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It´s beginning to look a lot like...wait, what?‏

Hey Y'all,
How about a few inches of Snow? No, we didn't get any, but it would be nice for Christmas. No, it's another hot, hot Christmas down here in Chile. It's been a good 70-80 degrees for a couple of weeks and Wednesday marks the official start of Summer. We're having a good time trying to have a Christmas spirit, but Chileans don't get into it as much as North Americans. I think it has something to do with the weather. Anyway, we haven't gone caroling or anything of that sort, but we are excited to have a good Christmas with the Haroldsons here in the Branch.
The Highlights of this week: an intercambio with Elder Quispe. It was a fun time and we got a lot done while working here in Curacautin. Elder Quispe is our District Leader and works in Victoria, another city close by. His companion, Elder Villatoro, worked with Elder Thomas over in Victoria for the day. Elder Quispe is from Peru and has lots of time in the mission. It was nice to see another way of working with another missionary who has lots of experience.
Now, I mentioned last week that I did some paperwork for the government...Elder Thomas had to do something similar. He took out his second Carnet of Chilean ID up in the north, but didn't go to get it before he left. He called the Elders in the city he was in to ask them to go get it for him. They called back and said that they couldn't without him asking for it down here. So, he started looking for his paper saying he had applied for his ID, but couldn't find it. We looked EVERYWHERE in the house. We went to the Civil Unity to ask if he could just present his old ID, but she told us to go look again. We looked, but to no avail. However, a couple of days later Elder Thomas took out a folder from his luggage and what falls out? The paper we were looking for. So we went the next day and talked with the lady again so now his ID is on the way here to Curacautin. Yippee!
We had a dinner party with the Branch on Friday, that "wasn´t a Christmas party." One of the old guys in the branch, Brother Molina, pretty much hates Christmas because it's not the actual day when Christ was born, so it was an "end of the year party" go figure. Anyway, it was a good time with lots of food and a gift exchange. We enjoyed ourselves a lot. :)
The question for the week: What comes to mind with the word ´Yankee´? Or Better yet, who would you consider a Yankee? I look forward to hearing all of the answers from you. :)
That´s about it for this week. We'll talk to you all later!

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