Hey family this has been an awesome week. I think I have worked harder this week than any other time in my mission. Which is really good cause I didn’t have any time to think about Christmas or anything else so I was really focused and I could work with all my heart.
First off I will explain why I am writing today. Yesterday we had an activity with the whole mission. We went to a chapel and played basketball and football and other games. Then we watched a movie that the mission put together with pics of all the missionaries and baptisms and all that. It was really cool. Then we had a nice lunch, sang some Christmas songs and came back to work. It was a good activity but because of that we didn’t have time to write the fam or buy food so we are doing that right now.
Hey fam thanx for the package it was awesome. I love the Christmas cd and we listen to it every night. Also just to let ya know, my comps name is elder lira, not elder lima…haha you guys put that on his stocking but we had a good laugh. Mom, make sure to tell G-pa hall happy b-day today. Tell them that I love them and wish them a happy Christmas.
This week we saw tons of miracles. We found 11 new people to teach and we were running around all day trying to visit all the people that we have. In the church we had 7 investigators. Needless to say, we are working our butts off. One miracle we saw was with a member. We were going to lunch when we saw a young man from our ward and his friend who is an investigator talking to one of their other friends. We started talking to them and the kid who wasn’t a member, his name is Thomas, said that strange things were happening in his house and he said that he felt weird spirits there. So we told him that after lunch we would come to bless his house.
So we went to bless his house and him mom came out. She said, just like everyone says, that she didn’t want anything. She already had her religion and she wasn’t going to change. Finally after a couple minutes she let us in. to be honest, I don’t know why or how we got in but we did. So we sat down and explained the blessing and asked if anyone else wanted to come and join us in the prayer…there were. It was a family of 6 people. The mom, 2 sons and 3 daughters. So we blessed the house and at the end of the prayer we look at the mom and she is just weeping…the woman who at first didn’t even want to let us into the house. She said that she felt so peaceful and that she felt a burden lifted off her shoulders. Also at first when me and my comp entered the house we felt something weird. I cant explain it very well but it was like a heavy black pressure on my chest. But at the end of the pray, I felt like this burden was lifted from me too. We taught a quick lesson 1 and they were really receptive. They are awesome and invited us back on the 25th. So we will have to see where it goes from here!!!
This past Sunday our investigator, Belen, passed her baptismal interview. She is really excited to be baptized!!! Also her sister, who hasn’t come to church for like 6 or 7 years came with her little girl. It was so awesome to see this family back in the church after so many years. I also received a letter from the little girl that I baptized in villa sur, Vanessa, and she said that she was still going to church and reading her scriptures. It was so cute and it totally made my day. I was so happy when I found out that she was still active!!! I cant express the feeling of joy that I felt when I read that. Also the other lady that got baptized 5 days after I left there, mariela, is still going to church and has a calling in the primary. She also went to the temple 2 weeks ago to do baptisms for the dead.
Ok and now to end the week of miracles. I don’t know if you guys are going to believe me or not but its true. So we went to the house of felicinda and Karen, who are going to get baptized next week, to teach them. And every time I have gone there I have said to my self that I know them from somewhere but I could never remember where. So this week we came and we were talking to them and they told me something that blew me away. They told me that about 5 months ago a missionary contacted them and sent her direction to the missionarys here in rinconada. She said that missionary was tall, white, and a red head…they told me that the first time I came to their house they recognized me but didn’t know from where. This week they realized that I was the one that contacted them…when I was in villa sur I did a contact with her and she was really nice and receptive. I sent the address to this sector and now I am teaching her and I will be able to see her get baptized… haha it is crazy to see the impact that a person has on other people.
So as you guys can see this week has been awesome. I hope you are all well at home. Shae congrats on your new little girl. She is way cute and I cant wait to be able to hold her in a year. I hope you all have a awesome Christmas. I will be thinking about ya. I am kinda sad that I wont be able to eat at brick oven but I will be fine…haha I love you all so much. I hope you guys realized that I really do. I have the best family in the world!!! Have a awesome week in the snow cause it is hotter than heck here. Haha you guys are awesome.
Love ya
Elder hall
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