Letter #17

 

Sent: Mon 6/17/13 12:26 PM

 

Hi mom!!! How are you?? So last week was so great! We had Zone conference on Tuesday which I absolutely LOVED!!!! I don't think I have ever felt the Spirit so strong in my life, than I did last Tuesday. My eyes were like waterfalls all day, even after the conference. I got to see a lot of the missionaries that I have served with previously and that was super fun! After the conference, two of the sisters from Roseburg came back with Sister Marble and I for exchanges!! They spent the night and were with us all day Wednesday! Sister Marble and I were with each of the sisters so that was really weird. Haha! Not being with your companion makes you kinda feel lost. But I learned a lot from the other sisters :)

 

Oh!! Do you remember that Native American man I told you about that goes all over to different Pow-Wows in Oregon and Northern California? Well, we taught him my first day in Grants Pass and then he disappeared. Anyway, he called us up on Thursday and wanted to meet with us again! He wanted to be baptized the first time we met with him and he still does which is awesome but he is really hard to understand sometimes because half of his body is paralized and he doesn't know how to read or write but he is very intelligent and has been study with the church for more than 6 years! He is homeless and has a dog and kinda smells but that's okay because he is just the greatest!!

 

We also met a lot of people this week who didn't really want to hear what we had to say but told us everything about them. All of their family problems, trials they've gone through, pretty much just all of their problems (some things I just don't want to know) but for some reason they tell us anyways. It's nice to know that even though they may not want to hear about the gospel, we are still helping them in a way. Total strangers trust us and it's just really amazing to be an instrument in the Lords hands. I love it. We met this man named Tim a couple of weeks ago who is super nice and very musically talented! We tried to give him a Book of Mormon but he said he had his own church that he goes to but he did accept a Plan of Salvation pamphlet. We were walking down the street one day and we heard someone call our names, which just doesn't happen unless they are members. It was Tim!! We walked over to him and he started telling us about his chapman stick. It's an insanely cool musical instrument! We also talked about what he does for a job and about his church. We pretty much just got to know him! He is awesome!! He gave us his number and said he had to get going so we parted ways and we planned on calling him in a few days. Well the next few days went by and we were walking down the street again and we see a black man walking down the street with his hands up in the air.. he said now this is no coincidence! It was Tim again :) He asked if we had anywhere to be and we didn't at the time so he said if we wanted he could make us a green smoothie and play the chapman stick for us. We thought, why not? He kind of sounds like a creeper but I promise he's not! Haha!

 

Anyway, Charley the man that we have been teaching, the really sweet old man is supposed to be getting baptized this weekend on the 22nd!!!!!!!!! We are praying that he will follow through with it but he has a problem with tithing. He thinks he can't afford to pay tithing and we have taught him a million different ways about it. He told us that he guesses he just needs to have more faith. We were like YES! That's all it takes. Aaaaah! I seriously just love Charley so much! Please keep him in your prayers. He also started Radiation last week and his wifes son is getting out of prison this week so their family is coming into town so it is going to be a little hectic.

 

That pretty much sums up my week. Oh wait! I saw Trevor's Aunt at the Youth Conference they held at our church!!! It was so crazy! This world really is so small! I was able to talk to her and her family a little bit. It was great!! :)

 

I got your package!!! Thank you so much! I can't believe how much stuff you put in it! I loved the little book with the pictures and it was really fun to see how Sarah is doing! I can't believe she's almost done with her mission!! Thank you again so much for everything that you do for me! I love you so so so much! I hope you have a wonderful week!!

 

I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

 

Sister Hall