Disks

Hello fam!

That's awesome that you got to learn so much about the pioneers! The
pioneers are awesome... I like to think that they're helping me too! I
also like to think about how my kids are with me cheering me on! The
mish is a good place :)

Well this week has been just super good! We are picking up speed again
and meeting a lot of new people! Probably the highlight though was new
missionary training. It's always so great to be able to get together
for a really good 8 hour meeting! Since when do I love long meetings?
I don't know, but I totally do. I learned a lot of ways that I can
improve as a trainer and as a missionary as a whole, and even though
the temple was closed (huge bummer) we had a great time!

Another cool thing we did today was a big summer picnic with half of
our mission (the other half goes tomorrow) but it was so fun to get
together with everyone and play some fun games and eat free delicious
food (the Daines are the best cooks in the world by the way) so that
was super fun! Our zone got 2nd place in tug of war after a very
frustrating loss but it's ok cause
#2ndbuffestzoneinthetophalfofthemission

I think the best thing about this week was being able to work better
with members and the new people we found! We finally got in with the
youth and they totally love us now so that's good. We had a good
experience meeting a guy that I had seen in his screen room a while
back when sister Bradford was here and felt prompted to go back. One
day we were walking around the area and he was out walking his dog so
we started talking to him and it went super good! He's interested in
prophets and excited to meet with us on Friday! We also have a lesson
this week with a lady that we met a few weeks ago who was interested.
Another cool thing that happened:we were on our way to dinner but
decided to knock just one more door and we felt prompted toward this
specific one so we start going and this lady pulls up in her car so we
go talk to her and she's like "hey my son would totally like to meet
with you. He's in high school and wants to know more about your
church, and get accurate intformation" so we were like.... What? Haha
it was so great! Hard work and perseverance my friends.

I love you all so much!
<Sister Hill

These fm

Hey fam!

This week nothing much has happened. We somehow managed to have

basically every single lesson fall through so we've been doing a whole
ton of trying to contact members, less actives, potentials, and
knocking on doors. We still haven't really been able to get in with
Robin so that will be a process. Lacey is still doing well but her
health is going to be putting us back. We haven't been able to really meet
with AJ yet, but there's a time for everything!

Sorry this week is so boring haha. I really hope you guys have just
the greatest week, know that I love you and pray for you every day!

<Sister Hill

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Fam Status,

First off I would like to apologize for no email on Monday! We got to
go to the temple this week, and our zones times was today.... So today
is p day! So sorry mom. Well it sounds like you guys have been having
some fun! To answer some questions: sister McMillan went to bountiful
high and she is 19 so we have a lot of mutual friends! I can't believe max
died.... I am so sad! You saved my little pair of pants hanging on the
rear view window through right?!? I already told you your not allowed
to throw it away. Yes I did hear about the BYU game! Everyone in Ohio
is thanking us for both the BYU and u of u game.... Your welcome?
#utahperks my blood sugars are sorta.... Should be better. But I'm
working on it! Eating habits depend on the day and mental health
depends on blood sugars ;) i had to go in for blood work yesterday but
I should be getting my a1c results today! And my appointment is set
for October 6th. I'll be mailing you some paper work that I need you
to fill out and send back pronto so I can have them for my
appointment. Sister Ogletree was one of my sister training leaders
last transfer! The iPod will be great! I have
more song requests coming your way soon :) but also you can just put
songs on a usb instead of an iPod if you would like! Our car can play
from a usb.

This last week has been... Super... Interesting hahaha. But it's been
good! Lacey is progressing gospel wise super well but she is having
MAJOR health and family issues right that make it hard. We scheduled
for her to have a blessing but she had to cancel because she ended up
in the emergency room. She's having a really hard time, so don't
hesitate to pray for her! Robin is hopefully getting baptized on the
26th... But we'll probably have to reschedule. 
But we'll keep working with her! This week we were decideding where we
should go tracting and there is this area of no soliciting and SUPER
rich houses, and there's nothing worse than getting a prompting to go
to an area like that but we did and met a guy named AJ who is super
prepared for the gospel and he now has been reading the Book of Mormon
and said he really likes it! So that's a plus. We also met a lady
named Nancy who is searching for a new church and would love to come
with us. She is also taking us up on some service! :) so that's the
best.

Quick funny tender mercy moment that shows Gods sense of humor: on
Labor Day I was just really hoping that we would come across a big
barbecue of super drunk people that are so wasted that they are way
friendly and let us eat their grilled meats with them and I told
sister McMillan that so we were joking about praying for drunk
people. That night the last door we knocked on was this lady who was
like "you don't want to talk to me I'm really drunk. What are you guys
up to me? No really I don't think you want to talk to me. Are you
Mormons? Why are Mormons so beautiful? I'm really drunk. Maybe you can
come back later this week when I'm less drunk" anyway she said lots of
other hilarious things that shouldn't be mentioned in a missionary
email but you best believe we'll be back this week.

Let me tell you something cool I've learned this week: God isn't going
to bless you with something you don't want. It would be cool, but he
just doesn't work that way. Sometimes we tend to think "I prayed for
it, obviously I want it" but that doesn't tell God that we want
something, it's in finding it ourselves that we show how much we want
something. If there is a blessing you are in need of, show God you
want it and he will give it to you! WORK FOR IT!

I love you all so much!
~sister hill

Infowar fife

Fam-status,

Sorry about last week.... Our car was in the shop for a week (they
told us it would be 3 days) and all of the obnoxious problems decided
to come up in the time that I had planned to email... If it makes you
feel any better, I chose to write you a few sentences over my mission
president :} well transfers happened a few weeks ago! Sister Bradford
went off to be a STL and I'm here in Powell with Sister McMillan! She
is from bountiful and we know a TON of the same people! She's a super
hard worker and super great!

We have had a pretty great and pretty interesting few weeks! We got
our car back which was super good because biking and walking are just
a treat. Well our coolest thing is still probably Lacey, she is doing
so awesome! We still have some lessons to go but we decided to
basically lay everything on the table so she knew exactly what changes
she needs to make to get baptized and she is still all for it! HUGE
changes to come though. She is super strong and a,along and just so
willing to entirely change her life for this, and it might be a bit of
a complicated process but she's so ready for it! She's really good at
feeling the spirit and wants to have it in her life always.
Remember Carl? The one where the spirit was talking for me and he
promised he'd come to church in September? We're gonna go see him
tomorrow and I'm pumped. We met a boy named Nolan, I don't remember if I told you about him but we had a lesson with him and unfortunately he
got hardcore anti'd from his "trusted Christian friends" and we
couldn't get a return appointment. But that's ok, he'll make it when
it's his time! Also we went and saw a former investigator and she was
just so happy and took us to dinner a few days later and now she wants
to get baptized! She is currently praying about a date for herself :)
MIRACLES.

Remember how I used to be the worst door to door missionary in the
world? And I knew it would become strong? Well I still have a lot of
work to do but I have seen a huge difference and Sister McMillan keeps
telling me that I am really good at it! Now it's time to tackle street
contacting hahaha THE WORST. But everything in its time :)

We probably had a lot more great things happen, I just can't remember
them right now.... Well I'm so glad you had tons of fun in Budapest
and Prague and wherever else you were! Seriously thanks so much for
the package!!! Now you all have a lovely week ya hear?
~Sister Hill
Loves. Hags.

I had to chase a vulture away to get this one. You're welcome.

This is Genina. We met her outside her house and she totally
doesn't speak English so we had a very simple conversation but she was
so sweet and gave us some flowers!

We decided to get a polish Book of Mormon for Genina and we
google translated our testimony and wrote it on the inside cover and
took it to her because we're losers, but we're losers that FOLLOW THE
SPIRIT.

Literally the best package of all time. Thanks so much for the
shirts, chocolate, and pens! Seriously made my day (not to mention we
got no bake cookies at the Knights when we went to go pick it up) but
seriously I love you guys soooo much! BudaPEST!

I tried to teach Sister Bradford Rachel's face

Doesn't the office look so glad to see us? ;) hahaha they really do
love us I promise.

Sister Ogletree made these sick-tight pants for us at the sleepover party.

We had exchanges with the STLs and they asked sister Daines if we
could all go to worthington and she said "I felt the spirit really
strong when you said that. I think that's a great idea, the Powell
sisters need to have some fun" so we had a sleepover party. Anyway we
accidentally slept in until 9:30 and that's why these don't get
approved. We've since repented.

Sorry

Hey doods I'm super sorry but today has been crazy and I literally
have no time for email so I just wanted to say thanks for the
pictures, everything is going well here, I love you all so much!!!! I
know I'm the worst, but I'll have to just catch up next week :/

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CAM CAM THE MAYTAG MAN!! You look so
unbelievable adorable in those pictures and congrats on surviving
drive times with Christiansen! I hope you had the best birthday and
I'm so sad I missed it but I told everyone I saw yesterday that it was
my sisters 16th birthday and they all wished you a good one! Love you
so much!

~sister Hill

Sister McMillan

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