Mission Tour and Transfers

 Hey all!!

First off, sorry for no email last week. I wrote a nice long email and included lots of good pictures, but as I was sending it out it somehow got deleted. So this email will include a little of what I wrote last week too. 

Last week (as in not this last week but the week before) we had a mission tour. Two days, we were able to go meet up with our zone and hear Elder Uceda of the Seventy speak to us. It was such a special thing to hear someone who is so full of the Spirit share ways that we can better live the gospel and be better missionaries. 

While there were a lot of amazing missionary specific things that he shared but also a lot of things that apply to all of us members of the church and pretty much everyone else too. One of the things that I loved that he shared was that to be a member of the church means to be a disciple of Christ. And to be a disciple of Christ means to be an imitator of Christ. So we are really trying to mimic Christ in everything he did. That makes sense right, but it's really cool to think about specific ways that we can be more direct in the ways we imitate the Savior and follow him.

Then this week, unfortunately we weren't able to work quite as much as planned, because I got a little sick. But we still taught quite a few lessons online and are continuing to help Ana Luísa get ready to be baptized this week.   

Funny story from this week, we were walking down the street and this guy handed us a God has a plan for you flier from his church so we said thank you and then handed him a Plan of Salvation pamphlet. So maybe he'll learn a little more about what he's teaching others. 

Then this week, I found out that I will be staying in this area for another transfer. My companion though will be transferred so I'll end up with someone new. I'm a little sad that Elder Miner is leaving but I'm excited to see what this transfer brings. 

Well that's all for this week! Hope y'all are doing well!

Elder Hill

I don't think I'll have time to explain all of these pictures but Ill try to include a bunch. 









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