May 25, 2010-Que Tal

que tal,
sorry that i´m writing this a day late. but i guess yesterday was a holiday and we didn´t really know about it til it was too late. so all the internet places were closed.
wow so last week i told you that we had the best week that i´ve ever had as far as lessons go. well this week we did even better. it was just a really awesome week. we´re working really hard cause when i got here we didn´t have anyone really progressing. now we´ve got a couple people who are progressing well. we´re actually hoping to take out 2 baptismal dates with these 2 kids today. there are always a bunch of kids who come to play soccer at the church every week. so we decided to get all their addresses and go visit them. so now we´ve got some coming to church and stuff. its pretty sweet. we´re hoping that we can take out a couple baptismal dates this week. we wanted to do it last week, but we it didn´t happen. so this week we feel like we could take out atleast 3 baptismal dates.
we had the last zone conference with president asay the other day. it was a really awesome conference, but really sad too. its crazy to think that he´s not gonna be our president in a couple weeks. i´ve gotten to know him really well too. but after the conference, him and i were talking a little bit. he was asking me about javier and viviana from alto san lorenzo and stuff like that. we were both talking about what an awesome family they are and everything. president told me that he felt like i would have a couple families like that in the mission. i really hope that thats true. i know that people like them are there somewhere waiting for this gospel.
mom, let me know what you all end up doing for memorial day weekend. you´ll have to tell me if you all end up going camping or if you just stay and chill at home. dad, i´m definately a bigger fan of soccer now than i was before the mission. these next 2 months are gonna be insane here in argentina because the world cup is starting and soccer is seriously life here for argentines. i´m thinking that it´ll be better for me and the rest of us yankees if US doesn´t end up playing argentina at some time (cause you know that we´d beat em hahah...don´t tell any argentines that i said that haha). sean, dude i think that this is the first time that i´m having a tough time with that band. dude i totally remember the song, but the name of the band isn´t comin to me. its not the starting line is it? i don´t even know if thats a band. dude i really can´t think of the name. i guess thats my guess then. as i´d say if i were on jeopardy, ¨what is ´the starting line´¨? but it sounds like lakers are takin care of business. i´m not surprised that the suns won game 3. i´m not worried though cause that was a desperation win. i´m definately hopin that the padres get some heat going again too. keep me posted dude. i´m way excited to hear some of that new music that you were talkin about too. dude, next dvd...me entiendes? paige and bridg, i met a girl thats in this ward here in platanos who is seriously a mix of you, bridget, and looks kinda like rachel. it was so crazy! i was talking to her the other day and i was just like, ¨you are seriously a mix of my sisters!¨ i wanted to get your email so that you guys can talk. i know that she speaks spanish and you don´t speak alot but i figured that you could translate it or something. but you should definately give me your email so that you can chat or something. her name is mari belen. shes like 13 or something. she does jazz, like bridg was doing. she listens to a bunch of the same music as you two. she plays the piano, reads twilight, and is just as obsessed as paige hahah.
just to let you all know, i wont be able to write next monday either. we have to change next week´s p-day to tuesday. but i´ll write you all then.
well i´m pretty excited about this week. i really feel like elder chavez and i can do some good things here in this area. the Lord has really helped us meet great people. we had a really spiritual experience the other day. it was a really rainy day and there weren´t alot of people letting us in their houses. we had planned lessons, but they didn´t work out. i felt prompted to call a member and go visit him. so we went to his house and taught time a little bit. we asked him if there was anyone that he knew that we could teach. he get really excited and told us that there was. so we went with him to this ladies house. we talked to her and found out that she´s been having some tough times. but i know that we were guided by the Spirit to visit that member and meet that woman.
ok so i gotta get going. i love you all. i hope that you´re all doing well. until next week...
con cariño,
elder ryan hall