You know that you still haven't quite acclimated to Texas when you are
sleeping with no covers in late September. Luckily, we have hit a cold
front and rain over the weekend, and the high today is 79. Sweater
weather! Not really, but in Texas, you take what you can get.
I also congratulate anyone who knows what song my title is from.
These past few weeks have been filled with many miracles and lots of
work. I have found myself leaning towards the administrative side of
being a missionary. Making lots of phone calls, having multiple
meetings, going on exchanges, writing reports. It's a fun side of
missionary work, but it isn't quite as fun as going out and getting to
work. This week we were able to have a lot of lessons with our recent
convert families, which is important. When you are young in any
transition, there is a lot of opposition that you face. Our recent
converts to the church in this area have been facing many oppositions.
Thank goodness that they have many friends in the faith and they are
Abel to be continually nourished by the good word of God.
One of the highlights of the week came from a combined dinner we had
with my replacements in the Stony Point Ward. We ate with the Tejada
family, and shared a bright lesson on how to feel the Holy Ghost. It
was so great to have a powerful discussion with this wonderful family.
The fruits of our labors are so sweet when they are fully ripe.
We were also able to teach the Bice family, who have been having a
difficult time since their children were baptized. We were glad when
they answered the door, and within minutes of starting our lesson,
there was a great feeling of light and love in the house. Their family
situation has not been the greatest, but even now they are donating
blankets to hospitals, letting friends live with them, and helping
widows in the neighborhood. This family is an excellent example of
charity and service.
I was able to have diner with another one of my recent convert
families, the C. They were baptized in March. In May they moved
north of Round Rock to the Liberty Hill Ward. After not hearing from
them in a while, I reached out and scheduled a dinner appointment. We
got talking about their jobs, their 3-year old daughter, other things,
but most important, we talked about how happy they were. They love the
Ward they are in, and plan on being sealed in the spring. What a
wonderful feeling.
We were able to teach P, a recent convert in the Pflugerville
Ward. She is from Senegal originally, but said she came to America
with her husband, and decided to find the right church while she was
at it. Now she is a happy member of the Pflugerville congregation, who
had their children's primary program yesterday. Almost 100 kids sang
and talked in our sacrament meeting. It was P's first time
seeing one, and she thought it was hilarious. i think that too,
P.
As for people we are meeting with who are not members yet, we had a
beautiful lesson with M H
, an elderly lady who has
attended church with a member for four months now. She loves the
church and the people, but wants to be absolutely clear that she knows
the Book of Mormon is true. We have been teaching her about faith and
the Holy Ghost for the past few weeks, and slowly but surely she is
realizing that this church is true, but the power is in the faith.
We are also teaching a woman who recently married a member. She loves
the Book of Mormon, but has a hard time committing to the church
because her husband is not active in the church. She has a great heart
and a good spirit, and I know with the help of her husband will take
the faith to be baptized.
We are teaching and having so much fun and working so hard, but I
won't make this too long. I want you to know, that there are few
feelings as great as the one of conversion. A man taught Elders quorum
yesterday. He and his family have been members for four years and has
been in four wards and have never faltered in the faith, even though
the world has offered them every reason to. And why is that? Because
the Lord's kingdom is not of this world. He bore powerful witness of
the truthfulness of the church and all that it concludes. I had my
testimony to his.
Elder Richard Hall
sleeping with no covers in late September. Luckily, we have hit a cold
front and rain over the weekend, and the high today is 79. Sweater
weather! Not really, but in Texas, you take what you can get.
I also congratulate anyone who knows what song my title is from.
These past few weeks have been filled with many miracles and lots of
work. I have found myself leaning towards the administrative side of
being a missionary. Making lots of phone calls, having multiple
meetings, going on exchanges, writing reports. It's a fun side of
missionary work, but it isn't quite as fun as going out and getting to
work. This week we were able to have a lot of lessons with our recent
convert families, which is important. When you are young in any
transition, there is a lot of opposition that you face. Our recent
converts to the church in this area have been facing many oppositions.
Thank goodness that they have many friends in the faith and they are
Abel to be continually nourished by the good word of God.
One of the highlights of the week came from a combined dinner we had
with my replacements in the Stony Point Ward. We ate with the Tejada
family, and shared a bright lesson on how to feel the Holy Ghost. It
was so great to have a powerful discussion with this wonderful family.
The fruits of our labors are so sweet when they are fully ripe.
We were also able to teach the Bice family, who have been having a
difficult time since their children were baptized. We were glad when
they answered the door, and within minutes of starting our lesson,
there was a great feeling of light and love in the house. Their family
situation has not been the greatest, but even now they are donating
blankets to hospitals, letting friends live with them, and helping
widows in the neighborhood. This family is an excellent example of
charity and service.
I was able to have diner with another one of my recent convert
families, the C. They were baptized in March. In May they moved
north of Round Rock to the Liberty Hill Ward. After not hearing from
them in a while, I reached out and scheduled a dinner appointment. We
got talking about their jobs, their 3-year old daughter, other things,
but most important, we talked about how happy they were. They love the
Ward they are in, and plan on being sealed in the spring. What a
wonderful feeling.
We were able to teach P, a recent convert in the Pflugerville
Ward. She is from Senegal originally, but said she came to America
with her husband, and decided to find the right church while she was
at it. Now she is a happy member of the Pflugerville congregation, who
had their children's primary program yesterday. Almost 100 kids sang
and talked in our sacrament meeting. It was P's first time
seeing one, and she thought it was hilarious. i think that too,
P.
As for people we are meeting with who are not members yet, we had a
beautiful lesson with M H
attended church with a member for four months now. She loves the
church and the people, but wants to be absolutely clear that she knows
the Book of Mormon is true. We have been teaching her about faith and
the Holy Ghost for the past few weeks, and slowly but surely she is
realizing that this church is true, but the power is in the faith.
We are also teaching a woman who recently married a member. She loves
the Book of Mormon, but has a hard time committing to the church
because her husband is not active in the church. She has a great heart
and a good spirit, and I know with the help of her husband will take
the faith to be baptized.
We are teaching and having so much fun and working so hard, but I
won't make this too long. I want you to know, that there are few
feelings as great as the one of conversion. A man taught Elders quorum
yesterday. He and his family have been members for four years and has
been in four wards and have never faltered in the faith, even though
the world has offered them every reason to. And why is that? Because
the Lord's kingdom is not of this world. He bore powerful witness of
the truthfulness of the church and all that it concludes. I had my
testimony to his.
Elder Richard Hall
