February 29, 2016

Hey Fam!

I had lots of question about health etc... I'm healthy, I'm happy, and
everything is great :)

Update on Mollie: we have been in this struggle of meeting her mom for
a few weeks now. Both us and Mollie have been doing everything we can
to make it happen but her mom hasn't gotten back to us and is almost
never home. We know mollies moms boyfriend pretty well but we need her
moms signature. Mollie wants to get baptized SUPER bad, she keeps
reading and praying, but she has talked to her mom about baptism and
her mom is a little unsure be we don't know to what extent. It's been
a struggle but I know everything will work out the way it is supposed
to!

This week has been super crazy. We had zone conference and then follow
up zone conference a week later which happened this Thursday. Within
that week we were having a blitz where we set goals on theusday then
followed up with the whole zone the next Thursday to see how we did.
Our goals were 48 contacts, 6 referrals received and contacted, 3
people at church, 22 lessons, 15 baptismal extensions, and 7 new
investigators. We got 52 contacts, 5 referrals, 1 person at church, 39
lessons and 17 new investigators. Obviously we had some room to
improve but we were really proud of the things we accomplished with
the help of the spirit! The problem is it left us with all the
administrative items to catch up on so our last few days have been a
little rough but we've pulled through!

I'm trying to think of anything else really that happened this last
week besides that and the pictures..... Missions are the best form of
exhaustion. My advice to you this week is to be grateful. At all
times, in all things, in all places :)

Ohhh by the way the temperature today is perfect. 🏾

Love you!!!!!!!
~Sister Hill

Pictures 2/22

Now let me tell you a story. Everything that could possibly go
wrong for jakes baptism did. We had to change the building.... Then
the time.... And when we thought we had it all worked out we were
meeting the zone leaders at their church building to unlock it so we
could fill the font and they show up 45 minutes late. We are in a huge
rush and then the water that starts coming out is FREEZING. (About 40
degrees according to the thermometer.) their bishop came to try to fix
the water heater because he's a handy man and it was just broken. So
we called Jake and he is so golden that it didn't even phase him that
he would be baptized in 40 fetching degrees. It all worked out as
things always do and he's never been happier. Jake is my fav. The
funny thing is the morning of we were thinking about how we could make
his baptism more memorable.,,, careful what you pray for.

A really awkward picture of us and the elders hahaha #obedience 1st

Manatee stickers 4 lyfe

Pawn shopping in the city is my fav.

#gospelblessesfamilies

You both seem to be wondering more about our responsibilities....
Our whole mission got flipped upside down and all exchanges happen in
our area now meaning that we have to plan for 4 days In 1, 2 nights
every week. Sister McDonald snapped this the first night we had to
hahaha hopefully it gets easier #prayforus

February 22, 2016

Famry,

Ayyyyyyye! To answer some questions: yes, maybe you did teach me not
to eat out of the ice cream container, BUT I feel it doesn't apply if
it your ice cream, right? We didn't do anything to help Terrance
out.... He's not allowed in or anything sooo... He just needed
something from inside that we couldn't get because it's locked from
the inside too... Am I justifying? It was the middle of the night
ok... I'll repent. Yes I did get contacts but they aren't the right
prescription... But they aren't too far off so I'll be fine. Yes
Crystal was baptized the very end of November and is the greatest
member to ever exist. Jake is now a member too! Yay! Mollie is soon to
come. Not this week cause of complications meeting her mom, but soon
:) she's the best ever. Yes 21 pilots have been around for quite some
time, but they originate in Ohio so everyone here is like OBSESSED
with them. They're aight. Well, their pretty good actually, I just
haven't heard them in over 9 months sewwwww.... Speaking of which I
hope you are all enjoying that songs that's like " I'm wishing we
could turn back time to the good old days" cause I hear it in the
stores and I secretly love it and have to try not to listen.
#musictrunky? #nahh Sister McDonald is great! She's lots of fun cause
she has a lot of personality. She's like as tall as dad which is cool. She is super
awesome and always trying to work harder! She's a good one :) I
mentioned some responsibilities we have... It's kind of a lot. But we
make it work. Scratch that, the lord makes it work.

Phew. I think I made it through. So paps how detailed? I struggle to
remember details because life is one big crazy mess of blessed joy
haha. We currently have like 30 investigators so it would be cool to
tell you about all of them.... Buttttf..... So anyway we had a lesson
with Jake at the temple because we live right by it and it was SO
cool. He understood it really well and prayed for the spirits who are
learning about the gospel. He was so overwhelmed with the spirit and
everyone there teared up at some point during the lesson. He's so
great. Mollie is doing well too, working on teaching the mom hahah it's
a struggle.

Here's a cool story. While we were on exchanges (4 sisters, 1 car) all
these crazy things happened and ended up putting us in a place that
wasn't in our plans while the other sisters were at a lesson. Sister
Blaser and I decided there was probably a reason we ended up there and
prayed that we could find out why, then we went to knock on some doors
in a close by neighborhood. Then, we knocked on the door of some
members that no one knew about who had been there for over a year and
wanted to come to church. That was cool.

There was another less active member who randomly showed up in the
records. We knocked on his door and he said that he was just thinking
about how we wanted to come back to church. After 22 years!! We are
now teaching him and his daughter, he's come to church twice, and we
have dinner with them this Friday :)

I don't know what else to say. But I love you all so much and hope you
have the best week!
~Sister Hill

Pictures 2/15

New district woot.

This picture was actually taken accidentally. I was really eating
ice cream as I broke open the package. Thank you!!!!

We appreciated the valentines from Easton and Hadley as well :)

This is just for your enjoyment.

February 15, 2016

Aye family!

What's up? Ok, let me start with a story.

So I wake up at 5am to sister McDonald sitting at the edge of my bed
with a baseball bat saying "Sister Hill, sister hill wake up, sister
hill don't freak out ok??" And I'm like what the heck is going on
(plus my blood sugar was low) and she's like "don't freak out but some
guys have been knocking on our door for over a half hour" and I'm like
" ok. But uh, I need a juice box" haha and she's like heck no I'm not
going down stairs. But anyway I'm like "I'll go look out the window"
and there's this way creepy laughter and voices from right outside so
we are thinking about what ward members to call or what and then I
went and slyly looked out the blinds from our other window and our
neighbor Terrance was locked out of his apartment, on the phone, and
knocking super loud as well as kicking our fence. Hahahaha gooooood
tiiiiiiiiiiiiiimes.

Anyway let me tell you an even better story. So Jake had his baptismal
interview this week and it went great from what it sounded like! We
had a lesson at the church after with him and Crystal and we talked
more about baptism and then the sacrament. We showed him the video
"always remember him" by Holland (you should totally watch it if you
don't know what I'm talking about) and he just said "now I get it. It
makes perfect sense." And bore this amazing testimony about how he
knows the Savior is there during the sacrament. The spirit was so
strong! He is getting baptized this Saturday please pray for him this
is the hardest part for investigators!!

Let me tell you another good story. We had a lesson with Mollie (the
15 year old who is getting baptized on the 27th) and we were talking
about the things she has learned and how it has helped her. She had
practically no religious background at all so we were the ones that
taught her how to pray and she said "when I pray now, I notice that I
can't stop smiling" she has been reading the Book of Mormon every day
even though she doesn't like reading and she takes it to school to
read in her spare time. She is so awesome!! I gave her a ctr ring at a
baptism that she attended with us and she was wearing it at church
this week :) pray for her too!

Pray for everyone actually. Everyone needs prayers. Something that
president Daines has helped me learn is that prayer is there for a
reason, it's not selfish to plead with the lord for things we stand in
need of, it's putting our faith and trust in him. We learn in the the
scriptures that so many great things were brought to pass only through
the prayers of the righteous. Don't be afraid to seek God! He's here
for all of us :)

Well I love you all a whole ton and hope you have a great week! Also I
hit 9 months! OH WHAT? Hump day is on the 22nd :)

February 8, 2016

Hey kidos,

I'm the worst ever but we had our activity today and things are so
crazy this week and I'm low on time again.... But I got a new STL
Sister McDonald so I'm training her and it's awesome! She was actually
the missionary that took me out on OSU my first day to place a Book of
Mormon :) she's super fun!

Our mission is getting like straight turned upside down and I'm a
little bit stressed  because there are so many changes and so many new
responsibilities on us and we're working through it but it will all be
great!!

Jake and Mollie are still good to go for their baptisms coming up and
it will be the best ever :) keep praying about them! But they are
super solid :)

I love you guys a lot and thanks for all the pictures!!
~Oyster Hill
Hahahahaha I had to leave it. <3

February 3, 2016

Sorry guys, I literally have no time, killing off missionaries is the
craziest! But I love you and I'm doing so great and the church is
true! Here's some fotos.

Hahaha not sure how but one of the elders got ahold of this beaut.

Dead animals #socandid

I took this picture the day after I met this band. Only a few of
them spoke English but I tried to teach the gospel to them anyway. You
should look them up, I'm going to their concert some day and promised
I'd look up their Facebook page (in 10months)

Choose the right, return to Christ ️

Still got it