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Dear Family,

Let me tell you a little about this week.

To start with the big event of the week, we had an activity in the ward  where the church was an open house and the members brought their friends and family that aren`t members to learn what we do in the church. The activity was one day before the church would be cleaned so the elders, our ward mission leaders and my companion and I came early to clean the church.  The activity went pretty well and we have some future new families to teach! I am excited!!

As a district this week, we put some goals and decided to have a special fast for our investigators that we have planned to be baptized this month of December. We fasted for two of our investigadors that have had a hard time living the Word of Wisdom and one that has some pretty interesting ideas and talks a lot. Man! We have seen MIRACLES working here in Pinos!!!

Blanca let us remove the coffee from her house and promised not to buy more. She is going to drink hot chocolate or something hot that isn't against the WoW in place of coffee from now on. Why is this a miracle? Because two weeks before, she said there was nothing in the world that would convince her to stop drinking coffee. It was neccessary and she had to have it. She has gone one whole week without her coffee :)

Irene has to fight hard to quit smoking. She has put forth an effort to not smoke day for day, taking it one step at a time and SHE IS DOING IT.  Miracles exist because God exists and hears our pleas.

Pablo still has his interesting ideas and we found out that he doesn't believe in the Bible and still talks a lot. The miracle here is that we have some how committed him to read about the Godhead in the scriptures and to pray about it. He seems pretty receptive and we will see how things turn out. Story to be continued.

We have had a MAJOR struggle to find new people and FAMILIES that we can teach. it's hard because we have to leave other families that aren't progressing and we are left with the desparate search for work, for FAMILIES to teach. 

I hope it is a snowy blizzard in Utah this week and that you can send some pictures. I am living an October-like December here in Pinos. Its weird that I am walking around in short sleeves still. 

Whelp. That's all for this week.

FELIZ NAVIDAD!!!

Hermana Beardall

p.s. see this video here- christmas.mormon.org again and again if you have to.