I am so sorry about last week, lets just say it was an expirence that was really lame, but i learned from it. I can't wait till the whole fam is sitting down to a sunday dinner and then the old mission conversatoin comes up, then me and mark will start speaking in spanish and everybody will get mad at us cause they can't understand. I'm so ready for conference again, not sure if i have to watch it in spanish. if i do then its going to be a long week end. i managed to stay awake through church yesterday, becasue i was able to understand what was going on. I can't understand every thing but just enogh to understand what they are talking about. its exciting in that way, but then when it come to speaking i'm done. It is a struggle, its hard when we are at church cause i want to talk to everybody, but its hard for me to respond. I working on, and it will come, but it could be awhile. tell andrew to do everything he can to apply, He will love it down there. BYUIdaho is a very special place, and somthing that is hard to understand untill you are actually there. tell him i could help him get a job to if he needs one.
have you seen that cord to my shaver i need it desperatly. cause im getting pretty hairy, nah jk but could you look for that for me? thanks

We tracked into a less acitve member last week, and was able to vist her. she has been a member of the church all her life. she had done everything that she needed to. she was married in the temple and has three kids. she told us she is going through a temple divorce right now. she had been married to her husband for 12 years, and said she was never happy the whole time. she now is less acitve member, doesn't wear her garments, works at a bar, and is moving to conneticut with her boyfriend. she told us "I've never been so happy in my life". It blew me away to hear how a life can change so drastically. How did that happen? no quite sure how the story will end for her and her kids, or even how it strarted, but all I know is that she stop doing the little things. she stop reading, then praying, then going to church. she is happy right now, but how will it end for her.
Mom we can't stop, we can't let go of that rod. we can't let those we love let go. the consiquences are eternal. I love you and dad so much, I love our family so much. We can't stop being obiedient.

sorry about last week, I love you all
Elder Tyler Gardner

I can't remember what cold weather feels like. It is so hot here, but its getting better we only peak at 110 these days. yeah no word on the visa thing, they said that as soon as they have everything then i will be out of here the next day.
Well i'm expierencing what i think to be culture shock. I going to be honest, I'm not always super psyched about playing soccer all the time, I love the food, but why does it always have to be the same stuff (and stop putting it on my plate when i told you i like it, but i don't want any more), and the biggest thing why are people trying to comunicate with these wierd noises (i think they call it spanish). its frusterating, but at the same time I love these people so much. we ate with a family last night and i don't now if i've every seen a family that every acts they way they did. they laugh and have fun, but the whole time you know that they love everybody, and then they know exaclty why they are happy. these people have such a stong love for their family that its like no matter what happens its ok, because they have their family and they have the gospel in thier lives.
I still learning and I feel like an idoit a lot of times, but there is no doubt that this knowlege that we have of the gospel is critical to our happiness.
I love you so much, keep reading, keep praying, he is aware of your situation, you are not alone.

with everything i've got
Elder Gardner