Day 6 actually started Friday night when we caught a bus at 11:00pm and arrived in Quito at 8:00am Saturday morning. We then took another 2.5 hour bus ride to the town of Otavalo where the people live a more indigenous lifestyle. They have a HUGE market where you can find all sorts of handmade things!
David and Paul bought these hats!
The four of us!
After the market we headed about 20 min away to a town called San Antonio/ Ibarra. This is the area where David and Paul served together so it was so great that Paul and Paula were able to come with us.
This is Maria Teresa! She used to sit in the park and slap David's behind every time he would walk through there. She's still there and seemed to recognize David. I have a picture of her that David took while he was on his mission that has hung on my fridge for 5 years because it always brings a smile to my face. I will have to scan it and post it sometime.
Pillar and her family. She now has her papers in to go on a mission.
Sister Herrera and her husband. She is a strong member and her husband does incredible woodwork.
On Sunday we went to church and we were excited to see Oswaldo there because David and Paul had wanted to see him and were not sure how to track him down. 
After church we went back to Quito and David, Paul, and Paula spent the rest the day visiting with some members that had moved there. I, on the other hand, stayed in bed at the hotel after getting sick from some food bug. NOT FUN!
Alicia, Pillars sister (who also has her mission papers in.)
Sylvia, (who David baptised) and her sisters.
It was so fun because every where we went, when people saw David and recognized him, they were so happy to see him. True joy would spread over their faces (that's the best way to describe it) and he had some long embraces. The people of Ecuador are so humble and kind and it was an amazing experience.
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