Snow in the City

Malo Soifua!!!

Today on the Elder Hill Show:

 ** We got snow!! Not a lot tbh, but we got it

 ** ZONE CONFERENCE

 ** Our mission has been POPPING OFF with miracles and blessings

 ** Super hype miracle maybe?

So this weekend was super windy and cold, and it wasn't very fun. On Friday night it started snowing (not hard but persistent) and it kept going until Saturday evening. About 6 inches total, so not too bad but definitely respectable. It made church attendance suffer a little, so that was rough.

Zone Conference was fire as always. It was in Manhattan again at the Temple, so that's always a good trip. It was Elder Rasmusson's first time in Manhattan, and that's always a fun experience. The conference itself was super good 🔥. I'll mention the highlight in my Spiritual thought at the end, so stay tuned. Just know that it was fuego and I learned a ton. We also had a super good roleplay with Pres & Sis Holmes watching, and apparently we did well, so that was nice haha.

So our mission has exploded with success and miracles this last month. As far as finding, we're finding well over 1200 people a WEEK as a mission (the record is about 1600), so that's way hype. Ask any RM and they'll tell you that that's insane. We also, as of today, had 68 baptisms in the month of January, which is a mission record as well. God is so good, and He is POURING out his blessings on this city and on this people (think Alma 26:11-12).

So we had a super cool miracle happen on Sunday, but it might be negated soon? I dunno yet. Basically a mom approached us after church and asked us to teach and baptize her daughter, who turns 9 in a few weeks!! The mom wants her daughter baptized AFTER her ninth birthday, so that becomes a convert baptism, which means us missionaries have authority to teach/baptize her. It's super cool because it's basically a for sure baptism and everything will work out great.

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!!! We found out later that the daughter mayyyyy in fact be turning 8, NOT 9. If that's the case, then we can't teach or baptize her. We're not sure which one is correct, so we're trying to get in contact with her mom and we're just praying that she's already 8 haha (maybe it's selfish, but hey miracles are miracles).

Mafaufauga faaleagaga: Our purpose

Pres Holmes talked at Zone Conference about God's purpose, Christ's purpose, and our purpose. He talked about how in reality they're all the same, and that's "to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man" (Moses 1:39). He talked about how no matter what calling or assignment you hold in the church, your purpose is to help those you have stewardship over come back to the presence of the Father. That may be through helping someone get baptized, or be endowed or sealed, or get their recommend renewed, or bring them back to church. Whatever the case may be, we ALL have the same purpose, and that's to do the will of the Father. That really opened my eyes, and I hope it opens yours a little to the possibilities. What does it mean to magnify your calling? Fulfill the purpose of Heavenly Father.

Alofa tele lava atu ia outou uma,

Elder Hill

Ata:

• Snowww
• No-bake cookies
• Chicken n' Waffles
• Elder Rasmusson & me stuck on the train for 40 minutes (someone got injured or something so they stopped the train and held us there for a while)
• I caught a pigeon and named him Falco
• Cool lights and colors on the train platform (ft. The BoM)
• Taco Bell mural
• Impromptu district pic