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Hey y'all, I hate wouping little kids in ping pong. :) Haha, we had a Family night in the branch this week and I played a bunch of little kids in Ping Pong and I was struggling to lose. They all played and could serve pretty well, but return a serve...well, I only had to defend one return... The rest of the week went well. Daniela and Maria Theresa are progressing well. Daniela basically teaches us about the principles of Faith, Repentance and Hope. They read the Book of Mormon and love it. They just can´t reach the church...however, they said they would come if we could get Sergio to go one week. New Goal: Sergio. Let´s do it. :) Keep reading your scriptures daily! Keep Praying daily!´´

 Hey Yall, We talked with the owner of a dog this week. That dog is named Romeo. He´s a member of the Church. :) Haha,it´s the story they told me when I first got here to Curacautin and they told me they tossed him into the baptismal font one day. Haha, it´s a funny story. Anyway, Romeo always comes to church and actually has spent a good time with us while we´ve been in the office sometimes. :) The other funny story for this week is about Sebastian, Natali´s son. Natali is the girl that got baptized recently and she told us that she was walking down the street where the church is with Sebastian and a couple of his friends when one of them said, "There´s the church!" Pointing at the Methodist Church across the street. Sebastian replied, "No...there´s the true church. The MORMONS are the true church." They then started arguing about churches. Imagine, a couple of 4 year olds fighting about which church is true. Have a great week and read your scriptures!

Well, we had an interesting experience this week. We're teaching a young couple here in Curacautin named Silvia and Renaldo. We've talked about them getting married so they can get baptized. When Elder Rabanales and I were talking about what we could do to help them the other day, the thought came to mind: Why can't I perform the marriage ceremony so they can save a little money and we can do it in the chapel? So, we looked it up. Excitingly we found out that branch presidents, yes, can perform marriage ceremonies civilly. YAY! However...not in Chile. The laws about marriage in Chile are dumb. Until a few years ago divorce was impossible. Now it's only ALMOST impossible. There's still a million things one has to do to get it done. Apart from that, the Chilean Law does not yet allow for Ecclesiastical Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ to perform Civil Marriage ceremonies. Darn...maybe next time. Remember: "When you are in the service of your fellow beings, y...

Hey Y'all, Now I'll tell you all about how my life was changed by the mere talk given by Elder Hallstrom in conference. It's excellent. :) As many of you will recall, he talked about being active in the church and being active in the Gospel. It hit me and changed my entire line of thinking that those two things are different. The Gospel is the plan of Salvation with all its commandments and covenants, while the church of Jesus Christ is the organization on earth that has the authority of God to administer said Gospel. It was an amazing talk. I hope you all loved it. :) As for this week it was interesting because the assistants called us and said, "Elders, we've been fasting and we feel that there is one person in Curacautin that is going to accept a date to be baptized today." So, we started inviting everyone to be baptized. I mean, EVERYONE. At the end of the day, we talked with good ol' Sergio, who happens to be a habitual drinker. However, his answer wa...

Wow, what a conference. Get married, have kids, do it in the right order and don't abuse the priesthood. Good summary, huh? Haha, I know there's so much more than that but we're a little limited on time this week, so we'll give a good summary of conference next week. All you need to know now is that President Monson stole my purple tie for conference. :) Oh, and I got a bad haircut...we'll see if we take pictures anytime soon...

Listen carefully to conference this week. Know that I´ll be watching it too, although it will probably be in Spanish. Elder Rabanales and I are staying together here in Curacautin and we had a great time in Victoria with the Zone one last time before Elder Earl, Elder Wilcox and the Sisters leave tomorrow. On Wednesday we're going to have a fun time getting to know the new sisters and the new missionaries that are arriving in our zone and to the mission. The biggest news of the week: yes, they called me as Branch President. Any advice?

Well, we got flu shots this week in a conference with all the missionaries. It was a conference all about health and security as missionaries. It was really funny because as we were waiting for the bus, there was a dog wandering around bugging people in the terminal, so I whistled for him to come over and visit me. At the conference, they reminded us not to touch animals and to avoid them when possible. All the missionaries that traveled with us to the conference just gave me a weird look. :) We have a look-a-like for this week: we talked with a girl that is exactly like Devonaire Jones, my good friend. It was kind of funny because we saw her 2 or 3 more times the same day and I did double takes. Our shower is currently broken, so what do we do? We take a bucket, heat up water and sponge bathe! It's a grand old time. I knew I bought that bucket for a reason. We're looking forward to going back to the house near the church when the Haroldsens leave next week. They currently live...