February 22, 2010-how's it going?

hey everyone,
dang so its just been crazy this week. lately its been raining pretty hard. today its raining up to our ankles. its been an off and on week of rain, so its kind of a bummer for me cause i was liking the hot weather. but its all good because the work is going well and mortensen and i are enjoying it all.
we´ve been able to find some new investigators this week that are really awesome. the other day, mortensen and i were just walking back to the pension for the night. we walked past this one lady and just said hi as we went by here. but then she was like, ¨hola elderes¨ and she kept walking. when i heard her say ¨elderes¨ i just stopped and asked my comp if he heard that too. there aren´t alot of people that know us by ¨elders¨ so whenever i hear it i start talking to them. usually that person has listened to the missionaries in the past and knows the church a little bit. but my comp told me that he wasn´t sure if that was what she said. i was pretty sure that she had, and i felt like i should run back and start talking to her. so i stopped walking and ran back and started to talk to her. her names veronica. i found out that she was listening to the missionaries in peru like 3 or 4 months ago. she told us that practically all her family got baptized too. it turns out that her husband (actually they aren´t really married) really wanted to get baptized, but they couldn´t because they weren´t married. but we´ve been able to talk to her since then and she seems really great. her husband invited us over this thursday for lunch which was pretty awesome. we´ve actually never met him yet because he´s working all the time, but she told us that he wanted us to come over and he wants us to give him the lessons. so we´re pretty excited about them.
theres another family that we found that seems pretty cool too. its this lady named sara and her husband (not really married either) luis. sara came to church with us yesterday with her daughter whos like 14, and they really loved it. luis hasn´t been able to listen to us for a couple days because hes working pretty far right now. but their really awesome, and we´re thinking about trying to take our baptismal dates with them this week. i really believe that they are prepared, but it might take a little while if they have to get married. but if her daughter wants to get baptized we might be able to baptize her this transfer. a bunch of the girls in the ward invited her to some activities this week, so she seemed really excited about that. i feel like both of these families have alot of potential. mortensen and i are way excited for the way this area is looking right now.
hey mom, it sounds like everything is going well at home right now. i´ll definately be excited for that b-day package. i´m really trying to not think about my birthday though. its still a while away anyways. dad, sorry that you guys came up with a zero on the fishing trip. its alright though cause you can save all the fish for when we go haha. itll be sick to reel in a nice 5 pounder ya know. sean, che me mojé tanto el otro dia haha. cuando salimos, nos parecio que no iba llover. pero nos equivocamos hahah. me hizo pensar si llovía asi alla en nicaragua. but dude i´ll bet you´re having a good time making plans for the wedding. dude its coming up soon! hey i was thinking, there are a couple things that i actually don´t know about emily...well actually i don´t know anything about emily haha...where is she from? i´m guessing somewhere in utah. whats her last name? (yes i know that shes gonna be a hall but her maiden name). how old is she? i really don´t know alot about her and since she´s gonna be my sister-in-law i thought i should know more than just her first name hahah. paige, sounds like everything is going awesome. thanks for sending me the email and the picture hahah. it actually made me think of that picture that you and rachel took when you had all that lipstick on hahah. i know you know what picture i´m talking about...about rachel writing me a letter. she can really write me by either letter or dear elder. its up to her, but i´d say that sending an actual letter would get here faster. but its really her call and i´m happy to hear from my 3rd sister in whatever way. bridg, i definately think that you should try out for the girl´s basketball team! that would be sweet! you´re already tall enough to play and once you practice a little more you´re gonna be a dang good baller. i say that you do it!
well i think thats about it for now. its nice and rainy and its callin my name. i hope that you´re all doing well and enjoying yourselves. thank you for everything that you do for me, my comp, and our investigators. i would really appreciate it if you prayed for them. i know that your prayers have already helped a bunch of our investigators change their lives. i love you all and hope that you´re having fun. until next week...
con cariño,
elder ryan hall