Don't Cry For Me Argentina

Fam!!

So I will be super brief. First off, I got my Visa this week. I leave in 7 days for Mendoza, Argentina. Crazy. It was interesting because I have never been to the new mission office at all. There was a meeting in Fort Collins and I was asked to stop by the mission office on my way home to pick up some things for our Zone. I was there for maybe 15 minutes and within those 15 minutes the phone rang and I didn't pay attention until I heard my name and then as I walked to the front office I saw that Sister Jensen had grabbed my file (yes.... I have a file...) I said, "Hey thats my picture" and she said, "Oh, you got your visa!" On one sense this is excellent timing, on the other aspects it is interesting that I leave now. (Hannah, your letter on the Lords timing was excellent "timed") Regardless, I am very excited to go! So, don't send me letters for the next week. I will send you my address when I get to Argentina.

This week was amazing. Me and my companion taught a lot this week. We are finally going on splits this upcoming tuesday which has been a dream for me sense week one on my mission. To have so many appointments that you need to split up to teach them. I tried to really challenge my trainee this week. On Saturday we went to South Collyer (little mexico) and walked up and down the streets and we decided we wouldn't leave until she committed three people to baptism. It was awesome and her spanish is improving so much. It is an interesting experience, because when I came out on my mission I spoke better spanish then my trainer and had come from the MTC that pounded committing to baptism after you feel the spirit. I think I surprised my trainer when I committed the first 5 people we talked with. And now it is so much fun to see my companion do kinda the same thing. I set up the lesson and then turn to my companion. Man! Though her spanish is broken she is so powerful! I will be sad to leave her, but we will end on an amazing week.

The very first week in this area I attended the Spanish group and realized that is what needed to be mended before I left. I guess I feel like that was how I could help the ward. And reality I could not do my work as a missionary until the group made a couple changes. I guess I was expecting at least another 3 weeks to put more of my insane ideas into play. Our bishop has helped so much and when I came to PEC this week and offered three more solutions to the problem we were trying to mend. We discussed them and I was afraid nothing would be done until after I left for the bishop is leaving tomorrow for a couple weeks. Then I could no longer follow up and was worried the problem would continue to grow. So I explained the many prayers, fasts, and desire that had gone into these solutions and asked that we start that very day. It was beautiful. We helped translate for the bishop as he spoke to the spanish group and there was not a dry eye in the small group by the end of the discussion. I have both faith and hope that this is the beginning of a big change. I am so grateful for the spirit, and for people who have the courage to follow through with those promptings. Aka the people of this group, bishop and auxiliary.

Well I am off!!

Did Madi get her visa to Argentina?

Love you all so much!

-Hermana Hill 

La Cucuracha, La cucuracha.... El no puede caminar (probably because he ate so blasted much!)

Greetings Family,

What is this news of Jordan having a girlfriend? Living proof that God answers Moms prayers. Just Kidding, but in all sincerity she sounds awesome.

This week has been amazing. This is the first time on my mission that the desire of my companion has matched my own. Needless to say we got loads of work done. I broke my personal record of lessons taught in a week and my District Leader was pretty surprised when we reported numbers last night. The ward is catching the wave and I am happy to announce that this week, for the first time we went to an appointment and they already had a non-member family waiting for us to be taught. I am hoping everyone in the ward will feel that and that will continue to progress.

So I decided to restructure the way I had been previously doing missionary work and have loads of member present lessons. Before the lesson we talk with the member and invite them to invite the investigator over for dinner for the following lesson. It has made the world of difference. The only downside is that I had 2 dinners 3 different times this week and on Sunday we had meals at 2:30, 5:30, 6:30 (was just dessert), and though I assured the C.... that I was full they gave me a plate of Carne Asada (my favorite), aroz, frijoles, y napalos (cactus) at 8:45 at night. But I willingly ate it as we talked to this new family they have been helping prepare.

We already have 6 member present lessons set up for next week including one tonight. We have invited a recent convert family to come help us teach P...... and D...... I am so excited! We are going on splits as well with two stellar Laurels from our ward. I just wish that some of the Laurels spoke Spanish. Looks like we need to activate them.

DAD! Oh random, but yesterday we were helping this man move a crazy heavy salt water fish tank when I saw "Strengthening Families" in his bookshelf. Afterwards I showed him the kitchen sink chapter and realized that you mention me 3 times in that essay. Living proof that I am your favorite child!

The work is swell! And on the move! I am so blessed to be working with a such a missionary minded ward. I am so grateful for my companion!  This is the best time of my life, and what is even cooler is that it is also the best time FOR my life! Why in the world am I so lucky?!?!

Oh I just remembered. We taught everywhere we could. It has been pretty warm this week, it was weird to go from 103 to me wearing a winter coat the following day though. One of the lessons we taught was outside of a bright purple trailer. It was on Main St. (busiest street in Logmont) and it was poring! When we got out of the car and we saw an older couple inside the trailor. We waved and they opened the window. As we began our greetings we also testified of the truth and told them we were here to teach them about how their families could be together forever. They welcomed our invitation but explained it was not their trailer and couldn't let us inside. So we stood in the mud as they knelt down by the window and we shared a simple but powerful message. As we left we could not help but laugh at the circumstances.

Love you all!

Les queiro muchisimo!

Sister/Hermana Hill

Know This That Every Soul Is Free

Querido familia,

Hannah!! You are having a boy?!? Congrats!! Now you can finally name him A-girl-duh. 

I too am becoming a mama this week! (The term for training a new greenie). I was surprised because in the Denver North Mission they didn't allow Visa waiters to train. So either they are super desperate, or I am awesome. For the sake of personal affirmation we will stick with awesome. I am staying in Longmont which is great. It will be hard to see Sister Seaborn go. We learned a lot together. But I am not going to lie, I am super excited to train. 

This week our mission met President Brown for the first time, and I am so thrilled to be working under his stewardship. I was amazed by his demeanor. His wife is a gem as well. Before my mission I did not fully realize the caliber of people I would have the opportunity of working with. I mean I am at awe at the bishop of my ward, particularly sitting in during PEC, and Ward Counsel. His heart is so big. My zone leaders are top notch. The church truly is defined by its leaders and the better I know the leaders the easier it is to see the truthfulness of this gospel.

It was the first Sunday of the month and Brother P. got up and bore his testimony. I couldn't help but cry. He was semi-inactive 6 weeks ago and dropped off his daughter at the MTC the Wednesday before we arrived. He now holds a temple recommend, and accepted a call to be a ward missionary. His approach is to take people up in his plane and teach them the gospel. And in his own words "and the best part, is they can't get away when their hundreds of feet in the air!" He is telling his daughter this week that he has a temple recommend. I can't even imagine how excited she will be! Too bad she will have to wait to get home to be sealed to him.

I went on exchanges with Sister Loux this week and it was amazing. We were lucky to be in my area.  I have never taught so many lessons in one day. We got out of a lesson about 10 minutes before we were supposed to meet to switch back. So we decided to run and try to contact one of our referrals. We have tried to contact them 3 times and when we knocked on the door a J...... answered the door and we asked if we could set up an appointment. But she said no. I testified of the truth and asked if we could share a message now. She let us in and we one of the most powerful lessons of the Plan of Salvation. The only problem is that Sister Loux doesn't speak Spanish, she is a visa waiter for Brazil. But she said the closing prayer in Portuguese. The spirit was crazy strong. And Sister Loux told me afterward she doesn't care if she goes to Brazil, she just wants to be switched to a Spanish area. 

I am going to end, but this week was full of the spirit. I have never been so specifically led in all my life. I still need some definite fine tuning, but I have an eternity to learn. 

Love you all tons! And keep your prayers coming my way. 

Les quiero muchisimo!!

For Preparation Day we went to the stake center and had a huge nerf dart fight with PVC pipe. It was awesome! Looks like my practicing from using a blow dart gun in Ecuador finally came into use!

 We had a 4th of July awesome lunch thing.