October 4, 2010-Congrats Makenzie

whats up guys!!
well i wanna be sure to tell kenzie right off the bat how stoked i am that she got her mission call. i was bummed that she wasnt going to lovely buenos aires sur but i know that shes gonna be such an awesome missionary for the people there in missouri. i think the tips that id give her right now would be to read the book of mormon from cover to cover, start reading as much from preach my gospel as she can, and eat a burrito from albertos/philibertos cause you never know if youre gonna be able to eat it for another 1 and a half hahah. i also wanted to congrat ryan carnohan on getting engaged! thats awesome! oh and be sure to tell dan congrats on finished his mission as soon as you see him. dan is such a capo!
well this week here was actually really different from what normally goes on. it was mostly cause all week we were in leadership meetings. like monday to friday we were just all sittin and learning. ive gotta say that i was pretty worn out. it was weird cause i was more tired from just sitting there most of the day than i am from working all day. but it was cool cause like all my friends were there...mortensen, gub-daddy (mi cuñado), nalder (who i dont know if i mentioned it, but came back to the mission like 3 months ago...its so awesome to have him back in the mission again!), mclean, cockriel, palmer, and just like everyone else. i ended up hanging with all of them most of the time. it was so sweet to be able to see all of them again. but like the rest of the week was pretty tough to work. like we didnt have that much time to be in our area. plus with conference, it just made working in the area almost impossible. we actually decided to not go to the saturday session of conference cause we hadnt been able to work that much and we wanted to get a full day of work in. so we had to kinda sacrifice the conference, but its all good.
speaking of conference this week...dang it was sick! like we had some good investigators that showed up for it and everything. but me and a bunch of other yankees went upstairs during the session and we listened to conference in english. it was sick cause upstairs you have the church offices and they have couches there. so we were all just sittin comfortable on the couches and eating hahah. and i really loved the talks! i thought that the apostles and leaders of the church really talked alot about parents and their role and sin, specifically related to the law of chastity. but i thought that they were all awesome! it made me really grateful for having you 2, mom and dad, as my parents. like i know that i wasnt always the easiest kid to handle, but i can say that you taught me and the others well. thanks...
mom, i think that its really awesome that you sent that email the other day. be sure and let me know when you hear back. dad, when m. russell ballard talked about fishing, it so made me think of goin with you on fishing trips and stuff. they showed the rivers and the guy catching the fish and i was just like, ¨awwww!¨ hahah. then when he realed it in, i was like, ¨its not even that big! my dad, my brother, and i would catch a bigger one!¨ hahah were gonna have to make a trip sometime. sean, dude im stoked about chargers. they better get things going now. i was bummed to hear about the padres just missin out on the playoffs. well i guess we shouldnt have gotten our hopes up. just another normal padres year hahah. byu is just bad this year. when i hear that they lost to utah st. i had to hold back from throwing up hahah just kidding. i dont even care if utah st is doing well or getting better, we should still beat them. but for your movie trivia, dude of course its ¨nacho libre.¨ haha one time i was in a members house and they had it on right during that part hahah. i was laughing so hard dude. paige, hope that youre still loving cheerleading at the academy and stuff. mom may be a big fan of some of these guys there in the academy, but as they say here, ¨no los hagas caso¨. maybe dad or sean can translate that one for ya. bridg, thanks for the email. bummer that you had to go back to school today and all, but hey, only like 4 more days and its the weekend again.
well i best be gettin goin. thank you all for your emails, prayers, and everything. be safe and have a great week. until the next one...
con cariño,
elder ryan hall