for the school bus.  When we did get to speak to Sadie, she explained a whirlwind of a night she'd had getting the third companion in her trio to the airport, needing extra funds and that with the quarantine, she'd need to buy 14 days of food/drink for their apartment and she was not able to do that with the extra money she'd had to spend on taxi's to get that companion to Quito.  I felt grateful in that moment to be able to tell her- I'd already done it-- money in the account just that morning.  The Lord knows the details.  He impresses upon our minds the things we need to do and know...we just need to listen. It's a simple thing- but it was a powerful thing about how He works.
Here was her group email... short and sweet

 Hello loved ones

On St. Patrick's day I feel "lucky"  because I get to stay in Ecuador and even though I will begin a 15 day in house quarantine- I feel the Lord's blessings and his watchfulness.  I am so grateful to be one of His missionaries.  We are safe and prepared with the things we need.  I don't know when I'll be able to email again, but when we can, I will. 

My love to each of you,

  Hermana Miller  

Jenniffer (convert) and Hermana Miller

A  centipede in my apartment

 Journal time....

♥ From Hermana Miller Week 24 (3-10-2020)

No time today, as we have transfers, and I am traveling to my new sector! It is a city called Cayambe. It is about an hour and a half from Ibarra, towards Quito. My new companion is Hermana McCune, we knew each other at the MTC, and arrived in Ecuador together.  So that is AWESOME.  She is my first American companion- and  it makes me a little nervous about two gringas and the four months of Spanish experience we have, but it is a great opportunity to test our faith and study habits.

 It was hard to leave Ibarra ("my birthplace" we say as missionaries) but more for the people than the place. There are some very dear to my heart people there that I will never forget, and will forever thank the Lord for putting in my path.  Fausto and Sandra especially.   Leaving them tore at my heart, (and I'll admit,  I had a few tears after I'd hugged them goodbye and got around the corner) but I know that means that my love for these sweet people is very real- I feel it bigtime and I'm so grateful for that.

Sandra and Hermana Miller

  Hermana Miller and Fausto (she said this was her new all time fave pic of her mission) He never smiles with his teeth because so many are missing- so this picture is especially sweet)

From her journal: 

"At that moment I knew I was leaving Ibarra (with transfers coming up)- I counted it as a tender mercy so I could feel closure saying goodbye. I told him that knowing him has been one of the greatest blessings of my mission, that I loved him, that I would pray for him, and that in the next life I want a HUGE hug.  Then I grabbed the chifle trash (that I'd bought for him the time before) adn I left.  And I sobbed.  And my heart broke.  And as I walked away I said to Heavenly Father, "This is hard!" And He said, "I know. But I am going to take care of Fausto just like I'm going to take care of you...because i love you both.  Trust me" And then I felt a ray of peace poke through, ut it still hurt."

The Lord is going to guide us in our new area and I can't wait to be a part of the work he is doing here in Cayambe, and in Ecuador. Everyday is a blessing and an adventure and I ́m so excited for this new chapter and the things in store here! Thank you for your prayers and emails!

Lots of love from Ecuador,   

Hermana Miller

 These are Wilson's dogs (our investigator)

Last days with my companion, Sister Muldonado

Fernando, ward mission leader with my companion and I .  He gave us roses for international women's day.

Transfers! Hello Cayambe!

I have no idea if this will be our Hermana's experience in Cayambe- but here's what I discovered in a google search- which gave my mama heart some peace until I can hear more from Sadie.

Cayambe is an agricultural service city (population 39,028 at the last census on November 28, 2010) in highland Ecuador. It lies at the foot of the Cayambe volcano. While the city is mainly peopled by mestizos, the surrounding rural population is primarily composed of indigenous people who are mainly involved in subsistence agriculture, dairy farming and procurement of lumber. It's the third largest city in Pichincha Province.
Weather: 65°F (18°C), Wind SW at 2 mph (3 km/h), 51% Humidity
Province: Pichincha
History of its people: Cayambe's indigenous people of today are descendants of the pre-Inca Kayambi people. The Kayambi were resistant to Inca expansion and were only definitively conquered by Huayna Capac (the eleventh Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire) after a bloody 20-year war. At that time, the Kayambi people adopted the Kichwa language, a dialect of the Quechua family of languages. Not long afterwards, in the 16th century, the first Spanish conquistadores arrived in the region. Kichwa survives in some of the hamlets today, while in others it has given way to Spanish.
Points of inteest

It is a globe built of stone that sits on a large cement slab surrounded by a stone circumference.

Known as "La Bola de Guachalá" which is a monument in honor of the equatorial line, it is located on this line that divides the earth into two equal hemispheres: North and South. Whoever arrives at this place can not avoid the temptation to stand on both hemispheres at the same time.

Two Otavalo little girls in Cayambre

Quitsato Sundial, located on the Equator in Cayambe, Ecuador-   located exactly on the equator.

♥ from Ecador week 22 3-3-2020

It’s been awhile!  Lots has happened since I last emailed.   I survived CARNAVAL!  After our last appointment the night before we were supposed to stay indoors- we were on our way home in the dark and we unexpectedly became the target of some early celebrators' roof top water balloon launch.  I heard something hit the wall next to my head- it was a hard loud sound and water splashed everywhere.   It really freaked me out.  Then my companion screamed, “run” (in Spanish) and water started exploding all around us. Water balloons were coming hard and fast—and luckily not with great aim.   I heard a bunch of people shouting, “blanquita, blanquita!” You know what I learned after that?  I can run really fast in a skirt. 😊 My companion and I tried to run into a store, but there were a bunch more guys with water balloons in the store- so somehow we got separated--my companion ran in one store and I ran in another.  I looked over my shoulder and I saw a boy chasing me and he followed me into the tienda (he was probably 10 years old)  When I stopped- he held out my agenda…I must’ve dropped it running along the road.  I was so grateful to have it back…what a sweet little guy in the middle of all that to follow me- even though it kind of added to the panic I was feeling in the moment.  hahaha.   It would have been a disaster to lose the details of our contacts/appointments etc that are in that agenda.   Once things settled down outside we headed to our house.    It wasn’t exactly the type of persecution I expected to face as a missionary—hahaha.  Scripture rewrite: “Blessed are all they who are pelted with water balloons for my name’s sake.”  Needless to say, I’ll be checking rooftops now and I better understood why our mission president wanted us to stay inside the upcoming few days of Carnaval. I actually enjoyed my time in the house, napping, snacking, and reading Jesus, The Christ. (If you haven’t read it, put it on your must-read list, it’s an incredible book.)

After Carnaval, I was grateful to be back out in the perfect Ecuador weather working again.  It was a hard week though- lots of doors shut in our face, a baptismal date that fell through (that about broke my heart), commitments that aren’t always kept, long days walking up mountains and on cobblestone streets, &  talking to strangers which can be awkward. It’s still a struggle to finish ALL my rice at lunch (so I don’t offend), and some days I just want to speak English.  I love my Preparation days when most times, I can video chat with my family- that really buoys me up like nothing else.  I get love and listening from my mom and counsel and hype from my dad.  I need both.  Something I’ve discovered is that a mission is really just a stepping stone to who I want to become- not the climax.  I’ll have the same fears, same weaknesses, same insecurities, same everything that I had felt before I was a missionary- the times that I wonder if it even matters, or if I’m enough- when the struggle seems greater than the triumphs, I remember that it’s a process.  My dad reminded me this week that ADVERSITY is the POINT!  The highs are there to encourage us and keep us going- but it’s the hardest hours of struggle and self doubt, rejection, homesickness, physical sickness, tears in the bathroom so my companion doesn’t see,  dealing with someone interested more in the messenger than the message 😉 -all of those things are the times the Lord is molding me.  And He does not leave us comfortless.  It’s not easy or comfortable- that’s because it can’t be- that’s not how it works.  I trust in “good things to come.”  And you should too. 

Don’t worry about me— I know there’s a lot of reality in this email, but really,  I LOVE this work. I LOVE Ecuador and the special people here.   I know I am on the Lord’s errand and because of that,  I have help from heaven & I feel it…and I also feel the power of your combined faith so keep those prayers (and emails) coming! 

Love,

Hermana Miller

I'm including a picture of my companion and I with beautiful Ibarra in the background and a picture of my lunch one day-- (first course)  Soup with chicken liver (dark), chicken neck (light), and chicken feet (you can tell which that is) I washed it down with rice after :)

Week 22 weekly letter to Presidente Chacon

This is to notify him of a "situation" that had developed with Sadie's district leader, Elder Hopper.  The whole thing was embarrassing and frustrating for her.  After a long time of down playing, and teasing, avoiding, and ignoring it wasn't going away, and the district and zone become aware- it finally came out in the open enough for them to hash it out.  Sadie didn't want to bother the mission president with it- but felt she needed to address it in case he heard it from other sources.  Hopefully with transfers next week she can be separated from him and move forward.  He's a good missionary, just needs to focus on the work and not our Hermana Miller.

3-3-2020

Presidente,

My companion and I are doing very well together, every week gets better and better, and as we work together in the obra and in the living together parts of it, we´ve had a lot of fun and learned so much from each other. Hermana Maldonado is so Christlike in her humility and love and patience with me and everyone we know and teach. She´s been a blessing for me.

Our investigators are struggling to keep commitments so we´ve been focusing our study on that and keeping our expectations high. Although our fechas have fallen through, they are continuing to progress and hopefully very soon we can reset some dates. I´ve come to really love the people I am teaching here and my heart yearns to see them in that white baptismal jumpsuit!!

I only marked this email as urgent because yesterday we had a sitdown with the zone leaders in our District Council and I wanted you to be able to have this information quickly. I´ve felt the need to address with you here some issues we´ve had as a district especially now that the zone leaders have been involved.

As a missionary, and as a person I am not one who seeks out drama and so my heart is heavy as I've tried to be prayerful about how to move forward.  I have not talked with you about this concern before now because I felt that since it was not initiated by me, I could just ignore, downplay, redirect attention and it would go away.  I didn't want to bother you with anything that was unimportant or something that was becoming increasingly awkward at no fault of my own.

 I have made my sister leaders aware and my companion and we've been prayerful in the past several weeks. I understand that my sole focus should be my missionary errand and that's my hearts desire and so it hurts that there has been any implication that I have thought, said or done anything contrary to that-- I have tried to not make an issue out of unwanted attention from any elders specifically my district leader.

It began months ago and I felt uncomfortable with the joking and teasing- the familiarity in general.   As I shared my concern with my companion, we decided that I should just try to distance myself, as to not encourage any unwanted attention and have less contact as to not create a more casual interaction.  My companion started answering phone calls so I wouldn't have to.

 I am honestly mortified to have drawn any negative attention.  That is not representative of my heart, my efforts, my obedience, my intention, or me.  My district leader has chosen to speak to zone leaders who did not speak to me or my companion or our sister leaders to find out a little more information and see things from all sides, before responding.

I have been thinking about transfers coming up and just have tried to wait it out and distance myself.  I am grateful for my associations with fellow missionaries. We are in this great work together.   I want nothing more than to work along side each other and serve.

Please know that my heart is all in.  I am striving to be exactly the kind of missionary the Savior needs me to be.  I have been obedient but have become somewhat of a target for unwanted attention.  That is completely unfamiliar territory to me and I want to run from it-- that's not my focus as a missionary.  I realize this is complicated and I dislike that it even needs to be addressed in an email, but my approach of trying to not let it escalate, or back away from it has not been as effective as I'd hoped. I just want to be the Lord's hermana and move forward.

And you should also know that I am just fine. Really you don´t need to worry about me, I just wanted you to have it come straight from me, because I don´t know what´s been said. Please feel free to call me if there is anything I can help clarify. I think the dust should all settle and luckily transfers are coming up at the end of the week. But I´ve already put it behind me and hope that everyone else can do the same. I love the work and I love being here in Ecuador! Thanks for everything,

Hermana Miller 

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