Hey Yall!
Wow what an exciting week it has been! I hope that everyone had a great 4th of July! Ill tell ya about ours, but lets just say that holidays as a missionary are very weird feeling haha.
So this week we got to go up to Birmingham and meet our new mission president! It was so much fun and it was great to finally meet him!! His name is Richard Hanks. He is the son of Marion Hanks the apostle!! How cool! Ha and he is 6'6'' and weighs 300 pounds! Haha he is one big fellow but he is so loving and caring! We just had one meeting where his wife Sis Hanks talked with us then Prez Hanks talked with us. He also was a part owner of Marriott. He knows a ton about the gospel! The snapping turtle that we found! Haha I named him Buddy. The reason he is upside down is because he was snapping and clawing at me! Haha I kept him for a long part of the day, but we went to see a member and I left him outside and he ran away! I couldn't believe he could move that fast!
Blakes email reminded me of this, it is the area right beside us, Greenville, and it has a daylight donuts! This is the 2nd one ive seen down in the south!! Just a few things that I wanted to share from what he talked to us about. One is that in life we don't have any competition besides ourselves. We shouldn't judge ourselves by looking at others. You need to be the best YOU, that you can. That's what matters. He talked about different family situations. That if we came from a family that the parents weren't as good as they should've been, maybe your family wasn't too close, to know that you can change that. To decide to be a good parent and have a great family. He said that if you came from a family that was close and you had good parents, to thank the Lord for that. Then earn yourself a new. To go out and earn your family instead of just leaning on your parents. He talked a lot about being obedient and working hard! So it was a very good meeting.
The Fourth of July was good and weird at the same time. We got up in the morning and it was pouring rain outside!! It rained for half the day then was cloudy and dark the rest of the night! But I got to dress up in my cowboy outfit!! I sent pics so hopefully yall can see them. I dressed up as a cowboy us that is how my area is... Very country! Everyone was excited to see me and they loved it so much! We were able to have a bbq with Delilah the less active member we found. She had her daughter and grand kids over and her parents. So we stayed there for a while. I don't know how I always get caught in these situations, but it seems like im always talking with the adults and my comp is over with the kids haha but it was cool because her parents told me so many amazing miracle stories! Her mom has gone through 4 different types of cancers. Her dad had his aorta blow and is still alive to this day! That's just summing it up I wish I could tell you more details and stories but this letter would be super long!! But after we got to go talk with a few people and then that night we were with a family that went and bought just a few fireworks and we had a little show! Our 4th celebration!
So nothing to exciting happened, but that's kinda how my area is haha But I loved it! It was a great day!
This week was just full of teaching people and serving and helping! It was full of rain as well! It rained Wednesday til the rest of the week! And it supposed to rain all of this week as well! And the worst day of rain ironically came on the day that we decided not to use the car and to walk everywhere. Haha it was a down pour for most the morning! Then in the afternoon it would rain then stop and get super humid, then rain, then stop hahaa the south is one of the only places where it can rain and you can be sweating at the exact same time! Its nuts! But this week is better told with pictures rather then words. So I sent a few that hopefully will tell the stories! This week we had 28 lessons! That's the most ive ever had on my mission. And that's amazing for this area seeing as there is probably only 28 families that live here! Haha we have been working so hard!
I have loved working with Elder Jensen. There are some moments where I get really frustrated with him. But I try to look for the good in him! I have loved it because since he is going home im trying not to let him let up at all! To keep working hard and focused on the mission. That gives me an excuse to work hard as well! Its great! Haha I actually would love to serve with more missionaries about to go home for that reason:) haha but again this week has been great!
I want yall to know that this church is true! Im so grateful to be sharing it with others! Im so grateful for Jesus Christ that he can help make everything better! He can comfort us in times of need! I know we all have a plan in this life! Its our Plan of Happiness! Each plan is very special and unique to YOU. One thing that is the same in everyone's plan is that is should be Happy:) Try to be the best you, you can be!! I hope yall have a great week! Choose this day to be happy!
Love Elder Hall
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