Hey Yall!
Wow what an amazin, sad, fun, hard workin week it has been! The weather is still up and down! Today is cloudy and the wind is blowin like crazy! The sad part of this week is that the Eliasons are headed back to Utah.:( Im gonna miss them so dang much! We were there earlier today and helped them get the last few things in there car and now they are off and away! They did so many good things for the branch, and everyone here loves them! Things here in New Albany are the same and probably have been for years haha just another really small town i love it:)
Just some highlights of the week.
On Tuesday we had the Eliasons last district meetin. I wanted to make it a good one and I try to make each district meetin better then the last. Well I had 2 weeks to prepare for this one and Im pretty sure it was the best district meetin I have ever had! Every single person was included and had some sort of training. Then I was able to train on a few different things. The first thing I gotta train on is our district culture SHOES. I attached a picture of what i laminated and gave to everyone along with 2 silver half dollars. Haha i tried to find silver dollars but come to find out they are super rare, so if you ever find one hold on to it for dear life! But i based it off of the story Prez Hinkley gave about his dad and how they almost stole the poor mans shoes but ended up puttin silver dollars in them. Well I gave them the money and they were supposed to either help themselves if they have a really hard day or help someone else thats havin a hard day. I wanna invite yall to do the same. Look around every day for those you can help! Just one little act can go a long way! I also attached the paper i passed out to everyone. Now these are just some of so many different scriptures on these topics. Feel free to look up the scriptures and to find the strength in the Lord for yourself:) But these things are so key in missionary work. We need not fear, but have faith and courage! And when we are strong and have that faith then the key to bein successful as a missionary is cryin repentance! When we Invite someone we are cryin repentance just as the prophets in the BOM did! When we open our mouths and share a message of the gospel we are then successful! Thats somethin so easy and we can control!:) But overall it was so great and i learned so much from my amazin district!
We have been tryin to find new investigators and tryin to talk with everyone. The only problem is that everyone in this little town of New Albany has already seen and talked with the missionaries hahah but we are gonna keep tryin and keep workin hard! We got to go to the temple on Fri and got to see the new video! O MAAAAN! It was so dang good! I love the temple and the things i get to learn there and how amazing you feel. I would also wanna invite and encourage yall to go to the temple often, if you havent been, the GO! If something is stoppin you, repent and be worthy to go! That is where we all need to be!
On Saturday we got to go to lunch with the Eliasons and then help them pack everything into there car. We also have been workin hard on strengthenin the new converts. We have started BOM studies and actually this week we are gonna start somethin new that im excited for. Family Home Evenin with the branch memebers! Since everyone lives so far away in little towns outside of New Albany we are gonna go to little towns and start FHE with the people there! Our first one will be Tuesday and im stoked! The members are excited as well, so hope it goes well:) And yesterday we had great church meetins! We had pot luck after church for the Eliasons and then went to give the sacrament to those that cant make it on Sunday. It was all so good!
I love that Easter is rollin around, and also General Conference! Hope yall are preparin to have a spiritual thanksgivin in April:) haha cant wait! Hope yall are doin well. I pray for yall every day and night! If you need someone to talk to or are havin a hard time please write me or email me and know that im here, ill listen, i cant promise inspired advise but just know im here for any of yall! Love yall so much!
Love Elder Hall
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