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Hey Y'all,
No, it didn't snow. That title refers to when we made snowflakes last night with the Family Quiero. This week has been really stressful but really worth the pain. We found out that there's an Hermana in our branch whose husband is not a member. So we are working with him and we can already see a difference in his attitude and his countenance. :)
The most stressful part of the week was getting a baptism put together for Floriza. We've been putting it together for about a month, just because she always says we should talk to her daughter that lives in Lota, about a 30 min drive. Anyway, long story short we got it all set up, including an interview with the New Mission President on Friday night. :) She was baptized by her Son in Law and it was an amazing experience.
We also met our new Mission president this week. His name is President Martinez and it's a little interesting because he has three little kids. President Swenson's kids are all old, so we only saw them like once while they were here. However, it seems as though we are going to these little kids every conference. :) Pres Martinez is a great guy who has a great sense of humor.
We're very excited about this next week coming up. It's Elder Swenson's last week of the mission, so we'll see what happens with the ward and with the cambios coming up.

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