9/20/2010 Chilean Independence Day!

yeah, well. First off, it has been an awesome week, training is sooo much fun and not nearly as stressful as i thought it would be (like everyone says) Elder Mathews is a great utah boy. we are having a great time, except for the fact that his knee has been giving him some trouble lately, so if you could pray for him that would be great. we went to the doctor and he just told to take it a little easier and gave him some meds. but other then that , quite an interesting 18. lots of people, drunk cowboys on horses, way too many. cool music, dancing the cueka ( sorry no photos) but we had a sweet activity with 3 zones on saturday, lots of sports , lots of meat, and a movie, thomas s. monson. helicopters throwing confetti all over, because its the bicentenial. big deal, ha. empanadas, choripan, mote con huesillo, ahh yeah. chile. its made for the work to be a bit slow, but we stilll had a lot of success and great experiences. elder matthews speaks really well and is learning alot fast, he is confident and ready to jump out fro the start. un like me in the beginning. and today is my birthday. luckily im in an awesome house with some seriuosly awesome elder, picture included. we have way too much fun. almost everything is still closed, a miracle we found this internet place. but next week will be back to normal. our awesome neighbors bought me a birthday cake. pretty sweet, and delicous. its winding down but it has been good. thanks fpr the package! i got it a little bit early, he he. i loved the pictures! you all look so different, like mom and dad lost some weight for real, ryan looks different, crayzy awesome. but that is all i have time for this week. love you guys.