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So some things that have happened lately. i went bowling with some of my friends from the church. and well they all made fun of me cause i granny shot instead of bowling normal. they all tried and they couldnt do it. they thought i was amazing. but now they make fun of me! hahah!! it was a lot of fun though!

i went to this fair type thing. and i go to buy something. i dont see the price so i ask(yes in spanish)!!!!! and they will tell me something like 4 dollars. but the set price is really 6 dollars. they give it to me cheaper cause im a gringa!! its great to be a gringa!!! i thought they would try to rip me off sense i dont know the money very well. but not true! lucky me!

this story is the best one for me! i think you will enjoy too.
um anyways i have been having heart pains this last week. the first few days i didnt want to do anything they pain was so bad! but by about wed. or thursday it went down to where i could handle the pain. but i was finally able to go to church today! it was amazing! it felt so good to take the sacrament again! it had been over a month! i didnt know how much i took the sacrament for granted! anyways... i asked the elders to give me a blessing so that my heart would hurt anymore. and as soon has the elder started the blessing my heart stopped hurting right then. it was AMAZING!!!!!!! i am starting to understand more and more spanish but for some reason in church today i was able to understand most. i would get most words and then just have to use them has context clues. but that was really cool. in YW the teacher asked me to try and read something. i didnt think i would do very well but i was able to pronouce most of the words or semi-close. the YW are going to the Santiago temple on the 24th hopefully i will be able to go! and i can tell you about that! but lately the Lord has really been with me and helped me through A LOT! i have taken so much for granted in my life! for anyone who was like me and was wondering if the church really was true and wanted to know for themselves instead of just going off there parents testimony. thats how i was before i came here. well i will never have the question again. or have doubt in the Lord. He really does answer prayers and does care and love you! if you are having doubt i would go talk to Him in prayer and have him help you find out that the church is true. Thats the most important thing in my life so far!

i hope i made sense or semi sense. if not im sorry. half of my brain is in spanish half in english. if i didnt make sense please tell me and will re-write this. so i do make sense.
take care
much love
annie

i thought it was funny that you had to pay to use those. my friend Alberto. crazy funny. the front of my house. and my host dad cooking.

um well i thought the card was cool shaped! the lake house we went to. on of there dogs. sunset on the andes! making dinner!

we went to a lake and we played games! it was fun! but hard for me cause i dont read spanish and i dont act! so i dont know what i was doing! haha!

Josefa had to do this dance for her school when it was independence day. it was cute!!!

Well i have been here for a month!!!!its crazy! the days go by slow. but this month has gone by very fast!!!
take care
much love
annie

Crazy rotary members!! friends! my host mom just starting putting it on me! so im awesome! hahah! my host sister was helping me with my spanish and i was going crazy as you can see! hahahah!

me and the wonderful, beautiful andes behind!! THE ANDES!!! more. found some really good rock climbing places!!!

all the exchange students that live in Talca: Elaina, Natalie,Me Theresa, Canada, Kirk, Eddie, Sam.

Me, Natalie, Theresa and Elaina with the beautiful andes behind us!

the group at an awesome tree we named andy!

Natalie and I hugging andy!

me in a awesome tree that we didnt name. :(

the bus we took on a field trip. i felt like i was on an airplane with the serivce they gave and watching a movie. it was crazy!!! i was on my way to a rotary meeting yesterday and we had to drive through the country part of Talca and i felt like i was at home. so i just had to take a picture! haha! and beautiful pictures of the ANDES!!!!! i want to ski them sooo bad!!! but the pictures are not the same as what i saw! dad i wish you where here/there with me!!!

my class just had to sell hot dogs during school to celabrate the independence day. and the little kids are doing a race in potato sacks i forgot what its called!

1st one some friends. the rest but the last. more dancing. and the last one natalie, me and becca!

some of the dancing the kids did for us when we ate lunch!