Veteran Missionary

Malo Soifua!!!

Today on the Elder Hill Show:

 ** Zone Conference was amazing

 ** Interviews with Pres are always the best (and I almost got out of it this time without him talking about my going home soon)

 ** I drive a spaceship now hehe

So starting at the bottom of the bullet list, our car got upgraded to a 2022 Nissan Rogue, and man, is it a nice car. It's got features I didn't think were even possible, and it's so much fun to drive. There are only two or three in the mission fleet right now, and Elder Clifford trusts me enough to handle it (the APs drive the other one). I promise I'm a responsible driver, but it still is so fun to drive such a cool car haha.

Zone Conference was fuego as always. Pres Holmes talked a lot about our role as children of Abraham. He helped us understand what the Abrahamic covenant is and how we are essential in bringing it to fruition. It was a really cool lesson, and we were all blown away (and hyped up).

After the conference officially ended, we celebrated beating another mission record by getting shakes and watch the sports movie classic "Remember the Titans". It was a fantastic movie, and we all had a great time.

This week was really good, and we saw a lot of miracles. We beat our finding goal, and I think we set a new record for this area. Whatever the case, spirits are high and the work moves forward. Our next goal is to get some of our awesome friends to actually make it to church haha, instead of just saying they will and then ghosting us. Baby steps, though. Baby steps.

Mafaufauga faaleagaga: Being a Veteran Missionary. In my interview with Pres Holmes, we talked a bit about the fact that I'm by far the oldest missionary in my district, and one of the oldest in my zone. We talked about how I'm a "veteran" missionary, whether I like it or not. I spent the last 20 months or so learning and growing, developing my skills. Now it's the time for me to turn around, return the favor, and do everything I can to help the elders and sisters around me improve and grow. I'm on the way out of this mission, and so it's the least I can do. I guess this thought is both a reflection and a mark of gratitude for getting this far, and gratitude to all those who have helped me grow so much (heaven knows I needed it). 

So yeah, if you're reading this, you probably helped me grow into who I am now, and I thank you so much for it. I'm by no means perfect, but by the grace of God, I'm in a place better than I frankly thought possible or even imagined. 

God is good all the time, and all the time God is good

Alofa tele lava atu ia outou uma,

Elder Hill

Ata:

 - A lady I taught in Queens got baptized yesterday!

 - Found a Navajo sticker on a light pole, which I thought kinda funny cuz I'm on the wrong side of the country for that 😂

 - Pizza with Elder Parks on our exchange (pretty fire pizza)

 - Pretty flowers

 - Downtown White Plains

 - Cool statue of Harriet Tubman that's on temporary display near our apartment

 - Pics from Zone Conference (table pic & pic with Fairfield, Westchester, and Bronx zones)

 - From last Monday but we helped clear out a lady's house and she's a hoarder of untold proportions