January 11, 2016

Fam status,

Ooooooooooh the wedding looks like it was SO PERFECT! Hahaha I'm glad
I could 3rd wheel everything via picture, even from across the country
:) WHY ARE THEY SO CUTE? And yes I got the pictures, thank you so
much!

First off, to clarify, there definitely was rapid gunfire in the
night.... It was just celebratory gunfire (as far as I'm aware. I
don't watch the news)  to answer other questions: yes the weather
finally decided to be winter and it snowed and it's the worst haha. 12
degrees isn't that bad, except that it's humid and windy.... Therein
lies the problem :) but sometimes it makes people nicer to us when we
tract! And I'm glad you liked the card! I totally didn't make it
haha there was an investigator in Powell that made a few for me.
Aren't they cute??

Well this week has been pretty dang good! We finally got in contact
with Daniel which is a Christmas miracle and he's just been really
busy because of all kinds of things at work but he said now that
things are slowing down he'll be reading and coming to church again
because he's "gotta prepare for the big baptism!" So yeah. That's
good. We've been working more with Kim and Kyle too which has been
awesome. We decided to teach the full word of wisdom asap and it
actually went really well! They are super interested in the addiction
recovery program and they said their hardest problem will be sweet tea
haha so we're trying replacing it with mios :) they are so awesome and
they are still praying together! They're super cool. Molly is on her
way to baptism as well and we have a few more people working towards
dates in February.

I seems like I hit a wall of exhaustion lately (like more than usual)
which is weird but it's crazy because even through tiredness you feel
so much happier when you are working harder. I really do think God
puts challenges in our way so we can find joy in overcoming them. It's
extremely merciful, really. We just need to do all we can to put our
trust in him and leave it all in his hands! I learned this week from
Ether 8:7 that sorrow is putting our efforts into things that can't
last, but as we push forward in Christ we can receive an eternal joy!

I love you all so much!
~Sister Hill

Pictures 1/4

When you are running early to MLC and this drive shows up.
#bornforthisplace.  Ohio must've forgotten how to spell my name.

This is both of our first times having White Castle. Don't worry,
we both survived. :S

January 4, 2016

Familia,

This week has been super good! Yeah New Years was a good time, we went
to bed at 10:30 and woke up to a brand new year #obedience first.
Actually, want to hear a funny story? So I wake up in the middle of
the night because of rapid gun fire and commotion so I freak out and
wake sister farmer up to tell her that there is a shooting and I'm
looking out the window to figure out how close they are and then.... I
realize that it's 12:02. HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Hahaha good times.

Also thanks for filling me in on the reception and wedding!! It sound
like it was just the cutest thing ever! IM SO EXCITED FOR PICTURES :)

Well besides the fact that literally every member was out of town and
it was hard to get members to lessons, everything went really well!
Something I've really learned about missionary work is that if you
invite people to be baptized they say yes haha. Sister Farmer and I
have been making sure EVERY first lesson/contact that we are inviting
people to be baptized and EVERY 2nd lesson to extend a baptismal date,
and we have 8 people with baptismal dates! I know it doesn't sound
like a lot but for a mission that gets 10 baptisms total in a month
it's pretty darn good! When people realize exactly what we are here
for they work harder to obtain it. It's really awesome, FOLLOW THE
COUNCIL OF YOUR LEADERS!

I had a really cool experience on exchanges. We were in my area and we
were talking to this lady named Kim and her boyfriend/husband Kyle. We
talked about the restoration and how it can bless their family and it
was really cool, Kyle said he didn't know about his beliefs in Christ
but that it's something he would be interested in finding out. Then,
point blank he asked me if drinking was a sin (this family has a few
things to change haha) and another thing I have learned on the mission
is to be bold and that the truth never needs to be sugar coated. These
people need to know exactly what they need to change and how they can
come closer to God and partake of salvation and they can't do that
unless we are bold with them. So, I told him that it was and we talked
about why God gives us commandments. At the end we invited him to say
the prayer and he was super reluctant at first but once we taught him
how and explained it more he agreed and his prayer was amazing! The
spirit was so strong as he asked Heavenly Father to help them make
changes to bring them closer to him. We went back on Saturday and had
another lesson where they accepted baptism for February 13th and we
had Kim say the prayer at the end and they had their little kids
praying with us this time. They couldn't make it to church because Kim
and one of the kids woke up throwing up in the night (Satan is the
worst) but she was so excited as she told us that they started reading
the introduction to the Book of Mormon and prayed with their family
that night! It's amazing to see the way God changes lives in small
significant steps.

Our investigator Molly is getting more comfortable with coming to
church and reading the Book of Mormon which is awesome! She is
scheduled to be baptized on January 23rd and on her way! Daniel is
supposed to be baptized that day but he has missed church 3 weeks in a
row now and we can't get in contact with him so we are worried. He
texted us telling us how grateful he is for us to have helped him get
closer to his heavenly father but we don't know what is going on
now. Please pray for him!!

Well, THE CHURCH IS TRUE! I promise.
~Sister Hill

Pictures 12/28

Hood lyfe

Rain. So. Much. Rain.

December 28, 2015

Hey Fam!

Oh my goodness it was so fun to talk to you guys! You're the cutest
ever. I guess I'll start by answering questions from the last 3 emails
;) so I would NOT be sad at all if you sent me every single picture
from the wedding. Seriously. I don't get trunky so SEND DEM PICTURES
:D I think I mentioned this on Christmas but we had a big missionwide
Christmas devotional on the 22nd and that was our celebration! It was
super great to see everyone all together. I have theee coolest mission
ever. Yes I did get the plan of salvation and it's the best thing
ever!! THANK YOU! It's so good for teaching and it smells like cabin
and pure joy. We opened presents on Christmas morning (after our 30
min exercise of course #obedientbabes) yeah when sister Farmer leaves
I will likely receive another STL. You don't stay that your whole
mission always, sister farmer is but she got called just 2 transfers
ago. Sometimes they'll release you and re call you later, you never
really know... The weather is very interesting, actually it's been
pouring rain for like 4 days straight. I don't know how the sky hasn't
run out of water. It's really cold when the wind blows because of
humidity. More about Sister Farmer, she is super awesome! She's was
chill and awesome and we have a good time. She's a year older than me
and went to BYU and Viewmont. As far as fasting she does her best but
her blood sugar is crazy low all the time so yeah. And as far as
updates on survivor I don't need real updates... BUT HOWS MY BOYFRIEND
JOE?

Well ok so since we finally had a more chill p day we took a well
needed nap but accidentally didn't wake up to the alarm so yeah. I
have no time haha. But uh, have a great week!

Pictures 12/16

So remember that one time Quinn woke me up at college because she
thought that the constriction noises were bombs going off outside our
window? I had a very similar experience 3 nights ago except when we
looked out the window this was there hahaha his picture is not edited
or zoomed at all. We thought it was the building that Nancy and some
other investigator lived in at first so it was actually really scary
but it ended up being some big empty warehouse thing right by us. The
neighboring apartment building  just to the right of us got evacuated.
But everyone was safe! So it's all good, sorta.

The sacrifices you make in people's homes to have a kneeling prayer
hahaha we think most of it was burnout cigarette dust

Tell McKenna we found a pita pit close to campus. I made Sister
Farmer eat there with me, but it's ok she really liked it. Their only
downfall was that they don't have artichoke hearts :(

We also found Popeyes which was the best day of my life. Everyone
thinks I'm ghetto for loving Popeyes :( but it's ok because I live in
the ghetto now. WOOOO!

I got emergency toenail surgery this week haha. It had been ingrown
and infected for like 2 weeks so our medical advisor said "I don't
trust diabetics with foot problems. Or your immune system" so I got
the dang surgery (I told him I could probably dig it out myself like
my mom has always done but he didn't buy it) but yeah his is a few
days after, looking much better! :)

But I had to shower.... :}

December 16, 2016

Ok, so still no wifi, whateva I'll just tell you some things about this week:

So we were able to have a lesson with this super nice lady named Pam.
Her husband just lost his brother and it was really cool because we
invited him to stay and listen with us but he said no and went in the
kitchen. A short time into the lesson he came and sat in the chair on
the other side of the room! Then, he even chimed in and got involved
with the lesson! He asked if we had another Book of Mormon so they
could both read it and he really opened up about his brother, which
Pam said he has NEVER done with anyone. People are prepared everywhere
and just waiting to hear the gospel! It's amazing how much the spirit
can come through truth and the way to encouraged him to learn more.
She has a baptism date now in January which makes 5 I believe!

We also had a lesson with our investigator Sam. Her boyfriend just got
out of jail and we got to meet him this week. We were a little worried
about what he would think of it all but he thought what we do is
awesome and like really sincerely thanked us for our service. Sam has
been struggling to keep her commitment to read the Book of Mormon and
Bob said that he would makes sure they read it together! He even said
the closing prayer and it was so sincere! You really can't judge a
person by anything,there is so much good in everyone! Being on e west
side of Columbus you can really gain a testimony of that.

Well we had a lot of other cool stuff too, but running low on time. In
zone conference this week we talked a lot about the sacrament and its
importance in our lives. That's something that has been pushed so much
and that I've gained so much of a great understanding for, but for
some reason it just really hit me extra hard this time! I never have
fully taken advantage of d sacrament in my life and the opportunity to
repent daily. I don't remember where I heard it is week but there was
a lady cleaning the temple and was all discouraged when she was done
and her cloth was still perfectly clean. The next time she went back
they explained to her that the temple isn't cleaned because it's
dirty, it's cleaned so that it never becomes dirty! I know that as we
really understand the sacrament and repent daily we can be spotless!

I love you all so much!

~Sister Hill