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Hey Yall,
Well, it´s the week of Cambios in here in our little mission down in Chile. Don´t worry, Elder May and I are staying together here in Camilo. We´re getting another Latino in the house to replace Elder Swenson, because he´s headed back to the US! Yay for ending missions! Elder Kamalu, my Trainer, is also going home. We´ll see what the both of them do once they´re back on American Soil. :)
The fun story for the week is about a referral we received. I should start off by saying that our area does not have a very set line for the edge. We are right in between two other sectors and the one just south of us is incredibly vague concerning where it ends. Anyway, we received a referral to a street about where the line is, so we decided to go exploring to find him. We walked all the way out to the hill, went up the hill and to the other side. It started pouring rain while we were walking, so we got thoroughly soaked. We found the street easily enough, but the number didn't exist. So, we started knocking doors. After coming out of one of the houses, we ran into the President´s daughter from the other Branch where the line is vague. She told us all about how dangerous it is in that part when it was dark and asked about what we were doing. In the end we found some nice people to pass over to the other missionaries in the area to the south. It was a fun experience. :)
With the rain that day, we were actually without power almost the entire day the next day. It was not good considering we have an electric shower. So, we showered with Cold Water.
This is going to be an exciting cambio, with 2 new missionaries out of the MTC in our Zone. We´re really excited because there are several people we´re going to baptize! Wahoo!

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