January 18, 2010 - Como Andan

hey everyone,
how are you all doing? i hope that everything is going awesome back in sd. i wanted to start off by thanking you all for all the support that you give me. i was hoping that you could thank keeley for sending me a letter this week. it was awesome to be able to get and it really meant alot to me...it was a bummer to hear that you weren´t able to see her last week but hopefully you were able to this week.
well its been a sweet week here in alto san lorenzo. i´m really stoked to tell you all that maria and ester were baptized on saturday and confirmed yesterday. the baptism turned out really well and i´m just really grateful for all of your prayers. i know that the change that maria and ester have had wouldn´t have happened without all of your prayers and everything. i also really wanted to thank you for praying for elder mortensen and i because i can definately feel it. especially these last 2 weeks i know that i wouldn´t be able to do some of the things that i´ve been able to do without all of you. thank you all so much.
ok so i actually don´t know if theres just a problem with my email right now because i haven´t gotten any new emails this week. if any of you sent emails to me i just want you to know that it still means alot to me. i wish that I could respond to them because its always really awesome to hear how everyone is doing back at home. but that you, and know that i love and appreciate you all.
oh yeah so i´ve started learning some stuff in guarani this week. there is a woman who´s actually a member but hasn´t come to our ward. she´s from paraguay and her husband is listening to the lessons with us right now. so i´ve been learning a little bit of guarani, but i only know some basic things. its crazy because its not even close to spanish or english. all the pronunciacions for letters are different and stuff. but i´m pretty stoked to learn alot more haha.
mom, i hope that everything is going awesome back at home with dad and the girls. paige and bridget should be back at school now, so i´ll bet you´re kinda sad to see the house kinda empty again. dad, i´m keeping my fingers crossed for the chargers and lakers. the chargers better work the jets. wait, did they already play this week? shoot i seriously can´t remember if you told me that they were playing this week or next week. you´ll have to fill me in next week or something. sean, dude i´ve seriously been hearing so much ¨panda¨ lately hahah. i don´t know why, but a bunch of people just have it on in their houses so i hear a bunch of their music. its definately good, but i doesn´t even come close to music in english haha. but you know, i still hear some english stuff every once in a while though. paige, are you really starting hip hop? its kinda sad that i had to learn that from my old comp, but its still sweet. you´ll have to let me know if you really like it. bridg, shoot i tried to send you all the video of those dogs in our pension, but i can´t send videos on this email. but i´ll send the memory card sometime so that you can see them...which reminds me, mom, i looked in that envelope and never found the other memory card. i looked through everything and didn´t find it. but yeah i don´t know what happened to it.
alright everyone, thank you again for all that you do for me. mortensen and i are looking forward to this week and hoping to take out some more baptismal dates with a few people that we´ve found in the last 2 weeks. know that i love you all. work hard, be safe, and be sure to have fun. until next week...
con cariño,
elder ryan hall

ps- heres a picture before the baptism. this is of elder mortensen and i, hermano irisari who actually baptized them, and maria and ester (maria is the older one just so you know)