I love being in Chile!

hey fam. 

how is everything? here it is great. i love it here, its weird and i am sure that my comp is getting sick of hearing it but every time we go out of the house i say that i love being in chile. ya, so today is my p-day. to answer dads questions, they give us a debit card and every pday we go to a machine and take out money that we need for the week. we get 17 mil every week for food, supplies and haircuts which is about 30 dollars and we get 6 mil, about 11 dollars for transportation and stuff like that. 

the way we get around is basically by foot. we walk everywhere!!!! but we have in our area a small town called palmire, which is kinda like a tourist town, which is about 6 miles away from our pension, or house. so we take a bus to get there. but basically we just walk. we actually did have a baptism!!! but it was one of the members sons so it doesnt really count but it was cool anyways. i got to be one of the witnesses. we are working with this family of four which we hope to set a baptismal date soon. also we found this lady, by a miracle, who is a dry mormon...just add water:] 

haha ya so we were walkin down the street and we passed this restaurant. this lady was outside and she was the owner of the store. so we passed by and say hola and kept on walking. but then my comp was like, we need to go back so we went and talked to her and she said that we were an answer to her prayers. she was wondering why there are so many churches and all these perfect questions so we have taught her outside her store a couple times. but we realized that she isnt in our sector...ya so basically we got her ready for baptism and other missionaries get to finish it. but it is all good, we are helping the people, it doesnt matter who gets to baptize her. 

haha ya also email is the best we get a hour to email family and 15 mins to email the president. so that is probably the best way to do it. but if you guys get the urge to send me a letter or package that would be cool too. 

ya so tell tyler congrats!!! that is so sweet, i am way excited for him, i am glad he finally gets to head out. and also let me know about justin. so jordan bishop went into the mtc the day after i left so that stinks but its cool haha. 

ya i kinda miss the snow. it gets pretty hot down here during the day when we are walking around. the humidity doesnt help much either.

so this morning when i was studying i came across the coolest scripture ever. so before i came on my mission after bishop cummings died, i just kept having doubts about why the lord would let him die when he was specifically promised to live by his father and the president. and i still had that little doubt till this morning. i came across the scripture in d and c 42:44-48. this is amazing cause it totally talks about this specific situation. read through it and you will see why. i loved it.

so the food here is incredible. i love it so much. every meal i try to eat a little piece of tomato so that i can get accustomed to them. but it isnt working. every time i start chocking and then the members look at me like i am a idiot. but ya, they have these amazing things that are like hot dogs. they get this meat, which is like steak, and cut it up and put it in a hot dog bun. then they put guacamole and mayonnaise and ketchup on it. they are amazing. today i am goin shopping for the week. i am getting a loaf of bread, 2 boxes of cereal and 2 things of milk. pringles, some fruit, ham and cheese. that is what i eat for the week. cause here they only really have lunch. they have a small breakfast, and a huge lunch around 2. then at like 10 they have a small dinner. so that is hard to get use to but i am trying. i am constantly hungry though, it stinks. 

this past week we got to go into the city, santiago, and go to a greenie meeting. so we got on this subway thing, which reminds me i miss subway, but ya anyways and the people were seriously packed into that thing like...i dont know like something packed into something really tight haha. so we got to the meeting and it was amazing. i love my president and his wife so much. they are amazing. then at the end we got to have all you can eat pizza from pizza hut. wow that was good haha. 

but ya, i hope you guys have a great spring vacation. while you are playing and doing all that i will be working my butt off...haha ya but i love it. 

so when i started reading the letters that you guys sent to me i started crying. it was so embarrasing. i am in the middle of this mall packed with people and i am bawling my eyes out, haha. it is incredible to see how much i really love you all. i really didnt realize before the mission how deep my love is for each one of you. yes, even you tori even though you havent written me for ever. but thats besides the point, you all have such a special place in my heart. and i know that a mission is kinda like when you die. you miss them so so so much, but you know that some day you will see them again. that knowledge is so amazing, and that is the message that i am sharing with the world. 

tell the grandma and grandpa hall i love them. tell gramdma l and tracy and sham i love them too. i love you all. you are all amazing. its funny cause the people here all remind me of my own family. it is so sweet. i am pretty sure i know someone here that is exactly like a family member back home. jansen, thanx for keeping me updated. it stinks that byu lost but they will take it next year. also landon thanx for the email. jenna, i love ya tons little sis. torky, love you too. you better write me soon. mom and dad, thanx for everything. you guys are awesome. i love you more than you will ever know and more than i can every express. tell shae and lyndsie and their fams and the kids i love them. i carry a pic around of our family and my nieces and nephew and i show you guys off to all the members. they think my family is so awesome, its cool.

well, thanx for the letters and everything. i love them. i love hearing from you guys. i am glad to hear everything is well. i know this church is true. i know that Jesus Christ is my personal savior and redeemer. the language is hard, but i know that i have the lord on my side so i will be able to learn it. I LOVE THE WORK. take care and keep on doin what your doing. the lord is behind everything, and will always be there for you, even if sometimes you arent there for him.

with tons and tons and tons of love

elder hall :)