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Hey Y'all,
So, this week was conference. Because of that, we didn't do a whole besides talk to all the people we know about how awesome it is to hear the prophet speak. We were excited by the turnout we had to the District Center in Coronel. For those who have forgotten what we do here in Chile for Conference (Holly...*cough cough*), here's a quick rundown.
The stakes in Chile have the stake center set up the internet in the stake center and everyone can come see it when it's on. We're three hours ahead of Utah Time as of now, so conference starts at 1 in the afternoon for us. This means that priesthood starts at 9 and ends at 11...yipee! But we as gringos have our own special room where the conference is broadcasted in English so we can understand. However, this time was a little different because the District President didn't realize they needed to set it up. So, we watched Saturday morning's session in Spanish. Luckily I understand pretty much everything right now, but it's a little irksome when you can hear the faint English voice in the background...but we lived. Afterwards they set up the TV in the other room for us. The cool part? Our Chilean Branch President, President Monsalves, speaks English. So he watched with all the gringo missionaries in our little room. Fun times. :)
The best part about going to conference was seeing the people who really had a desire to be their and listen to the counsel of President Monson and the Apostles. We saw one of our Investigators there, Millaray! Her Mom, Nery, is a member who getting active in the church again and we're working on having Millaray and her Dad get baptized this next month. :) It was nice to see them come on Sunday to see the conference.
That's the week in a nutshell! We've got interviews with the Mission President, President Martinez, tomorrow and then a missionary conference on Wednesday. We´ll see how this goes. :) Remember to keep reading every day!

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