Daddys Day!

Hey Yall!

I just wanna wish all the Dads out there happy fathers day!:) I hope yall had a great Sunday, and got to reflect on your dads or grandpas or father figure. And most of all I hope yall took time to remember your Father in Heaven. What a wonderful thing that we know that we have a Father in Heaven that loves us, watches out for us, protects us and is perfect! In Moses 1:39 is says, "This is my work and my glory, to bring to pass the immortality and Eternal Life of man." We all want to live after this life, that is immortality. But not only do all of us want that, we all want to live with our families, with Heavenly Father, and we want to become like him. That's why we are on this earth to grow and become like our Heavenly Father. Now this may just be me, but I love doing something and seeing my dad be proud of me or of what I did. Well as we pray, read scriptures, go to church, and serve and be examples to others, that makes our Heavenly Father so proud of us! It puts a big smile on his face! So this week try to do something that you may be struggling in. Something spiritual that will make your Father in Heaven smile because he is proud of his son or daughter!:)

So this week we worked so dang hard all week! We were able to a lot and see so many people! It was such a great week! It was also the first week of a new transfer. I think I forgot to tell yall last week, but transfers were on Wednesday. Im stayin in Highland Home:) And this is my comps last transfer then he goes home! So I will be in this area for a while, which is really good cuz I love this area and the people here so dang much!!! Earlier this week I decided that I was gonna make this transfer my comps best transfer ever! Im not gonna let him slack off and get trunky at all! I decided that we are gonna work our butts off! Work even harder then we did last transfer! I cant wait!

So each week just gets hotter and hotter and more humid. One morning, after we had been outside all the day before and came home that night drenched in sweat, I found myself back in my apt drenched in sweat again after my morning run. Then the thought came into my head, is it sad that so used to always being soaking wet and now that is just a normal feeling? Haha I have just learned to be happy with it:) And its made the days so much better!

This week we have just tried to be out walking, instead of driving, and seeing a ton of people. We have been able to teach, serve, watch softball games, play board games, and make people smile. This is what I love about missionary work. I have noticed a lot of the time people get really bored if your just lecturing them about the gospel. So you have to think outside of the box in missionary work. I have loved trying to figure out how to teach kids so that they are first entertained, 2nd the kids learn something, and 3rd the parents learn something from what we teach the kids. I have learned different object lessons to use haha.

There weren't to many exciting stories to tell this week. It was kinda just another normal, hot, walk-ful, week. People down here always tell us to watch out for snakes. When we walk down the dirt road we are always trying to find some haha. Well we have found 2 while we have been here. Both of the ones we have found have already been dead. I don't know why, haha but ill have to send yall pics of it next week because my comp took pics of it so I gotta get them from him. 

Now Fathers Day. Yesterday went really well! Church was great and we saw a couple people after. One was Dyana. She is the one with the cute little girl. Well her dad and mom and one of her sisters were coming over to have dinner and she invited us. It was great! We had hamburger, biscuits, mashed taters;), and peas. And afterwards we played a game. I guess there family is huge into this game and Dyana's parents play it every day haha but it was Yatzee! I love this game. Well as we started playing, I kept getting yatzee after yatzee. The first 3 games I had 2 yatzee's in each game. They were all getting so mad at me haha and I ended up winning barley because the last few games I only got one yatzee;) haha It was a fun time, we were also able to talk with her parents about the church because they aren't members and said they had looked up some stuff.

But last thing I wanna say. I know this email stinks but hope this will help make it better. So in my personal study I found this out. I was reading in John chapter 20. This is talking about when Mary comes to visit Christ's Tomb. She sees its empty and runs to tell the apostles. In verse 6-7 it says, " Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself." Now when you watch the videos about Christ's resurrection they usually will show inside the tomb, and you will see all the clothes neatly folded and put in its place. Well when I read that I thought about "Holy Habits". We are taught to keep holy habits and develop them on our mission. They are brushing your teeth, doing dishes, taking out the trash, cleaning up your room, things like that. Well one that I have tried to do this transfer is make my bed every morning. And when I read those verses I realized that Christ made his bed. So just remember when you are making your bed your following Christ example:) ha but not only that, when you develop holy habits you are allowing the spirit to be in your home, and in your life, because your making a clean home. So that's just something that I thought was a cool little insight:) All the missionaries loved it haha so I thought I would tell yall!

Well keep being the great sons and daughters that yall are! I know that everyone of you are an example to others. I hope yall have a great week, and remember like always to be happy!

Love Elder Hall:)