Dear family and loved ones!
I am so glad to hear that you guys
are having a good week. or that you had a good week. I love hearing about them
and thank you for being so diligent on that! =) You are definitely a lot more diligent
with that than I am on my journal... there are nights that we are so busy that
we get home when it is bed time and I am so tired I don’t even have energy to
write. I hope that Alex and Adam keep doing
well. I love those guys. They are great young men and examples to me and many
others. I hope their families are doing ok.
Q&A
1. Well our week was good. On Monday
we went up to Buin because we had a few things to do there. On the way up there
was a big semi-truck that was in the right lane and I was in the left. I was
getting close to him to pass him and then all of a sudden he decided to change
lanes. I had to slam the brakes and thankfully the car responded well. We got
within a foot of the truck I bet. It was scary but I saw the hand of the Lord protecting
us in that moment. I am thankful for His vigilance. Then on Tuesday I am not
sure what we did.... stuff here in Rancagua, nothing too exciting. Wednesday we
went down to Constitucion to finish up on a few things we had to do down there
and take some study tables to the missionaries there. That night we slept in
the car and it was a terrible night. I took a blanket but it was still cold and
hard... not a very good night of sleep... but whatever. It was cool to hear the
ocean all night. The next day we went and painted an old apartment of the
sisters and got it ready to go. We also took out old carpet and cleaned up. It
was fun but a lot of work. I don’t think I will ever paint again with a roller
brush after the mission. Ha-ha I am so tired of painting!!! We got back to Rancagua
late Thursday night. Yesterday we had many tasks to do here in Rancagua. We got
a lot of stuff done. Later in the afternoon I went up to Santiago with Elder P
to take a missionary to the airport that went home. While we were there we met
a member of the church who is from Salt Lake. He said he works for mines and
that is why he was here in Chile. He served in the Santiago north mission in
95- 97. He was a cool guy, Brother Hales. He still speaks Spanish very well. Then
Elder P and I returned home. There were a bunch of smaller adventures
included in there but I would write a novel if I told you all of them!!! Today
we cleaned the house, dropped a car of for maintenance, ate hot dogs for lunch,
and now here we are. Sorry if the weeks seem kind of boring... but I will just
kind of do an agenda of what a typical day is for me. We wake up and have to
walk out the door pretty much right after we get up because we have something
that we need to do. Throughout the day missionaries call us with problems that
they have with their houses, bikes, money, materials, etc. with a lot of that
stuff we can’t do anything about. We usually are occupied with trying to figure
out those problems until we sleep.... ha-ha it is fun but it wears me out. The
biggest project I have started while here in the office is a bicycle inventory.
We made a spreadsheet of all the bikes we have; model, brand, color, repairs
needed, etc. We have been going to every sector to give the replacement bikes
for a week or so while we take the bad beat up bikes that have been neglected
for years to a trust-able workshop in Rancagua. (All of the repairs that the
missionaries do are cheap and only last a day... so that is why we are going to
all the sectors and fixing bikes) so that has been the big project. It has been
a lot of work but it is still fun!
2. I have no idea where I will be
going.... I am nervous as all get out... we will know next Saturday, maybe a
little before. NERVOUS! And I think I will be able to email next Saturday and
maybe just a small email on Monday saying I am doing alright. We will see how
it plays out but with the rate of speed that the weeks are going by it will be
hardly but a moment!
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| Me and Elder T |
3. When I leave the office I will
miss the relationships I have with the other office elders, and the senior
couples, Elder and Hermana Ditlevson, Elder and Hermana Johnson, and of course,
President and Hermana Warne. I love all of them so much and it will be weird
not seeing them often as I do.... makes me a little sad. I will also miss the
car and air conditioning... :/ the heat might kill me! And also my queen size
bed! ;) ha-ha
4. We have slept in the car 3 nights and
counting! ;) Ha-ha I don’t mind it I am still young... but I am not certain if
President knows... he probably does! ha-ha
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| Cool sculpture in Rancagua |
I will write you guys a letter! I
hope that it gets there for Christmas! =) I have been keeping my eyes open for
the packages! Thank you! I am going to give a bottle of Dew to Elder T. He
loves it! =) You know what is bunk? I have never seen fresh jalapeños here in Chile...
I gave Hermana Warne the recipe for jalapeño jelly. She said she would make some
and give me some! =) Thank you for being so thoughtful! I love you guys so
much. I really have life too good but I love it and accept it! =) I am anxious
to see where I go too, but wherever it is I know that the Lord needs me to be
there! I am pretty excited to go back out to the field! =) It will be great! I
will miss the office though. These have been 6 months of a lot of learning and
blessings. I hope you all have a good week! I miss you! Talk to you next Saturday!
Thanks for the pics! The Ball kids are so cute! Miss those guys! They have
grown a ton! Tell everyone hi for me. Talk to you later!!
Love,
Elder Teg Hall
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