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Happy 4th of July! It has certainly been an experience today with a BBQ we had. We got together as 3 zones of missionaries to celebrate, as most of us are from the US anyway. We started out the day by cleaning up the beach and then playing ultimate Frisbee. Afterward we ate churipanes and hamburgers, great American food. As we were eating, we randomly burst into a chorus of the star spangles banner. :) Even better, there was a guy who lives on the beach who started playing the Star spangled banner out of his window at us. His name was Manuel. Oh, and guess which instrument he was playing? Yeah, that´s right. The Trumpet. Even better, he came out to play with us as we sang. I talked with him and told him I am a trumpet player. What did he do? He went back in his house and brought another trumpet! We played a duet while all of the gringos sang! I´ll do my best to get a copy of the video of about 25 Americans singing the Star spangled banner on a beach in Chile. :)
As for the rest of the week...well, we´re working. We have another baptism this next week, so we´re excited about that. We have to work a lot with some other people we´re visiting, though. I do love the fact that we´re in a part of the city where there are about 12 apartment buildings. Knocking doors in those buildings is a lot of fun, actually. We always start at the top and work our way down from the fourth floor. Elder May and I have fun with that.
In the apartments the other day, we met a nice lady named Teresa. She always has a smile on her face. It was surprising to ask her how she was. She replied with the biggest smile on her face, "aweful" But we talked with her and found she has pains all over and that she´s just a happy old lady. :)
That´s about the extent of stories for this week. Happy Independence Day and don´t forget to read those 10 minutes in the Book of Mormon!

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