Fast Week!!

Hey Yall!

I hope yalls week was as great as mine! Ha hopefully it didn't go by as fast as mine did though! So much has happened this week and a lot is going to happen!! My old district. The only people staying are the Senior missionaries and me. Ha  But I want to talk a little about the south. So the weather here has been really weird. Right now the past 2 or 3 weeks, it has rained non stop!!! It just keeps raining and raining! So some days its down in the 70's but raining. Then other days its hot and in the high 90's. But almost every single day it rains. Everyone says that last year this time they got no rain at all! I just tell them I brought the crazy Utah weather with me haha. The humidity is high every day though, raining or not. It feels like you are walking in slow motion, walking in syrup all day long haha. And all you do is sweat! Everyone makes fun of me for how much I sweat! haha but im getting used to it:) So Dad would always say that I would go to a place where they would have weird foods because of how picky of an eater I am. Well this area has changed me a ton! Everyone is a huge farmer and they farm and eat all that they plant. So when we go over to eat they have a ton of things I would never in my life thought I would enjoy eating like things cooked with onion, squash, peas in every form ha and a ton of other things:) So ive become a lot less picky:)

So there were a ton of things that happened this week. I want to start out with one of the most exciting things I found out. Transfers are this Wednesday. My companion Elder Jensen will be going home. We got calls and I will be staying here in Highland Home, and I will be training a new missionary strait from the MTC!:) Haha wow I cant believe it! This Wednesday the 23rd will be my 6 month mark which it has gone by so dang fast. 6 months is when your officially not a new or green missionary. So on the very day that I wont be a new missionary anymore I will be getting a greeny! Haha im very excited though! I cant wait! Something else that's kinda sad though is that im going to be the only person in our district to stay. My comp is leaving, and both the zone leaders are leaving! Haha so we will see what happens:) Ill have a lot to talk about next week!

The next thing is that we were able to go to Montgomery to be interviewed by Prez Hanks. While we were waiting to go in Sister Hanks was talking with us getting to know us better! Can I just say how much I love these wonderful people!! Both of them I love so much! My interview went very well! We just talked about my family and how im doing as a missionary and how I can improve! Im excited to train because it will make me improve a lot in areas I need to! Im so excited to go into the future of my mission and see how everything turns out! I love being out here! Pres Hanks and his wife! They are amazing people! I cant wait to get to know them better!

We were able to teach Jerry. We knew he had problems with the Word of Wisdom so that is what we talked to him about. He is such a great man because he listens and just says that he will work on whatever we give him! So he said he couldn't just drop everything at once but slowly he would work on it! We will talk with him this week and check up on him. We are still trying to help him get a ride to church. But with the Lords help nothing is impossible! We also were able to teach a lady named Audrey. She is the mother of the little girl who we went to her birthday party last Sunday. She wanted us to come over and have bible studies. Well the first one was great because I looked up principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ (Faith, Repentance, Bap, Holy Ghost and Endure to End) and had her read them before we came over. She did and wrote down what she thought. We were also able to teach her about the Restoration and Joseph Smith and she wants us to keep coming over and teaching her! She is great!:) My little bro Landon mentioned briefly that Hostess was back and Twinkies were back. Well I kinda freaked out about it cuz I had no idea that they were. So when I saw them I had to buy it!!

We were able to help a member move into a new home. Im feeling the side effects of that today haha im super sore! But I love service! That is one concept that Pres Hanks loves is serving. But I wanted to just leave yall with one little quote by someone I love dearly;) It is this "Love life as you live it." - Elder Hall. Haha yes that is me. I have no idea how I came up with that but I love it! When I first came out on my mission I was so worried about how long I had left and trying to become the best missionary now! But what I have realized is that its not going to happen like that. We need to enjoy life in the moment. Every moment we need to take advantage of. Carpe Diem! When we do that we can grow more then we can ever imagine! It will relieve stress and worries for the future. So I invite yall to love life as you live it!! As you do that the spirit will be more in your life and you will be Happy!!:)

I love yall and hope you have a great week! I hope yall have a great Pioneer day, or as I now call it Utah day:)

Love Elder Hall:D