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Hey Yall,
This week has been amazing! We had another baptism, a ping pong tournament and I´m playing the piano in sacrament meeting again. We´ll see how that goes for all of us...
As for the Baptism, we had a great time with Luis. He´s an eighteen year-old kid who´s dating a member. He was taking the lessons for her I think, but then he finally read the book of Mormon. He read it and now he says it´s like breakfast for him: the day goes horrible without reading. He´s got such a strong knowledge of the truthfulness of the Gospel. It´s amazing how the power of the spirit works. He got Baptized on Saturday! His family and the Branch President came and I had the privilege of entering the water for the first time in my Mission. :)
Better news this week! Remember Cecilia and Marcelo from Temuco?! She called me the other day! Apparently Elder Kamalu went to go visit them in his final days before going home(he goes home in July, but Elder Kamalu is always planning ahead) and she went through a lot of Trouble to find the number of where I am. We talked a few minutes and We´re going to visit her one day when I´m closer to Temuco. :)
Like mentioned above, we had a ping pong tournament with the Young Men. I lost in the second round, but it was a good fight. We played best of 3 games to 7 and it was 1-1 with a final score of 7-5 in the third game. Cool, huh? Chileans really know how to smack a ball of plastic.
The funny experience of the week: I got splashed by a bus. You know those movies where an actor gets splashed by a bus driving through a puddle of water? Yeah, that happened to me on the way home from Church the other day. It wasn't so bad because I had my rain coat on, but my pants were soaked. It was a pure movie moment.
Elder May, Elder Swenson and I are having a good time this cambio. They both want to know more about music, so we´re learning together. I´m teaching the notes and stuff, Elder Swensons teaching piano techniques and Elder May teaches guitar technique. We're all learning a lot with our talents here in the mission. :)
The weirdest experience of the week was a conference we had. We were discussing ideas on how to knock doors more effectively, so we went out to practice in the neighborhood around the chapel we were meeting in. Imagine that: 80-90 missionaries out in a little neighborhood around a church in Concepcion. Obviously we knocked on Some doors where missionaries had already passed 2 or 3 times that day. We learned a lot. I got to be companions with one of my MTC buddies for those couple of hours, Elder Allen. :)
So, that's us for the week, I´ll keep you updated on how the work is going! For this week, I challenge everyone to read Galations 5:22-23 to try recognizing the spirit in their live more.

Para Siempre Dios esté con vos!

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