Happy Birthday to ME!!!! 20 can you belive it??!

two families gave me a birthday cake haha

well im not a stupid teenager i guess now. but i feel exactly the same i guess that is normal though right? this week was an awesome week we had a ton of fun. like you all know i had my birthday on the 17 and it was sweet. there was actually a stake activity that was huge at our chapel. on the 18 of september its like july 4 but even bigger and this year chile had its 200 year birthday so on the 17 the activity was for that. there was a ton of cultural dances and tons a food and just a huge party. i was talking to some friends here and all of a sudden i hear this anouncer dude start talking and i hear my name...elder elder (and of course every one starts laughing) but the guy called me up on the stage and absolutely everyone sang to me. it was way cool wont lie. then the guy told me thank you so much for what you do for us and we are all grateful for your sacrifice that you are giving to us and the lord. i felt all special inside it was just so freakin nice!

on the 18 we had this huge lunch with a family that is awesome here. we couldnt work because the mission said we couldnt because there is a ton of drunk people on the street and they like to attack missionaries..........so we didnt work. actually to tell the truth i felt like a piece a poo at the end of the day. i felt so worthless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! is that how life is after the mish? awesome. you know, i was missing you all so much on that day. just being with that family and seeing them all happy together it made me miss you all so much, man i just want it to be christmas so i can call you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love being here but man, i really do miss seeing you all it made me remember how much i love you guys. right now im good and all we are ready to work this week. we want to finish this transfer really good so we are just workin a butt load. today we work because on sat we didnt. but we have time to write you guys and all so its nice.

on the 15 we had a conference with the pres and a lot of the missionaries here so we had hardly any time to work at alll this week. we still did the best we could and are just trying to work smart. i think i am going to a different city in a week........im pretty bummed out but it will be good too. im excited. i dont know if i like the fact that i have no idea where or with who i will be in a week. but its part of the adventure!

well things are going great down here in chile. not a lot of stuff new. we are going to visit all of these references that we got and starting to work with these families. pray for us. we need a lot of help and we can not do it alone we are coming to realize.
i love you all so much. thanks for all your letters and packages that you sent.......im sure i will enjoy them in a couple weeks! haha still havnt gotten anything but its cool! take care everyone.

elder elder

me and my little cowboy friend

me drinking this drink from a cows horn. it was way good.