Hey Yall!!
Woww what a weeks its been! Its cooled down to where it feels nice, then the next day its freezing cold! Its gotten as cold as 30 degrees not including wind chill and humidity haha. Everyone has been building fires and such and trying to keep warm. We have been trying not to freeze. Other than the weather, nothing else has changed in Magnolia. We were able to go to another Marengo football game. They destroyed once again and won 59-7 or something close like that, its just always fun to go see a good game of football:) Me sporting a new coat! haha
We had another amazing week with miracles all over the place! We have been tracting our 3 doors or more each day and it has turned out to be so good! We knocked on a preachers door and gave him a BOM, he was gonna read it and go to mormon.org, he wasnt to interested in visiting, but we will check back up on him later and see if he has any questions. He have been able to find a ton of potential investigators! Some have turned into investigators and others we havent had enough time to go back. Thats what we are planning on doing this next week is following up with them!
Just a quick update. Bobby, the kid we set the baptism date for the 22nd, is doing great! We found out that he smokes, not very much though, we gave him a priesthood blessing and he has been reading a little bit out of the BOM and praying every day! We have pushed his date back to Nov 29th though because he wasnt able to come to church. He has been twice in the past with other missionaries but we want him to come at least once with us so we know he is serious about this all. This is one of my best friends, Joe, aka Papi... This coat is actually his, he let me borrow it cuz he didnt think mine was warm enough, but this is how we went to the football game on Friday night! He is a stud muffin:)
We have been able to teach the restoration, plan of salvation, and about the BOM with a lot of people. We have set 3 more baptism dates, one for a boy named Dellvonta, Dell for short, he is 15 and is black, reminds me alot of Isaiah! haha and no not just cuz he's black, but he set a date for Dec 6th! So we are gonna work with him, he has also been taught by other missionaries and we are reteaching him. We need him to come to church at least once as well and that is what we are working on then he can be dunked. The 3rd is a lady named Brittany. She is living with i guess her boyfriend, they "claim" common law marriage, and i dont know all about it, but they are really just boy friend and girl friend. They have a 5 month old baby and we havent been able to meet the husband, but Brittany is super nice, she hasnt been to church in a while and said she has been wanting to get baptized! Her date is for Dec 19th! We just have a few things to work with her on. Then the last one is a guy named Arthur. He is living with his fiance which we havent met yet, but they are planning on getting married in Jan sometime. We taught him and asked him to be baptized. He said, "Well i want to do what the Lord wants me to do, and this sounds like something He wants me to do, so yes." For right now we have his date set for Jan 11th but that could get moved up. We are planning on inviting a couple more investigators this next week. We should have 1 or 2 more dates set:)
I guess this is where chickens hide when they get cold down here..... No one told them either that the south gets cold!
Things here are blowing up! Its all because of the Lord. Im so grateful to be put here at this time where so many seeds have been planted and NOW is the time to harvest! As we harvest we can continue to find and plant seeds along the way for others in the future, but we cant lose sight of what we can get NOW, what we can feel NOW, and what we can do RIGHT NOW!
3 quick scriptures
John 4:35, "Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest."
Alma 26:11-17, "But (Elder Hall) said unto (them): I do not boast in my own strength,nor in my own wisdom; but behold, my joy is full, yea, my heart is brim with joy, and I will rejoice in my God.Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak;therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever.Behold, how many thousands of our brethren has he loosed from the pains of hell; and they are brought to sing redeeming love, and this because of the power of his word which is in us,therefore have we not great reason to rejoice? Yea, we have reason to praise him forever, for he is the Most High God, and has loosed our brethren from the chains of hell.Yea, they were encircled about with everlasting darkness and destruction; but behold, he has brought them into his everlasting light, yea, into everlasting salvation; and they are encircled about with the matchless bounty of his love; yea, and we have been instruments in his hands of doing this great and marvelous work.Therefore, let us glory, yea, we will glory in the Lord; yea, we will rejoice, for our joy is full; yea, we will praise our God forever. Behold, who can glory too much in the Lord? Yea, who can say too much of his great power, and of his mercy, and of his long-suffering towards the children of men? Behold, I say unto you, I cannot say the smallest part which I feel. Who could have supposed that our God would have been so merciful as to have snatched us from our awful, sinful, and polluted state?"
Helaman 5:44, "....and they were filled with that joy which is unspeakable and full of glory."
This is how missionary work makes you feel. We invite and then let the spirit and the Lord take over. As we do this, we are filled with.. "unspeakable joy which is full of glory!!"
I hope that yall have a great week. That you feel the same joy that I am feeling right now in Magnolia Al. No unhallowed hand can stop THIS work from progressing! We will win. I love yall, remember to be happy, to find this joy!
Love Elder Hall:)
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