Malo Soifua!!!
Today on the Elder Hill Show:
** Taught some really cool people this week, a few of whom want to be baptized!
** The weather was the absolute worst for doing Missy work this weekend
** Another friend of mine that I taught in Queens got baptized yesterday, which was so amazing!
** Google Photos reminded me that I opened my mission call two years ago last Thursday, so yeah that's how I'm doing 😭😂
We
had a really good week this week. We saw a lot of miracles, and had some
great successes. We also had our fair share of disappointments and
failings, so it was pretty balanced haha. We had a couple cool miracles,
one of which I'll share:
We were street contacting
yesterday, and it was not super effective. The vibe wasn't there, and
we only found one person in 60-90 minutes. We went back to our apartment
to refresh and reassess, and we prayed about what to do. Despite the
lack of success we had just had, we felt like we needed to go back out
on the streets again. We did so, and one of the first ladies we talk to
stops and is super interested in what we have to say! Ellen, this lady,
tells us that she had met missionaries 13 years ago in another town,
and she had loved being with them! Unfortunately, somewhere along the
line she lost contact with them, and couldn't figure out how to get back
in contact. She said she works on Sunday but she'll call her boss today
and get time off because she's coming to church! 🔥 She's so cool. We
gave her a BoM and I read 3 Nephi 27:15-16 with her and talk about being
clean and guiltless through baptism, and she loved it. We invited her
to be baptized, and she said she would love to be! Ellen is so cool, and
she even commented that our meeting her was no coincidence. I agree. It
was a miracle, and it was an answer to prayer.
In
less exciting news, the past few days have been kinda cold and stormy,
which made contacting in public really hard. It was a bit of challenge
to find people who were willing to stop and talk while there's rain or
wind around us. We found some, but not many. The beginning of our week
was amazing, so the contrast with the weekend was even more frustrating.
We made it through though, and we survived. This upcoming week should
have some good weather, so I'm excited to get out there and grind it
out.
My friend Earl, who I
taught when I was in Queens, got baptized yesterday! I got to Zoom in
and watch the service, and it was really good. I'm so proud of Earl for
making such a good decision, and I can't wait to see him again and
congratulate him.
Mafaufauga faaleagaga: Alma 7:23
So
last Thursday we were doing daily planning, as one does, and my phone
buzzed with a notification from Google Photos. I like the little
memories and reminders it gives, so I was curious to see what picture
would be pulled up. What I was not expecting, however, was to see a
reminder that I had opened my mission call two years ago on May 5th,
2020. I suddenly felt really old haha. I sat there for the next while,
reflecting on the past two years, and I was flooded with gratitude. Alma
7:23 is a great verse about Christlike attributes, including gratitude.
I'm so grateful for all of you that helped me get to where I am and who
I am now, and I'm so grateful for my Friend and Savior, who made
everything possible. I don't know where I'd be without Him, but I
definitely wouldn't be here. Faafetai i le Atua mo mea uma i loʻu olaga
Alofa tele lava atu ia outou uma,
Elder Hill
Ata:
- A screenshot of the Google Photos reminder about my mission call opening
- My new life motto (from a car's back window)
- Beautiful park near our apartment
- Cool little gate and alley next to an apartment we saw
- After-hours game of pool
- Earl, my friend from Queens, got baptized yesterday! (I promise he was happy about it 😂)
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