Malo soifua!!!
Today on the Elder Hill Show:
- At our district council this week, we had a funeral service for Elder Van, who goes home this week.
- Week 6 work brings miracles. Exchanges also bring miracles. Week 6 exchanges bring SUPER miracles!!
- I'm getting transferred! I'm headed off to Union Square, Manhattan tomorrow at noon. My new comp's name is Elder Hamilton.
- Everyone in my ward here was sad because I told them I would be leaving.
This
week was a pretty good week, and it was also my last week here on
Staten. I was informed that I will be transferring from Staten to Union
Square, in the southern part of Manhattan (a little south of Central
Park). My new comp is one Elder Hamilton, and I've heard good things
about him. I'm sad to leave my home of the last six months, but I'm also
super excited to go to a brand new area and meet just tons of new
people! Union Square is also a metro area, which is even more exciting.
Transfers are tomorrow (Tuesday) at around noon.
This
past Tuesday was our week 6 district council, which is always a
happy/sad experience. We had a really good meeting, and we ended with
the traditional closing Hymn of "God Be With You 'Til We Meet Again" and
a group district photo. Elder VanLangeveld (Elder Van), asked if we
could take one "funeral pic" for him. He goes home this Wednesday, so we
did him the honors of having a picture of him lying on a table "dead"
while the rest of the district mourns. Fun times (see attached pics).
Right
after district council was my exchange with Elder Farr. I went into the
Spanish area (yet again trying to remember the language) while Elder
Fullmer came into the English pool. Elder Farr and I didn't have
anything super crazy on our end, but the other elders came back and told
us about a crazy miracle that they saw. In a lesson with our friend
Johanna, they were just discussing the gospel of Christ, and she brought
her desire to be baptized! She said was baptized when she was a child
but she doesn't remember it, and she wants to be baptized again! As soon
as we're able to meet with her again, we're going to have a baptism
lesson, and formally invite her to be baptized, which is super exciting.
(note: I won't be in this area when that happens haha, but I'll be
thinking about it and praying for all of them).
This
Sunday was my last church meeting in the Staten Island First Ward, and
it was yet another happy/sad experience. I've come to love these people
dearly, and it was a somber experience thanking each person and wishing
them well. Hopefully one day I'll get to come back and visit one day.
Mafaufauga
faʻaleagaga: I've been reading a lot of conference talks in preparation
for General Conference this next weekend, and it's been such a cool
experience. I decided to read all 30 of Elder Bruce R McConkie's
conference talks in the two weeks I had leading up to conference. I
discovered that I love his way if speaking, with his iron resolution and
mountain of a testimony. I strongly encourage all y'all to read some of
his talks about testimony and revelation. They are now some of my
favorite talks of all time.
Ou
te molimau atu oloo iai perofeta o le lalolagi i lenei aso, ma latou te
talanoa moni lava ma le Atua, le Tamā. Ou te iloa pe afai tatou te
faalogo i upu mai auauna filifilia, o le a tatou maua faamanuiaga sili o
le taitaiga ma le filemu nai lo Mea mafai ona tatou miti i ai. Ou te
iloa oloo soifua Iesu Keriso, ma na te alofa ia itatou uma lava. Ou te
molimau atu o nei mea I le suafa o Keriso, le Faaola ma le Togiola o le
lalolagi atoa. Amene.
I
testify that there are prophets on the earth today, and that they do in
reality speak with God the Father. I know that if we listen to the words
of God's chosen servants, we will receive greater blessings of guidance
and peace than we could ever dream of. I know Jesus Christ lives, and
He loves all of us. I testify of these things in the name of Christ, the
Savior and Redeemer of the world. Amen.
Alofa tele lava atu ia outou,
Elder Hill
Photos:
Week 6 District Council pic (I'm gonna miss these guys)
Elder Van's funeral
A cool mural of the ferry we saw the other day (ft. Elder Fanning)
A few cool pics of the Gilbert Temple and NYC I totally stole off of Facebook 😂
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