Straight Up Apostasy

Malo Soifua!!!

Today on the Elder Hill Show:

• I picked up Elder Wall, and we've been hitting that grind to find more people
• We put Tony on Baptismal date!! He's a great young man, and I'm super excited for him
• I got Instagram for proselyting work, and I don't like it.
• Today for P-Day we went to the Financial District of NYC, including Wall Street, so that was pretty neat.

So transfers were this past Tuesday, and it was the same bittersweet experience that it has been every time that I've gone. I got to see a few of my past companions as well as a few other friends from past districts, and I said goodbye to friends who were either transferring out, or going home. On the flip side, I got to meet my new companion,  Elder Wall, and he's an absolute beast. He just came from Jamaica Queens, which is a hype area, and it creates hype missionaries. Our respective pools here have been kind of slow recently, and he's determined to change that. He's also our district leader, which means he has a bunch of additional responsibilities, and I get to be a part of most of it. We're already doing some good things out here, and I'm so excited for our time together.

One of this week's highlights is our friend Tony! We had extended a baptismal invitation to him a few weeks ago, but he said he just wasn't sure. This past week however, after coming to church a few times, meeting a bunch of awesome members, and really feeling the Spirit, he accepted our invitation to be baptized on June 12th! He told us after our video call with him that before he had felt stressed about it and nervous because he's not perfect, but after our last few lessons, he has felt a lot more calm about it, and he really wants to be baptized. Our last foreseeable roadblock is simply making sure his parents are okay with it. They should be, but they're really busy so it's hard to get in contact with them. Hopefully we'll be able to get their approval soon.

Another highlight of the week was that I got Instagram for missionary work. Apparently, all missionaries serving in the YSA stake areas (including ours) will be getting access to Instagram for our proselyting work. We found out super last minute, and it was a bit of a shock. President Teuscher unlocked a part of my phone so that I could download the app, and we "baptized" it this past weekend (made it missionary appropriate). So yeah, if you see my Insta account is suddenly active again, that's me. (Also go follow and like @comeuntochristnyc and @believersofny. Thanks!)

(Instagram feels weird to use, and I feel apostate using more social media while a missionary, thus the subject line).

Mafaufauga faaleagaga: I don't have much today other than my testimony that the priesthood is real. It truly is the power of God on earth, and I feel so blessed each and every day to be considered worthy to hold such matchless power.

Alofa tele lava atu ia outou,

Elder Hiill

Photos:

• Grand Central Station
• A bunch of pics of our walk home from a friend's apartment (the bus was late, so we walked a few blocks and saw the sights (including the Empire State Building and Flatiron)
• A pretty skyline pic taken from the top of our church building
• Elder Wall 😎
• Some fun pictures from our adventures today around Wall Street
• We also found the set for an episode of Law & Order: Organized Crime, so that was pretty neat