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Hey Ya'll,
We've had kind of a slow week as far as the work goes. We had a conference on Wednesday and an intercambio with the zone leaders. When all of that happens, the numbers of our work go way down. However, we did chop all kinds of wood this week and I'm getting very good at it. Its all in the wood. That's all I have to say.
Anyway, the conference was good. President Swenson talked to us about the point of what we do. Sure we help people put their lives in order, make them happier, but what does it manner? However, he shared with us that our purpose here on earth is to do the things that will win us eternal life. The commandments, doing good deeds, etc, all helps us gain eternal life which is to know and live with our heavenly father.
As for the intercambio, I worked with Elder Elder again in Los Angeles. We had all kinds of appointments that all went long and we got home at about 10:45 after an appointment with a member that doesn't read the Book of Mormon. She's the sweetest lady who's husband is not a member but goes to church with her. We went over to visit with her and find out what happened to one of their friends, when we got into a big discussion about why the names in the Book of Mormon don't appear in the Bible. We explained that of course they don't exist in the Bible because they lived in the Americas. He is just stubborn and it seemed that he was just testing us or something. Oh well, they are great people that come to church every week and love God. We can't ask for much more than that.
The look alike for the week is for Morgan Kitchen. I saw a girl in the street the other day that looked exactly like her, especially with the backpack she had on. The backpack was grayish, almost like the one Morgan has all the time. Congrats, Morgan! You live in Chile!
That is about it for this week. Hope you all had a great mothers day and send my greetings to all my "mothers" out there in the world. Chao!
Elder Lundstrom

Editor's note: Elder Lundstrom looked fit as a fiddle on Skype, and he specifically asked about his friends. He is grateful for your letters and he smiled when he talked about you. He smiled a lot- it was a good phone call!

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