A Visit From Elder Ballard

This week was the mission wide conference, President Monson was planned to attend but because of the loss of his wife and his own health issues, he sent Elder Ballard and Aldste Haddon said he learned so much from him...

 

Because Aldste Haddon is in the office, he had to wake up at 2 AM to help prepare for the conference he had to help set up the chapel and make sure all of the missionaries were able to find the location and arrive on time. He was standing in the foyer when Elder Ballard walked in with a bunch of other general authorities. He got to shake all of their hands and listen to the messages they shared, he said the spirit was unbelievable. He said that Elder Ballard taught them so much about missionary work and they are even more excited to teach the gospel.

 

After the fantastic conference, they were able to go on splits with other Elders, he was able to find his best buddies from the MTC Faylor and Allsop and go on splits with them which was AWESOME. While the three of them were out, this lady in a top hat and tights who was likely on something too came up and tried to full on kiss each of them and they had to fight her off. When they told her no thank you, she yelled at them saying they needed a real woman! They laughed, one of those mission stories that will go down in the books!

 

He also got to see some ward members from his last area which was awesome...

 

This is the end of his email: "But, the week was great and thank goodness the craziness is finally over! I felt that it is exactly what this mission needed, and it was exactly what I needed. I am going to have a lot of changes in the next month and I didn’t honestly think I could do them or what I needed to do. This conference and the time I served with my old MTC friends, helped me realize that no matter how crazy of things president needs me to do, I can do them with the Lords help. I know that Jesus Christ lives and he loves every single one of you. I know that for a moment he thought of everyone one of us personally in the Garden of Gethsemane. He loves you and I love you all thank you for the support and hope to hear from you all soon."