Hey Yall!
So Elder Roseman chose my title this week haha but that brings up some important, big news... we got transfer calls on Saturday, it does not feel like another transfer is ending... it goes by so dang fast!, and I will be staying in Magnolia and Elder Roseman is leaving. So I will be getting one last companion. This is my also my last transfer. Its a crazy feeling.Its sad that Elder Roseman is leaving, but im also excited to have one last comp. Compared to every other missionary in the mission, i have had so very few comps haha kinda weird. Now before yall ask if Im getting really trunky, ill give my honest answer. I have my moments, but i will quote Joseph Smith in the Restoration dvd when Emma asks him, "Joseph do you think God ever asks to much of us?" he replies "I do not let myself" Thats my motto. When people try and get me trunk I just say, I wont let myself. Plus we are to busy for me to think about it that much haha there is a lot of work to do in the next 6 weeks! We have 4 baptism dates and we could be getting more! Joe and I with a tomb stone of Jesus!
This week has been very good. We have been working hard with some of the investigators that we have baptism dates with. We are trying to help them continue to progress to baptism, I dont want these to fall through because they are such good people! We need to get back to finding every day again though, we have kinda gotten away from that a little bit, we have met new people this week but we also need to follow up with potentials that we have found, just a lot of work ahead! This area has been so much fun to work in because of all the work that the Lord has for us to do!
We have been able to see Bobby and Mitch this week. We are helping them prepare to get the priesthood to bless and pass the sacrament and also go to the temple! Bobby has changed so much since his baptism! On Saturday we went and talked with him, he was talking so much that we couldnt get a word in! It was crazy. We followed up on us asking him to pray about the BOM and church and get another witness it was true. He said, "I asked the Lord if the BOM and church were true, and after I just felt good." I asked how he felt at his baptism and when we come to teach, he said good. Then I asked what that feeling might be. He told us it was the spirit. Its so cool to watch Bobby who hasnt even graduated high school, and doesnt have a very good education learn and grow in the gospel so quickly and he is understanding it all!
We also got to teach a man named Clyde the restoration, we invited him to be baptized, he replied, "Ive done been baptized" just like the rest of the south says. Then I asked if God wanted him to be baptized again would he deny him. "Well i guess ill talk to him tonight and ask if I should get baptized again." We are going back this week to see how his "Talk" went. We saw Josiah this week. He has had a terrible stomach virus so we gave him a blessing, he was so grateful for it and we told him that after his baptism he could have the priesthood and be able to bless his family with it. He was excited about that! We will go back this next week and follow up on past commitments. We also saw Authur and we invited him to church, he came with his fiance!! That so cool:) They loved it. We also got Dell to come to church!
The biggest miracle this week was one with Brittany. Now she is the one with the husband that hates Christians because of his ex wife. He also didnt want to get married and Brittany told him that when he was ready come and tell her and they would get married. Well we went back to see her. Its been cool, because she calls us and every time she does, she asks if we can help her with the house, well we figured out that really mean, "can you come help with dishes, so I can talk to yall" So we take Bro Stockman down there and help her then teach her, well this week we followed up on how she is doing with coffee and tea.
She told us that over Thanksgiving weekend they were with her boyfriends family, every kept asking if she wanted coffee or tea. She would tell them she was fine and had her Mtn Dew to drink instead! I thought that was so cool, and told her not to drink alot of it, but to drink Mtn Dew instead of the alternatives. We have conintued to teach her and she is very prepared and ready for baptism, her date is Dec 19th, and all she needs to do is come to church twice then get married which could be a while depending on her husband. Well she said "I need to tell yall something that my boyfriend told me this week." We asked what it was. "He told me he thought of a Christmas present, and it wasnt the horse that I really wanted. He said that for my Christmas present we are gonna get married!" WOW! I was so dang excited to hear about that! She said they just needed to save up the money and get something else and in the next couple of weeks they would get married in the court house. That was the biggest miracle because now she can get baptized in Dec! We set another date with her for Dec 27th so she can come to church and that date should be after their marriage! Once again the Lord is showing that He is here in Magnolia helping us. That we as missionaries are his hands, Im so excited for this month of Miracles! :)
Well thats the scoop for this week. Next week will have a lot of exciting things to tell. I love yall, hope you have a great week, and continue to feel the spirit of Christ this Christmas season! Remember to be happy, to show it, live it, and share it:)
Love Elder Hall
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