Hi everyone and people.
We don't have much time, the Sun City Library booted us off the computer, because they don't want salvation... I mean, they hate the Celestial Kingdom. No! They are pals with Satan!
Okay, they computer system went down and they were too lazy to call the IT peeps. I almost called the Brother Unit to fix it. But I didn't. I was obedient and annoyed. So. we found another set of computers in public to borrow. Good times.
This week was a little nuts. We had rain. Apparently the locals here think it was Armageddon. Rest assured people who are not in Sun City... It was NOT Armageddon. We had steady rain. Not torrential down pours. No mudslides, or land slides or anything (in my area anyway). That said, the city did not plan for rain. So all the roads were flooded. Which was obnoxious. We couldn't do a whole lot of work. Because we literally couldn't go anywhere. Blasted rain. There was only one time I wasn't sure if the car would make it through the puddle. So we climbed out and trudged the waters to see how deep it was. People mocked. Whatever, we didn't drown.
That said, for the first time ever, this missionary hit the standard of excellence. 'BOUT TIME!!! AHHHH... That was way hard. But whatever we did it! This is going to be an awesome transfer. We have 3 people on date for this month with a bunch of other investigators who could totally be dunked soon.
We worked way hard. I tracted for the first time in 7.5 months. Good times. Met some fun people
Here's some news from home: the work is progressing out there!! I pray for that all the time. And people are getting married! Wow. So much is happening.Thanks for telling me that you all are getting married, by the way.. You may now repent!
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We don't have much time, the Sun City Library booted us off the computer, because they don't want salvation... I mean, they hate the Celestial Kingdom. No! They are pals with Satan!
Okay, they computer system went down and they were too lazy to call the IT peeps. I almost called the Brother Unit to fix it. But I didn't. I was obedient and annoyed. So. we found another set of computers in public to borrow. Good times.
This week was a little nuts. We had rain. Apparently the locals here think it was Armageddon. Rest assured people who are not in Sun City... It was NOT Armageddon. We had steady rain. Not torrential down pours. No mudslides, or land slides or anything (in my area anyway). That said, the city did not plan for rain. So all the roads were flooded. Which was obnoxious. We couldn't do a whole lot of work. Because we literally couldn't go anywhere. Blasted rain. There was only one time I wasn't sure if the car would make it through the puddle. So we climbed out and trudged the waters to see how deep it was. People mocked. Whatever, we didn't drown.
That said, for the first time ever, this missionary hit the standard of excellence. 'BOUT TIME!!! AHHHH... That was way hard. But whatever we did it! This is going to be an awesome transfer. We have 3 people on date for this month with a bunch of other investigators who could totally be dunked soon.
We worked way hard. I tracted for the first time in 7.5 months. Good times. Met some fun people
Here's some news from home: the work is progressing out there!! I pray for that all the time. And people are getting married! Wow. So much is happening.Thanks for telling me that you all are getting married, by the way.. You may now repent!
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Kidding....
Sorta...
No but really. I wish I could be there. So I came up with a
perfect solution. For all my folks getting hitched. Andrew, Seth, Sabrina, Wes.
You may get a 3" picture cut out of me and hide them in all of your
wedding pictures. And then send them to me so I can find them! Perfect!
Here are some excerpts from other people's emails because
I'm out of time today:
The weather here isn't too bad. People were kind of
stressed, thinking this would be the "storm of the century." And
maybe it was for them. It was a steady rain for a few days and the roads
flooded. There was a little damage, a few little trees got toppled and some
shrubbery got pruned... naturally... by the wind. haha. That's about it. Still,
the people who built the city didn't build it for rain so most of the roads
weren't passable. My area didn't have any land slides, and as far as I know my
mission was unaffected. The whole area fasted for rain. We got it! Prayers are
answered!
The Lord is so mindful of us and He fills our lives with
Tender Mercies. Big ones and small ones. We have been working really hard
here in Sun City, and when I got here, I was told "There is no work here.
We just work with Less Active members." And that was hard to hear. We know
that the Lord is hastening His work. Evidence of such is that right before I
got into the mission field, the California Riverside Mission split. We lost
about half of our missionaries. According to my zone leaders, the number of
baptisms doubled AFTER we lost half of our missionaries. So with half of the
army we had before, twice the work was being done.
Anyway, back to the story. Our purpose as missionaries is to
invite others to come unto Christ by helping them to receive the Restored
Gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, Repentance, Baptism,
Receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost and Enduring to the End.
Our purpose is to Find, Teach and Baptize. And I wasn't down
with not being able to do my job. So we've been working really hard. Talking to
everyone that we see. Inviting everyone repent and be baptized. We've been
working so hard. We haven't been seeing any results to our hard work. It's been
hard. But two weeks ago a gentleman walked into church and said: "Bishop,
I need to start getting back to church. My girls aren't baptized and my wife
isn't a member." It turns out, he'd never been baptized. And they are
Golden. We taught, prayed (and fasted), and invited them to be baptized. Dad is
getting baptized this Sunday (5 pm, PST at th eStake Center in Sun City) and he
will be baptizing his daughters the next Sunday!
We did ALL that we could. And the Lord prepared someone to
come to us, even though we didn't find him.
The Lord is so aware of us. Aware of who needs us, and who
we need. It is truly incredible to be a part of the missionary force of the
Savior. This is truly His work. There's a Scripture in Exodus that I'm learning
to love:
"Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the
Lord, which he will ashew to you to day ...
This is the Lord's work, and sometimes, we need to just let
Him do some of the work. We do all we can, He will bless us for our efforts.
Sometimes, it isn't in baptisms. Sometimes it's in patience, or a stronger
capacity to love. But He blesses. He ALWAYS blesses.
Anyhow. I love you people. Very
much
Smile. Doubt not, fear not.
Love you!
Love you!
Sister Hall
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