Blog | The David A. Hall family of Mesa, Arizona

September 23, 2007 – Mandy Brown’s Dream

I realized today that Aunt Margaret’s work was probably done about the time I had the dream. I took it to mean that she wanted to have her temple work done, but she was actually in the temple. I told the story today, Sept. 15, 2013, to my primary class.

My mission conversion

My mission in Spain changed me dramatically. I ended up changing the paradigm through which I looked at the gospel, and made a decision halfway through my mission to change my very personality. My primary motivation in joining the Church was that I wanted to be good, and I perceived that joining was my pathway […]

Interview with Elder Packer

In April, 1970, Elder Boyd K. Packer toured our mission in Spain. He had just been called as the newest member of the Quorum of the Twelve earlier in the month, though this visit had been scheduled before he was called, in his capacity as an assistant to the Twelve. I was serving in Barcelona, […]

David’s history of music performance

My mother signed me up for piano lessons when I was a boy. I’m guessing I was in second or third grade. Both my father and my mother enjoyed playing the piano. Both were reasonably good, but not outstanding. And neither my older brother nor my twin sister were that interested in it. My other […]