Dear family,
How are you guys?! I am glad to hear
from you again. This last week has been a busy one as always and it seems like
we hardly get a rest... but it is fun and I enjoy it a lot =) I am sure happy
to hear that you guys had a good week. I bet that was a lot of fun being with
grandpa’s companion!! Ha-ha that is crazy that they have gotten together like
sixty years after the mission... maybe that will happen with me and one of my
companions.... in 60 years... ha-ha long time.
Q & A
1. So the week has been crazy. It
seems like little problems have just been receiving miracle grow, lots of
water, and sun. Ha-ha they are growing like weeds! We had to move all of the
stuff out of the bodega this week and temporarily put it in a missionaries
house close by. It is kind of a dangerous area over there so we are looking for
a new place as fast as we can... we hope nothing gets robbed. Also we have
spent almost $1000 dollars repairing a house that was badly taken care of. We
are making a huge push to get things better with houses, but it is kind of a
tough time when the missionaries don’t really help... but we are raising the
bar and changing the mentality of the mission right now. President and Sister Warne
are really cracking down on having clean houses; so that is a big help but
there is still a lot of work cut out for us. This week we were running around
and fixing houses and dealing with owners too. We opened a new house this week
too. We have been taking pics of the house before the missionaries occupy it
just like dad mentioned. I wish the missionaries who had opened all of the
houses before us had done that because it would make our job a lot easier. The
construction quality here in Chile is just different and poor compared to the
USA. I am really grateful for the houses in the US but it could be a lot worse
down here in Chile so I don’t complain one bit. I have been having a good time
with Elder O. We have a lot of fun and get a lot of things done. Lately I haven’t
been reading my scriptures as much in Spanish and I feel like my abilities to speak
are getting worse. I don’t talk in Spanish as much because we are in the office
a lot and we don’t interact with hardly as many people. So I need to start
reading my scriptures in Spanish more so I can keep up to date on my vocabulary
and clean up the sloppy accent I have right now... ha-ha but sometimes I think
ahead of myself and I say different words and mix things up just like I do in English
a lot. This last week has been good, just busy. And for a day, I finally felt
like I was on top of all our tasks that we had to do instead of playing catch
up but now I kind of feel like we are playing catch up again. We do a ton of
driving on the interstate. I think by the time I finish here in the office I
will have driven more than I did with all my time put together before the
mission! It is a lot.
2. Well we spend the majority of the
week is mission dress, I would say about 90% of the time. We do a lot of heavy
work in church clothes... that is a bummer. I am always so scared to ruin or
damage my clothes. I have had two pairs of pants out of commission for the past
couple months because there were holes in them but now Sister D, the
senior couple office historian, fixed them for me so now I won’t have to use
just two pairs of pants! =) ha-ha
3. Well.... this last week we ate
like pigs. we were always on the go and we had to get food to go so my menu
this last week was Papa John’s pizza, hamburger, fried sushi, hamburger, Papa
Johns... I felt pretty unhealthy so this week I am going to make a bigger push
to eat healthier! I finally bought some gas water to make Mt. Dew! =) I am happy!
But just FYI, if we ever come back to Rancagua as a family I want to take you
guys to this sushi and sandwich place. It is super good. I don’t like sushi but
their fried sushi is terrific and they have good sandwiches too! We just seem to
get little discounts here and there for being missionaries. People are so kind
to us and I really appreciate it. I am so happy to be in the service of the
Lord and I hope I can live up to my calling and I will do everything I can to
live up to it. I am about 2/3 of the way done with the Miracle of Forgiveness. It
is super good and has changed the way that I think and act. Thank you for
sending me that mom! But hey, if there is going to be a next package could you
put a rubrick’s cube in it. I am learning =) I really have been enjoying all the
things that you have sent me. Every time I look at the stuff I get from you, I
just think of you guys and how much I love you. I LOVE YOU GUYS!! =) I hope
that you have a great week. Thanks for the pics. They are great. I don’t have
any pics for you today though. I am sorry.
Have a wonderful week. I miss you guys.
With all of my heart,
Elder Tegan Hall
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