August 16, 2010

hey guys,
well it sounds like its been a fun last couple of weeks up with sean, emily, and all the fam. ill bet that youre all happy to be home now though.
so the week started off kinda different...so monday was elder lucas´ birthday, so some of the members wanted us to go over to celebrate. so we went over, ate some cake and stuff, and left for a lesson that we had. we were crossing the train tracks (of course, right where we were there just happened to be no lights), and a guy on a bike comes up to us and tries to rob us. hes like, ¨hey give me everything you have...give me your phones, cameras, everything.¨ then he sticks his hand in his pocket to make it look like he had some weapon or something. but he didnt pull anything out, so elder lucas and i didnt really believe it. we both told him that we didnt have anything. my comp actually happened to have his camera that one time to take pictures of the cake and stuff. but elder lucas was like, ¨ive got cake if you want...¨ now its funny that he said that, but at the time i was like, ¨dude be quiet, cause everytime ive said something stupid like that, ive gotten robbed¨. but i think the guy started to get scared cause he really didnt have a gun or anything. plus we wouldve been able to take him easy. so he was like, ¨ohhh ok¨ and took off. as he was riding away on his bike, he kept shouting, ¨you guys come to my house, you guys come to my house!¨ yeah, alright dude....like nothing ended up happening, but its just annoying ya know? i think that thats one of the things that bugs me the most, its people trying to rob us. but i guess thats just something that happens to me and my comps...
the rest of the week was really awesome though. so i told you about mercedez last week. shes progressing really well. and we were able to take out baptismal fechas with her 2 kids also. so we´re trying to get them all baptized on the 28th, but im pretty sure that they can all for sure get baptized this transfer. the kids are way awesome also...we´ve also found 2 other kids that are friends of this member in the ward. the family of the 2 kids is pretty crazy right now though. the mom is in the hospital for some reason, one of the brothers abuses the other brothers and sisters, and the dad is in jail. so lets just say that its a family in need of the gospel. but the 2 kids are capos. the girls name is bianca and her brother is named rodrigo. we always have the lessons in a members house just cause things are pretty insane in their house right now. but we really want to be able to teach the rest of the family too...other than that, we had a cool thing happen. we found out that this one lady thats been going to church for a while now, who we thought was a member, hasnt been baptized yet. she told us that at first, she liked the church, but that was it. she wasnt gonna keep going. but then she felt like she should give it another chance. so she kept going to church and now she knows that its the true church of Christ. its pretty cool. we havent been able to teach her any of the lessons yet, but we´re hoping that she can get baptized this transfer too. it would be awesome if you could keep all these people in your prayers. id appreciate that...
mom, i think thats awesome that sister Roth is gonna be coming down here to good ol´ argentina sometime soon. be sure to ask her what parts of argentina shes gonna be in for me. we all know that buenos aires is da best though haha...dad, i heard that you and sean were able to get in some tennis before you all headed home. dang that sounds so sick! dont worry cause ive still got ma game. even though you and sean wont believe me, im gonna bring it when im back. sean, dude it sounds like the padres are actually a team. why is everyone tearing it up when im not home though?! you better be wrong about how you said that when i get home, everyones gonna be rebuilding. theres no time to rebuild. im stoked about the chargers too. i hope that this matthews guy really proves everyone right and that he can fill the hole of LT. youre gonna have to keep me posted about that bro. paige, thats awesome that you got the letter from elder gubler with the picture of us 2. ill be sure to tell him next time that it got to ya and that he should be expecting one from you too. bridg, have a good week with Gordon and the fam at the beach this week. enjoy it cause after that its back to the fun life of school. i know how much you looovveee that hahah
k guys, i gotta get goin. have an awesome week. until next time...
con cariño,
elder ryan hall