Wonderful Conference!

Hey ya'll!

Me and my new license plate:) haha This week has been great! On Tuesday we had a zone conference down in Tupelo. After that we were going to go look for boots for Elder Galorath with Scott. He wanted some boots also because the ones he has are really old. After the conference we got a txt from him saying that he couldnt learn all of this mormon stuff and that we better part ways. I hate to admitt this but that got me really down for the rest of the day. After seeing his happiness and growth and love for what we had been teaching him I just couldnt understand why he didnt want it anymore. The rest of the day I just pondered on if I did anything or what could have happened to make this change in scott. After a while I realized that I needed to stop thinking about that. Instead I thought about what we could do. Mom had sent me a picture in a frame that she gave me last easter and gave me again this easter. She said that it would probably be hard to pack so to try and give it away. So I thought why not give it to Scott? So we went over that night and knocked on his door. No one answered so I just left the picture there. The next day we went to the church and noticed that Scott had left his umbrella. We figured we would give it back to him and that could be an excuse to get to talk to him. So we went over to his house and knocked once more. Again no answer. So we left it and thought that it would be best to leave him alone for a couple days or weeks and see if he would just come back to us. Well that next morning he called us and said that he wanted us to come back over. He said that he couldnt sleep for those 3 days. When we went and talked to him, he said that as he sat in his house and listened to us knock, it killed him inside. He said it felt like Christ was knocking on my heart. So after that 2nd night that we knocked he said that he wasnt going to shut Chirst out any more. So he let us come back. 

Me, Scott and Elder Galorath! Well im so glad to tell yall that we were able to baptize him on saturday in between the 2nd session and priesthood session of conference! And I couldnt be any happier, and Scott couldnt be any happier! He said that he cant wait to keep growing in the church! Im so grateful to know that Christ is working so much harder and helps bring miracles to my life! He is always on the job and is preparing everyone for us. He helps us bring people back into his fold. He really does care about the ONE lost sheep. He loves each and every one of us personally and in our own special way:)

Me acting like a weirdo with my pocket watch. So not only was that the highlight of my weekend but I also got a cherry on top of the cake with General Conference! Man what an amazing 2 days! It seemed like it just flew by which is wierd for me because usually conference drags on and I dont hardly listen hahah. But this time I decided to take notes. And I wish I could tell yall all the things I learned but that would take days. Haha just a couple things that stood out to me. One is that probably because im a missionary and thats all I hear, it seems like conference was a lot about missionary work. Not only for others but for ourselves as well. Now its really interesting and Ive talked alot this week with other missionaries as well, but as I have taken myself out of the world so to speak, I can see how wicked the world is becoming. And we hear a lot about the last times and how wicked the world will be and how scary it will be. One thing I picked up on is that we need not be afraid. We will have peace through our Savior. Also before conference I had a cool conversation with my comp. I told him that its interesting to see how black and white things are becoming. Not only are things getting more wicked in these last days, but they are getting more righteous! You can start to see a very distinct line between whats right and wrong now and days. You can start to tell that other religions are starting to see how correct the LDS church is. I think that it is so cool! Not only are things wicked but things are also alot more righteous then they have been. Now is the time to pick a side. Now and days your either doing right or wrong. No more gray areas. In conference they seemed to talk about how to prepare for the second comming.

My new pocket watch that scott bought for me. But one of the coolest things about conference that I noticed, is that the prophet and 2 apostles bore very powerful and sacred testimonies about Christ. When Elder Christoffersen came and spoke to our mission and bore his personal testimony about Chirst I wondered why they didnt do that in conference. Well I got my answer. The first one was Pres. Packer. He said, "He lives! I know He lives! Im His special witness and bear record of Him!" The next was Pres. Eyring who said, "I know He lives just as those who saw the reserected Christ, just as Joseph Smith saw him in the grove. Im a witness of the risen Savior and Redeemer." And the last was our prophet, Pres. Monson who said, "Im a personal witness that God lives." His testimony is cool because he is a witness of both Christ and Heavenly Father. But I know that each of the prophets and 12 apostles have seen Christ. That he leads and guides the chruch through them! What an awesome thing to know:)

My new shoes that i bought! They were orignally around $140, i got them for $88:) Now a couple more funny things about being a missionary. Everyone thinks our first names are Elder. Everyone thinks that me and my comp are brothers because we have the same first name! Haha I always laugh at that. The next is that yall know I hate fish. Well yesterday a member made fried fish, fried cornbread, french fries, and corn haha alot of fried food! But the fish wasnt too bad. Mainly cuz i couldnt really taste it over the grease;) O and one more thing. Yall have probably already heard or seen it but if you havent go look up on lds.org lone peak basketball. They made a little clip about them thats really cool! Yesterday they played it in between sessions and I got to brag about my high school a little bit:)

Any ways I love yall! Have a great week! May the sun keep shinning and may our lifes be bright in Christ!

Love Elder Hall