Week 17: Camila and Anggie's Baptism

Anggie and Camila (middle) The sweetest girls ever!

Hola Familia!!

Anggie and Camila were baptized!! It was soooo sweet and they are both so cute. Earlier in the week Hermana Wurdel and I each gave them one of our dresses because they don't have any to wear, and we wanted them to have a new dress to wear to their baptism and when they go to church. They showed up in their dresses and they were so excited!

We had the baptism Saturday morning because that is the only time Anggie didn't have to work. We were stressed that no one would come because it is so hard to get members to wake up and come to a baptism Saturday morning. The day before we spent the whole day committing members to come and so many people showed up!! The night before we stayed up so late baking for the little party afterward. Hermana Wurdel made cake from Brazil and I made brownies from the box. haha! (But they were so good all the members were so impressed because Chileans never make brownies) A ton of the members also brought food.

I played the piano and Hermana Wurdel and I sang "Peace in Christ" and Camila started crying after the song. It was so so sweet! Camila and Anggie are so special. They have so much faith and Camila actually said she is sad that church is only on Sunday because she wants to go more haha😁

Today we had a zone activity! We made tacos and then played the game where you tie balloons to your ankles and have to pop each other's balloons. What's more is the balloons were filled with flour and towards the end it was just a big balloon popping flour fight and now I'm covered in flour sitting writing in the cyber. haha.

Christmas is really big in Chile. There are so many houses with a bunch of lights and decorations. I'll take some pictures and send them next week! In all the stores there is always Christmas music (in English) playing. They also make this bread called pan de pascua and it's like a fruitcake. It's pretty good and we've eaten it like 213,489 times already.

That's about it this week! I'm so happy to be a member of the church! I can't imagine my life without this gospel and this sense of hope we have. I am seeing first hand more and more people come to the knowledge of the truth and I believe that even though the world seems to be becoming more and more wicked, the good is growing just as rapidly! Whenever we meet people in the street that have lost hope and just talk about all the bad in the world, I always tell them that there is so much good too. As missionaries we are here to spread the good and to bring hope and peace to the people that have lost their hope.

I love you guys. I hope everything is good at home and I miss you so much! I can't wait until Christmas to talk to you all! I know this church is true and that life is full of miracles!

Con mucho amor

Hermana Snyder