So its kinda weird saying that im in Mississippi! haha i spent so much time saying im going to Alabama on my mission and now im in Mississippi (and Tennessee) haha. Anyway this week has been another really long week! We flew into Birmingham at about 6 or 7 on tuesday, and we went to the mission home. We had interviews with the Mission President, and the vehicle coordinator. We also had our first southern meal from a woman that works there we had ham and yams with pecans haha it was really good. But thats the only homemade southern meal ive had so far. Our area is the furthest away from Birmingham, and its the largest area in the mission. So our ward is really spread out and the members are to far to give us meals, but we did get an appt with a member to go and eat so im excited about that! But anyway i kinda got off track. Our first night we stayed in a Marriott hotel which was so so nice! Then the next morning we went to transfer meeting and found out our assignment. So after the meeting we were getting stuff in the car so we could drive out to our area. We had some troubles putting together my bike, and it took like 3 days to finally get it all the way put together right.... I think haha but for now it should work:)
So our appt is not the best in the mission. Its actually like the 2nd worse in the mission, but i cant complain because i feel like jordan and other missionaries outside of the U.S. have worse. So im just grateful to have a decent appt! In the south there are alot of cockroaches. I guess like the day before i came the bombed my appt and that got rid of most of them. We still find a few every now and then but its ok haha. But i learned that our appt is supposed to be like that so that we wont wanna stay there and we would want to stay out and get work done haha. Anyway my comp, Elder Galorath, is pretty cool. We get along, but dont have matching personalities, so sometimes its kinda awkward. But he has been a good trainer. We have taught a few lessons to less active members, and tracked but only got into one house and the guy spoke only spanish so i didnt really know what to say, but he said to come back next week. I feel like we could still track more or do something to find people. I feel like sometimes we waste our time doing other thing, but maybe we arent haha idk.
So now i wanna tell you about a couple of people real fast.
One is Mary. She is an older lady like 60-70. She had a baptism date for sunday, yesterday, so last week we went to go talk to her and get her ready for that. She has been taught by the missionaries for like 2 years and thought that it was finally it. When we went over, she said that her kids didnt want her too. Her kids basically talked her out of it. Which is kina a bummer. She said the other missionaries didnt teach her so we are going to go back and keep visiting and start over with the lessons so we will see what happens. We have been back a couple of times and she gave us dinner twice. She is the sweetest lady and hopefully we can get her baptized cuz she is so ready for it!
Next is ray. He is a mexican and is about 30-40. Back in may-ish his neighbors tree fell down on part of his house and recked it. They tore that part down and smashed up all the bricks. The bricks were in a huge pile in his yard and he called us and asked if we could come help him get rid of them. So on Saturday morning we went over there and helped him and his brother in law (who is also mexican and not a member) throw by hand the bricks onto the tailor and then take it to the dumb and throw them back off by hand haha we made 2 trips and it took like 4 hours but we got most of it done. Then they took us out to a Chinese buffet which was nice cuz i missed the traditional valentines day Chinese dinner. but they did ask us about the church and our mission so hopefully we can start teaching them lessons!:)
Well thats some people that we have taught. At church I had to introduce myself and bare my testimony. It went well. The church members are awesome! They are so nice, but the ward mission leader is kinda weird. He thinks he knows everything, and the first thing he said to me was that my eyes focus different.? haha then he said he thought I had a glass eye and i should get them checked haha but ill deal with him. O and also bro matheson who just moved into the ward, his brother is our high priest group leader! He is a cool guy and they look exactly the same!
Well I gotta go but cant wait to write next week! I know this church is true! We have a loving Heavenly Father who blesses us! Jesus Christ is our savior and atoned for us personally. When we had hard times, turn to him. He is the only one who knows what your going through and can help you! I love the gospel and love the south!
Love Elder Hall
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