Happy Chrysler

Malo Soifua, ma Manuia le Kerisimasi ia outou!!!

Today on the Elder Hill Show:

 ** Exchanges with the ZLs was fuego (except for when my bike chain broke)

 ** Christmas was great

 ** Church was full of miracles

I don't have much energy or time right now, so This'll be super short. Life is amazing and the mission is going super well. The pictures posted below give a pretty good representation of a lot of the stuff we do here haha (especially around Christmas).

I mentioned a miracle in my last email about our friend Angel and his family. We'll the miracle continues. He and his whole family decided to go to church yesterday in the Spanish ward!!! Angel and his mom haven't gone in ten years since he was baptized. His dad hasn't gone in even longer, and his younger siblings didn't even know what church was, but they were all there, and they had a great time (see pic below of them sitting in church).

Mafaufauga faaleagaga: I'm pretty sure it was Gordon B Hinckley that said it, but there's a great quote that goes something like "We wouldn't celebrate Christmas if it weren't for Easter." It really helps to remind us of the "reason for the season", the Atonement and sacrifice of our Savior Jesus Christ. Hopefully we can always remember that and be a little more like him each and every day.

Alofa tele lava atu ia outou uma,

Elder Hill

Ata:

• Cool pics of NYC at night
• The district at the church
• The district with the Sturgills for lunch
• The district (almost) at Popeyes
• A bunch of random missionaries with the Andersons for lunch
• Elder White and me trying to fix our bike
• Elder Kim and me celebrating the Feast of Seven Fishes with Fish 'n Chips
• Our Christmas setup in the apartment
• Our Christmas card (the "tinsel stables" part is a joke our district made while talking about Hallmark Christmas movies)
• Literally the greatest Christmas gift ever!! This selfie is of Angel and his family sitting in the Spanish ward for church.