Kinda Awkward.....

Hey Yall!

So this week has been good, just an awkward week like all weeks are around transfers. We were able to go say our goodbyes with those that Elder Roseman got to get close to. We packed him up and on Wednesday everyone swapped companions. Elder Arnold is a good kid, our personalities dont really quite match up, but we are trying to work on that. We still got a long time to work on it haha

This week has been kinda awkward with saying goodbyes and trying to get Elder Arnold to meet everyone and also continuing to work and teach and help people progress. Brittany hasnt had the best week, her and her boyfriend got in a fight and she almost left, but I told her to stay and work it out. Well now they almost lost the house so she is trying to get a job. We will see what happens, I really want to help her, but dont know what to do. But we saw Authur this week, he and his fiance loved church! They didnt come this past Sunday, but we are continuing to work with them and they are still preparing for their weeding in Jan. We have seen Dell a couple times this week. His mom isnt so keen on letting him get baptized here so we are gonna talk with her. What we really need to do is 1. Follow up with potential investigators that we have found and 2. Keep finding every day to get more new investigators. We need new investigators! Lathen Foote and I. He was a kid in the Northport ward that came down on Monday and said hello to me!:)

We were able to have branch conference yesterday which went well. Alot of stake leaders came down and participated. We have continued to work with active members to strengthen them and also with less actives. We saw Bobby a couple times this week. He is doing well, we went to pick him up on Sunday and him along with Bro Aitken were throwing up all night and had fevers. I really hope that what they tell us is true, one because they will get over the sickness, i just dont want to have Bobby quit coming to church, so that is one of my big projects this transfer is helping him to come to church every week, so when I leave he will still want to come out of his own love of God. But other than that we havent done to much this week. Satan makes it really hard for me to just think that I have a little bit of time left and I have worked hard my whole mission, so now i can just relax. But i will not do that. I am not going to be that missionary. 

This week I have thought a lot about the Atonement and the tremendous love the Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have for all of us! I listened to a song that said these words, "Christ's love never fails, it never gives up, it never runs out on us!" He is never going to forsake or abandon us! If you feel so inclined, i invite all of you to go to mormonmessages.org and search, "Sunday Will Come" Its a short video from a talk given by Elder Joseph B Wirthlin. He talks about the Friday when Christ was crucified and the Sunday He was resurrected. Just a couple quotes from the talk, "Each of us will have our own Fridays—those days when the universe itself seems shattered and the shards of our world lie littered about us in pieces. We all will experience those broken times when it seems we can never be put together again. We will all have our Fridays." "But I testify to you in the name of the One who conquered death—Sunday will come. In the darkness of our sorrow, Sunday will come... No matter our desperation, no matter our grief, Sunday will come." "May we understand and live in thanksgiving for the priceless gifts that come to us as sons and daughters of a loving Heavenly Father and for the promise of that bright day when we shall all rise triumphant from the grave.....That we may always know that no matter how dark our Friday, Sunday will come is my prayer, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen." I want to add my testimony to his, I know that Sunday will come, my mission at times has been fun and easy and enjoyable, but being on earth we have opposites. My mission at times has seemed like I can not go on another day, that things are hopeless, that I am alone. I am so ever grateful to be on a mission because of this one fact. I have grown a personal, unbreakable bond and relationship with Jesus Christ that will last forever. I know He lives! I know that we are NEVER alone, that He is there with us always, and when we are going through our "Fridays" He is personally there to help us through. I know this because He has been here with me. I have felt Christ literally put his arms around me over, and over again as I thinks its all lost and hopeless. I have felt alone only to realize who is standing right beside me and his helping me without any asking on my part. Remember and never let go of the Love that the Savior has for each of you! Never let go of your love for the Savior. He lives, He is here with us now, let Him help you is my prayer in Jesus name, Amen. 

Hope yall have a wonderful week. Keep thinking about little Baby Jesus and the miracle of his birth! "Remember always to be happy"- Prez Holzapfel, then "Inform your face!"-Prez Hanks. Love yall so much!

Love Elder Hall:)