HOLA FAMILIA!

I can't even tell you sufficiently with the 40 minutes I have left on
the clock..

OK- SO first miracle of the week!

My companion was sick.. and we sat around for 2 days.. and
suffered..--- where's the miracle you ask? I shall tell you... the
miracle is, I got a package from my favorite person ever... so I
survived said 2 day crapfest. :) I also got a lot of studying done
and may or may not have done close to 43 pushups. . . so that's
something right? haha.. OK...

Second Miraculous event!

My Chuukese brotheren Wea was set for baptism on saturday (the 14th)
and we got special permission from the mission president to let him
get baptized even though he slipped on his Word of Wisdom problem...
well-- we met on Wednesday, and he was still clean but.. "i got bad
news" came from him.. I was going to cry if he slipped... but he
didn't.. haha .. however he did get a job on a fishing boat and was
leaving friday morning at 9 AM... SO, Saturday wasn't going to work.
well-- Thursday to the rescue, we planned it and got permission and
baptized him thursday night.... I was lucky enough to give the talk..
It was such a great spirit. Wea has come SUCH A LONG WAY! I love him
like a brother. He was able to get the Holy ghost, and Priesthood
thursday night.. and he shipped out friday morning to fish on the
boat. .. . . . . SO it was amazing.

3rd Miracle!

I went on exchange with the Beverly Park elders just north of us.. I
really needed it. I was getting a little restless with my companion
and needed a bit of a reality check.. Well- the Lord gave me a
break... a break from consistent appointments that I am so very
blessed with in Burien. We tracted and contacted ALL night and ALL
day.. I am very much appreciative of my companion and my area in
general. Great things are happening in Burien. Nothing against Elder
Kasenberg that I was with (except he was canadian.. pfft..) but Elder
Jackson and I suit eachother well.

4th MIRACLE!!!

This is the big one.. probably one of the most amazing things I've
witnessed.. and am continuing to witness...

Friday night after the exchange we had a lesson with the Thang family.
(the Sungs... i found out how they really spell their family name)
Well... we know they are leaving on the 28th. We haven't got a lot of
hope for their progress to move faster.. however-- we had faith that
the Lord could do this thing.. So we had a prayer about it before
heading over.. and when we arrived we were about 10 minutes early so
we decided to have another prayer behind the complex... I've never
expected a miracle like this.. I prayed fervently for the gift of
tongues.. and for their hearts to be touched by the spirit. We began
our lesson, prayed, We asked them.. "do you want to be baptized, have
you prayed to know if you should be?" they just said.. "we havent'
gotten an answer.." (In broken english of course..)... So the spirit
was strong and we felt prompted to pray NOW. So.. I asked if we could
and they agreed.. (They have very interesting cultural prayer
techniques apparently cause.. I said I would say it.. and everyone
just said their own out loud.. until the last one stopped..) haha...
ok.. well we prayed hard.. and asked them again.. "will you be
baptized".. and the father said YES... then.. we asked "how can we
help the rest of you?".. they talked in Chin for a while.. then asked
some random questions.. and eventually they just said "yes, we will
all be baptized, sunday?".. I was shocked.. and we agreed that Monday
would be better.... SO we did the final thing, and explained all the
baptismal questions... we had never talked to them about the Word of
Wisdom but for whatever reason- they stopped drinking Coffee a month
ago, and for whatever reason they canceled their canadian trip and
came to church.. making them fully qualified to be baptized on monday.
...

It was seriously the most amazing thing I've ever witnessed.. they did
NOT speak english, and I CANNOT speak chin (I tried).. The Lord's hand
was so prevolent in our lesson.. we ended the lesson with 30 minutes
to spare...


Yet another miracle...

I forgot to mention Teray! My favorite swiss/black on-date for
baptism. Last week he came to church after we didn't talk to him ALL
WEEK. He was a totally different person, he took it seriously and our
lessons this last week were amazing. He's growing, and gaining a
testimony.. he even showed up last saturday to clean up the church. He
WILL be baptized this May 21st.. It's amazing, He was so ready..

OH- just one more miracle..

Whilst we were walking out of the Thang Family's house sunday morning,
confirming our interview time, we bumped into a guy named Alejandro.
He was on deadliest Catch last season.. his nickname was alex, or
zorro? he said somebody on the ship died.. I dunno.. anyways.. he met
us and was VERY talkative. He told us a lot of things and how he wants
to "come back to the father" and give up his fishing, get his family
back, dress better, come to church, and be baptized. It was
spectacular.. Just when we think we've seen the miracles, the Lord
pours out just one more..

The Lord loves us SO MUCH! He's giving us every opportunity to be
amazing in this work. I'm so excited for the Thang Family and Wea, and
Teray.. they'll all blossom in the gospel and be a great strength to
whatever ward they are in.. I swear it's ALL true.. I dare everyone to
ask the Lord to show them miracles.. whilst living worthy of them..
They will be there.

.... OK- So some funnier stories..

-We met a lady who looked EXACTLY like Golem from Lord of the Rings..
ok- I'm not kidding.. really creepy.. anyways.. she really didn't like
Joseph Smith and LOVED Brigham Young (usually it's the other way
around..) .. she stopped us and asked us about tons of weird stuff and
then went on a dancing rant about gay people.. randomely yelling
"NARCISSIST! NARCISSIST!" (similar to Golem saying 'GOLEM! GOLEM!")
... it was crazy.. but apparrently we helped her view of mormons.. so
the world is right once again.

... Whilst heading to Beverly Park on exchange, Elder Kasenberg and I
stopped by the apartment, we were talking about Burien's reputation
for crazy people.. right as some guy yelled for us accross the
street.. I could tell he was drugged from far away.. but I wanted to
humor him.. SO we came, and he was trippin out so bad he couldn't even
shake our hands.. it was terrible.. so we walked away.. and about a
block down I turn my head and see him SPRINTING after us so naturally
I calmly say "Elder Kasenberg, don't look now but the acid head is
chasing us." .. he freaked.. haha and the guy just ran up and said
"yall's didn't shake my hand.. hehehehe'" so I did and left.. it was
random.. ALso a crippled guy gave us a ride in the bus van.. that was
weird..

anyways.. the work is well, the blessings are many.. I'm working hard
and loving the gospel. I need the mail though.. so keep writing me.
Thanks so much.. I love you guys SO SO SO MUCH!

<3/ Elder Hill