Tyler's email from Sept 27, 2010

Hey family!

Not too much has happened since Wednesday other than I got pretty sick this week--NOT fun! Pday we stayed inside all day cause I had flu or something. Towards the end of the week it turned into stomach stuff. But I think Im all good now. Otherwise, the work has been going pretty well--we found some cool people to teach in this village called Cerro de Oro (Hill of Gold), theyre way cool! Hopefully things work out well.

This week ahead, we are back to the cap for another training week. Im excited! It was awesome last time. And we'll be ending it by staying in Solola for conference weekend. Is everyone excited??? I cant believe after this I will have only one more conference left in the mission. So weird!

Hope Richmond is going well. Is it starting to feel fall-ish? It is raining here from the hurricane and I am absolutely freezing. Definitely would be better in the September fall in VA, with all the colored trees and not having to wear jackets outside. Enjoy it!!!
Tyler

I brought my memory card this week so just sent a few pics off--enjoy! One of the pics below belongs to a very funny story!

Diegos baptism!

San Pedro. LOVE it :)

Me in the bathroom with the rooster!

We went to the Calels house and they fed us some hot chocolate and bread, and then I asked if I could use the bathroom. So the mom says yeah no prob, then she goes in there and comes back out, and says "Its ok, just that theres a rooster in there. And sometimes he pecks!" (This is even funnier in spanish, if you can believe it.) So we look in there and there is a ROOSTER on the ledge between the bathroom and the shower. I was cracking up!!! Definitely not a common thing on the stateside :)

Faustinos baptism! This is such a crazy picture. His brother Hugo is on the far right and is SO cool. You guys would love him!

My favorite lady in the world. I call her Ms. Banana. She always has the BEST bananas!

Me with the Calels in Chukmuk! San Pedro volcano in the back

Me and Elder Patts with scoff! Yes jerm, that is your scoff, he he :P

Me and Elders Patterson, Hutchings, and Vahai at changes!

Tyler's email from Sept 22, 2010

Another week gone in the mission. They say the downhill slide is quick and steep. It already feels that way!

Sorry for the email lack Monday--we had a meeting in the cap that got pushed back last second so we have our district meeting and email today. In any case it was a good meeting--and they bought us Wendys! I was pretty content :)

This week was a pretty good week. Diego finally got baptized! We were so excited for him :) It was a way cool experience. I will tell you though, I have never seen a baptism in my mission go smoothly when the day comes around--the devil is always fighting against us! It makes it that much better when they actually do get baptized--Heavenly Father always wins :)

Love you guys so much. Miss you! Till next week

Tyler

Tyler's email from Sept 13, 2010

Another week in Santiago! First week of the change :) Everythings going awesome!

This week was pretty mellow but also way exciting! Diego Koche is FINALLY gonna get baptized, we are having his interview today so hopefully all works out for Saturday! Other than that, we had a zone council Wednesday--the zone is so different now! Tons of my friends are gone. But the new guys are way cool too. I think itll be a fun change! Also, its been amazing with Elder Patts. Oh gosh you guys would love him. We've been living it up in Santiago and I know we'll be able to do good work here. He's such a fan of the culture and the language, which is just what this area needs!

Yay for reading scriptures together! Imma go all missionary here on you guys and tell you to BE ALERT during scripture study (ok i know, i was always really bad at that), and dont just read! Talk about what youre reading! Look for footnotes! Share insights! Search ponder and pray! I promise you you will miss it eventually when you are in a different country studying by yourself :) Disfrutenlo!

Miss you guys more than ever. Love you so much!

Officially a year old as of Jueves.