Hey Yall!
This week has been crazy a lot of running around and exchanges. Elder Smith and I had spent 4 days away from each other just on exchanges with other missionaries. haha this week the weather has been turning into a fall weather, its still a little humid, but its cooling down. It wont start feeling like Utah until late Oct early Nov. But we are seeing positive signs. This week just as my title says I have been having a lot of cool D&C 4 moments. One is because im a missionary and quote it every day. Two is the pictures that I sent. There are cotton fields everywhere this time of year that are white as ever and its so cool to see them and think of "the field is white already to harvest!" haha thats the south:) the third reason is in honor of BYU's good football season they are having this year. Elder Savage, a missionary in this mission and really big Cougs fan, and found a JST for D&C 4. (Now just so I dont get anyone writing back telling me im going apostate, JST stands for Jansen and Savage Translation haha) It goes as follows:
D&C 4 (JST- Jansen Savage Translation):
1 Now behold, a marvelous season is about to come forth among the people of Provo.
2 Therefore, O ye that embark in the playing for Bronco, see that ye play with all your heart, might, mind and strength, that ye may stand blameless before him at the last game.
3 Therefore, if ye have desires to go undefeated, ye are called to BYU;
4 For behold the field is green already to score touchdowns; and lo, he that throweth the football with his might, the same layeth up in store that he throweth interceptions not, but scoreth touchdowns for his teammates;
5 And Taysom, Apo, Jamal and Kafusi, with an eye single to the glory of Bronco, qualify him for BYU.
6 Remember LaVell, Steve, Beck, Harline, Lewis, Hall, Pitta, Payne, Collie, and Detmer.
7 Pass, and ye shall receive; tackle, and it shall be fumbled unto you. GO COUGS!!

Haha just something kinda funny that I thought yall would like! But the rest of this week has been great! We have been able to serve a lot, with moving new families into our ward. Also we got to teach Rachael about the BOM. Last week we taught her the restoration and she wasnt to down with being baptized. Well this week we went over, and used the pictures in the front of the BOM to teach her. Then we actually read scriptures in the Book of Mormon. Thats what brings the real spirit into things. Prez Hanks has talked alot about how we always tell where the BOM came from and what its about, but we miss the actually reading with investigators from it! So as we did that I could feel the spirit very strongly. We read 2 Nephi 25:26, 2 Nephi 31: 2-8, the Intro, and Moroni 10:3-4. As Elder Smith talked and read to Rachael about the Doctrine of Christ in 2 Nephi 31 I could feel the spirit so strongly. So as he read and explained and asked questions, I could tell she could understand. Then I asked how she felt at that very moment. She said good. I pointed out to her she felt peaceful, happy, calm, and relaxed, she agreed. Then I told her that was the spirit, and that the spirit testifies of truth and how we need to follow true things we hear. She has a very sweet laugh and smile and as I said that she kept laughing and smiling. Then we invited her again to be baptized. She said that she would think and pray about it! Wow. How cool! The blessings of the spirit can soften the blows that Satan tries to use against our sweet souls we are trying to save!
We were able to teach another lady named Sharon the first lesson. She didnt want to accept the invite to be baptized just yet, so we are going back this week to teach her more and try to get her to come to church. We went over to Roosevelt and Carines house last night and they were happy and inviting as always. I had the thought in my head that they probably werent interested in us teaching them any more. So i told them we dont want to waste their time and asked if they wanted us to come back and teach them any more. They said they dont want to learn anything else. So the great thing is that we can still continue the friendship, but now we know that we wont be going over every week, and we can continue to look for the elect that want to accept our message:)
One funny moment of the week. We were on exchanges, I was with a missionary from Athens, Elder Hixson. We had just started to tract and the phone rang. It was 2 sisters in our zone. I answer, "Hello, this is Elder Hall." "Elder Hall, this is the sisters, we havent been having the best day and did something we have never done before. We didnt do this back home and have never done it on our missions, but we just did something very bad...." Hahah "Wow way to beat around the bush to make me think of everything bad that could be going on and freak out!" I said in my head. "We locked our keys inside our car and are stuck at the Target parking lot. We need to go to an apt. Can yall help??" The sisters asked. Haha well we went to where they were and let them have our car. We found out that the church has hooked up with Chevy for roadside assistance. So we had to go into Wal-Mart and all the workers kept asking if we needed help. The one time they actually talk to us. We told them we were just looking around, but instead we were using the new iPhone 6 to look up a number for the nearest Chevy dealership. Well all was well as we found the number and got them to come. 2 Hours later we got the sisters back in there car and off to go! haha
Well thats been our week another week of exchanges, finding, teaching, dropping, rejection. What a wonderful life to live for the Lord. I only get to do this once so may as well live it up! I love yall so much! Hope you have a great week! Remember to be happy in everything you do. Smile, laugh, it will get you through the hard times and you will look back with no regrets. I wish you the the bless-est week!
Love Elder Hall