tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80986324629645149882024-02-25T22:25:50.894-07:00Elder Hill in the CaribbeanElder Aaron A. Hill...Called to Serve in the West Indies Mission...April 2013 to 2015hillshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01337881285280062165noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098632462964514988.post-20297640711064057532015-04-10T22:00:00.000-06:002015-05-27T22:46:18.041-06:00Coming Home!<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"><i>Today was the Day! The day I was set apart as a missionary 2 years previous. Who would have thought it would have come to an end this quickly? As I look back I can only see the blessings that have come into my life, and the man that my Heavenly Father has asked me to become in only a short amount of time. When I think about it... I served during my 20th year as a child of God, and gave back to him 10%. My Two years was served in the West Indies! I lived it, I loved it, and I will always cherish the wonderful memories and actions I was able to be blessed with. I have come to an understanding of the Gospel that will always stick with me as I stay true and faithful to his miraculous teachings! The Friends that I made are Lifelong, and Eternal! I'm sad that it is all ending, but at the same time I'm comforted by the fact that I came, I did, I conquered, and I worked my tail end off! I feel amazing and I Cant wait for the blessings and miracles I have yet to experience on my next mission of Life! </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Luggage arrived a week later ;)</span></div>
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hillshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01337881285280062165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098632462964514988.post-25403356975801596772015-04-08T21:00:00.000-06:002015-05-27T22:48:05.302-06:00Last Day in Trinidad <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"> I left St. Lucia at 4 am in order to make the 6:30 flight to St. Vincent, where my luggage was lost. We then flew on to Barbados, and then to Trinidad. We had interviews, a nice meal, a final devotional-fireside and then said our last goodbye's before getting a short night's rest...me with only the clothes on my back.</span></div>
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<br />hillshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01337881285280062165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098632462964514988.post-77368308044180344632015-04-07T20:00:00.000-06:002015-05-27T15:38:22.484-06:00Signing Off for Now<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"><i> Well everyone! This email will probably be pretty short, due to I'll see you all, well most of you in a few days! Ah I'm so excited to see you again. I feel that this past two years has gone so fast but so slow all at the same time if that makes sense and is even possible. </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"><i> This past week has been an emotional roller coaster for me! Since Thursday last week, I have been having a lot of doubts if I have been a good missionary! Satan has really been getting into my head putting doubts in my mind. I was listening to them because they seem so real. I realized about Friday night and Saturday that it is a feeling of anticipation because I'm excited to come home. Only instead, I feel guilty for being excited. It's interesting and hard to explain. But essentially I know that I have been a good missionary and worked hard. So I feel like the doubt and trouble will let off as I return home and realize all the good I have done! <br /><br /> General Conference was good for me! I had the same favorite as mom. (<a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/stay-by-the-tree?lang=eng" target="_blank">Elder Pearson</a>) I thought that talk was really good! as well as <a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/the-greatest-generation-of-young-adults?lang=eng" target="_blank">M. Russell Ballards</a> talk in the priesthood session... ;) if you know what I mean! I feel like a lot of talks were geared towards return missionaries. Maybe that's just my perspective and the spirit talking to me. But they focused a lot on being faithful to the things that I'm teaching people. My worst fear is slipping up when I get home. But comfort came to me when I heard the talk about desires. If I have a prayer in my heart and work as hard as I can to not slip up, and do the little things I will build my testimony consistently and be a strong disciple of Christ! <br /><br /> Well my nerves could go through the roof right now! I'm excited! I fly to Trinidad on Wednesday morning on LIAT.. so I hope they don't loose my luggage.. knock on wood! But my flight leaves at 7 in the morning. We spend the day there. We will have a departing devotional with pres. Mehr and dinner, then I fly out Thursday morning. <br /><br /> Well I don't really have anything else to say! Thanks for the final mail!<br /><br />MISSIONARY LIFE IS THE BEST TYPE OF LIFE!!!<br /><br />Love ELDER HILL.... signing off for now! might be reinstated in the future!</i></span><br />
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hillshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01337881285280062165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098632462964514988.post-35014298885606961132015-03-31T19:00:00.000-06:002015-05-27T17:58:29.792-06:00The Cure --- WORK!!<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"><i> Well this week went by surprisingly fast for me. I thought that the last few weeks of a mission were going to go by slow... but I have really dug into the grind this week and hey! It's Monday again. I love the way that I feel spreading the gospel to these wonderful West Indian people. I'm certainly going to miss these wonderful feelings! I Love doing this work. I don't have any desire to stop now! It will just keep getting harder to focus... but I know the cure already! WORK!</i></span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"><i><br /><br /> We had an investigator at church for the first time this transfer! Wahoo!!! Her name is M---. And what do you know, she has been coming all transfer and I didn't even know! She is really cool and has a great understanding of the gospel.<br /><br /> The area is looking up! We are getting more and more people that are interested! A--- talked to us this week and shared that she feels rushed. So we let her set her own day and she chose the 6th of June! She said that she felt the spirit confirm to her that the Book of Mormon was true and that she knows that she needs to get baptized! She received that answer reading Alma 32 that we left with her! She is a powerful example to the people she is around. <br /><br /> I truly know that this is the work of the Lord! I'm grateful for the change that has taken place in my life and the ability that I have had to become a powerful teacher. It has been a ride and a rush at points, and has been hard, but I know that the Lord has and will continue to bless me for my efforts that I have so poured out to him through my love! If I had to serve again I would! It would be hard to do it again, but the blessings that come are priceless!!!<br /><br />Love Aaron! ;)</i></span><br />
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hillshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01337881285280062165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098632462964514988.post-32476809376634782872015-03-31T16:00:00.000-06:002015-05-27T17:58:56.709-06:00Pitons at Soufriere<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"><i> W</i></span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"><i>e finally went to Soufriere today! We got up early and took a bus. We were going to take a taxi but it would have been 400ec(east caribbean) which is $150 US... so we took a public bus for 80 round trip ($30 US). We took a lot of pictures and a video you can watch when I get home! </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">[Soufriere is the </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">oldest town in St. Lucia - founded by the French in 1746. The Pitons (<i>pee-tons</i>) </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">are 2 mountainous volcanic plugs.]</span><br />
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<br />hillshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01337881285280062165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098632462964514988.post-56364119517030398382015-03-26T19:00:00.000-06:002015-05-06T22:52:24.039-06:00Trying to Concentrate<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><i>Hey everybody!<br /><br /> It's really crazy knowing that my mission has come and gone that fast! I was looking back last night at the experiences of my mission and for some reason I was taken back to Chaguanas! Wow, I have come a long way! I feel like God has made a huge change in my life! He gave me a small desire to serve, and that small seed was fed and nourished by the family I love so much and from Good Friends! I'm grateful for EVERYTHING!<br /><br /> Well this past week was really good for me! W</i></span><i style="color: #cccccc;">e have been having a lot of tourists come to church lately. We had like 25 last week... this week we had about 10. It's funny when we see a lot of white people in our chapel. </i></span><div>
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hillshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01337881285280062165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098632462964514988.post-57447141372881205622015-03-19T20:00:00.000-06:002015-05-06T22:13:51.588-06:00Getting Trunky<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"><i> Well everyone... My week went by S....L....O......W........ Yup it's finally starting! Trunkyness is kicking in. I'm still working really hard it just feels like my mind is not in it as it used to be. That Light at the end of the tunnel is so close I can almost taste it! I'm don't really get too much sleep and when I study it feels like I'm a little kid trying to concentrate on my homework after school when it has just snowed. haha I love being a missionary so much, but to say that I'm not excited to come home would be a horrible lie. <br /><br /> I'm really trying hard to get Elder T to know and understand the area. He is doing great. We met a really cool guy named J--- that has a strong desire to serve God. He openly accepted to be baptized if he comes to know it's true! He contacted us and believes that it wasn't just by coincidence... I agree completely with him. It's really hard to find people that want to be baptized now for some reason. I think the Lord is testing me to see how diligent I can be these last few weeks of my mission. I love Missionary work. I have thought about Sacrifice a lot lately and how I will sacrifice when I return home. I'm excited for the future and my service in the Church. I'm grateful for the time I've had to serve!!! <br /><br />I love you all.. take care until next week!<br /><br />Elder Hill!</i></span><br />
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hillshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01337881285280062165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098632462964514988.post-39293523547275934192015-03-12T19:00:00.000-06:002015-04-08T23:18:35.432-06:00Last Zone Conference<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i> Well this past week was grea</i></span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"><i>t! It was the best to have a 3 day break, and to see all of my old friends. I loved flying to St. Vincent and being</i></span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i> able to give my last Testimony in Zone Conference, yes I gave my final one and man... That was a rush! I had no idea what I was going to say so I just tinged it! I loved it though. When I look back on my experiences for my mission I can't help but smile. I have enjoyed every minute of it. I can remember the things that I could have done better at, but I look at those experiences as places of Growth. That is what Life is all about. I could have been more diligent sometimes, I could have been more obedient at some things as well, but that is why we make mistakes, so that we can become more like our Heavenly Father. I have definitely not been perfect during my two year duration, but I have truly done my best to be exactly obedient. It's sad to know that I won't have any more conferences. I am sad but excited at the same time. Its a very hard thing to describe! haha I'm excited to be back in all of your arms though. I have been really thinking about what I have learned as a missionary and If I could say anything.. it would be, The little things matter most! Obedience is the first law of heaven. It will be hard to make it to the Celestial kingdom but through small and simple things great things will be come to pass. (Alma 37:6)<br /></i></span><div>
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i> It's a weird feeling knowing that most of the people that we are finding and teaching will not be baptized during my time as a missionary. But I do know that whatever is the outcome of Gods children, I'm planting the seeds. I Just hope and pray that they keep the seed and let it grow with in them. I have come to really love God's children and I can see the blessings of loving them with the Love that Christ and Heavenly Father have for them. It has blessed my life and I know that love is essential for helping people feel that love and peace that the Gospel brings.</i></span></div>
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hillshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01337881285280062165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098632462964514988.post-85950580099134800952015-03-05T20:00:00.000-07:002015-03-15T21:50:18.154-06:00Training Elder T !<i><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"> Hey everyone! I am now serving with Elder Tulikihakau from the kingdom of Tonga. I was really nervous coming into this transfer being with a brand new missionary, but I was calm and collected and hoped for the best! I had been praying for a humble, teachable and hard working, talkative missionary and I got it! We get along great and we work well together. I'm trying hard to get him comfortable with the area and our investigators so he can take the lead for a bit when I leave. I have a lot of respect for him. I feel greatly blessed to be his trainer and that the Lord has selected me to train him! I'm glad I have a good "son." He's going to do great things in this mission! <br /><br /> Training is interesting! We wake up in the morning and exercise for a half hour. We are at our desk at 8:00 am and we study for one hour on our own. At 9 we take and do one hour of companionship study. After that we do an hour of language study and so I basically read him the Book of Mormon and take turns.. Like what we used to do in the mornings before school. I like it because I learn more as well. Then at 11 we take and do the 12-week training program for new missionaries! We eat lunch at 12 and then are out the door at 1:00. I'm really just trying to show him the area. I don't really feel like I'm training. I actually feel like he is helping me. I love the way it is. I LOVE THIS WORK! I'm truly going to miss everything about this! I have grown to love every part about being a missionary!</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"> Well I love everyone of you and hope to have some great experiences this week with our investigators, because this week we did a lot of running around doing immigration stuff for new missionaries that I had to go through 2 years ago.</span></i></div>
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hillshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01337881285280062165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098632462964514988.post-40002679203006748512015-02-24T19:00:00.000-07:002015-03-15T21:10:41.935-06:00 Anxiously Engaged<i><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"> Well everyone... Tomorrow is the start of my last transfer as a full time missionary for my Savior! I can't help but look back and see all of the wonderful times I have been able to have as a missionary. I didn't think that I would have ever loved this as much as I do now! There is a missionary that is going home tomorrow that is really depressed and sad that his mission is ending. I thought to myself, "shouldn't I be acting like that too?" But I realized that I don't have to be sad that I'm going home. The words of the prophets came into my head...'Every member a missionary.' I had a feeling of comfort knowing that I can be happy to go home and continue my life. I don't need those sad feelings because they would just drag me down. I have made a goal to just be happy... besides why would I be sad... haha. I love being home too much. But I will be honest, I love it here as well! The West Indies owns my heart and I'm grateful for the service I've been able to give and that I've been able to work hard my entire mission!<br /><br /> I love being able to see the spirit work in the people we are teaching. The miracle that came this week was a few referrals. We are currently working on them to act on the feelings they are having as they are taught and to come to church. They are really great and I hope that they will be willing to continue learning from the Book of Mormon. Y---- has such a strong desire to serve God! I'm learning from her faith actually. It has been really cool teaching such an inspired and prepared family. I just hope that they will accept a baptism date for the 14th of March. A--- is doing great! She came to church and now she is really excited about it! She told me that she is going to continue coming because she loves the way that she feels as she attends. She is excited about the doctrine and wants to dig in deep to the scriptures. It is building her testimony in the gospel as she goes through a temporary trial. She mentioned to us that she wants to dive head first into the teachings now. She even mentioned that she has a stronger desire to get baptized. <br /><br /> The area is being built up again. We dropped a lot of investigators, that weren't too serious. I'm really focusing on the area book right now, so that when I leave it will be a blessing and not get thrown down in frustration... like I wanted to do when I first got here! I love going into an area that has a good area book. You care for the Lord as you update the area book. I'm trying to follow the scout motto that was engraved into my brain by dad and Jared and Tyson. Leave the campsite better than you found it! </span></i><div>
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hillshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01337881285280062165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098632462964514988.post-21748766543334064402015-02-10T20:00:00.000-07:002015-03-15T20:58:10.551-06:00Daily Sowing <i><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"> Yesterday was Area Conference. It was great! We were able to hear from Elder Holland. He talked about the importance of observing the law of the fast, temple attendance and Sabbath attendance, along with tithing. He promised the area that we will have temples on the islands once they observe everything with exactness. An amazing promise. We also heard from Bonnie L Oscarson. She spoke about the importance of the family and it was amazing. Reminded me of my blessing. How it says that I'll defend the family on my mission field... exactly what has been happening. It was great to have the members here. There are about 300 on our roll but only 50-60 show up every week. <br /><br /> S---- is really hard to see. We stop by quite often and every time she just states that she is busy with work and that she will call us. So most likely she has heard something about us from someone and is discouraged. I hope that's not the case so I'm keeping my chin up. L--- dropped us. I was really upset with that one. But as I walked back to our apartment I was calmed with the words of <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/32.28">Alma 32:28</a>. I know that the spirit was speaking to my soul. Faith is a seed. I planted the seed and hopefully the missionaries will catch the fish that got away. We win some we loose a lot, but the ones we catch are by far meaningful. He will accept it just now... I may not be in St. Lucia when it occurs but I sure hope so. <br /><br /> I cannot believe how fast the weeks are going by. I love that I am losing myself still in the work and I can say I'm working hard every day because I don't want to be known as one of those missionaries that slacked off at the end of his mission. I actually asked Pres. Mehr if I could train a brand new green missionary. I believe it would help me work even harder. I feel that the first month is crucial. I had a hard time in the beginning, and I learned a lot my first few months that set the pace for my mission. I think that it would be great if I could help those young kids coming in to hit the ground running! </span></i><br />
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<br />hillshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01337881285280062165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098632462964514988.post-1949827402907479412015-01-27T20:00:00.000-07:002015-03-03T23:40:02.603-07:00Dressed In White<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i> So I just want to tell you that L--- was baptized on Saturday!!! So that was super cool for me to experience. I was really excited when she told me that she wanted me to baptize and confirm her. It was truly a blessing from the Lord. We had a great service with 2 other people and so a lot of us were all dressed up in white. It was a beautiful scene. On Sunday we went by and talked about the temple and the holy ghost. We are really trying to help her continue on the path of true conversion. I don't want to hear 5 years from now that the missionaries are trying to get her to come back to church. She did tell me that she knows that this is what she knows God wanted her to do, so that is the best start you could ever have. A firm assurance that you're on the right path! </i></span><br />
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hillshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01337881285280062165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098632462964514988.post-11265632706373361962015-01-15T18:00:00.000-07:002015-03-04T00:19:15.287-07:00New Record!<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"><i> Well everyone! I beat my record for Lessons in a week again! I have to find something to do because my mind wanders a lot. I get so antsy in the apartment that the only thing I can seem to do is work and teach people. It's funny how I have come to love teaching people instead of just liming and doing nothing... except for on P-days... I love liming on those days! This past week went by so fast! I can't believe it! I was looking at my planner for last transfer... I had a total of 20 member lessons, 101 lessons w/out a member, and 36 recent convert/less active lessons. So a total of 157 lessons in about 42 days. Not too bad if you ask me! I hope it's God's will that we get some baptisms!</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"><i> A lady contacted us about 5 weeks ago, but the thing is she could only meet on Sunday afternoons and so we actually had forgotten the last few times to go by. But yesterday we called her and she said we could come by. She is a pentecostal and hasn't gone to church for "years" - she couldn't remember the last time she went, so it was a while ago. She has two daughters. The 3 of them are really smart. We had a lesson with them about the restoration. It only seemed like an hour but I looked at my watch and 3 hours had passed! It was a great lesson and the spirit was really strong. I can see a lot of good things happening with these 3 because they are willing to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it! I see a lot of promise in them! </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"><i> The Book of Mormon really helps to clear up concerns and it is amazing to me knowing that the Book really does resolve all confusion and heartache.</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"> How is everyone? Well, it's the first week of the new year...not counting but 15 weeks until I arrive back home... CRAZY! I just want to say that it was great talking to everyone on skype! I felt a lot more easy going because I was comforted by the thought that I will be sitting right by you all in 3 months. It will be great!<br /> So this past week was great. We had a total number of 30 lessons, 32 contacts, 60 at church and my highest amount of lessons in a day was 9... the highest of my mission so far! It felt really good. We did a lot of singing over the holiday, and we talked to a lot of people about the church's "Share The Gift" cards. </span></i></div>
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<br />hillshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01337881285280062165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098632462964514988.post-42865919949917774522014-12-20T19:00:00.000-07:002015-02-05T23:28:38.023-07:00Voice of the Spirit<i><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"> So here is the most amazing thing an investigator said to me on my mission thus far... It was actually a text Tuesday morning. We had taught her the night before about the Restoration and the Book of Mormon! I challenged her to read the tract and get on her knees and ask God if it was true. She said she would. In return I told her that I was going to call her and see how it went. Well it was like 10:20pm and her phone was turned off. I kept my faith though that she kept her commitment. I went to bed and woke up to a text from her, saying "Hey Elder Hill, I did what you told me to last night and I received an answer from God." Whoa! I called her immediately and she answered. She told me that she knows that the Book of Mormon is true and that Joseph Smith saw God! She mentioned that it was the best sleep she had had in her entire life! It was soo amazing to hear. Then Saturday when she was at the Celebration she leaned over to me and said " I quit my job, so I can come to church tomorrow and get baptized on the 10th of Jan." My jaw freaking dropped! I couldn't believe what I was hearing! My goodness she is great! She is by far one of the most unbelievable people I have ever taught. Quitting a job so that you can follow Heavenly Father! Oh GOSH!! I was soo happy! </span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i> My testimony has grown of asking people for referrals. I have been asking everyone and it has been working miracles! We have gained a lot of new investigators which is amazing. No dead wood anymore! It feels great! We truly need to talk with everyone about the Gospel. Time is wasting... I actually want to just go talk with people right now!</i></span><br />
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<i style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> The area is Pretty cool! I live in the Mountains behind the Capital Castries. It's so beautiful! The Island is overall not as hot as Guyana was. There is a constant breeze blowing through which helps. Just look at our last name and you now know what the area is. HILLS!!! and not even hills it's like hiking to the top of Nebo every day... I love it but I'm sweating more than I was in Guyana! The first few days are always the hardest so I got through them and I'm sure it will be easy sailing now! The culture </span></i><i style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">is crazy! Everyone speaks Haitian Creole (aka Patois). So you'll walk up to someone and say hello and all they know is Creole. So that was hard to get used to, but we found a lot of people that speak English. They have a really thick accent so it's harder to </span></i><i style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">understand than anywhere else I've been. I thought the accent </span></i><i style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">was tough in Guyana... nothing compared to St. Lucia! The food is exactly what it was in Grenada. Lots of breadfruit and banana. I was able to get a lot of work done in a half week. I am enjoying it and can't wait until we start seeing the line of baptisms. We finished the week with 47 contacts and 28 Lessons!</span></i></span></i><br />
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hillshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01337881285280062165noreply@blogger.comCastries City, Saint Lucia14.0101094 -60.98746870000002213.9947029 -61.007638700000022 14.025515899999998 -60.967298700000022tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098632462964514988.post-81865661824026062132014-12-05T10:00:00.000-07:002014-12-25T21:18:18.279-07:00Snapshot of St. Lucia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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hillshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01337881285280062165noreply@blogger.comSaint Lucia13.909444 -60.97889299999997113.416232 -61.624339999999968 14.402656 -60.333445999999974tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098632462964514988.post-38145503498695694792014-12-02T20:00:00.000-07:002014-12-25T21:28:13.316-07:00Leaving South America...<i><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">Hey everyone! <br /><br /> I'm flying out of the Country on Wednesday! President Mehr called Saturday morning around 8:00 am so it was really unexpected. He called and told Elder Smith first who would be replacing me, then Elder Smith handed over the phone and said Pres. wants to talk to you. I was like oh buddy... wha-gwan with me now! So he said Elder Hill "I'm going to send you to a beautiful Island... It's called St. Lucia! ..... I was like what the crap! Not what I was expecting but ok... He told me that I will be serving with Elder Lawenitotoka from Fiji. <br /> I'm going to be in the Castries branch in the hills... so a lot of hiking and walking up the mountain... but that's all good cause I'm getting fat from all the roti and curry I've been fed in the past like week because I've been telling people I'm leaving!!! I should have been doing that like 3 months ago... Dinner appointments are the best!</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">I do want to tell all of you about a cool experience I had with prayer this past week while I was on a trade off with a missionary:<br /><br /> I was feeling down.. almost like I was supposed to find someone in this certain area but I didn't know where they were... so after much contacting and walking up and down the street, I decided to get off my bike and pray. I said "Father help me find this person that will accept our message, I will contact the first person I see as long as they are prepared!" I turned around on a prompting and it was a young girl. I was like well after I'm done with this house I will go talk to her. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"> I finished up with the contact and walked back to my bike and she was gone.... Ah man! So I got on my bike and started to ride down the street looking for her. I looked into one house and saw her because she was wearing a weird color dress I couldn't forget. I realized that as my opportunity and went for it. Well I walked to her house down the little path over 2 x 4's laid on the ground as a path so they wouldn't get their feet all muddy. Her mom met me at the door and invited us in with her cousin and 6 daughters! I knew that this was the family I had prayed for! They are Prepared!!! We finished the lesson and I invited them to be baptized on the 27th of December. They all accepted with the understanding that they need to receive and answer first. They are simply one of the coolest families I've taught. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"> Elder Smith and I have been able to go back since then and follow up on the commitments I had left. They had prayed and read the Resto Tract... What! They remembered everything that was taught! We went by the next day or so and followed up on the Book of Mormons we placed with them and they read and prayed about it! I was so excited because they started teaching me about Moroni and how he showed Joseph Smith where the plates were and how Mormon abridged them... I was completely blown away with all of the stuff they had done over the space of like a day.<br /> We invited them to church and this was their reply..." Of course were coming to church... we have to go and be faithful so we can get baptized!" Oh my goodness these people are the family I have been looking for my entire mission! They all came to church on Sunday, early and sat and listened to the entire block! They are so amazing! They are keeping all of their commitments! Ahh It is truly such an amazing experience that I have been praying for. I won't be here for their baptism, which kinda sucks... but man I will always remember that!<br /><br />Prayer is real! I am really starting to understand that God really does listen to our prayers and hears our cries! I'm grateful that he does listen and understands what we are going through! I'm grateful for the Atonement that Jesus Christ performed and how we can be cleansed and sanctified through this perfect gift that was given. I'm grateful for the service I'm giving. Guyana will have a special place in my heart, and I can't wait to share my love with God's children in St. Lucia!<br /><br />Well I love you all and hope you have a great week!</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">A wonderful Thanksgiving dinner was provided for all of the missionaries at a member's home in the branch. Also, a big Thank You to Sister Dhanraj for the great pictures!</span><br />
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hillshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01337881285280062165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8098632462964514988.post-89640674879394670732014-11-23T18:00:00.000-07:002014-12-22T21:46:47.746-07:00The Rains Came Down And The Floods Came Up!<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"><i> Well this past week was pretty great for me. It felt to me that we were able to get a lot more done than we had in the past few weeks. It was also a very rainy and gloomy week but the work pressed on! A tropical storm hit Thursday and we got soaked! Thursday morning I was awakened by Elder Poulson calling us at 6:25am (5 minutes early) to check up and see if our apartment had flooded due to heavy rain all night long. I said back to him in my best morning voice, "I don't know let me check." So I walked outside and no water was in our apartment. So I was like nah. I hung up the phone and slept for like 2 more minutes. Elder Smith walked outside and was like ahh crap! So water was in the kitchen. We took and unplugged everything. Water was filling up fast. It was coming under the door. So an explanation for you...we have a 4 inch concrete ledge to keep most water out.. but the water was coming up over it. So we got the wet dry vac... I know we are lucky to have one of those. And we scooped probably 500000000000 buckets full of water out of our house. We spent all day doing that then we went to eat at Quisnos subs. Just like America! It was pretty great.</i></span><div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"><i> I want to talk about a family that I'm really loving right now. They are great. Sis. E---- has been a member longer than me and is a really nice lady. She has been less-active for about 10 years but she is great because she came to the church about two weeks ago and expressed to Pres Mckenzie and Brother Daniels that she wants to change and start coming back to church because she can see a difference in her life. She has a few children. The ones we are now teaching have baptismal dates for the 13th of December. I will sadly not be here for them but that doesn't matter. I'm just grateful for the chance I have been given to see them progress and accept the gospel into their lives. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"><i><br /> We have been getting a lot of new investigators and they're doing really well. We have been making a constant effort of updating the Area Book so that the next missionaries will know who we are teaching and where they live and how to contact them. That was our struggle when we came in and it's not going to be like that when I leave. I really want to leave the area better than when I discovered it. As far as transfers go, I don't have any info yet.... I get my call on fri or sat so we'll see how that goes!<br /><br /> My testimony continues to grow. I have a new and added testimony of the Plan of Salvation. I was given the opportunity to help a brother out in Gospel Principles yesterday. The class was able to clearly understand the 3 kingdoms and I was able to as well. I love when I have those ahh haa moments and then it just makes sense. It was a great experience to have. <br /><br />Well Family I love you and hope you are all doing great! <br />Elder Hill</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"><br /> This past week was such a spiritual Roller Coaster for me! It was so great to fly to Trinidad for a Mission Leadership Conference for 3 days. It was fun seeing elders I haven't seen for awhile. We were edified and instructed by my leaders and taught more of the Doctrine, and found out ways that I can effectively use my time to help the missionaries around me in my zone and how we can balance our efforts to sustain and achieve real growth! (reactivation, retention, and convert baptisms).<br /><br /> We learned a lot about <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/26.5-6?lang=eng">Alma 26:5</a> “Behold, the field was ripe, and blessed are ye, for ye did thrust in the sickle, and did reap with your might, yea all the day long did ye labor; and behold the number of your sheaves! And they shall be gathered into the garners, that they are not wasted.” We are the workers of the Lords vineyard. The sheaves in this analogy represent newly baptized members of the Church. The garners are the holy temples. Elder Neal A. Maxwell explained: “Clearly, when we baptize, our eyes should gaze beyond the baptismal font to the holy temple. The great garner into which the sheaves should be gathered is the holy temple.” It is a place of safety and protection for the people who accept the covenants of the gospel. I know that the temple is so so important and that we can't be exalted with out it. I miss the temple so much but I know that as I teach the people here about it, they will be more excited and willing to stick with their covenants. </span></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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