I have gained another 5 lbs…

Hello my wonderful family. How is everything going? Everything here is awesome. This was a very cool week. First of all I have some questions that people wanted answered. First off, yes they do celebrate Halloween down here but I guess they do it early so that they don’t get jumped and killed… haha I cant wait, I think me and my comp might go knock doors all night… haha jk but seriously, I love Halloween so if you see anything on the news like “mormon red head caught stealing the candy of little child in chile…” don’t worry its just me!!! Also tell g-ma hall thanx, I did get her letter and the money. Tell her that she is awesome!!! Also tell them happy 50th anniversary, that is crazy!!! Also that is so crazy that you already got the first season snow. Oh man I miss the snow so much. It is night and burning down here at the bottom of the world but its all good. I only have 5 more months of it…

Ok now I am going to talk about my freakin awesome week. It was so cool and I was so happy to finally have a sweet week. First off, sorry that I am writing Tuesday. The president changed our p-day again to Tuesday for changes. I don’t know if it will continue happening every time we have changes but ya that’s why I didn’t write you yesterday. Ok so mariela is incredible. She is such a miracle and it has been so awesome to be able to see her grow. I have never seen someone want to learn and not only learn but to follow the gospel. She has read probably more than I have this past week in the book of mormon. She always writes questions that she has and before we can ask if we can leave her a reading assignment, she asks us. She also has read all the pamphlets that we hand out and doesn’t have a problem with anything (law of chastity, word of wisdom, tithing, NOTHING!!!) I have never found anyone in my life who was more prepared and ready to follow Christ. She is going to be an awesome member in 5 days… Now the downside, I wont be here to watch her get baptized… haha oh man, that is just my life isn’t it? I have changes tomorrow so I will be send to another area before is gets baptized. Dang, missed it by 5 stinking days. She was pretty sad when I said that I was leaving but maybe I will be able to ask permission from the president to go to the baptism. We will have to see… Oh well, anyway I am still so excited for her to take this huge step in her life and she is ready to take it. Me and mariela and her daughter. Stinks that i cant be there but she is going to be an awesome member in the church!!!

Also this week we were teaching bernarda and her daughter isis with our bishop. During the lesson isis came up to me and said, “tio Hall” or uncle, I want to get baptized. Haha it was so cute and I could tell she really wanted to but we are still having problems with her mom and so she will have to wait for a little bit. But its ok in a little bit of time bernarda will be ready and isis will be able to take this step with her mom. So ya it stinks that I am leaving villa sur right when we are having all this excitement but I know that the lord needs me somewhere else and I am excited to have a change. I am a little nervous though cause I think I am going to get my first latin comp. make sure that you are praying for me ok? Haha thanx fam your awesome. This is my chilean family. miguel, maritza, roxana, rocío and mati. oh i miss them.

So this week I decided to check my weight again. It has been 2 weeks since I checked and in the last two weeks I have gained another 5 lbs… haha oh man fam, when I get back I might just be a round ball with red hair. Oh well they say down here that is you aren’t gaining weight your not enjoying your mission… I think I am enjoying the mission way too much haha. Well ya fam I have been on my mission for about 10 months. It has flown by, it feels like I just got to chile a couple days ago and I am almost a year in. its so crazy but I am still working hard and trying my best. 

Well my awesome family, I think that is basically all that happened this week. I will let ya know about my next sector and comp and how everything is next week. Remember to pray for me and for the people of chile. The lord really is preparing the people, we just need to find those who are ready like mariela and help them along the way. This gospel is so true. I really don’t know where I would be without it. I am so grateful for prophets who guide us today. I never really realized how big of a blessing that was until I got here in chile. GOD SPEAKS TO US. LISTEN TO HIM!!! Haha you guys are awesome, have a great week and que Dios les bendiga. Chao fam love ya tons. And as always, GO COUGARS!!!

Elder hall