Friday, February 29, 2008

Call with a Southern Baptist

hey mom,

thanx as always for the letters. i love them. thanx for the packages also. its always nice to have food in the food storage. the fortune cookies really helped. i love them. i am glad everything at home is still goin well. i sent both grandma's letters last friday so they should be there by now. i hope they got them. tell them i got their packages and letters. i am still liking it here. it is getting old but what can ya do. we have taught the first lesson in spanish 8-9 times now and we are pretty good. its awesome. but tonight we teach the 2nd lesson in espanol. whenever you get good at something or you get comfortable they take you out of your comfort zone again. but its all good, thats how you grow. i'm glad you guys are loving your callings. tell dad to try not to kill himself while he is ridding his bike down to st. george. remind him that he is still an old man... :) love ya pops. 

so nothin is new there? there has to be something. when does justin turn in his papers? what day exactly does jordan come into the MTC? so ya if you get the urge to send me some mountain dew, don't fight it eh? :) you have pictures of me i will send some more before i leave the mtc so that should be enough for you. you want me to bear my testimony about christ in 30 seconds to a minute? i don't know if i can do that... my testimony of Him and His atonement for me has grown so much. i love Him so much. maybe i will write it in spanish...? would that be ok? i don't know i will try but i won't write it this week is that ok? just remind me to write it next prep day k? well everything here is the same ol same ol. 

one thing, in the RC i got a call from this guy and he was from the south. he is a baptist. we talked for like 30 minutes about the church of jesus christ and i got him to commit to go to church. so in a couple days i am goin to call him back and see how it went!!! its so cool. i don't know what else to write. i love ya tons mom. you are my hero. i love the gospel and all it does for my life. it really does change peoples lives. 

love you guys tons

Elder hall

ps. my brother-in-law, elder knackstedt is goin to write ya. he is goin to marry tori, so tell tori to write him back.

Friday, February 22, 2008

"if you are prepared, ye shall not fear"

hey mom. 

thanx for all the letters. i love them. it nice to get a letter every day from ya cause no one else writes me...its sad but whatever i will be fine. anyways i am glad to hear everything is goin well. i wish ya good luck with your race. that is so cool, i know you will be able to. i am glad you guys are making good use of my room. just don't change it too much and don't give my stuff away. tell tori to put all my stuff back. 

i just want to let ya know that i have taught the first lesson in spanish about 3 or 4 times and i am goin to teach it again today. it is so hard but it is amazing. i love it so much! the first time didn't go very well, i was not as prepared as i wish i was. but last time i taught it it was so cool. i was talking and struggling as always. but then all the sudden words just started coming out of my mouth. it was so crazy, i know it was the spirit putting the words into my mouth cause all the sudden i could speak spanish perfectly and words i didn't even know where coming out of my mouth!! the scripture, "if you are prepared, ye shall not fear" is so true. i love teaching!!

im sorry to hear that bryant is still looking for a job. i hope he can find one soon. i am praying for him so i hope it helps. spencer mecham got his mission call? his b-day isn't till may...has justin put his papers in? if you could have tori maybe find out when Jordan bishop is coming into the mtc that would be cool. i was just wondering if i would still be on the MTC at that time. tell jansen i love him. i hope he is doing well. keep on doing what your doin. do as well in school that you can do. dont slack off cause you will be greatful in the long run. tell landon that he is the man. you are so cool for being brave enough to give stuff to a girl for valentines. that is so cool. jenna, i love ya tons and i hope school is goin well. 

oh ya, thanx for the update on BYU that totally made my day. keep me informed on stuff expecially the score...tell jansen to write me and let me know whats goin on in the nba and BYU and stuff like that. thanx buddy. ya i see ryan a lot and i have seen aaron a couple times. he seems like he is doin well. tell megan congrats from me. thats so cool. i hope you get the pics and stuff i send ya. 

i hope yall had fun in mesquite without me. i wish i could have been 4 wheelin and stuff like that but oh well :) i am so ready to go to chile. i love the MTC but i am sick of it. it gets really old and i wanna go to chile and convert people. they always get us so excited and then oh wait, we still have 3 weeks. but it seems like we havent been here for very long but its been over a month. its crazy. today has been a nice day. nothin really changes though. ya its crazy cause i am actually runnin out of food. so if ya want you can send me some food... dont forget my krispy cremes... love ya mom. thanx for all you do. thanx for the prayers. tell shawn and tamara thanx for the money. i hope that money won't be a problem for you guys. 

well that is pretty much it. the work is siempre progressing. you amo ustedes mucho. ustedes es muy importante en me vida. gracias por todas cosas ustedes hacen por me. yo se que la iglesia es verdadera. yo se que estoy hacer que el Senor quiera!!! yo estoy muy gracias por este evangelio. I love yall tons. keep the letters and prayers coming. if ya want to know anything, just make sure to ask questions. adios/chao till we meet again. 

Love elder hall

Friday, February 1, 2008

I got your email. it works!!

hey mom

ya i got your email. it works!! cool that is sweet but i can only get on it on fridays so that stinks. So make sure you still send me mail during the week. Ya i just got tori's letter yesterday. it was really nice!! Everything here is going well. i love the work. me and my companion are getting along a lot better. also my language is really coming along. concerning me getting into my old email, i can't. the only site you can get on is mylsd mail and the church website. so if you would send me some of my friends email that would be great!! so today we were able to go to the temple again. i love the temple so much. i don't know if ya know this yet or not but they have changed the endowment session. it was really strange at first but it is all the same thing, just a little different. i love the feeling of when you are in the temple. it is so amazing. yesterday i had a really hard day. it was just one of thoes days where everything goes wrong...but i lived through it and i am stronger from it. in gym 2 days ago i was playing basketball and i went up to block this kids shot and i came down on his ankle and twisted mine. it is probably the worst sprain i have ever had. it is still hurting. but i iced it all that day and that really helped with the swelling and the pain. besides that everything is way cool. i love this work. it is so amazing i love feeling the spirit every day. i cant remember what i put in a letter that i sent to ya a couple days ago but i really had a hard time when i heard that president hinkley died. now i am doing good but it was so sad for me. well i hope to get a letter from you guys soon. tell everyone that i love them tons. give aaliyah and mekhii hugs and kisses from me. tell lyndsie to send pics of them every once and a while to me. tell g-ma and g-pa hall thanx for the letter and the news articles. tell aunt elaine that i love her and thanx for the letter. tell them sorry but i don't get very much time to write so its hard to write everyone. well keep me updated on everythin that is goin on!! The work is progressing. the church is amazingly true. yo se que jose smit es verdadero y restaurado la iglesia en la tierra a hoy. jesucristo es me salvador y redentor. el vive!! y jesus amo ustedes!! talk to ya soon

love Elder Hall

I love chile with all my heart

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