Elder Spencer Halls

Merry Christmas everybody!! This past little while a lot has happened that's for sure! I've got even a few extra days to write about even! I'll try to be brief because today is Christmas and I've got some celebrating and thinking of our Savior to do! :) This week started with an exchange in Kamenskoe with Elder Knowlton. That's probably then 7th time I've done an exchange there because I used to be in a district with Kam when I served on Pobeda so I always think of my past experience in that little city when I'm there! It's a super great place!! This past week one of my companions Elder Rasmussen finished his mission he came into Dnipro on Tuesday night and we were able to have Wednesday his last full day together in a trio before he flew out so that day we spent a lot of time around all of the departing missionaries! It was sad to see all these missionaries that I know really well go home! It was also a very special experience to think of what I

Привіт! Як справи твої? There's a little Ukrainian for you all to start your day Haha)) This week was a super busy one! We had a bunch of different meetings/conferences and then we also had one exchange this week! In despite of the fact that we were super busy we had a really great week!  Our first meeting was MLC on Tuesday which was really great! We somehow got all of our discussion items finished and plans of action for each of them which like never happens. We were all super tired afterwards because our brains had been working so hard for so many hours straight Haha. Right after we finished our MLC we hopped on the tramvai and went to go meet Elders Arnold and Stosich on the big square for an exchange. Me and Elder Stosich had a lesson in about 10 minutes from that moment so when the tramvai rolled in my comp jumped out and Elder Stosich jumped in and we kept on rolling to the branch haha. It was some real fancy maneuvering.  We got to the branch and had a lesson

Alright everybody buckle up we've got a lot to cover here.  New missionaries So like we've already been over the first week of the transfer and it's filled chuck full with all the meetings any missionary could ever hope for Haha. We had Train the Trainers, Airport, Missionary Welcome, and Orientation -the whole shebang. We also added in a meeting for all young missionary leaders in the mission which was really good as well! So a lot of our time this week was spent in those different meetings but even that being said we got a whole lot done on the other days as well!  First Snow We got the first snow of the year. It was pretty and then it got a little warmer again and melted so now we're back to strange winter. There is, however, an ice rink by the main square, so that's pretty cool.  Big plans There is a little city that is about an hour away from Dnipro and there live about 8 members of the church and were are trying to organize a trip on over the

I've got quite the task at hand this week to describe not just one week but one and a half weeks. That's crazy to think... Next email I'll be trying to describe just 3 days. Hopefully they'll be super exciting всё-таки haha.  Alright so to dive in, we are gonna have to take it back to not just one monday but two mondays ago! We spent the day doing many things but one of the things we did was sharpen our apple pie making skills to get ready for the thanksgiving feast with all the missionaries!  prep/дела Right now there are a lot of things that we are getting prepared for so that has been a little wild for sure. Helping get things ready for light the world, upcoming zone conference and other things. We have also had a lot of other little projects and things we've be doing and those things have been keeping us busy. The things we've been working on are just things to help our missionaries learning Russian and in contacting and just a whole bunch of dif

Алло! Hey everyone!  This week we stayed a little more local.. haha it was a good week for sure! Lots of miracles and special days!!  Mid Transfer Conference  So in our mission in the middle of the transfer we gather back in all new missionaries and their trainers and we just kind discuss how everything is going and talk about things to try and how we can better help them привыкать  (I forgot that word in English sorry...) It is always one of my most favorite meetings because by the end everyone just walks away with new directions and answers to their questions so it's really uplifting and I feel like I always learn new things for myself as well. I got to see my old comp Elder Rasmussen which is always good! He's training right now and really enjoying that.  Harvest Day This week on Wednesday we had an extra special event in our mission. We took one day and decided to make an extra special focus on inviting people to receive and begin reading the Book of Mormo

Hello everyone!! Travels! This week we spent more time outside of our area than in our area. Which definitely made for some exciting adventures. Things were done in this mission that haven't ever been done before. Let's get started. First off, in just 5 Days we went to 3 Zone Conferences and MLC and did 2 exchanges. We traveled 1,754 kilometers by bus and walked some more kilometers as well. Elder Dunn placed a Book of Mormon at 3 in the Morning in a city called Melitopol where there aren't any missionaries. I got a record amount of sleep on a Night bus and we also has a chance to eat some Хачапури so I can't complain. 1st stop Odessa On Sunday .we drove down through the night to get to Odessa on Monday morning. Once we we there we made a stop by the Zone Leaders and relaxed over there with them for a little bit. And we made the decision to go and eat some Georgian food (btw would recommend it's super good) after which we got some ice cream and heade

Another week up on the week shelf. This one was a good and busy one. Just ripe with different events and things going on! I guess I'll go ahead and give you the run down. Stray Dogs All of the stray dogs seem to love to bark at me specifically. I don't know what it's about but I've haven't been bitten yet. All of the babuski are right there to help out when things get close and those dogs respect the babushki. On that note let's get into something a little more касающееся this week: Tuesday (в вторник) We had a busy tuesday at the beginning of the day but by the end of tuesday we had a пустой Tuesday. Of the 3 lessons that we had lined up one of them did workout. It was a very interesting lesson with one of our beloved brethren for the JW's. Их много here in Ukraine! Who would've thought? Not I! Well we invited him to read the Book of Mormon and pray to know if its true! Because if it is then it's soooooo important!! And spoiler-

Hello everyone!! This is the week of Halloween which means that it's practically already November. That's scary stuff. This week a year ago was my first week in Ukraine!!  That's super crazy but it's all such a super big blessing in my life! I'm so grateful for my mission and for the great opportunity to represent the Lord and His church! Count your blessings)) Alright so this week was the first week of the transfer which means we were busy busy busy!! Haha super busy actually! We had lots going on pretty much each day of the week. There were moments of peace when we finished with a hard task but then we just kept pushing through to whatever was next. All in all it was a really great week! Finding order in the chaos (Хоас sounds like "house") This week we had something going on basically everyday and we had lots of good moments in between and before and after and even during so I'll try to explain all the things going on and then those

Добрый день, возлюбленные читатели! давайте будем начинать уже Hello, all you readers and other знакомы This was a crazy busy week and this next week is a crazy busy one too so I might forget about a lot of the things that happened because I'm thinking about all the things up ahead that are about to happen.  This is the week of transfers and we found out Friday that Elder Rasmussen is getting transferred! I'm super grateful for the time that I've had with him and all the great lessons that I have learned! It truly has been a marvelous blessing to be able to serve with him! He'll go to train until the end of his mission in Zaporozhe!! I'm excited for him! That means I need a new companion for myself and in his place Elder Bagley is coming into the "big house". Should be busy and should be fun!! Lots of great things coming up ahead! Alright we've gotten through the business items we'll move right on down to the happenings of th