Hey mom it is so good to hear from
you! I was sure looking forward to emailing you this last week. I had a lot of
time to think because Tuesday through Friday I was in the house... so I thought
a lot... and meanwhile my companion left to go and work with the other two
elders. I stayed in the house with a
member... it was a pretty good time but the whole week I saw them progress so
much with finding investigators and doing lessons and I just sat in the house
so that was kind of frustrating.... but this week has passed. I am not sure if sitting
in the house really helped my foot out a bunch but I just found out that the
office got bicycles for me and my comp to ride now so my foot won’t be hurting
as bad and I will be able to work! =) I am very excited for that!
Thanks for telling me about your
week. I sure love to know what you guys do without me and that you are all able
to manage without me living there! ;) Ha-ha! It sounds like grandfather is just
a traveling machine!! I hope that he has a good time in Florida! I am sure happy
that you could celebrate my birthday too! =) I hope that you all had a great
time and a great Sunday yesterday despite all of the fighting toddlers in
nursery! ;) Ha-ha
Man, I sure do have such great
family and friends! Everyone that tells me happy birthday! It just means so
much to me and really I am so blessed to have such great people around me =) The
Lord is way too nice to me, but I love the blessings that He gives me!
1. Ok so this week, I sat in the
house like I told you. I was able to get to know Brother Silva more and that
was pretty cool but I didn’t really like doing nothing in the house. On Friday,
we had a family home evening activity in the church and that was kind of fun! They
did a karaoke thing... but the missionaries couldn’t sing songs! Oh well... it
was still a good time. On Saturday I was able to go out and work with Elder A.
We stayed in the house for just a couple hours extra and then we went to teach
the English classes. We invited people the whole darn week but we still only
had one person show up. It was fairly frustrating because we tried a lot harder
to make people show up, but I think we are still going to stick with the English
classes. Afterwards, my companion and Elder G played soccer while I hung
out on the sidelines and watched. It was a decent time. Saturday at twelve in
the night, an alarm went off and my comp told me happy b-day! It was kind of funny
the only bad thing is that I thought it was already the morning and time to
wake up and work.... I thought the time went so darn fast! When I woke up on Sunday
I felt normal... I didn’t feel any older at all! We went to church and had a
good day there. Later we went to the house and planned for the week and during
that time I made a cake that my awesome family sent me!! It turned out pretty
darn well! The only bad thing is when I took it out of the pan, it came out in
pieces! I put the pieces together and covered it with frosting so you couldn’t
tell! I will send some pics. We went out and worked for a little bit and at
like 9ish, we went to a less-active family, the Silva family, and they
surprised me with all the missionaries from the ward! Ha-ha! Elder G threw
confetti in my eyeball and my mouth so I choked and went blind but it was still
fun! Later, the Silva family pulled out this huge cake and fed it to us! It was
so delicious and so very thoughtful and kind of them! I really love those guys.
They do so much for me and treat me like I am their own. They kind of remind me
of Grandma and Grandpa Hall. After we went to our house, I passed numbers from
the district, and then we went to eat the cake that you guys sent me =) The
elders smashed my face in it and then Elder A thought he was funny and
threw it at Elder G... ha-ha but he was able to rescue some of the cake
from the ground and we ate it this morning. I was a little upset at first but it’s
not a big deal. I just know that it is the thought that counts! Thanks for
sending me all of that stuff because it really means so much! This has been
such a great birthday! I loved it a bunch! Definitely different than last year
but that’s ok because it is part of growing up. It was the best birthday I have
had without my family! =) the only one too. Well, that is it for this week. Not
a bunch of things happened. School started today for Chile so we have seen kids
in their uniforms.
I mixed up some delicious Dew this
morning and loved it! I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH AND I AM THE LUCKIEST KID ON
EARTH TO HAVE YOU GUYS! I really wish I could just explain my love for you guys
but I hope that you already know I love you to the moon and back! =)
I hope that you all have a great
week and I am looking forward to a good week too. Things are still pretty hard
but I am trying to just have a good attitude and keep my head up and look for
the light in the darkness!
Have a great week and thank you ALL
for the great birthday wishes!! =)
Love always,
Elder Tegan Hall
pics next week sorry =(
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