Mon, 28 Oct 2013
October 28, 2013Hello,
Happy Halloween. It's been a good week (or at least we taught
a lot of lessons). Also had plenty of people at church (it was supposed
to be ward conference, but they told us on Sunday that they were
pushing it back to December. So . . . ). Today is a major Catholic
holiday. We also had a zone activity. If you think that's suspicious,
you're not alone. It actually got down into the eighties a couple times
this week, so it was a little more comfortable. And then I got a nasty
cold. But I'm mostly better now. We're happy. Also there are general
authorities coming in the next month and a half, and we may get the
chance to listen to them (or maybe not; they don't let us participate in
a lot of these member events). Que todos tengáis buena semana y estáis
mejores en todas las cosas.
Amor,
Élder Bryan Hall
Sun, 27 Oct 2013
October 21, 2013Hello,
Due to negative client feedback, all sentences will be
non-fragmentary even for artistic reasons. This week in church, we had
unprecedented attendence by members (probably because of the Primary
program), but zero investigators. That was sad. But we are still happy
and excited to keep working. Next week we will have investigators with
us at our ward conference. The weather has been unpredictable and
changeable, but we're all okay. It's a good thing my raincoat folds up
and fits inside my bag. Actually, I haven't worn my raincoat at all this
week, but it's still nice to have. Everything's peaceful. I will write
again next week.
Love,
Elder Bryan Hall
October 14, 2013
Hello,
Good week. Hot. Sunny. Not many investigators at church. But
we had some good lessons. Made some progress with some investigators.
Looking for new opportunities to teach and working on finding new
investigators. Unfortunately the baptism we had planned for this week
couldn't go through, but we'll see other baptisms in future weeks. Todo
está tranquilo. I love you all, and I'll write you again next week.
Love,
Elder Bryan Hall
October 7, 2013
Hello,
It was a good week for us; we were able
to teach a lot of lessons and find some promising new investigators.
Conference was also an excellent opportunity for us (even if conference
in Spanish leaves something to be desired). We have more investigators
progressing towards baptism than at any other time in my mission. This
last week has been really hot, but we woke up today to cloudy and cool
with a stiff wind. One of my pairs of shoes has been falling to pieces
for the last couple weeks (it has multiple holes in the soles), so I
sent it to be resoled today (I've heard stories about soles made from
airplane tires that they use here, but the cobbler says he can't put
those soles on these shoes. But he has a pair of "industrial soles" that
are for PeMex boots that he assures me will last forever too, so I'll
wait to put airplane tires on my other shoes if they need it). I
realized just now that I forgot to take a picture of the holes, so I
won't be able to show you what it looked like, but it definitely needed
something. My other shoes are looking fine, though. Hope that all of you
have a good week. Sun, 06 Oct 2013
September 30, 2013
Hello,
Transfers this week. This big news is . .
. nothing. The only change is my district is our district leader and
that's because he's been a missionary for two years and one month (at
this moment he's probably already at home). They still haven't told us
who our new district leader will be, but it's not that important for
right now. We're getting ready for a baptismal service on October
twelfth which has got us pretty excited. There are always a few problems
with getting someone ready for baptism, but that's part of the mission.
The weather has changed from occasionally tolerable to unbearably hot
with temperatures well over a hundred degrees and a scorching sun. We're
still working hard, though. Also drinking lots of water. I've been
drinking about four liters a day. General conference is going to be a
big deal next week, we're right now wroking to get as many people as
possible to attend. My companion's birthday is this month which means
that almost all of my companions have had birthdays with me. If I had
had as many birthdays as my companions, I'd be thirty by now. It's been a
good week, we had lots of people at church and lots of people
progressing. Hope you're all doing well and driving carefully (that
means you, Melody). I love you all, y que Dios os bendiga.September 23, 2013
Hello,
Buenas tardes, todos. I'm here in Mexico for another week.
They were predicting hurricane, but the weather continues the same as
always: sunny and hot. We've had some disappointments this week, but
also some good experiences. We were going to have a baptism, but that
fell through. We did find some promising new investigators including an
American named Mike who we're teaching in English. This Monday the
washing Machine we normally use to do laundry broke down, so we weren't
able to wash on Monday. Or on Tuesday. Or any day until Friday when we
ran out of clean clothes and it became imperative that we do it
immediately. So we found a member who was willing to help us out. The
thing was that on Thursday we were taking a shortcut and we both fell in
a river and got our clothes scummy and black. I don't know what exactly
was in the river, but it wasn't water, and it smelled foul. But we were
already out of clean clothes and there was nothing we could do except
finish out the day in what we had on. But it was alright. And all our
clothes are clean now. That's about it. Transfers are next week, so
anything could happen. Que Dios os bendiga,
Amor,
Élder Bryan Hall
Bryan Elliot Hall St. Peters, Missouri
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