Monday, November 30, 2009

November 24, 2009 - Happy Thanksgiving

hey everyone,
well i want to wish you all a happy early thanksgiving! hahah i cool to hear that all the fam is in utah. i hope that you all have an awesome time.
so this week has been another good one here in alto san lorenzo. first of all, lujan is doing awesome and is super excited to be baptized this saturday. we´ve been able to find some awesome new investigators this week also. we had 6 investigators in church this week and none of them were lujan, maria, or ester. we found 2 couples that are progressing really well. one couple is from paraguay...its sweet cause they´ve been teaching me some guarani (still don´t know how to spell that haha). but the dad, carlos, is ready to be baptized. he´s given up 3 jobs already because they asked him to work on sunday. they just moved into our area 2 weeks ago. his wife, yacelin, is evangelica. but we gave her the first lesson and they both came to church with their 2 daughters on saturday. i think yacelin feels alot more comfortable with us because other missionaries have supposedly tried to get her to come to church in other areas and she never would. but they just need to get married. the other couple is a guy named jorge and his wife named gisel. we just met them this week and invited them to come to church. they made it sound like they wouldn´t be able to make it, but on sunday they showed up and really liked it. we´re super excited for them too but they have to get married also. the good news with both couples is that they both have plans to get married.
lets see, so today was tranfers. i´m excited though because both elder araya and i are staying here in alto san lorenzo. it will be awesome to have at least another 6 weeks with elder araya. he´s a good kid. the bummer is that all the people who came with me from the mtc that were in la plata with me are leaving la plata. its kind of a bummer, but i know that they were all called to another area for a reason.
we also had the conference with elder bednar on thursday. wow, it was way good. it was more of a question and answer thing, which was cool. a bunch of missionaries (there were like 600 there) asked him questions, and it was just really awesome. you were able to feel the spirit really strong.
mom, thanks for the emails. it sounds like you´re having a good time in utah even though its kinda cold. i can´t say the same about argentina. its getting hot but i love it. dad, don´t have too much for with uncle jeff. be sure to tell them all hi for me. i also want you to be sure to tell kade, if you can, that i love him. tell him that i think about that kid alot and just i hope that he knows how much i care about him. sean, its sweet to hear that both byu and the chargers won this week. i still have no idea what their records are but i´m hopin that their still both in the races for something. are the lakers still tearin it up? love ya bro. paige, i´ll bet you´re pretty excited to be able to see all the cousins. tell them hi for me and that i love them. bridg, i KNOW that you´re excited to hang out with brooke and the other cousins. thats a given.
well i want to thank you all for your love and prayers. i want you to know that matthew will be in my prayers also. i´m just really grateful for all of you. you guys are the best. i love you all. until next week...
con cariƱo,
elder ryan hall

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