viernes feliz!

hola hola hola!!  (^ one of Guayasamin's paintings..)
me encanta espanol!!! Mi examen fue bien! Hoy fuimos a museo de china y aprendimos sobre muchos problemas con gobernierno de china.
We went to a museum today and learned how the government in China is torturing the followers of Falun Gong. The believers are being tortured and their houses raided if the government finds out that they practice Falun Gong. I couldnt believe the stories I heard behind all of the paintings we saw and the date on them is very recent. This is still going on today in China and many children are being orphaned because their parents are sent to jail or killed.  A lot of times the persecuited will be killed by doctors removing their organs with no anesthesia, this is their way to market their organs while torturing the Falun Gong followers. It was hard to hear about such awful things going on and we all had no idea. We are so ignorant about so many happenings all over the world.I´m glad that we could visit and learn about these hardships. Its so hard to see passed our own bubble sometimes. Continually being aware of the struggles around the world  puts things into perspective.

I stopped by the huge cathedral afterwards and got to see the end of one of the services. Tallie and I  have gone in their before to have some quiet time together. Its such a cool opportunitiy that we have to be in the largest Cathedral in Ecuador--and possibly the largest one in latin america. Its enormous arch ways hold up the intricately decorated ceiling and stain glass window on both sides of the cathedral. There is a Baroque style pulpit area that is all in gold and has pillars of gold that are embellished with unique designs. There is a large <Jesus on a cross in the center. There are different sections of the church on either sides of the pues by each set of stain glass windows they are different areas deticated to different figures of the church. There are candles and nuns that live in the back of the cathedral. The marble and stone imported from Spain that holds up the building is breathtaking. As you walk in it quiets the onlooker and forces you to look up and observe all of the detail in every part of the cathedral. <it is beautiful.

We are headed to Gidron manana and we are also going to stop at this crazy nice hostel to hang out and swim for the day. <im not really sure why they call them hostels i always think of a hostel as a really poor quality one room type of stay...I just got assigned an insane amount of papers to write a presentation and a final from my art history class...so I have to find time for that somehow! We want to go to Banos on sunday this hotspring lodge -message place....so <i dont really wanna miss that!!

Love you guys!
im in a cabina at the moment my internet at my house is down. My sister Gabby uses my internet at home and she´s bummed too..she always gets excited to use my computer to go on facebook haha..they don´t have internet on their computer bc Gabby said they haven´t paid..jajaja
i asked how my computer gets it and she said its from the neighbor! haha ( no i get the neighbors name as my password thing....) hahha
Gabby and <i have bonded more:) she tells me things that her mom doesn´t even know about and i let her use my facebook...hahaha its deep. lol
isa the older one is better we learn to be nice and courteous and thats all that really needs to happen. i found out that they have had about 9 other american students before and the girls are just kinda forced to live with it..its a source of income for the family. ...they get paid each month to have a student..sucks for the girls they have to share a room! Marcela is hilarious shes been dying her hair for the wedding they are going to tomorrow..my dad´s niece is getting married and its a BIG DEAL..haha they have been rushing around all week for it. Gabby hates the dress that she has to wear and <i feel really bad for her..it looks like a valentines dress its red and white ..and pretty hideous..lol
Took a nap today was going to nap for like half an hour ..turned into 2 hours..haha it was great.
off to giron manana! water fall hike!

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