hey thanks for the birthday pic! Big bad 20 here I come. My comp has a boyfriend who is on a mission who writes her every week but her family cant afford to use the internet every week. I told her that my mom would write her and my brother could help translate but she said no. I always print my friends emails and I translate them for her monday night and it is fun to read them and see how different their missions are from ours so we enjoy that. I also print yours but I try not to talk about my family emails too much because it makes her sad because she is very close to her family but doesn't get to hear from them often. but I feel so blessed to have a family that loves me so much and writes me!! wow sounds like little Cal is not so little anymore, so cute! Glad you got to spend time with him. And if you feel like throwing a jump rope in my christmas package that would be super cool.

    Okay so this week was super fun because we got to learn a dance! This wednesday is my ward talent show and we are performing a traditional Bolivian dance with our zone leaders and two returned missionaries in my ward who are super cool! Its this sweet dance about hunting and killing tigers or something, I am super excited! We are going to dress up and paint our faces and everything.

   Also I had my second baptism this week! I dont know if I can count it becaue there was no effort on our part, The lord basically handed us a free bap. on a silver platter. His name is Berner and he´s 10 and he is super cute. His family is in our ward but for some reason he wasn't bap. when he was 8. so his mom came up to us and asked if we would teach him because she wants him to be bap. so we got to teach a sweet little 10 year old with posters and treats and it was super fun! but then he broke his arm and couldn't get his cast wet and that is kind of a problem with the whole immersion thing, so we thought we were going to have to wait a while, but it ended up working out. lots of tape and a few plastic bags later we have ourself a new member of ward Tzununa. I sang at the baptism and my companion and I also sang in sacrament yesterday, singing is fun! 

     We are teaching this family right now and they are totally crazy! they flat out call me Hermana Canche. Which is what everyone calls me, it is what they call blonde people, but they dont do it as a joke, they honestly think that is my name. Anyway, they have this cat who only has two legs so he just walks on his two front legs all the time and is so cool! Lets just say I am very distracted during our lessons with them. Oh and one more reason Guat has changed me, I am officially a cat person now. but they are a rocking family and we are hoping that they will be our first family baptism! 

    Well enjoy the beautiful snow fall, we are just getting out of rainy season here. but I love you and I love your letters! 

Love,

Maren Marie