July 18, 2016

Hey family!

Sorry. Sending this email in the few minute I have at the laundromat.
We had zone activity today which took in all 3 1/2 hours of our day
including travel so basically I'm the worst and is email is going to
be the worst.

This week has been full of complete miracles. I promise. Just straight
tons of them all week.

Ok here's a really really cool scripture I read this morning. Like my
new favorite one. Helaman 3:29-30. I don't have time to type it but I
imagine us on this nice peaceful, bridge walking across all the misery
and sorrow of the world, because we have the scriptures on our side!
Lay hold upon the word of God everybody.

Have a fun week!!!

~Sister Hill

Pictures 7/11

Hi. I'm sitting on my couch right now, eating subway, trying to
remember what even happened this week. Also I just chopped my hair 4
inches so momma are you proud? I hope so because they chopped out a
little piece of my heart while they were at it.

1-3 we remembered late at night that we needed 4th of July pictures...
So they are really lame sorry.

PAM PAMMY PAMMEROOOO!! I love this woman. Recent convert, brother
Ken eppich got to baptize her and let me tell you it was one for the
books :')

We gave Pam some flower seeds for her baptism with this because she
likes us to write down scriptures for her. And she wants more flowers.
:)

July 11, 2016

Greetings

This week was sooooooo goooooood! Mostly because I love Pam a lot and
she received the gift of the holy and it was so amazing! What's cool
is she is going through a huge financial trial, and she was really
stressed and didn't sleep at all Saturday night just worrying about it
and at church she said she felt peace. It didn't worry her anymore. It
got me thinking how bad of a stressed wreck I would be without he Holy
Ghost haha. But everything went so great, like baptisms never go that
smoothly but it did!! What a wonderful day. Sister Pollmann got to
come back and all three of us gave talks at the baptism. Ryan came
too! They are neighbors across the street so that is fun. Pam keeps
telling Ryan "stop putting it off you gotta just get baptized!" Hahaha
and Ryan's like "uh.... Yeah... I would... But I can't... So.... "
haha anytime we talk to Ryan about baptism he's like "why are you
bringing this up, are you trying to torture me??" Haha I seriously
cannot wait for his baptism. It's going to be amazing.

Whallle this week we got a text from Randy and Berta saying something
along the lines of "we want to cancel our church tour. After much
thought and discussion we decided to stop looking into Mormonism. We
have really appreciated and loved your visits, but please take this as
final. " and it was really really sad. I love them way too much so it
hurt, but I know God has a plan for them! I can't wait for some
missionaries to stop by in a few years :)

But on a better note can I tell you some miracles?

We were going to see our friends Matt and Cathy and they weren't home
but  there is a guy on his porch across the street so we decide to
talk to him and walking up I'm thinking " this guy looks super
familiar" and we go say hi and he looks at me and says " you seem
really familiar. One second." And he goes inside and comes back out
AND THEN MY FRIEND KAYLA COMES OUT. And she's like "oh hey, I moved. I
actually was just saying to Brad today 'I should call my sisters and
tell them where I live'. I've been reading the Book of Mormon you left
me with everyday. I'm super busy so it's usually only a little but I
make sure to do it and I'm on page 26. " and we extend baptism and she
said yes!! Like what the goodness? I don't know if you remember Kayla
but she was like the miracle of my life and then she dropped of the
face of the earth. God is so real! What an amazing sign that he is
looking out for all of us.

Also, sister Pead (who is from Farmington) and I went tracting on this
street and met a guy named Bud. We were actually in some really nice
houses. And he's like "I can't talk I work from home bye" and we're
like "wait can we come back another time?" And he's like " uh sure"
and we are like "Sunday at 10am? and he's like "uh sure" and closes
the door. Well despite my lack of faith in that return appointment we
went back because we told him we would and he comes out and we teach
him the whole restoration! He knows about the word of wisdom, some
about Porter Rockwell, but he asked if Mormons are allowed to go to
movies hahaha. So anyway we teach, he prays for the first time in his
life, and he is going to think and pray about baptism! It was really
cool, it gets better though! He's says " my daughter met with
missionaries and went to your church a few time. Do you know
Stephanie? Here's her address. You can go say hi if you want." And so
we go to meet her and she's super cute, has an adorable family, and is
super normal. She's like "oh hey I actually just got off the phone
with my dad talking about you. Can you come Tuesday evening to teach
my family?" Yesyesyesyesyesyesyes we can. So I'm super excited about
that.

Also just a reminder... ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD! That's it.
That simple.

I love you all, I know the church is true and that Jesus Christ is the
Savior of the world. We all need him a little more in our life. FAITH
HOPE AND CHARITY! How is everybody doing onhe Book of Mormon???

CHALLENGE: email me your insights :) I want to hear em all!

️/ Sister Hill

Pictures 7/4

 MY MOM CAME TO NERK TO SEEE MEEEE.

My mom is also getting married. So I guess I'm getting a dad.

I'm going to marry Ohio.

July 4, 2016

Hiiii fammmmmili

First off.....
PAM IS GETTING BAPTIZED THIS WEEK ON SATURDAYYYYY! She had her
interview yesterday and it went soooooo great and gosh I love Pam we
need more Pams in the world. KEEP PRAYING!! Prayers work so good, in
Alma 10 22-23 it talks about the miracles that can come "by the
prayers of the righteous" it was fun to hear about the little girl
praying for missionaries, we always appreciate it and always need it!
Sister Pollmann and I kept saying we were going to tally how many
prayers we say in a transfer but we kept forgetting. But seriously
it's like more than 20 a day not counting prayers in our hearts and
I'm never going back. Prayers=miracles.

Update on Randy and Berta: they are literally flawless and I am so
excited for their baptism. The hope is that I will still be here for
it! They watched the restoration movie and said they wished it was
longer. We talked about their experiences in reading the Book of
Mormon. Berta started from the beginning and got through chapter 2.
She said she was very surprised that she understood it, and that it
really intrigued her. Randy prayed asking God to show him direction/if
this was right AND HE OPENED STRAIGHT TO MORONI 7. MORONI 7 PEOPLE I
REPEAT MORONI 7. It couldn't have been more flawless. He read us verse
13

"13 But behold, that which is of God inviteth and enticeth to do good
continually; wherefore, every thing which inviteth and enticeth to do
good, and to love God, and to serve him, is inspired of God."

And then as we asked about how he felt about the Book of Mormon he
said, and these are his words, " it's fills a void" we had a really
cool lesson where we just read 2 Nephi 31 together and they understood
it so well! The spirit was very strong! We are having a chapel tour
with them and a recent convert, Ken eppich, who I just know Randy is
going to get along with so well. I a, SO excited for them it's killing
me. Because when people are sincere, are willing to change, and want
an answer..,, THEY WILL GET ONE! And they will know the fullness of
Christ gospel. Take the time to let that soak in a minute and pondEr
what a great blessing it is to have in our lives!

In zone training meeting this week we got do to and awkward situations
roleplay like YES WE WERE MADE TO DO THIS TRAINING. We had everyone
brainstorm awkward situations we come across every day and role played
embracing the awkward. The point is that we are commanded to talk to
everyone, even if they are mowing their grass, or avoiding you, or
anything. It was great because the next day we had exchanged with the
new Albany sisters and sister Bench and I came across literally every
situation on that chalkboard I swear. And we met so many cool people
from it!! And got some return appointments :) it was a fun experience.

And at last we met a cool minister yesterday. He invited us right in
to meet his family and we were like "oh crap" but then we showed them
hallelujah and they loved it! We were able to share a Mini restoration
and talk about the Book of Mormon. He has one in his basement that he
read in college but he said they really just were t interested. Well
when he walked us back outside we kept talking and he said he really
aPpreciated our message today. And the. He's like "you know, my Book
of Mormon is kinda old.... I really could use a new one. You are
we.come back anytime." The spirit changes hearts!! So we are going
back this week to teach the plan of salvation :)

Well anyway, we had a cool mlc this week and some of the things that
were emphasized were the fact that the gospel blesses families. I've
been pondering the blessings of the gospel lately, namely what compels
a bunch of kids to come out and share it with others and it really
comes down to how much God loves us and wants to bless us. A
missionary here once said "Heavenly Father has a patriarchal blessing
that he wants to give to everyone." The other was learning to have the
desire to do better without the guilt of not doing enough, and I
believe that applies to every aspect of life! It's easy to be too far
on either end of the spectrum but I know God is always please with our
righteous desires and is always by our side to,help us improve :)

I love ya and hope yins have a good 4th!
(Yins is the Ohio word for y'all. Get ready for my accent I've acquired)

~Sister Hill

Pictures 6/27

The baes

Little bridge at the temple :)

Look at this huge disgusting bug we found

 How majestic. The country is alright too 

June 27, 2016

Hiiiiiiii famiiiiillllyyyyy,

Where to start. Well, as you know, Pam had a baptism schedule for June
25th. We planned to have her interview on Saturday and she ended up in
urgent care for severe dehydration. We called and left a voicemail,
she called back and left a voicemail saying she was doing better, and
we stopped by, called, EVERYTHING, and couldn't get back in contact
with her about a ride to church and stuff. We tried by after church.
Nothing. So we try by Monday night and there is a note on her door
that said "Sister Hill and Sister McDonald" and my heart just dropped
straight into my stomach. We opened it and read it an in short she
said there is a ton of contention between her husband and her sister
seeing a program on tv about cults and how the Latter Day Saints was
one of them. She said she would be out of town for a couple weeks and
would give us a call when she was back. Since she only has a home
phone we had no way of contact. That was for sure in the top 3 worst
days of my whole mission. BUT, I prayed, got over myself, and we went
out tracting and had a wonderful day! At first I was bitter, seeing as
this is the 3rd solid investigator that this has happened to for me,
but I realized that God wants me to be happy and regardless of any
situation this is HIS work and it is my responsibility to do it the
best I can. Here, I made a picture about it even.

Well let me tell you he miracle part now. The next day I am on exchanges with Sister Vickery and we had a few minutes before our next lesson so we were just like ok we will stop by at Mariahs, and then the spirit said "No. Drive by Pams" and because I'm stubborn I'm like "why? She out of town and that's just going to make me sad" and the spirit is like "Drive by Pams dang it" (but much nicer) so we drive past Pams and her door is open! We didn't know if she was home or not but we prayed and passed it again and I knew I would always wonder if I was passing up a sign from God if I kept driving, so we went and knocked on her house AND PAM CAME OUT! And I gave her a big hug because I love Pam a lot. And she said she didn't know any other way to tell us because she was worried that we wouldn't want to come anymore. She is still planning on coming to church, she wants to get baptized, but she is worried about being harmed by her family at this point. We talked to her yesterday and she said things are getting better, bit are still crazy. So we fasted for her this week! Please keep her in your prayers, she wants so badly to be baptized but her family is SO against it. Ok let me tell you another miracle that happened with sister Vickery. We meet this guy named Randy and he's like " yeah I don't go to church anymore, I just have to many questions, and you know what I just really don't understand and wonder about all the time? If Christ was born In Jerusalem, then why in the world is America the 'promised land'?" And so we are like "WONDER NO MORE" and whip out a Book of Mormon. We kept talking and he shared an experience he had with feeling the spirit in high school for about 3 days, and how incredible it was, and how it left. And he didn't like that. We testified of how the gospel would bring the spirit into his life and testified of the power of the Book of Mormon. It was so cool and he was so excited for us to bring one and to meet his wife. Well, when we texted to confirm he said that a house visit actually would not be a good idea because he talked to his wife and she did NOT want us to come. But like, we have to get him the Book of Mormon somehow right? So we go over that day at a different time and pray really hard in the car before we go and we knock on the door AND THE WIFE ANSWERS. So we are terrified of course. Well she said that he had gone to get some groceries and we started talking to her and asked if we could show her a video. And she pauses, looks at us, thinks real hard, and says "sure, would you like to come in?" *angelic choirs in the background* we show her the video and get half way through the restoration when the garage door opens. Sister McDonald had never met Randy yet so it was only awkward for me hahaha but he walks in and looks at us way funny and it was awkward for a minute and he turns to me and says" did you get my text" and I'm basically like "yeah." #buticompletelydisregardeditbecausethegospelisimportant and we teach both the restoration and by the end they are both accepting baptism, wanting their own copies of the Book of Mormon and way excited for us to bring a restoration DVD. Sorry that was a way long story but it was so incredible!!! Now for some sad news. We basically dropped the schofields and it literally ripped my heart in half. Maureen was crying, and I don't think she has ever cried in her life but I made her promise that when missionaries come back in September that she will listen to them. Their family is just going through crazy and rough times so if you could keep them in your prayers that would be great! On an awesome note, we found a whole ton of super less active members who we had no records for! We are now officially reactivating the carpenters who haven't been to church since 2001, they are so awesome and are taking the missionary discussions again, and are going to try coming to church soon! We also met a lady named Cathy and her husband Mike, who literally wanted nothing to do with us when we walked up to them and now we are going back to teach them! Ah, the spirit is just amazing. It's incredible the help we receive from the lord to soften and prepare the hearts of anyone! We also had the awesome opportunity to go to the temple this week with our zone! The question we all went in with was how we can better teach repentance and baptize converts, and what we need to do to change to achieve our vision! It was an INCREDIBLE experience! I realized that I want my greenie fire back. Or, that I NEED my greenie Fire back. It's not enough to just work your butt off, it really isn't. I read in 2 Corinthians 4 while I was in the temple and I love that chapter but a verse stuck out to me that never has before. 16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. And then in chapter 5: 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And then in 1 Nephi 16: 29 And there was also written upon them a new writing, which was plain to be read, which did give us understanding concerning the ways of the Lord; and it was written and changed from time to time, according to the faith and diligence which we gave unto it. And thus we see that by small means the Lord can bring about great things. Moral of the story if we have an enthusiasm for the Lords work and a desire for continual change he will renew us. All things are possible through him and the best part is we can do all things with JOY! I love you all a ton and hope you have a blessed week :) ~Sister Hill Sent from my iPad

Pictures 6/20

Lov our new Albany sisters

The super cute plan of salvation mobile we used to help pam remember.

Nerrrrrkkk

Zone conference with the mini missionaries!

June 20, 2016

Hi ok,

So I'm like the worst ever I know I'm sorry but last week was
transfers and this week is temple week so we have only a 2 hr p day
today to do everything that we normally do in 8 hrs hahaha. So I'll do
my best with the tiny bit of time I have.

Crazy news.... MY NEW COMPANION IS SISTER MCDONALD! Oh what? So she
switched sister Pollmann and sister McDonald followed me over to Nerk
and sister Pollmann in the the cliff with my home slices. Crazy stuff!
I've only heard of one other companionship in the whole entire mission
that got put back together. So you could say we are pretty cool.

We have had a really crazy week. There is just so much going on that I
can't even think what is going on because my brain is so fried and I
think I have officially hit a new level of exhaustedness. But it's the
good kind :)

I wish I had my Book of Mormon with me right now... I learned a lot of
cool things that I want to share with you... Butttttt I guess next
week haha.

I'll try to split up that email of pictures and videos I tried to sent
last week.

I love you all, God is real, and he loves you a lot!

~Sister Hill

June 15, 2016

Hey kids. Sorry I have no time but he worst possible thing that could
have happened did... SISTER POLLMANN IS LEAVING ME. So everything is a
crazy mess right now. But hey, too blessed to be stressed. I love you
all so so so much! Have a great week. I tried to send some pictures
and videos buuuut the message was too big haha. Ok bye.