Sunday, October 18, 2015
October 12, 2015
Dear fam,
Sorry I am a little low on time today! We had some unexpected things
pop up and anyway today has been crazy. It's so good to hear that you
are all doing well with your various awesome activities! Sounds like
you're all having fun though :) I will keep a lookout for the package!
Hey when you send the other stuff, is there any chance you might want
to send my rugby ball? :) I would love it!
Well this week has been pretty good! We had a lot of success in
teaching lessons and finding new investigators! When I first got to
Powell we had about 3 lessons a week, and we hit 11 this week! So it's
been good, because busier is better! Lacey could use some prayers, she
seems to be falling away from the things we have taught her and things
have been really crazy for her. Luckily we are increasing in numbers
so we still have some high hopes for this place!
I just absolutely love Ohio and serving the Lord! It's amazing to see
even the small impact that we can have on people to through example
and opening our mouths. It's really through standing up for something
that you come to truly know it for yourself!
I love you all and hope you have a great weeks! I'll send some
pictures next week :)
Sorry I am a little low on time today! We had some unexpected things
pop up and anyway today has been crazy. It's so good to hear that you
are all doing well with your various awesome activities! Sounds like
you're all having fun though :) I will keep a lookout for the package!
Hey when you send the other stuff, is there any chance you might want
to send my rugby ball? :) I would love it!
teaching lessons and finding new investigators! When I first got to
Powell we had about 3 lessons a week, and we hit 11 this week! So it's
been good, because busier is better! Lacey could use some prayers, she
seems to be falling away from the things we have taught her and things
have been really crazy for her. Luckily we are increasing in numbers
so we still have some high hopes for this place!
even the small impact that we can have on people to through example
and opening our mouths. It's really through standing up for something
that you come to truly know it for yourself!
pictures next week :)
Pictures 10/5
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| Sorry no cool pictures of me this week. Or any really. Enjoy this picture of me with the friend I made. Despite popular belief he really likes me. |
October 5, 2015
Dearest family,
First of all, you should know that you are the actual best thing in
the world. You know that right? You know what's crazy? I'll see you
guys in just over a year! The time is going TOO FAST. I'm glad you
guys were able to have such a fun conference time with the cousins!
Wish you all could have been here with me! That's
crazy with all the wedding and accounting plans! Sounds like you guys
are keeping pretty busy, that's the way to do it! To answer some
questions: yes I would love all of my fall and winter stuff! It's
getting kinda chilly and humid, and the wind and rain for the
hurricane isn't helping a whole ton haha. Yes I do keep somewhat in
contact with a lot of people actually! But Quinn is the only other
person that I write almost every week. (Our emails are really
pointless and lame, but entertaining) and for p day today we will be
going to the zoo with the sister training leaders (but we'll have to
pay for it this time :/)
Well is week has been really super great! We have had a whole bunch of
lessons and met some really great people! We have tried to see Robin
but it just hasn't been working out. We think she has too many
commitment concerns (she has had 5 baptism dates in the last year) but
at least we were able to get her one step closer! We don't always get
to see the full effects of our efforts but every little bit counts so
it's ok! We have been seeing Lacey again and it's going great! She is progressing super well, been reading the Book of Mormon,
and she had a little bit of a relapse with her smoking during a really
stressful few days but she is back on the right track! She is having a
really hard time with life right now but we really think she is being prepared for
bigger and better things! She has such a strong testimony
and really wants this for herself and it is amazing to see!
We had transfers on Thursday which were CRAZY. In the end, it put me
and Sister McMillan in a district consisting of: 1) our zone
leader/district leader combo companionship 2) the sister training
leaders 3) the technology elders 4) the assistants to the president
and 5).....our awkward less experienced selves hahaha but it is going
to be so good! I'm terrified for district meetings now... But it will
be such a great learning opportunity! We will be together in Powell
for another 6 weeks and then, no guarantees, but I will probably get
the boot out of Powell :(
Well conference was SO SO SO good! Wow, the whole thing just blew me
away. Aren't we so lucky to have prophet and apostles on the earth to
help us out like that? First of all Mom, Elder Hollands talk made me
cry and you should know how much I absolutely love you and appreciate
you! I can always improve on showing it more, but you really are a
miracle woman! Thanks for all you have done for me :) One thing that
really stuck out to me as an overall theme is that we all need to be
better. It's so easy to get stuck in just passively living the gospel
and it just isn't enough! I am super grateful for the opportunity I've
had on my mission every day to better myself and I came to see that I
never really understood the importance of actively improving
ourselves to become more like Christ. I hope we can all make it a
goal to more fully see how the gospel needs to be utilized more fully
in our lives and en act on it!
I love you all so so much!
the world. You know that right? You know what's crazy? I'll see you
guys in just over a year! The time is going TOO FAST. I'm glad you
guys were able to have such a fun conference time with the cousins!
Wish you all could have been here with me! That's
crazy with all the wedding and accounting plans! Sounds like you guys
are keeping pretty busy, that's the way to do it! To answer some
questions: yes I would love all of my fall and winter stuff! It's
getting kinda chilly and humid, and the wind and rain for the
hurricane isn't helping a whole ton haha. Yes I do keep somewhat in
contact with a lot of people actually! But Quinn is the only other
person that I write almost every week. (Our emails are really
pointless and lame, but entertaining) and for p day today we will be
going to the zoo with the sister training leaders (but we'll have to
pay for it this time :/)
lessons and met some really great people! We have tried to see Robin
but it just hasn't been working out. We think she has too many
commitment concerns (she has had 5 baptism dates in the last year) but
at least we were able to get her one step closer! We don't always get
to see the full effects of our efforts but every little bit counts so
it's ok! We have been seeing Lacey again and it's going great! She is progressing super well, been reading the Book of Mormon,
and she had a little bit of a relapse with her smoking during a really
stressful few days but she is back on the right track! She is having a
really hard time with life right now but we really think she is being prepared for
bigger and better things! She has such a strong testimony
and really wants this for herself and it is amazing to see!
and Sister McMillan in a district consisting of: 1) our zone
leader/district leader combo companionship 2) the sister training
leaders 3) the technology elders 4) the assistants to the president
and 5).....our awkward less experienced selves hahaha but it is going
to be so good! I'm terrified for district meetings now... But it will
be such a great learning opportunity! We will be together in Powell
for another 6 weeks and then, no guarantees, but I will probably get
the boot out of Powell :(
away. Aren't we so lucky to have prophet and apostles on the earth to
help us out like that? First of all Mom, Elder Hollands talk made me
cry and you should know how much I absolutely love you and appreciate
you! I can always improve on showing it more, but you really are a
miracle woman! Thanks for all you have done for me :) One thing that
really stuck out to me as an overall theme is that we all need to be
better. It's so easy to get stuck in just passively living the gospel
and it just isn't enough! I am super grateful for the opportunity I've
had on my mission every day to better myself and I came to see that I
never really understood the importance of actively improving
ourselves to become more like Christ. I hope we can all make it a
goal to more fully see how the gospel needs to be utilized more fully
in our lives and en act on it!
Pictures 9/30
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| Me and some friends. (Maybe you can't tell because you haven't seen me in person, but I got a haircut!) |
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| I found the tree of life! |
September 30, 2015
Hello family!
Remember how Rachel and Levi are engaged? That's the best news ever!
Glad to hear you guys are doing well, I sure love you all, you know
that? To answer some questions: no transfers for us! I am still just
chillin in Powell like its the only place I know. Oh wait, it is ;)
but I love Powell so it's great! Me and sister McMillan are doing
well, she is one heck of a great missionary! just so you know I had to go buy boots. You probably guessed that it absolutely killed me to
spend $120 on boots, but they were the only ones suitable for winter
(I have heard horror stories here about feet boots and winter.) but I
also got some great tracting shoes for like $20 (because I have
already worn 2 pairs of shoes to pure SHREDS. I'll have to send you a
picture of them sometime)
Well this week has been a mix of good and crazy! I really need to
write down all of the things that happen so I don't forget and have
nothing to tell you every week as it usually goes.... To answer about
Lacey we haven't seen her in person for a long time because things are
so crazy. We set up
a time to see her today! We definitely need to do some rekindling of
the spirit and joy she found in the gospel but she is doing well and
still wants to get baptized! Her new hopeful date is November 14th. We
have had some great service opportunities this week which is great
because service is really hard to find here! We have been trying to
find new investigators which has been going well but none that are
super progressing or anything but we have a ton that we are inviting
to watch conference with us at members houses which will be really
good! That's our biggest project right now, but conference is so cool
because it will really help people feel the spirit and gain a
testimony of prophets and apostles! Robin, our investigator who was on
date, is kinda having commitment issues so we are in a make or break
phase with her right now, so any prayers for her would be appreciated!
Let me tell you a cool story.... So I've always wanted to play "what
are the odds" mission edition. (This is where you say to someone "what
are the odds that you will *insert task here*" then they will say
something like "1 in 6" and you both pick a number between 1 and 6 and
if it's the same you have to do it. I never really did play it on the
mish because I feel like if it's reasonable you should do it anyway
and of its not reasonable you shouldn't but the other day there was a
policeman parked on the side of the road looking for suspicious
activity with his window down so I said "Sister McMillan, what are the
odd that you will preach the gospel to that policeman in his car?" And
she was like 1 in 4. Fortunately, the spirit is the master of this
game so we both picked 2 and she said to me "is it Illegal to go talk
to cops about this?" And I said "I dunno" so she says "let's find out"
and walks up to the policemans window and says "is it illegal for me
to tell you what I know?" And he says ".....no....." And was being
super standoffish but sister McMillan just bears her testimony to him
and he wasn't interested but I was still so impressed that she did it!
So she turns to me and says "what are the odds that you'll trek
through this backyard to talk to that lady playing baseball with hin r
kids?" (They were really far away and it was a really awkward
situation and far in heir backyard) but I said " 1 in 5" and the
spirit is still the master of this game so we both said 4. She was
super standoffish too and it was way awkward but it's ok because
EVERYONE NEEDS THE GOSPEL. Moral of the story: share it with everyone.
Well I hope you all had a lovely week! Can you believe I'm almost 1/3 done? EW.
~Sister Hill
Glad to hear you guys are doing well, I sure love you all, you know
that? To answer some questions: no transfers for us! I am still just
chillin in Powell like its the only place I know. Oh wait, it is ;)
but I love Powell so it's great! Me and sister McMillan are doing
well, she is one heck of a great missionary! just so you know I had to go buy boots. You probably guessed that it absolutely killed me to
spend $120 on boots, but they were the only ones suitable for winter
(I have heard horror stories here about feet boots and winter.) but I
also got some great tracting shoes for like $20 (because I have
already worn 2 pairs of shoes to pure SHREDS. I'll have to send you a
picture of them sometime)
write down all of the things that happen so I don't forget and have
nothing to tell you every week as it usually goes.... To answer about
Lacey we haven't seen her in person for a long time because things are
so crazy. We set up
a time to see her today! We definitely need to do some rekindling of
the spirit and joy she found in the gospel but she is doing well and
still wants to get baptized! Her new hopeful date is November 14th. We
have had some great service opportunities this week which is great
because service is really hard to find here! We have been trying to
find new investigators which has been going well but none that are
super progressing or anything but we have a ton that we are inviting
to watch conference with us at members houses which will be really
good! That's our biggest project right now, but conference is so cool
because it will really help people feel the spirit and gain a
testimony of prophets and apostles! Robin, our investigator who was on
date, is kinda having commitment issues so we are in a make or break
phase with her right now, so any prayers for her would be appreciated!
are the odds" mission edition. (This is where you say to someone "what
are the odds that you will *insert task here*" then they will say
something like "1 in 6" and you both pick a number between 1 and 6 and
if it's the same you have to do it. I never really did play it on the
mish because I feel like if it's reasonable you should do it anyway
and of its not reasonable you shouldn't but the other day there was a
policeman parked on the side of the road looking for suspicious
activity with his window down so I said "Sister McMillan, what are the
odd that you will preach the gospel to that policeman in his car?" And
she was like 1 in 4. Fortunately, the spirit is the master of this
game so we both picked 2 and she said to me "is it Illegal to go talk
to cops about this?" And I said "I dunno" so she says "let's find out"
and walks up to the policemans window and says "is it illegal for me
to tell you what I know?" And he says ".....no....." And was being
super standoffish but sister McMillan just bears her testimony to him
and he wasn't interested but I was still so impressed that she did it!
So she turns to me and says "what are the odds that you'll trek
through this backyard to talk to that lady playing baseball with hin r
kids?" (They were really far away and it was a really awkward
situation and far in heir backyard) but I said " 1 in 5" and the
spirit is still the master of this game so we both said 4. She was
super standoffish too and it was way awkward but it's ok because
EVERYONE NEEDS THE GOSPEL. Moral of the story: share it with everyone.
~Sister Hill
Friday, September 25, 2015
Disks
Hello fam!
That's awesome that you got to learn so much about the pioneers! The
pioneers are awesome... I like to think that they're helping me too! I
also like to think about how my kids are with me cheering me on! The
mish is a good place :)
Well this week has been just super good! We are picking up speed again
and meeting a lot of new people! Probably the highlight though was new
missionary training. It's always so great to be able to get together
for a really good 8 hour meeting! Since when do I love long meetings?
I don't know, but I totally do. I learned a lot of ways that I can
improve as a trainer and as a missionary as a whole, and even though
the temple was closed (huge bummer) we had a great time!
Another cool thing we did today was a big summer picnic with half of
our mission (the other half goes tomorrow) but it was so fun to get
together with everyone and play some fun games and eat free delicious
food (the Daines are the best cooks in the world by the way) so that
was super fun! Our zone got 2nd place in tug of war after a very
frustrating loss but it's ok cause
#2ndbuffestzoneinthetophalfofthemission
I think the best thing about this week was being able to work better
with members and the new people we found! We finally got in with the
youth and they totally love us now so that's good. We had a good
experience meeting a guy that I had seen in his screen room a while
back when sister Bradford was here and felt prompted to go back. One
day we were walking around the area and he was out walking his dog so
we started talking to him and it went super good! He's interested in
prophets and excited to meet with us on Friday! We also have a lesson
this week with a lady that we met a few weeks ago who was interested.
Another cool thing that happened:we were on our way to dinner but
decided to knock just one more door and we felt prompted toward this
specific one so we start going and this lady pulls up in her car so we
go talk to her and she's like "hey my son would totally like to meet
with you. He's in high school and wants to know more about your
church, and get accurate intformation" so we were like.... What? Haha
it was so great! Hard work and perseverance my friends.
I love you all so much!
<Sister Hill
pioneers are awesome... I like to think that they're helping me too! I
also like to think about how my kids are with me cheering me on! The
mish is a good place :)
and meeting a lot of new people! Probably the highlight though was new
missionary training. It's always so great to be able to get together
for a really good 8 hour meeting! Since when do I love long meetings?
I don't know, but I totally do. I learned a lot of ways that I can
improve as a trainer and as a missionary as a whole, and even though
the temple was closed (huge bummer) we had a great time!
our mission (the other half goes tomorrow) but it was so fun to get
together with everyone and play some fun games and eat free delicious
food (the Daines are the best cooks in the world by the way) so that
was super fun! Our zone got 2nd place in tug of war after a very
frustrating loss but it's ok cause
#2ndbuffestzoneinthetophalfofthemission
with members and the new people we found! We finally got in with the
youth and they totally love us now so that's good. We had a good
experience meeting a guy that I had seen in his screen room a while
back when sister Bradford was here and felt prompted to go back. One
day we were walking around the area and he was out walking his dog so
we started talking to him and it went super good! He's interested in
prophets and excited to meet with us on Friday! We also have a lesson
this week with a lady that we met a few weeks ago who was interested.
Another cool thing that happened:we were on our way to dinner but
decided to knock just one more door and we felt prompted toward this
specific one so we start going and this lady pulls up in her car so we
go talk to her and she's like "hey my son would totally like to meet
with you. He's in high school and wants to know more about your
church, and get accurate intformation" so we were like.... What? Haha
it was so great! Hard work and perseverance my friends.
<Sister Hill
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