Hey Yall!
This week has flown by! I swear I was just sitting here yesterday emailing all yall. But that's good I guess haha. Each Sunday when they do the branch business, I always ask just for a second so I can remind everyone about the Family Home Evening and the Bible Study. Well I guess the man conducting got tickled at what I said, because he got up and told everyone how we are rubbin off on me with my language and sayin, Yall and all that haha it tickled me and everyone pink! Haha that just means everyone was laughing at me haha but I love it when people say things like that to me because that means im accomplishing my goal of getting a southern accent! Haha its great:) This week has been a week of driving though! We had to go up to Montgomery for a meeting, then to Greenville so I could interview a lady for baptism, then we went all the way up to Birmingham for the temple trip and on the way back a couple of Elders wanted to go visit some people so we stopped by Bessemer and Clanton, then we finally got back down to Highland Home! Haha But I love it! Im pretty sure I take that after my dad because he loves to drive as well:) haha
Doesn't he look like Petey from remember the titans?? When I saw him that's all I could see and that's his new nick name. Petey:) Because this week was full of driving a couple different days we weren't able to see as many people as we would've but it was still a great week! Ill start off on Tuesday, we had zone training which is always great! And our zone this transfer is going to be amazing! After that we had to head down to Greenville so that I could interview a lady named Courtney. Now this is my first interview for someone to be baptized but it went so well! I was kinda freaking out, because when the zone leaders came down and interviewed John it took a little bit, so I was nervous I couldn't make it as long. Well to my surprise, we went way to long haha we sat in there and talked forever and I was worried that we needed to end it! Haha it was kinda funny how it worked out. But she is so ready for baptism! She has such a strong testimony of the gospel and has been so prepared! The sister missionaries were going to do her baptism this Saturday but some things came up in her personal life that made us postpone for a little bit. But I cant wait to tell yall how things go with her. I just want to say that I love my district! Its me and my comp, the 2 sister missionaries and a sr couple. They are all so amazing and help me out so much! They make it easy on me to be a district leader!
This is colt man. I gave him a mow hawk cuz he kept saying that I had one haha so I showed him what a mow hawk was:) O now I need to tell yall about the FHE and Bible Study! Haha I almost forgot that! But starting off with the FHE. So we get up there and I realized that I forgot the key to the church. Well people were showing up and I had to call a man in our branch to come open up the church building for us haha. Dyana showed up and her sister, mom, and aunt! It was literally a family night for her I was so excited and happy about it! But we get in and I was gonna show one of the new videos the church is putting out about introducing Mormons. They made one about families so I decided to show that one. We watched it and me and Elder Hodge just bore our testimonies about Family Night and how it can help strengthen families. And then it hit me.... I was so much in a hurry to try and get outta the house and forgot the games! Ahhh. Well luckily I had brought a coloring page that I was gonna give to all the kids. So I printed more of those out and we sat and ate cookies and colored. Haha in all it turned out to be very well. And we are expecting more families to come tonight! I cant wait until we can get families to come and have them spread the word and get this to be a big hit! Haha but now for Bible Study. We had about 6 people come again! And there are 2 less active members that come and its just so good that they keep coming each week! We are expecting to keep having more come to that as well! So between the 2 nights we should start to see success with this. Its not an instant results kinda deal but long term it should be good:) Everyone says that they love the bible study so hopefully they can tell other about how good it is.
Here is a side angle of Colts hair:) This week we have been able to see a few people. Saturday was another hard day, because Alabama had a big game against Texas A&M. But we were able to stay busy! Nt to much is happening with our investigators or less actives. We are just trying to slowly work with everyone. We tired to pick up speed with people and started to scare them off or offend them. So I have learned that in this area ya kinda just gotta work slowly with people. But there are little progressions coming. People are praying, reading scriptures and come to church ever so often. But Im really hoping that with people coming up to the church for these meetings more it will help them.
Now on for one of the most exciting days of the week! The temple day! We were able to go up to the Birmingham Temple on Friday. It was so good! I always love going to the temple! There is just a calm peaceful feeling about it. I love learning more each and every time I go! You learn a lot about who you are, and what you can become! That kinda leads into my little spiritual thought for the week. So last week I told yall about changing my testimony from the church being true to it being the Church of Jesus Christ. Well this week I have studied it out more and listened to talks and things and have come to figure out something. What is truth? In Doctrine and Covenants 93:24 it says, " Truth is a knowledge of things as they are, and as they were, and as they are to come." So truth is the knowledge of the Plan of Happiness. Which covers everything in the gospel. But I found out something interesting. Truth can also be a person. Who is truth? In John 14:6 Christ tells us, "Jesus saith unto him, I am the away, the btruth, and the life: no man ccometh unto the Father, but by me." So the truth is Christ! So now take this scripture and ask yourself, how are we made free, or who makes us free? John 8:32, "And ye shall aknow the btruth, and the ctruth shall make you dfree." Once we come to know more about the Plan of Salvation we can come to know more about our Savior. When we know and gain a testimony of the principles of the gospel we can know more about the principles of Christ. When we read in the scriptures about the true word of God, we are reading the words of Christ. So once we know Christ, that's when we are made free. We are made free when we increase in our testimony, in knowledge, and in the gospel. That is kinda confusing but I hope that yall understand what im trying to get at. The Truth=Christ. That's just something I have been studying and learning about this past week.
Well I am so excited for tomorrow. Elder Kopischke from the quorum of the seventy is coming and we are all goin up to Birmingham again to meet him! Its going to be amazing! Ill have to tell yall how it goes:) Well I hope yall have a great week! Try to stay dry from what I keep hearing. Haha the weather there is a delayed reaction of the weather here..... Just remember the sun will always come back:) I love yall so much! Be obedient and yall will be happy! Remember to enjoy all the little moments in life!:)
Love Yall so much!!
Love Elder Hall:)
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