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| THEY HAD AN INFANT TARANTULA AT PETCO. |
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| we tried SO hard to get a good district photo. |
Thursday, September 15, 2016
September 7, 2016: MISSION ADVENTURESS!
This one deserves a separate email hahaha. I NEED PRAYERS! My ingrown
toenail they "fixed" in January or whatever came back with crazy
vengeance. I will likely be put on antibiotics for it and and I'm not
allowed to walk at all today :/ dr Kiehl is doing everything he can
but he said last time he went through all this with a missionary he
ended up having to go home. BUT 1) that guy weighed a lot more than me
2) I got a blessing that basically said I'll be able to stay and 3) if
all else fails dr Kiehl said he'd have me use a scooter before he
sends me home. Moral of the story I really am fine but prayers would
be nice :) here's some funny photos about it.
toenail they "fixed" in January or whatever came back with crazy
vengeance. I will likely be put on antibiotics for it and and I'm not
allowed to walk at all today :/ dr Kiehl is doing everything he can
but he said last time he went through all this with a missionary he
ended up having to go home. BUT 1) that guy weighed a lot more than me
2) I got a blessing that basically said I'll be able to stay and 3) if
all else fails dr Kiehl said he'd have me use a scooter before he
sends me home. Moral of the story I really am fine but prayers would
be nice :) here's some funny photos about it.
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| the presoak |
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| dr Kiehl did his own little surgery minus the numbing haha but I had some weird thing growing (can't remember what it's call. It sounds like granola though. Granuola?) anyone he had to cut that all out as well as cut down the whole side of my nail. Here's a nice picture sister Alius took of me hahahah. |
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| I get to wear these beauts anywhere from 2 weeks to the rest of my mission. |
September 7, 2016: IT'S A GIRL!!!
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii IM TRAINING WOOT WOOT!!!
Which means I am likely dying on campus!
Holler back!!
In other news......
Ok so Gracie is literally perfect. She came to church this week and
they have everyone get up an I troduce themselves after sacrament
meeting and she says "hi. I'm Gracie. I've been an on and off Mormon
for a few years. So yeah. IM BACK!" Haha and she just was making
friends left and right and loved it. We had a little lesson with her
afterwards that went awesome! Last time she told us how she has
concerns with basically all the typical anti things and we told her
about the gospel topic essays and even though she hadn't read them yet
she basically knew her concerns would be resolved which is pretty
cool! We asked her if those got resolved if there was anything else
holding her back from baptism and she immediately says "yes. So I feel
like if k get baptized in the Mormon church I will want to marry
someone who is Mormon too because I would want that for my family but
I'm too old to get married to a Mormon because I'm 23" hahahaha
doesn't she sound like a Mormon already?? She's so cute. It was way
cool though because we had a single 27 yr old way cool member with us
and we were all able to testify that this gospel is EXACTLY what
prepares us to have happy and successful families. It was awesome. So
she is praying about baptism :)
Lauren is doing well too! She has enjoyed reading the Book of Mormon
but is a little skeptical. She has sort of the "this is good but I
still need to see if it's the path for me" type mindset. I wasn't at
her last lesson but that's what sister Alius told me. We still have
high hopes for her!
Ok so there are tons of foreign people on OSU. So we have been doing
an English class for the last 3 weeks and it's so much fun! We have 3
people from China that have been baptized since I got to OSU which is
awesome! So it's like an American culture class and sister Alius and I
got to teach this week on small talk. It was lots of fun, we did speed
small talk and gave a bunch of different scenarios they had to start a
conversation in. It was the best. I forgot to tell you, my apartment
place is referred to as "little China" because it's where aLl the
Chinese people lives. Also some Indian people. Moral of the story it's
like 2% white.
In other news Ryan is back in jail. Please pray for him!! It was for
something dumb.
Also Kandyce, who just got baptized, is like the best member
missionary ever. Last week she brought her friends Deja and Jabari to
fhe and Jabari looks at us and says "how do I join this church?" So we
taught them the restoration and it was awesome! Jabari came to church
and LOVED it. He has tried so many churches and he recognized
something was different. The people were different, the spirit was
different, the doctrine was different, and it felt right. He has loved
the Book of Mormon so far and he is on date to be baptized October
15th! Of course, he moves to Nebraska this week :/ but he is SO solid
and excited to meet with the missionaries there. Haha it was so sad
though he was like "will you guys be able to come to my baptism?"
Anyway I'm really excited to hear about it though :)
When I decide to get up and get my scriptures/ journal I will send a
spiritual thought :)
Love you!!
~Sister Hill
Which means I am likely dying on campus!
Holler back!!
they have everyone get up an I troduce themselves after sacrament
meeting and she says "hi. I'm Gracie. I've been an on and off Mormon
for a few years. So yeah. IM BACK!" Haha and she just was making
friends left and right and loved it. We had a little lesson with her
afterwards that went awesome! Last time she told us how she has
concerns with basically all the typical anti things and we told her
about the gospel topic essays and even though she hadn't read them yet
she basically knew her concerns would be resolved which is pretty
cool! We asked her if those got resolved if there was anything else
holding her back from baptism and she immediately says "yes. So I feel
like if k get baptized in the Mormon church I will want to marry
someone who is Mormon too because I would want that for my family but
I'm too old to get married to a Mormon because I'm 23" hahahaha
doesn't she sound like a Mormon already?? She's so cute. It was way
cool though because we had a single 27 yr old way cool member with us
and we were all able to testify that this gospel is EXACTLY what
prepares us to have happy and successful families. It was awesome. So
she is praying about baptism :)
but is a little skeptical. She has sort of the "this is good but I
still need to see if it's the path for me" type mindset. I wasn't at
her last lesson but that's what sister Alius told me. We still have
high hopes for her!
an English class for the last 3 weeks and it's so much fun! We have 3
people from China that have been baptized since I got to OSU which is
awesome! So it's like an American culture class and sister Alius and I
got to teach this week on small talk. It was lots of fun, we did speed
small talk and gave a bunch of different scenarios they had to start a
conversation in. It was the best. I forgot to tell you, my apartment
place is referred to as "little China" because it's where aLl the
Chinese people lives. Also some Indian people. Moral of the story it's
like 2% white.
something dumb.
missionary ever. Last week she brought her friends Deja and Jabari to
fhe and Jabari looks at us and says "how do I join this church?" So we
taught them the restoration and it was awesome! Jabari came to church
and LOVED it. He has tried so many churches and he recognized
something was different. The people were different, the spirit was
different, the doctrine was different, and it felt right. He has loved
the Book of Mormon so far and he is on date to be baptized October
15th! Of course, he moves to Nebraska this week :/ but he is SO solid
and excited to meet with the missionaries there. Haha it was so sad
though he was like "will you guys be able to come to my baptism?"
Anyway I'm really excited to hear about it though :)
spiritual thought :)
~Sister Hill
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Pictures 8/29
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| OSU DISTRICT WON THE MISSION OLYMPICS! We straight killed it. Also, our country was China because all we teach is Chinese people and it's so fun. |
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| End of the month probs |
August 29, 2016
Ok we have had so many crazy miracles straight from God this week.
Like, insane. I guess I'll list a couple off.
us and is like " hey I need to go to the bathroom, can you guys watch
my stuff?" So we're like yeah sure and we move to her bench. She comes
back out and we start talking to her and she is from some country
close to Thailand and Malaysia and she is Buddhist. The "God is in
everything" type. I asked her if she has ever learned much about
Christianity before and she says "no, can you tell me about it?" And
we teach her the restoration which she LOVED. we asked when we could
give her a copy of the Book of Mormon and she says "I'm free
tomorrow!" We bring an awesome member named Emily and teach the plan
of salvation and giver her the Book of Mormon and she is just SO
excited about it. It was amazing to see when she learned about all the
things Christ has done for her she said it made her feel so good. The
power of Christ atonement it so real!! In the closing prayer she just
breaks down bawling and says "I'm sorry I don't know why I'm crying I
am just so happy!!" And she is literally the cutest thing ever. She
couldn't come to church this week but wants to come next week!
and so we compliment her shoes, as you mind missionaries doing. Well
she tells us where they are from and all but looks kind of in a hurry
and kinda just starts leaving and says bye and we kinda slacked on
this one and just said bye back but then, in the midst of her brisk
walk, she just halts to a stop out of nowhere, pauses, turns around
and says "what are your tags for?" We told her we were missionaries
and she asked if we were Mormon and we said yes. And she's like " this
is going to sound crazy but Mormons keeps just showing up in my life.
Aaaaand I think it's a sign from God. There are some things I don't
necessarily believe about your religion, but I can't really remember
what they are. But I think God is pulling me to it. " so we asked if
we could set up a time with her and she was SO excited. It was
straight crazy. Even through our imperfections and mistakes God is
perfect and has a plan :) our district leader had us study scriptures
that had the wording "hear my voice" there were so many. They are all
so good. And many of them say "mine elect will hear my voice" I know
that even though there are so many people, and so many of them are
uninterested, that those who are prepared will hear the voice of the
Lord. Even if he's telling them to turn around and go back to those
Mormons on the bench hat everyone else is avoiding. I have a strong
testimony that there are people prepared everywhere!
named Gracie who has on and off investigated the church for over 2
years. We are the first sister to teach her and she needs to recieve
an answer from God that Joseph smith was a prophet. She is so awesome
it kills me.
the vineyard and it was so good! It talked about how we can be joyful
when others receive blessings from God, but even more so it talked
about how no matter how Late we are in joining God army, we can obtain
the fullness of Christs blessings. My favorite quote is from it is
"surely the thing God enjoys most about being God is the thrill of
being merciful, especially to those who don’t expect it and often feel
they don’t deserve it." Remember that you always deserve Gods
blessings and so does everyone around you! I know God is all merciful
and all loving and the more mercy and love we show to others, the
closer we become with Him :)
~Sister Hill
August 22, 2016
Hello Fammmm!
Today is super crazy because of a 4 hour mission event :) Yeah sister Alius went to timpview! So she knows who Boone is. She has been out just 1 transfer less than me.
this place has been packed. We keep trying to help people unload and
move in and stuff but very few people let us haha. We have talked to a
whole ton of people! It's been very hard getting return appointments
because people don't know their schedules and they are all stressed
haha.
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