March 22, 2010-Greetings To Sunny California

hows it going everyone?!
well i wanted to tell paige happy birthday again. it sounds like you had a good time. i saw the picture of you and mom. wow i really didn´t even recognize you. its crazy how much you´ve all grown already. but i really like the new haircut and everything.
thank you all for wishing me a happy birthday. it was a nice day for me. for the most part, it was alot like any other day in the mission...i think the biggest difference was just alot more cake than i´m used to in the mission. my comp made me this super funny cake in the morning, and then i ended up having 3 more from the members in the ward, and 1 from sara and valeria. so to be honest, i´ve had my fill of cake for another year. i think that i´m about full of cake. it was really nice of everyone to do that for me though.
so this week mortensen and i were able to take out baptismal dates with sara and valeria. but sara still needs to get married first, so we set the baptismal date for the 22nd of may. we might have been able to set it earlier, but sara´s son ended up getting a job up on cordoba and is going to be there working for like 2 months. sara really wants him to be here when she gets married, so we just decided to put the baptism right after they get married...we´re also pretty excited about this investigator, luis. he´s supposed to get baptized this saturday, but he´s been wanting to talk with a couple of the members in the church first. we´ve set up days for him to go visit some of the members, but the times that he´s gone, but member wasn´t there. so he´s supposed to go talk to one of the members tonight, and then we´re gonna give him a baptismal interview tomorrow. i really feel like he´ll get baptized this saturday. he´s definately ready for it. he´s the kind of guy that you could call to teach in a class at church right after he was baptized, and he wouldn´t have any problem doing it. he´s just got a really good understanding of everything and has alot of faith in this church.
i also had a cool experience last week that i forgot to tell you all. so i dont know if ive ever told you guys before but we share a church with the area next to us. so ive been able to get to know alot of the members and the hermanas from that area (los hornos) too. so the other day this little girl was getting baptized, so she asked me to baptized her. i thought that it was really awesome and i always think that its a blessing to be asked to baptize someone. ill have to show you some pictures of it sometime.
mom, i really think that that scrap book is awesome. i really liked the picture of it that you attached. thanks for always doin that stuff for me. dad, mom tells me that youve been pretty busy lately going down to san diego and other places. i was thinking how awesome it would be to go with you to mexico someday. it would feel so normal now. peruvians actually talk alot like mexicans so it wouldnt be weird at all to talk to them. sean, dude i wont lie, the trivia this week took me a little longer to remember...but i still got it! hahah of course thats clifford dude haha. such a funny movie! but dang it sounds like things in the sports world are pretty exciting right now too. im way excited about byu basketball. its about time we won one in the tournament hahah. paige, happy birthday again! its crazy to think that youre already 16. mom also told me that you went on your first group date...no comment...hahah just kidding, just be sure to let those guys know that you have an older brother ;) . bridg, watcha been up to sis? are you still thinking about trying out for the basketball team at your school? be sure to let me know, cause i still think that it would be way cool.
alright guys, i should probably get goin...this is the last week of the transfer...i really cant believe how fast its gone. i personally dont think that ill be leaving the area. mortensen and i are hoping to stay together for one more transfer but i guess well just have to see what it is that the Lord wants from us. i hope that you all have another great week. thanks again for everything. i love you all. until next week...
con cariño,
elder ryan hall