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I found a song that I really love; hopefully you can find the sheet music for me. ;) I think it is called "Cottonwood Lane" but I’m not sure because it doesn’t have any info on the song on my thumb drive.  It goes like this in the beginning, "Ieleen (EYE-LEAN) lived in a little brick house, she and stanely bought in 1952, 415 cottonwood lane is where they planned to make their dreams come true"  Hope you can find it. :) I love to sing it. Is Braden still singing??

This is Estela and her niece and grand child.  Estela was the only one to get baptized but we are working on the others. ;)  What a beautiful day it was!  So thankful to my Heavenly father for all that he has done for me here in Uruguay.

We didn’t have Pday yesterday because President Newsome called an emergency mission wide meeting.  He called us all together without telling us why he needed us to come, so we all got on a bus and made our way to Montevideo.  When we got there, I hooked up with all my good friends!  Elder Macavilca was there, elder Powell, Elder Ha, Elder Gardenier, Elder Barlow, Hatch, Oliveira, and so many more!  ;) What a great thing it was to see them all again and have lunch with them.  Then we started the conference and we had a great choir that sang wonderful hymns.  After that, came the big news.  President Newsome stood up at the pulpit in front of the whole mission and began to cry.  He couldn’t get one word out to begin with... After he gathered his thoughts together, he looked out into the silent crowd of elders and Hermanas and choked out the words, "Tendremos que regresar a casa." ------- "We will have to return home."  After that he told us that his company back home is having financial and legal problems and he along with his family are going to have to return home.  -----We all remained silent and the rest of the meeting was full of tears and emotions... It has been a long time that I have cried.  To be honest.  But yesterday there was just no holding back.  I couldn’t do it.  I love President Newsome as well as his wife and son.  It is sad to see them leave but we have great plans for this month, in order to send them off with 130 baptisms in the mission.

Not sure who is going to be the next president but as soon as we know, we will let you know. 

I love you all so much!  Keep me and my companion in your prayers.  We are struggling a bit, working on some of the difficulties.  ;) I’ll pray and fast for you if you pray and fast for me. ;) Ha-ha.  Love you all so stinking much!

Love, Elder Reay