December 7, 2015

Hey fam!

To answer some questions: yes we did get to watch the Christmas
devotional! It was supposed to be broadcast at our church but I guess
it wasn't because everyone watches it at home so us and the other two
sets of missionaries just pulled out a tv, AirPlayed it to our iPads
and watched it in the relief society room which was pretty.. Great.
But we missed the first 15 min or so for set up. Anyone else catch
Steve Martin? ;) yes crystals baptism was absolutely awesome! Her mom
came to the baptism but I think the rest of her family is very...
Unsupportive about it :( but the ward has been awesome at taking her
in and she is SO strong in her testimony! And yeah, I'm a sister
training leader. Good times. They said they were sending letters out
about it so I figured I'd let ya figure it out ;) but it's great! I'm
actually extremely underqualified and wanted to throw up when they
announced it in transfer meeting but the Lord knows exactly what we
need to grow best! It's really to help me.

This week has been really good! I actually don't have my journal with
me (not that I was good at my journal this week) but I'm gonna just
have to try to remember some things... Well we had a super good lesson
with an investigator we met maybe two weeks ago named Daniel. He's
super nice and we've had a few lessons with him and he came to church
yesterday! Luckily, the testimonies were very good and very Christ
centered. You never know with those fast Sunday's and the west side of
Columbus ;) we also have an investigator named Molly who is great! She
has been reading the Book of Mormon, has a ride set up to come to
church next week, and has a baptismal date of January 9th! We also had
a really good lesson with a lady named Christina who is praying about
baptism and planning on church next week. We had a lady named Bethany
working towards January 2nd to be baptized but basically dropped us
until the holidays are over :/ but for he most part things are going
really great! A sister once told me "when you get out of Powell your
going to think 'wow, missionary work is really easy!'," needless to
say she hit that one pretty spot on (but I loved Powell to death and
am so grateful for it!)

We had a cool experience yesterday, sister Daines has said before that
miracles come in the last hour of a 24hr fast, so we planned tracting
in for our last hour. We knocked on some doors, met some weird college
kids, didn't have very much success, and our hour was coming to an
end. As we were heading back to the car there was this girl outside
and we were like oh let's go talk to her. So then she like looked at
us and look away and we were on the other side of the street like "oh
man, she saw us she's so creeped out, this is weird" and sister farmer
was like "do we go creep her out anyway?" And I was like "eh, we creep
everyone out why not?" So we talked to her and she was SO excited to
talk to us, and when we set up a time to come back she asked if she
could bring her friends! It really was a miracle :)

You guys are the best! Love ya!!
Sister Hill

Pictures 11/30

I PROMISE I haven't gained this much weight. That's my worst arm
angle hahaha :}

The district 3: coming soon to DVD

November 30, 2015

Ayye!

So not a whole bunch of time again, we had 2 lessons already today,
and have 2hrs of service plus another lesson scheduled before p day is
over at 6.... Life is a crazy mess haha but I'll fit in what I can!

To answer some questions: the lady we did the service for was Nancy.
We actually met her tracting and she let us right in and told us
everything that had happened and we offered if we could help with
anything so... Yeah! That's how that happened. But we gave her a
Book of Mormon and she even referred us to her sister and we've been
teaching both of them! So yes, that was in our area. We have exchanges
every week, but we had two last week and we'll have two next week
because things are crazy haha. Having a companion with diabetes is...
Interesting haha, but awesome! Our average blood sugar is like
perfect, but That's because I'm always like 200+ and she's always like
40- but somehow she doesn't feel her lows. She has been out 16 months
so she'll probably die in marble cliff because she's only been here 1
transfer. We knew who each other was at Viewmont sorta maybe... But
that's it, she's a year older than me. She's so great!  The ward seems to
get along pretty well as far as I have seen! For thanksgiving we went
tracting hahah and actually got a ton of lessons and return
appointments! Then we are with members. The lady that sent the picture
is actually cousins of the members and I didn't see the picture but I
kinda sensed that it was taken at a really good double chin angle.
Members haven't really freaked out about the sugar thing much thus
far, but everyone asks us how long the mission has had pagers (because
we both have one) hahaha it's was funny.

Ok seriously so low on time but let me share my favorite part of the
week.... CRYSTAL GOT BAPTIZED!! It's was so amazing and so powerful!
She was so prepared for this throughout her life and it was a really
cool experience! Watching the confirmation the next day was my
favorite part. It was seriously like the whole whole room filled with
the spirit and you could literally feel her receiving the gift of the
Holy Ghost, what a privilege! She told us how peaceful she felt, and
the blessing she received with her confirmation was absolutely
beautiful. I always wished I remembered the difference before and
after I had the Holy Ghost, and I think Heavenly Father was able to
give me a taste of that yesterday. THE CHURCH IS TRUE!

Love you all, have a great week!!

Picture 11/23

Sister farmer and I explored the big city last week and it was lots of fun.

November 23, 2015

Hey fam"
Ok sorry it'll be short but today we ended up having a lesson and we
have another one and we accidentally didn't wake up from our nap in a
timely manner and I have no time again. I promise I'll be better next
week.

This week has been super great! We hit all of our goals except we
needed 1 more person at church.... But that's why we try try again! We
have a baptism for Crystal this Saturday which is so exciting! She's a
single mom who is 21 and she's so cute and nice. We got another
investigator with a baptism date too so that makes 3! This week has
been so crazy but so fun!

We had an emergency small exchange for my companion and sister Beebes
companion to sing somewhere and we went to go do some service. Want to
guess what the service was? Stripping a floor. Because this lady's
husband killed himself and we helped scrub the blood..... Sewwww
that's pretty much Columbus for ya. TMI? Sorry.

I wish I had my notes from zone conference with me, Elder Cardon came
and it was so good! I really realized that I have a lot of work to do
haha but it's always amazing to come away from a meeting like that.
It's like you'll never run out of goals for your whole mission! The
spirit really can always help us know what to improve on and will
always help us  to so!

I love you all so much!!
~Sister Hill

Pictures 11/16

Posterity photo! Don't I have just the cutest mom, daughter, and
granddaughter?

Me and Sister Farmer!

November 16, 2015

Hey Family!

First of all, what happened in Paris?? Like, we hear all about it but
have no idea what it even was...?

Anyway, Sounds like things are super fun and crazy all at once! We are
kinda in the same boat :) ooh tell McKenna to come find me! Just
kidding. That's apostate. Don't do that. Well  let me answer you some
questions about transfers! Yes I am in Marble Cliff but the funny
thing is at we don't think Marble Cliff Village is even in our area
hahaha I am in the THICK of Columbus and it's the most glorious thing
ever. Our ward ranges all from Upper Arlington (the rich kids, kinda
like Powell) to Hilltop (the ghetto of the ghetto, my dream land). I
really like it here, there is so much diversity! We are often the only
white kids on the block and in our apartment complex all we hear is
Mexican music so that's where the Spanish elders tract a lot haha.
It's really a great place! My new companion is sister Farmer! She is
from Centerville and graduated in 13 from Viewmont AND has diabetes.
Can you believe I've already has companions from kaysville, bountiful,
and Centerville?? Crazy.

Let me tell you about my first experience in marble cliff. We strapped
my bike on the car and went off to a lesson that we were already late
to. We hop on he freeway and we're driving when all of a sudden my
bike literally just flies off the bike rack, like WHAT? Tender mercy
#1: it didn't hit/kill people behind us. Tender mercy #2: since we
were in the fast lane it just found its way straight to the side
against the barrier.Tender mercy #3 the shoulder happened to be on the
left side so we could pull over really sketchily. Tender mercy #4 we
only had to walk like maybe 1/4 miles each way down the freeway to
retrieve the bike. Tender mercy #5 none of the flying semis hit us, or
blew us quite hard enough to knock us over. Tender mercy #6 the bike
has pretty minimal damage. Tender mercy #7 even though my hair was a
disgusting rats nest after ward we were on Columbus so NO ONE CARES :D
but seriously though the whole thing was hilarious and we still laugh
about it. So do the missionaries that drove past us. :}

Well our day is kinda crazy today so I don't have a whole bunch time
or much more to say but I love you all and even though I've never been
more exhausted in my whole life I've never been more happy!

~Sister Hill