"It Is Far, It Is A Rock, And He Is Away"

Malo Soifua!!!

Today on the Elder Hill Show:

• We hit up a bunch of food places and shops over the weekend and on P-Day to celebrate Elder Hamilton's impending death and departure back to Utah.
• Chinese people are really fun (exchanges and all that jazz)
• A bunch of our friends came to church!!
• Transfers are tomorrow. My new companion will be an Elder Wall from Jamaica Queens.

This week was pretty fun. With it being Elder Hamilton's last as a missionary, we began hitting up his favorite food joints for last meals (see attached pics below).

We had exchanges twice this week with the Chinese Elders, and that was super fun. On Wednesday night, we joined an English call group where a bunch of missionaries meet a bunch of Chinese people who are learning English. Basically we would go into breakout rooms with them and just get to know them while speaking in English. It was a little awkward at first, but it was actually really fun. Some of the people in the group were really weird and really funny, so we had a good time haha.

Yesterday at church, we had a few friends come to church, and it was awesome. Our friends Kyron and Tony came, which was great. In addition, Kyron brought his friend Lily, as well, so  that was a happy surprise. I'm not sure how interested she is, but ya never know. A guy named Dany also came to church for part of it, so that was cool. He's living in Brooklyn, but he really wanted to come to our church service. Not sure why, but he did, so that's cool. Tony in particular really liked church (he's come twice in a row now), and he wants to keep coming, so that's super awesome.

So tomorrow is transfers, which is fun. Elder Hamilton is obviously leaving (he's old and dying), and I'll be picking up an Elder Wall. He's coming from Jamaica Queens, which is a pretty hype area to be in. I've also been told that he's a super fun guy, so I'm pretty excited. He's also going to be the district leader this next transfer, which is kind of exciting (it was either him or me that would be called, and I'm lowkey glad it was him haha). This is going to be a fun transfer.

Mafaufauga faaleagaga: A sister spoke in church yesterday for Mother's Day, and it was a really good talk. She talked about how we as humans gain attributes and characteristics from our earthly parents, but we also gain attributes and characteristics from our Heavenly parents. This opened my eyes to more significance in being a child of God. I realized that Heavenly Father does not only want us to go back to live with Him again, He wants us to be happy here on Earth until we do. 

Once again, Happy Mothers Day to all of the wonderful women in my life. Whether or not we're related, you're family, and I love you dearly.

Alofa tele lava atu ia outou,

Elder Hill

Photos:

• A bunch of pics from exchanges and district council
• Farewell pics of Elder Hamilton with David (older guy) and Tony (younger with the fro)
• Last selfie with the ASLders Locke and Kerby (love those guys)
• Pic from one of our food runs this past weekend to Krispy Kreme and Sticky's Chicken Fingers