August 2, 2010

como andan?!
shoot so this week has been really crazy. i feel like im always telling you that, but its just cause you never now whats gonna happen in the mission. so its been an even crazier week than normal hahah.
so elder pepito and i were really stoked cause we were able to find an awesome guy named alejandro this week. hes a capo! he was actually a reference from a member in the ward. that just goes to show that the references from members are way important. you never know who a member knows, who might be ready to listen to the gospel. but we found him like monday night, went over and taught him on tuesday, taught him again like friday at the member´s house, and took him to church on sunday. we did just about everything except take out a baptismal date with him hahah. but hes been reading the book of mormon and really likes it. hes really ready to listen. at church, he was really involved in the classes and stuff. i could see him being a bishop or something like 10 years down the road.
oh ya know what?! i found out that sara huertas, from alto san lorenzo got baptized a couple weeks ago. i was so stoked to hear about it. i dont know if i already told you, but alan acuña got baptized from there a while back too. it was so sick! now apparently the missionaries there (elder livingston is still there) are starting to teach the rest of the huertas family. apparently sara getting baptized what what they needed to get more interested in the church.
alright, now for the craziest part about the week...so we had transfers this week. on saturday night, i was waiting for the zone leaders to call to tell me who was going where and everything, and president stapley calls me. it kinda surprised me but we started talking a little bit. i had seen him the day before so we were talking about that. then hes like, ¨so ive been thinking for a while about zone leader positions...ive been thinking about it for a while and feel like youre ready to be a zone leader. so i wanna know if you would accept a position as a zone leader.¨ i was way surprised. it caught me off guard, ya know? so im now a zone leader in the area of el triangulo, in adrogué. i was bummed to have to leave platanos though. i told a few people on sunday, like the bishop´s family. that family is so sick! we were all pretty sad about it ya know. then the bishop´s wife gets up and during testimony meeting and told everyone that i was leaving hahah. everyone always ends up finding out haha. so yeah, now im gonna be with elder lucas from paraguay. he has 3 months left in the mission. but its gonna be a new experience for me ya know. but the best part, is that im gonna be mortensens zone leader here hahah. i was seriously soo excited when i found out! its gonna be tight!
mom, i hope you have an awesome time a the hall reunion. what are you guys gonna do anyways? but hopefully the california weather gets better for you all. oh and about elder gubler and his brother getting married. im almost positive that thats his brother. ill have to ask him to be sure though. but im almost positive that its him. thats sweet, huh? small world...dad, about my shoes...theyre startin to get a little worn, im not gonna lie hahah. im not even gonna mention the other thing you asked about, but ¨no.¨ thats all im gonna say. no way...sean, dude tell emily that i say, ¨todo bien. y vos?¨. but im stoked for the padres and everything. dude chargers are gonna dominate too. it sounds like andrews wedding was sweet. be sure to tell him congrats for me. thanks for the pics too. they turned out really well. paige, sean told me that you were especially excited to stay with gam gams....? wow. i dont have alot of words for that. weird...bridg, enjoy the last week with brookie and all the cousins. thanks for the email.
well thank you all for your emails and support. i gotta get goin. i gotta take all my stuff to my new pension (ive been there before...if you look at the videos that i sent you a long time ago, its the same pension that elder gubler had). but i hope that you all have another great week. until next week...
con cariño,
elder ryan hall