Hey family so this has been one crazy week. Pretty much all of it ended up happening on the weekend and dont freak out no one got hurt. God is protecting us i have a huge testimony of that. Anyways, here we go...
Before i start i just want to give you a little background on soccer down here in south america. It is one of the biggest things that happens. Wars have been started thanx to soccer games. Soccer is hard core down here. So on Saturday we had to go to a different church to do an activity. So we hop on the bus that takes us there. After we had gotten on we looked to the back and there were a bunch of fans going to a soccer game. The 2 teams that were playing are colo-colo and the U. Basically here it would be like byu and utah playing against each other. So the fans on the back are all drinking and yelling and singing all the way down the road. All the sudden this girl that was standing up next to me ducks down. I thought, that is weird, why is she ducking down? So i decide i will follow her example, i have no clue why. All the sudden rocks come flying through the windows and there are people screaming and glass flying everywhere. What happened was the opposing team somehow knew that these guys were on the bus and had planned to start throwing rocks at them. But they planned it out so well that we were driving down a road going like 45 mile an hour and every 4 or 5 seconds a rock would come flying through a window. Finally they stopped and we drove on for about 5 mins where the bus was stopped by a line of cops.
So once the drunk fans in the back realized that the cops were stopping us, they started mixing in with the crowd. The cops kept everyone on the bus cause they were waiting for backup. Thats when me and my comp felt this guy behind us playing around with our bags. We realized that he had some kind of drug in his hand and he was trying to put it in our bags. We put our bags where he couldnt get to them. The backup still hadnt gotten there and people started getting anxious. So they tried getting off and the cops would tell them to get back on and if they didnt they would hit them with these metal poles they had. We were late to the activity and so i hopped off the bus (praying that they wouldnt hit me with some pole) and asked him if it was ok if me and the other 3 missionaries could get off. He said that we could. I took off my bag to let him look through it and he said, “no dont worry about it, your mormon.” Haha so we just walked away and got on a different bus. It was a little scary but a lot of fun. No one got hurt besided the drunk guys that tried to get off the bus and wouldnt get back on.
But ya then later that night me and my comp were walking along the sidewalk. There was a dog against the fence on one side and a car on the other side. So my comp tries to sneak throught and as he almost made it, the dog jumped and bit him in the butt. Haha so we were late for a appointment and so we got there and he went to the bathroom. He came back out and told me that his butt was all bloody... But as good missionaries do, we finished up the lesson and kept on working till the day was over. Haha he will be fine, he still hasnt been foming out the mouth so i guess he is good.
My other comp, elder acevedo from el salvador, we were in a trio, was taking out and put with someone else. It was kinda weird just being with one other person. We were really used to having a lot of people and now we feel really lonely haha. But we are doing well and having a lot of fun.
Sunday was really awesome. Kevin and angelo went to church. We had ward conference and we had more members in the church than i have had any other time in my mission. There were 227 people, which is really big for a chilean ward. It was awesome. The only thing that sucked is that angelo went to church all nicely dressed up and stuff. He had a nice suit on and black shoes and a black shirt. And it just happens that the stake president says that we should have respect for the savior and wear white shirts to church and that black shirts are unexceplable... Oh man i was so mad, angelo looks at me and asks me what that is all about. It is a miracle that he came dressed nicely, cause it is hard in chile for people to do that. Then when the stake president said that it like killed him. He thought that he was a sinned and that he was doing tons of things wrong. We had taught him about the word of wisdom a couple days before and he smokes and drinks. Then the Sunday before this Sunday someone said that any music besides the mormon tabernacle choir is of the devil. Then this guy was making fun of him, calling him an investigator and all this crap. It is so hard to work when the members are throwing our investigators out. So i hope everything turns out well with him. Just make sure if anyone comes to church who isnt a member or is less active dont say anything. They dont need our comments, they need our support and love.
Well that has been my week. On top of that i have been sick all week. I got a sty in my eye, that wasnt fun. I walked around for 2 days in black sunglasses and everyone was calling me a CIA agent. Haha that was funny. Also i have had a cough, sore throught, runny nose and all that fun stuff. Also my neck and back hurts me. Haha i think i am just really old in the mission and just having problems. Oh well i will just keep fighting through it and come home in a wheel chair. I love you all tons. Thanx for everything you do and have a great week. Cheer really loud for me in the BYU game.
Love ya
Elder hall
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