Pictures: we did a little hike today
and there was a lizard that bit a stick and wouldn’t let go so we played with it for a while, a snake that I got a pic with. Ha-ha it was cool! We did this cool lion tour in a caged truck and the lions hopped on and ate some meat. One slobbered on me and the other lion licked my hand through the cage. Ha-ha it was really cool!
Hey it is so great to hear from you! I am glad to hear that everyone is doing well and thanks for the little bits of news! I am doing so great! =) miss you guys a ton. Just like you, I can’t believe that another week has gone by.... but man it sounds like grandfather has just been busy with patriarchal blessings. That really is such a great opportunity that he has. I am thankful for grandfather and his example to me.
That is
great that Adam is going to Nashville! I just told Elder J (he
is from Tennessee) that my cousin is going there and he wants me to tell Adam
that it’s the best place there is! ;) That is great for Adam and I am so
excited for him! I wish him my best!
Q and A
1. The farthest place that we
traveled to this week was Talca! It is the farthest major city to the south in
the mission. There were a bunch of zone conferences this week so we kind of
helped a little bit with that and also we had a couple contracts get signed
this week for new houses so we are still busy with closing down older houses
and opening the new ones up. It has been a lot of fun. This week we went to a
house that hasn’t had missionaries in it for a couple of months and there was
still food in the fridge.... well it was food... then it turned into a mold
culturing box.... We had to clean it out and I did the majority of that. It was
really gross but that is ok because it was nice to see the fridge clean again. The
weeks are just passing by so fast. If I am not careful, five days will pass and
I still haven’t written in my journal... I think this is kind of a glimpse of
real life for me. I have different tasks than normal and to find the time to
pray, study, read, think, etc., is a lot harder to do but it makes the worth a
lot bigger it seems. I really recognize the difference between days when I take
some time to say a few meaningful prayers, read scriptures and other church
material to nurture my spirit, rather than a day when I say prayers almost as a
repetition and/or don’t even read anything to learn. That is something I have
thought a lot about this week is learning. If we pass a day without learning
something that will help us grow in some way then that was a waste of a day... I
am sad to say that I have had wasteful days but looking back it makes me want
to have productive and exciting days for the rest of my life.
2. I am driving a Kia van. I think
that it is a 2003. It is an automatic, diesel burner and it gets on it pretty
well if you have to get on it. But I drive smartly and safely.
3. Wow... American restaurants... McDonald’s...
that is all that I have seen here in Rancagua and I haven’t gone yet... sorry
that was kind of a bummer answer to your question.
4. I bear my testimony maybe once
every two or three months. This last Sunday I didn’t but I don’t really have a
schedule. Just when I feel like a should then I do it =)
5. Since I have been in the office, I
have not had the time or opportunity to contact or teach people (with exception
on Sunday when we eat with members)... I want to get to the point where we are organized
and efficient enough to be able and go out to the sector and work a little bit,
work with the members to find some people. I set a goal (not on paper) to be
part of a baptism process while I am here in the office. It will take a lot of
work but I know we can do it and that the Lord will provide if we just work
hard enough and try to make the time to do it.
I have a couple questions:
In the next package could you send Advair.
Sister Jett (the mission nurse) said it should come through. Just a thought, because I don’t feel like the asthma puff
stuff down here really helps me much.
I am sharing all of the food and
candy that you guys sent me this last time! The other elders really like it. Oh
that reminds me that this week the sisters from a nearby sector had to move
into our apartment because a neighbor ran into the front of their house and
broke the wall so now me and Elder O are living with the assistants and
secretaries. It is fun but there isn’t a whole lot of space. We are sleeping on
mattresses on the floor. This should go on for about two weeks while the house
is being repaired.
Another cool story... this last week
on Sunday when we went to lunch I met a lady who was baptized by Brady Stewart
my COUSIN! It was so cool to talk to her. I don’t remember her name but she was
baptized in Coquimbo and her daughter’s name is Jennifer I think. But anyways
tomorrow I will try and get a pic with her so that Brady can see it. What a
small world huh?! I was so excited when I found that out!
I hope that you guys have a great
week and that everything goes well! =) I miss you guys a ton and love you so
much. Thanks for all you do for me and I am so thankful that Heavenly Father
has blessed me with the greatest family ever!=) and I mean that!
LOVE YOU
GUYS!
Love,
Elder Tegan Hall
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