Hey Yall!
What a fantastic week! Crazy, busy, happy, depressing, and everything in between!! Thats life as a missionary. You get every emotion all at once, constantly and it never ends haha thats why its the most satisfying work to do on earth!! Its also been hot, cold, rainy, sunny and you better believe that messes with your sleep haha no wonder missionaries are always tiered;) haha just joking. This week has been fulling though! My comp Justin Bean.
On Monday we had a cool experience. We had to drive up to Tupelo to get our trunk fixed so we decided to do that later that night, drop the car off and they could fix it the next morning while we were in Zone Conference.
Investigator Justin Bean They even look a little alike;) Crazy? Nah, Heavenly Father just has a sense of Humor:) So we went and dropped it off. Then we tried calling everyone and there dog to get a ride back to the Zone Leaders house. If not then we would have to carry all of our luggage, suites and backpacks about 10-15 miles and cross over 3 or 4 highways to get there. No one was answering there phones though. So I made Elder Daw just start walking with me. We got almost to the end of the road and we saw a greyhound bus stop so we decided to stop there and wait. Not even 30 secs after we stopped a car pulled up and the man inside said, "Hey Missionaries, we were just talking about yall!" Haha turns out one of the guys was related to a member in a ward in our stake. They took us to Cracker Barrel and we had dinner with them as we taught them about what missionaries do and what we believe in! One guy was a catholic, the other was Episcopalian. haha then we got there info to pass on to the Boonville Elders. It was so neat though, we got a ride back from them and dinner!! All we had to do was act first. We had a decision to make and we acted on our faith!
Me and Elder Daw. Tuesday we had Zone Conference which was great! Wednesday we planned and we are really trying to come up with good ways to help out our branch. Its really struggling and not improving. We are trying to think of other ways to help. We have been putting things into action and we are starting to see, little by little, changes. It will take a while but we feel like were turning a corner. We also helped our branch president move a lady out of our branch boundaries. On Friday night I was able to do another baptism interview for a man named Justin Bean, which is really funny because one of my comps names was Justin Bean haha So ill send pics:) But then on Saturday we were able to help with more clean up in Tupelo.
This week I was able to talk with our Branch President for a while. Its been really hard on him not seeing the instant success. He's only been in 8 months and is doing fantastic, but is kinda down in the dumps. I realized how very important it is to have a happy attitude and to be grateful. I also realized how much more me, Elder Hall, can be doing to help out. You can never do enough service to help someone. I have refocused and have thought alot about one important thing this week. Its not about our will. Christ when He was in the Garden of Gethsemane said this, "Father remove this cup from me" It was hard for him. He now had a very hard trial that he wanted taken away. He felt like He couldnt handle it, but the story doesnt end there. Christ gives us the perfect example and says something that will change the eternities, "Never the less not my will, but thine be done." He gave his heart, might, mind and strength to Heavenly Father. He Endured to the End and because of that He, one person, effected billions of millions of lives. So when life gets hard, when you think you cant go anymore, just rememer whose choice it is. Sometimes we need to remember to rely on Heavenly Father and let him take the cup from us or not. Sometimes He does. Other times we need to Endure to not only help ourselves, but effect thousands of lives. It all starts with one small decision. Now you make it.
I hope yall have a great week! I hope your happy and doing well. If not let me know! Ill be here for you! I love yall so very much!! Remember to be Steadfast in Christ and Happy:)
Love Elder Hall:)
Our new beds;)
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