Sorry you didn't get a email last week I was trying to send you some pictures so my computer was going really slow then the internet went out so nothing was sent. I decided that I would print pictures out and send them to you.
So this last week has been pretty great. I have a new companion named Elder Chavez. He is great. We get along real well. I am in a different area, it's called the Primavera. It is like 20 mins east from my old area, so I am still in the city. I want to leave this city.
My new area is cool the people here are super nice. There aren't many members so we are a branch. Attendance is about 60 usually.
President Clayton, one of the members of the quorum of the seventy came and talked to us last week. It was cool. He talked a lot about pioneers and the history of the church. I liked hearing that stuff because I don't think many of the missionaries know the stories, they just know the basic doctrine, but there is no problem with just the basics because that is all our faith is based on.
So Mom, you hang out with my friends to much because you use words only us 3 used. epic & glorious. You are a silly mom.
Will you make sure my credit card has around 200 dollars. My mission card was eaten by the ATM machine. I have to wait for another one to be sent from the USA so that will take a couple of weeks. So mean while, I have to use my own card.
It's crazy to think that Steven and Chase (boys from our ward that have been on missions) are coming home. It seems like they just left. It's crazy that it is already Febrero. Just think I had a mullet this time last year and now I am here helping people change their lives.
I got the photos and the activities. Thanks I can use those activities.
Um I don't know what else. Tell the family hey and that I miss them.
Love, Kyle
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
The drunk following us home February 8, 2010
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Hey family and friends,
Yeah it is fun to talk to people in Spanish but, there is so much more I have to learn. So So much.
So between now and July they are going to send 200 new missionaries to Nicaragua. Many of the missionaries and people here are going to be pushed to work harder to work in spots of leaderships or to train others. We are thinking that they are going to divide it in half and divide Managua in half also, but we don't really know at all. Speaking of changes, we have changes/transfers this Wed.. I don't know what is going to happen. I could change or my companion, but not really sure right now. my companion told the Mission Pres. that he doesn't want to change so we will see what happens.
I am sure it is sad to see Zach go (Zach Kyle's best friend will leave for New Zealand tomorrow to go to school). I am sure he will be fine with out us.....for a while, but I know the family will all miss him when he is gone. It's sad to see every one grow up. Growing up sucks. Tell Zach and Mo that I will take them up on that and I will baptize them when I get home.
Of course I right in my journal every day what kind of missionary do you think I am? gosh... ( asked Kyle if he was writing down all his experiences in his journal so he can share them with us when he gets home, because I feel there is much more to his life down there than we ever here about).
Your thought you heard is like the scripture in the Book of Mormon, I believe it is in mosiah 4 :27 but that might be a huge lie. It's the scripture about how God won't ask you to run faster then you are able. He will push you, but he won't break you.
So things that happened this week. One of our investigators boar his testimony about the church in fast and testimony meeting and the wife boar hers in relief society. Also they invited us over to their house for a birthday party. We had tons of fun and ate cake and talked and stuff. They are golden, but the husband has a drinking problem so we are working on that.
We had a really difficult baptism this week, but a miracle happened that caused every thing to fall into place and it did happen.
So we were contacting a lady yesterday and a 95 year old woman walked into the room and looked at us and the girl we were teaching and turned around to walk away and while she was walking away she yelled make sure and use a condom. It was really funny. She had on animal sunglasses like Olivia and Cassi have and she could barely walk but she still had jokes.
Also there was a drunk hanging out out side of our house yesterday night so at 9 when we went to go in he was standing there and was like I knew you were going to pass by here. so we just walked past our house and he followed us and yelled I am not going to rob you, I just want to talk about God. We went to the house a little later and he was still there so we just walked past again and he was like man stop walking you are always walking . It was funny eventually he left the house and we got to enter. Every thing went well no problems.
I think that is about it. Oh I got my Nicaragua residents id today so I am an official resident.
We'll talk next week. I will let you know how changes go.
Tell Zach good luck and stay safe and I love him.
Love you,
Elder Bloomfield
Hey family and friends,
Yeah it is fun to talk to people in Spanish but, there is so much more I have to learn. So So much.
So between now and July they are going to send 200 new missionaries to Nicaragua. Many of the missionaries and people here are going to be pushed to work harder to work in spots of leaderships or to train others. We are thinking that they are going to divide it in half and divide Managua in half also, but we don't really know at all. Speaking of changes, we have changes/transfers this Wed.. I don't know what is going to happen. I could change or my companion, but not really sure right now. my companion told the Mission Pres. that he doesn't want to change so we will see what happens.
I am sure it is sad to see Zach go (Zach Kyle's best friend will leave for New Zealand tomorrow to go to school). I am sure he will be fine with out us.....for a while, but I know the family will all miss him when he is gone. It's sad to see every one grow up. Growing up sucks. Tell Zach and Mo that I will take them up on that and I will baptize them when I get home.
Of course I right in my journal every day what kind of missionary do you think I am? gosh... ( asked Kyle if he was writing down all his experiences in his journal so he can share them with us when he gets home, because I feel there is much more to his life down there than we ever here about).
Your thought you heard is like the scripture in the Book of Mormon, I believe it is in mosiah 4 :27 but that might be a huge lie. It's the scripture about how God won't ask you to run faster then you are able. He will push you, but he won't break you.
So things that happened this week. One of our investigators boar his testimony about the church in fast and testimony meeting and the wife boar hers in relief society. Also they invited us over to their house for a birthday party. We had tons of fun and ate cake and talked and stuff. They are golden, but the husband has a drinking problem so we are working on that.
We had a really difficult baptism this week, but a miracle happened that caused every thing to fall into place and it did happen.
So we were contacting a lady yesterday and a 95 year old woman walked into the room and looked at us and the girl we were teaching and turned around to walk away and while she was walking away she yelled make sure and use a condom. It was really funny. She had on animal sunglasses like Olivia and Cassi have and she could barely walk but she still had jokes.
Also there was a drunk hanging out out side of our house yesterday night so at 9 when we went to go in he was standing there and was like I knew you were going to pass by here. so we just walked past our house and he followed us and yelled I am not going to rob you, I just want to talk about God. We went to the house a little later and he was still there so we just walked past again and he was like man stop walking you are always walking . It was funny eventually he left the house and we got to enter. Every thing went well no problems.
I think that is about it. Oh I got my Nicaragua residents id today so I am an official resident.
We'll talk next week. I will let you know how changes go.
Tell Zach good luck and stay safe and I love him.
Love you,
Elder Bloomfield
A wedding and 2 baptisms February 2, 2010
Well this week went well. Saturday we married and baptized 2 people. I believe we can do the marriage but since we only do civil marriages we have a lawyer do it so they are married by the law, but the lucky thing is our bishop is a lawyer. He charges us 10 dollars for a wedding, so it's not to bad and the mission will reimburse us.
Speaking of the mission, I have big news. In July they are splitting the mission into 2 different missions. They are sending 25 new missionaries this change and 20 new missionaries the next two changes after that so clearly the Lord has some huge plans for us here.
Oh this week at church we had 9 investigators and one was a family of 5 they are super cool. They were super excited to come to church. They even brought their camera and asked to take pictures with us so they wouldn't forget us. We took them on a tour of the church, when they saw the baptismal font they asked when you could get baptized. It is kinda funny because the first time we talked to the family the father didn't want come to the gate and talk to us, but his wife made him and now they are super pilas and have tons of questions. They even did research on the Internet. That is a lot of work considering there isn't a computer in every house.
Sorry I didn't write yesterday, the Internet was down in my area so I couldn't.
Oh about Travis he sent me an email asking for advice. He said that it sucks I am not there for him to talk to. How cute.
I don't have any pictures yet, but maybe next p-day I will send you some.
There aren't really doors here so I won't get the door slammed in my face.
So I have been out almost 5 months now and time is flying and I am always having fun. It is nice being able to speak Spanish and interact more with the people. I am starting to get a personality now. before I was a robot trying to think every sentence out.
Well have a good week!!
Love, Elder Bloomfield
Here is the Article on Kyle's mission being divided as it was announced in the Feb. 13, 2010 CHURCH NEWS:
Create the Nicaragua Managua North Mission from a division of the Nicaragua Managua Mission. The name of the Nicaragua Managua Mission will be changed to the Nicaragua Managua South Mission.
Nicaragua Managua North
Speaking of the mission, I have big news. In July they are splitting the mission into 2 different missions. They are sending 25 new missionaries this change and 20 new missionaries the next two changes after that so clearly the Lord has some huge plans for us here.
Oh this week at church we had 9 investigators and one was a family of 5 they are super cool. They were super excited to come to church. They even brought their camera and asked to take pictures with us so they wouldn't forget us. We took them on a tour of the church, when they saw the baptismal font they asked when you could get baptized. It is kinda funny because the first time we talked to the family the father didn't want come to the gate and talk to us, but his wife made him and now they are super pilas and have tons of questions. They even did research on the Internet. That is a lot of work considering there isn't a computer in every house.
Sorry I didn't write yesterday, the Internet was down in my area so I couldn't.
Oh about Travis he sent me an email asking for advice. He said that it sucks I am not there for him to talk to. How cute.
I don't have any pictures yet, but maybe next p-day I will send you some.
There aren't really doors here so I won't get the door slammed in my face.
So I have been out almost 5 months now and time is flying and I am always having fun. It is nice being able to speak Spanish and interact more with the people. I am starting to get a personality now. before I was a robot trying to think every sentence out.
Well have a good week!!
Love, Elder Bloomfield
Here is the Article on Kyle's mission being divided as it was announced in the Feb. 13, 2010 CHURCH NEWS:
Create the Nicaragua Managua North Mission from a division of the Nicaragua Managua Mission. The name of the Nicaragua Managua Mission will be changed to the Nicaragua Managua South Mission.
Nicaragua Managua North
Spanish is coming along January 25, 2010
Alright so this week. It was an interesting week. It started off really good, all of our investigators were progressing. Things were good with my comp and we were teaching a lot and finding a lot. We have 8 families that we are teaching.
Then Friday comes around the zone leader came on divisions with us all day and to do a baptismal interview. Well the girl wasn't there, and wouldn't be back till the next day. So we couldn't interview her. So our Zone leader decided to spend the night with us and the next day, Saturday interview her for her baptismo. So he spent the night with us. The problem with that was the sink flooded the whole house so the floor was all wet. We dried it as much as we could then we put the 2 beds on the floor to sleep all 3 of is on 2 mattresses pushed together. Good night.
Saturday didn't go to well either. We had an activity at a different church and a baptism at the same time, so we did divisions. I went to the activity and he went to the baptism.
But when we got there, we found that Friday night some one broke into the church and stole the air conditioning and damaged the church so when Sunday came around sacrament meeting in a suit with no ac is horrible. I was soaking wet. But anyways back to Saturday night, one of our families that was super positive that we have been teaching, we went to visit, and the husband was drunk. Usually he is real lively and fun. He always jokes with me asking if I would like to be black like him and he tells me he wants to be white. He says he is going to put flour on his skin to make him white like me. We talked to him and figured out his problem and stuff. He did go to church the next day so that was good. So we left that house and were walking to do family prayer with a family we are teaching and on the way there a girl yelled to me and asked me to make her a baby. It is real interesting when you can understand people. We went to family prayer and one of the girls that is suppose to get baptized this week decided she is getting back together with her boyfriend. Supposedly they are going to get married because she wants to get married. It's just a hole load of stress, but it's really fun here.
Its really hot here these days, but I am kinda use to it. Texas is pretty hot.
Oh so there is a member here that is the spitting image of scooter from soccer zone. It is hilarious. He is tall, lanky, and has a high pitched voice. He is a little slow. I laugh every time I see him.
My president hasn't said any thing to me about changes or anything like that. My zone leader was trying to tell me that I am going to be a district leader in the next 1 or 2 changes. The zone leaders tell the ap´s who works hard and who doesn't and the ap´s tell pres., so it could happen. But as far as changes, I will just have to wait and see.
You asked for a longer letter, I feel like this one is a little longer.
oh a had my first string of jokes the other day. Saturday night we have ward council and I had everyone laughing their heads off. So I would say my Spanish is coming along pretty well.
About Stevens home coming and mine in the future (we had a boy return from his mission in France last week. I wrote and told Kyle how much he had changed and matured. I told Kyle I was excited for when he came home and had the same kind of growth and change). I will mature spiritually during this mission and stuff, but I am always going to be a mischievous little boy. That's never going to change, I will always joke and screw around. Look at my father. He and I are the same. He blows bubbles with his mouth while he is teaching the young women. That was funny dad.
Well I am not coming home for a while so you will have to do with out me. Hopefully Travis can fill my shoes and make them bigger.
Well have a good week. Dad be safe while traveling (Steve is headed to Malaysia for a couple of weeks).
Love the family,
Elder Bloomfield
Then Friday comes around the zone leader came on divisions with us all day and to do a baptismal interview. Well the girl wasn't there, and wouldn't be back till the next day. So we couldn't interview her. So our Zone leader decided to spend the night with us and the next day, Saturday interview her for her baptismo. So he spent the night with us. The problem with that was the sink flooded the whole house so the floor was all wet. We dried it as much as we could then we put the 2 beds on the floor to sleep all 3 of is on 2 mattresses pushed together. Good night.
Saturday didn't go to well either. We had an activity at a different church and a baptism at the same time, so we did divisions. I went to the activity and he went to the baptism.
But when we got there, we found that Friday night some one broke into the church and stole the air conditioning and damaged the church so when Sunday came around sacrament meeting in a suit with no ac is horrible. I was soaking wet. But anyways back to Saturday night, one of our families that was super positive that we have been teaching, we went to visit, and the husband was drunk. Usually he is real lively and fun. He always jokes with me asking if I would like to be black like him and he tells me he wants to be white. He says he is going to put flour on his skin to make him white like me. We talked to him and figured out his problem and stuff. He did go to church the next day so that was good. So we left that house and were walking to do family prayer with a family we are teaching and on the way there a girl yelled to me and asked me to make her a baby. It is real interesting when you can understand people. We went to family prayer and one of the girls that is suppose to get baptized this week decided she is getting back together with her boyfriend. Supposedly they are going to get married because she wants to get married. It's just a hole load of stress, but it's really fun here.
Its really hot here these days, but I am kinda use to it. Texas is pretty hot.
Oh so there is a member here that is the spitting image of scooter from soccer zone. It is hilarious. He is tall, lanky, and has a high pitched voice. He is a little slow. I laugh every time I see him.
My president hasn't said any thing to me about changes or anything like that. My zone leader was trying to tell me that I am going to be a district leader in the next 1 or 2 changes. The zone leaders tell the ap´s who works hard and who doesn't and the ap´s tell pres., so it could happen. But as far as changes, I will just have to wait and see.
You asked for a longer letter, I feel like this one is a little longer.
oh a had my first string of jokes the other day. Saturday night we have ward council and I had everyone laughing their heads off. So I would say my Spanish is coming along pretty well.
About Stevens home coming and mine in the future (we had a boy return from his mission in France last week. I wrote and told Kyle how much he had changed and matured. I told Kyle I was excited for when he came home and had the same kind of growth and change). I will mature spiritually during this mission and stuff, but I am always going to be a mischievous little boy. That's never going to change, I will always joke and screw around. Look at my father. He and I are the same. He blows bubbles with his mouth while he is teaching the young women. That was funny dad.
Well I am not coming home for a while so you will have to do with out me. Hopefully Travis can fill my shoes and make them bigger.
Well have a good week. Dad be safe while traveling (Steve is headed to Malaysia for a couple of weeks).
Love the family,
Elder Bloomfield
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The run away investigator January 18, 2010
So it's looking like I am going to have my first wedding this next week, the 30th. We have a family we have been teaching that would like to be baptized and married. They're super cool and they have changed a lot. The mother of the lady we are going to baptize is a member and her other daughter wants to get baptized but won't get married with her man, so she can't get baptized. That's the deal. No one is married here. They just like to party.
Also we had one of the girls we have been teaching ask if she can be baptized for her birthday. She has been taught all the lessons and has started to change her life around but she is not 100% ready yet, maybe later. But funny story, she has a friend that she was talking to in the street one day when we passed, so we started talking to her and asked what church she goes to. Then we went to talk more about our church and she ran away. Literally ran. Yesterday we walked past her house and she whistled at us and yelled at us to go over to her house. So we started talking and she was like I don't have a bible and you guys keep asking questions so just read something from the bible and then leave. So we found a scripture that applied to her and then she started crying and then she just continued asking more questions and more questions. Later that day we went to teach our investigator (her friend) and she was over there waiting for us. It was cool to see the change in her in just 24 hours. At the end of the lesson she asked "you are coming back tomorrow right?" I hope she continues to change and get baptized.
Well that is all for this week.
Love,
Elder Bloomfield
Also we had one of the girls we have been teaching ask if she can be baptized for her birthday. She has been taught all the lessons and has started to change her life around but she is not 100% ready yet, maybe later. But funny story, she has a friend that she was talking to in the street one day when we passed, so we started talking to her and asked what church she goes to. Then we went to talk more about our church and she ran away. Literally ran. Yesterday we walked past her house and she whistled at us and yelled at us to go over to her house. So we started talking and she was like I don't have a bible and you guys keep asking questions so just read something from the bible and then leave. So we found a scripture that applied to her and then she started crying and then she just continued asking more questions and more questions. Later that day we went to teach our investigator (her friend) and she was over there waiting for us. It was cool to see the change in her in just 24 hours. At the end of the lesson she asked "you are coming back tomorrow right?" I hope she continues to change and get baptized.
Well that is all for this week.
Love,
Elder Bloomfield
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Como un Rocket January 11, 2009
Well we had another investigator family in church again. That is 3 weeks in a row. In other words, it is time for them to be baptized but they can't because they have a lot of problems, as well as they live in a really dangerous part and the husband doesn't get home from work until 10 or so, so we can't teach them. It is difficult. We have taught the family all together about 3 times and the wife we have talked to about 6 or so times. She is frustrated with her husband because he is never at home, so we are working hard to get every thing figured out with them.
Our other family that we found this week are pretty sweet. It is a young couple probably in their early 20's. They have 2 young kids. They love the lessons and talking with us. The only problem is they are not married, but before we told them being together with out being married is bad, they were like we are trying to get married because being together is fornication. So that is pretty cool. The problem is the father doesn't have any papers or id or any thing.
Also a member brought 3 friends to church Sunday and we are starting to teach them the lessons. They are 3 teenage girls. They really like me and i don't like it.
Speaking about floods in the church,(In my letter to Kyle today, I told him that a pipe froze and broke at our church on Sunday. I know we live in Texas, but it was soooooo cold over the weekend - like in the low teens at night) we were having a giant meeting with all the stake and the ac run off was like a water fall straight out of the ceiling to the floor right in front of the pulpit. The best part is no one did any thing they all just sat and watched it, so I got a large yellow mop bucket and placed it under the waterfall.
I have figured out why Central America and this area are not so great. Pretty much because the people have no respect for any thing. For example my comp is sick right now and he just did a snot rocket onto the bed room floor then rubbed it around with his shoe. For those who don't know what a snot rocket is I will explain. He held one nostril closed while he blew the other nostril causing snot to launch out como un rocket. It makes me so mad. Respect the earth God gave us. It's not that hard. (Thank you Kyle very much for the lovely description - yuk)
It is probably around 80 or 70 some where around there at night due to the wind. People are wearing jackets and sweaters and stuff. It's ridiculous.
Oh and that book you wanted me to read, "our search for happiness". I read it in 2 days and I read all of first Nephi yesterday and today. I am a reading maniac. I hate reading but I have to learn more things to be a good missionary.
Well have a good week.
It just another day in paradise here!
Elder Bloomfield
Our other family that we found this week are pretty sweet. It is a young couple probably in their early 20's. They have 2 young kids. They love the lessons and talking with us. The only problem is they are not married, but before we told them being together with out being married is bad, they were like we are trying to get married because being together is fornication. So that is pretty cool. The problem is the father doesn't have any papers or id or any thing.
Also a member brought 3 friends to church Sunday and we are starting to teach them the lessons. They are 3 teenage girls. They really like me and i don't like it.
Speaking about floods in the church,(In my letter to Kyle today, I told him that a pipe froze and broke at our church on Sunday. I know we live in Texas, but it was soooooo cold over the weekend - like in the low teens at night) we were having a giant meeting with all the stake and the ac run off was like a water fall straight out of the ceiling to the floor right in front of the pulpit. The best part is no one did any thing they all just sat and watched it, so I got a large yellow mop bucket and placed it under the waterfall.
I have figured out why Central America and this area are not so great. Pretty much because the people have no respect for any thing. For example my comp is sick right now and he just did a snot rocket onto the bed room floor then rubbed it around with his shoe. For those who don't know what a snot rocket is I will explain. He held one nostril closed while he blew the other nostril causing snot to launch out como un rocket. It makes me so mad. Respect the earth God gave us. It's not that hard. (Thank you Kyle very much for the lovely description - yuk)
It is probably around 80 or 70 some where around there at night due to the wind. People are wearing jackets and sweaters and stuff. It's ridiculous.
Oh and that book you wanted me to read, "our search for happiness". I read it in 2 days and I read all of first Nephi yesterday and today. I am a reading maniac. I hate reading but I have to learn more things to be a good missionary.
Well have a good week.
It just another day in paradise here!
Elder Bloomfield
Monday, January 11, 2010
On to 2010 January 4, 2010
Alright so lets see how did the mission go this week? This week was pretty slow because my companion is sick so he is not moving to quickly. It is kinda frustrating but I am going to push him hard this week though. Lets see, what else.
So our families- we had 4 investigators at church, but we should have had around 12 so we need to work on that. One of the families we have been teaching has a 6 week old baby that doesn't have a father. You know how things are here, people start having kids at 17, but any ways the family has decided that I am the father of the baby. So I take care of him. I gave him one of the blankets you sent me. The family really liked that.
Alright me and my comp walked around the lake the other day and contacted families and the lake is beautiful. Okay the lake itself is dirty, but the area around is beautiful. I am going to get some pictures and send them to you, but I will have to be careful. Also it is the perfect place to go kite surfing; super windy and beautiful.
Alright for some super cool customs:
A couple things, first we walked past the dump the other day and there was a pile of fresh cow bones that had just been brought to the dump. They had little to no meat on them and were on the dirt and super dirty, but the locals were just going crazy to get a bone and some meat. They had their huge knives and were just going nuts. It was sad to see how hungry and how bad they want to feed their families. I wish I could have got a picture, it was like something you would see in a national geographic magazine. Alright so the New Years custom. Starts out with hanging a duck upside down in the middle of the street some where between 8 to 10 feet high. Second part is you need some contestants for a game. The goal of the game is to rip the head off the duck with your bare hand while you ride your bike underneath at a reasonable speed. It is a New Years custom that happens every year in that neighborhood. The person that rips the head off gets the duck. You should do it as a church activity I think.
What else, I don't know. Well Happy New Year, set goals and have a good year. oh one more thing we went on splits the other day with members and the kid that went with me was 15 and he didn't talk the whole time. It was nice to talk to people and stuff because usually my companion never stops talking to let me get words in.
So our families- we had 4 investigators at church, but we should have had around 12 so we need to work on that. One of the families we have been teaching has a 6 week old baby that doesn't have a father. You know how things are here, people start having kids at 17, but any ways the family has decided that I am the father of the baby. So I take care of him. I gave him one of the blankets you sent me. The family really liked that.
Alright me and my comp walked around the lake the other day and contacted families and the lake is beautiful. Okay the lake itself is dirty, but the area around is beautiful. I am going to get some pictures and send them to you, but I will have to be careful. Also it is the perfect place to go kite surfing; super windy and beautiful.
Alright for some super cool customs:
A couple things, first we walked past the dump the other day and there was a pile of fresh cow bones that had just been brought to the dump. They had little to no meat on them and were on the dirt and super dirty, but the locals were just going crazy to get a bone and some meat. They had their huge knives and were just going nuts. It was sad to see how hungry and how bad they want to feed their families. I wish I could have got a picture, it was like something you would see in a national geographic magazine. Alright so the New Years custom. Starts out with hanging a duck upside down in the middle of the street some where between 8 to 10 feet high. Second part is you need some contestants for a game. The goal of the game is to rip the head off the duck with your bare hand while you ride your bike underneath at a reasonable speed. It is a New Years custom that happens every year in that neighborhood. The person that rips the head off gets the duck. You should do it as a church activity I think.
What else, I don't know. Well Happy New Year, set goals and have a good year. oh one more thing we went on splits the other day with members and the kid that went with me was 15 and he didn't talk the whole time. It was nice to talk to people and stuff because usually my companion never stops talking to let me get words in.
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