One... week... later...

Thank you for all the birthday wishes! I loved them! I even got a letter from kyle.. I hope I don´t have to wait another 2 1/2 months for his next one. Blaine however is climbing up there. I received your video (no sound), but it was received and I´m so greatful! Thank you! I watched it 3 times. :D And I can imagine the chipmunk voices singing Happy Birthday. For my birthday Hermana´s de Parque came over and we had a lunch. They gave me a jewelry box and a pen with a blue heart on top. Lol, it was awesome. I also got a video of them singing happy birthday in English.  Two are from Chile and the other from Uruguay... lol you can imagine. I wish I could send it, but this email won't let me send more then a certain amount. Which is why I was a little surprised to receive the video. I bought a cake for myself. (only the cake -no frosting -no nothing. Hermana Medero thought it was crazy that I didn´t want anything on the cake, but it was fantastic. Got it from chango mas (walmart here is under a different name). And I took a picture with you guys (un photo) and Hermana Medero. Later on in the week, familia Zalazar bought me a cake and I got a picture with all of them, SMILING! People here don't smile all that much in photos, - I don´t know why, they look better with smiles.
Familia!

It was an awesome cake. It had dulce de leche and that flaky pastry in the middle. Awesome! I have yet to receive your package, but today is our district meeting, where we receive letters and packages. I´m hoping today.
We have transfers coming up on the 19th.  I´m panicking because my companion has been here 5 months, and my two transfers with her are almost up. So I think either she or I transfer... I´m praying not, but the Lord knows where he wants us. If she goes, I have a whole lot of responsibility to train my new companion, and I don´t think I´m ready. I still can´t understand most of what people say, and as for talking the language, forget about it! No sé... all I can do is say," El Señor sabe" and have as much faith as possible.
Guess what!?! My rain boots... no más. They ripped in 3 different spots.. I tried to fix them with duct tape, but water kept getting underneath. Needless to say, I´m buying new ones soon. I´m super sad about it, because everyone loved them.

We had a baptism last Saturday, Ayelen (Ashelen)- she´s 9. It was amazing. Silvia still hasn´t been confirmed and it´s been four Sundays. We had the zone leaders ask President if she needs to be baptized again, we find out today.
They don´t celebrate Halloween here. They have a name for it, Noche de brujas (Night of witches), but apparently they don´t do much. raro.. I told them that it is huge in my country. Chango mas had a Happy Holloween sign, so I bought it, that is about all they had for Halloween. It´s weird to me. Entonces...
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, he knows what he is doing. I love you all.
Erin
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