THIS WEEK WAS SO GOOD AH SO GOOD.
Weekly highlights:
1. Pickle Springs: last p-day together Sis. Turpin, Audre, and a member, Nathan meandered over to Pickle Springs. It's a huge woodsy area with a trail and all these big rocks. It was super fun except it got dark really fast so we were hiking in the dark and got lost so we said a prayer and then miraculously found our car. #prayerworks
2. Get thee hence Satan: Sis. Goeller told us this really sketchy story about when she told this axeman to "get thee hence Satan" It was crazy. She also told me to leave my calendar open from dec 26 -dec 29 so my new companion and I can help her clean off her patio. lol okay.
3. THANKSGIVING!!!!!: we spent Thanksgiving at the Vinson's home and had such a great day. I felt right at home because Bro. Vinson reminds me so much of dad! Like he just makes jokes and says stuff and his wife gets after him! Yep sounds like dad ;) Also the most important thing is that I had the best sweet potatoes I've ever had before in my whole life. No joke. They were heavenly. Then we also went over to the Moores later that night for dessert.
4. Fatty mc fat fat fatty: so we had taco night with the elders at our ward mission leaders house. Guess how many tacos the elders ate? TWENTY EACH I'M NOT EVEN JOKING. And they're so skinny. Someone explain that to me!
5. TRANSFER DOCTRINE: I was legit sick on Saturday because I was so nervous to get transfer calls! I had heard that only 6 elders were coming out so I already knew I wasn't going to train but I was scared who my companion was going to be, so our fearless District Leader, Elder Peterson, calls and he's like "okay Sis. Hill you're staying in Potosi (yes!) and you are training!" HAHAHAHAHA I thought he was joking. He's not. So yep I'm getting a greenie! So pumped! And Sis. T is going to Danville which is literally the furthest area away from Potosi. Sad. I'm gonna miss her soooooo much!
Teaching:
1. Andrea: so we are probably going to push her baptism date back until the first of the year. She has been SO busy with work and holiday stuff and we have barely seen her this last week. We don't want to rush her... and January 3 is a great day for a baptism ;) We taught her about the priesthood and auxiliaries in the church this week. As always, she's the perfect investigator!
2. Dennis: okay everyone you might want to sit down. DENNIS IS GETTING BAPTIZED DECEMBER 20 GET PUMPED GET PUMPED. After we set the date, we got in the car, jammed to pat a pan and squealed like little girls. Best feeling ever. We started teaching him last Friday and tomorrow we are teaching him the last lesson. We have taught him everything in a week and a half. He came to church yesterday and liked it! He is so excited for his baptism and Sis. Moore is even more excited, as she should be! She has been waiting for this for forever! Last night we were talking to her and she told us that they will probably get sealed on May 30, 2017 (their anniversary) and invited us so hey mom... wanna roadtrip with me to their sealing?! No way am I going to miss that. Dennis' story is truly a miracle and he and people like him are why I love being a missionary. We were teaching him the Plan of Salvation and I was just sitting there and the spirit was so strong and I just thanked Heavenly Father for helping me get here. This is where I need to be right now. Helping save these people and finding the one. Being a missionary is the greatest and I wish everyone could experience the joy I get to feel everyday. #BLESSED #BLESSED #BLESSED
I love this work. I love these people. I just love being a missionary. I've been reflecting this week on that Mormon Message by Elder Holland when he talks about coming to a fork in the road. He tells a story about he and his son and how they came to a fork in the road when they were driving and they prayed about which road to take. They felt impressed to take the left road and they did, only to find that it was the wrong road. His son asked him why they felt impressed to take the wrong road and Elder Holland told him that sometimes, the easiest way for God to get us on the right path is to have us go down the wrong path for a little while until we quickly realize it's wrong. I have related this over and over again to my decision to come on a mission. I felt impressed to buy an apartment contract and sign up for classes, only to come to find out that God needed me on a mission. I've often wondered why He didn't just tell me to go on a mission in the first place, but I have realized that if He would've done that, I might have been apprehensive. He took me down the wrong road so that I could quickly realize that it was wrong and then I could go down the right road in confidence. Let's all remember that God is our LOVING Heavenly Father and knows what He's doing. I hope that we can all have the confidence, trust, and humility to turn around and go down the right road when we come to find that the road we are on is not the right one.
God is good and He loves YOU! Don't forget that.
Have a great week and wish me luck with my new companion! Say a prayer for her :)
xoxo,
sister hill
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