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Well trasfers have come and gone and me and hna woodard are still together... we were surprised because she has 6 months here in the area but we are so pumped! We actually had interviews this week with presidente and we told him if we could stay together we would make him a cake! Looks like the bribery worked out and all is good! 

Every Tuesday we can never sleep all the way through the night because people show up to set up a Farmer's Market at  4:30 am!

This last Wednesday, we went up to the roof to take a pic ... under those red tarps is maddness! 

   To start off we did a ton of apt searching this week.  We would go to apt buildings knock on doors and ask where the land owner lived and yeah its a tiring frustrating process and of course we didn't find anything... but we went and talked to our landlady and asked her if there was anyway we could stay and only pay one deposit and then just pay for all the things the elders broke the first time and she gave in so now we are not moving YAY!

Javier!

OH MY GOSH! on my mish bucket list is to baptize a nun and GUESS WHAT a preacher and a nun literally just came and sat next to me in the internet cafe and oh my gosh prayers answered, I will teach her! So excuse me if this is short.

Anyway back to what happened this week! So Javier (Micheal McLean's doppleganger) is doing really well. WE took him to the CV this week and it went really well and he is preparing to be baptized the 31st of this month! He once again was sleeping outside before church started so we took a pic with him haha and I will send it to you guys! HE is one of the funniest people ever that man. He was waiting for us to get to the CV and he had been to the casa abierta and so he thought to meet him at the temple entrance (not the CV entrance) and so he was waiting there and a wedding walked out so he gave the bride and groom a big hug to congratulate them jaja!

  This week also Carlos finally got to church... he didn't have any more family deaths... first time in like 3 weeks! He is preparing for the 7th of Feb and he is doing really well... he loves the Book of Mormon!

Also funny story so there is an old investigator named Dylan that is like 17 and we decided to see if he would like to learn again... hna woodard taught him back when it was the casa abierta... anyway we went to his house and his mom is really cool and she told us to come in and Dylan wasn't there but he was on his way home so we were just there is in house chilln' with his family talking to them for a second and then he walked in and it was quite funny his reaction... haha I don't know if he wanted us to be there but his mom made him schedule another cita and so we are stopping by today! 

With our main girl Fatima, we teach in her room where it is quiet!

Also this week's miracle: Fatima who is a recent convert that hasn't gone to church basically since she was baptized went ... we were so happy! We did have to make her cake to get her there but it worked and YW was really good with her... she was participating .... probs because it was just us and her and Aris, the pres... but it was a good lesson for her!  That was mas o menos everything that went down this week it was a good week and we are excited to keep on working hard here and see all our work pay off!  Tomorrow is a big missionary broadcast for all the world so that will be fun to watch and also we heard the Pope is coming in like 3 weeks so we will have to leave our area again because the basilica is too close and it will be crazy and dangerous here! haha  It sounds like all is good there and Parker and Lauren, you are having a little boy.  I am so excited to come home to all these sobrinos mios! I want to hear your name ideas!!!!!!!   I will send pics in a sec love you all!!!!!

hermanita heywood

My District.

On the roof with a shot of my "pueblo"; everything you see behind me is my area.

 This elder was having a serious contest (yes I know the things we do to be entertained as missionary's) but he wouldn't crack and everyone was talking selfies with him.

Competitive Elder has some mad "serious" skills.

Walking home from church with the jovenes.

We got snow on the volcano and it was actually a clear enough day to see it.

Our view walking home from church.