HOOooooDLUuuuuM!!!...

For starters we went on exchanges with the other Regina Sisters this week.  I finally got to go to the Wascana Sister's area with Sister Reyes.  She is so sweet!!!!  This is her second transfer.  She is 22, from Georgia most recently, has the cutest accent and really knows how to cook.  She showed me a lot of tips with re-fried beans.  Our exchange was pretty mellow.  We went to the archives which was basically the first step in family history work.  We were taking files and legal documents from Saskatchewan and putting them into organized file folders where they are scanned and put onto family search.  Super neat.

Sister Smith and Sister Hanson's exchange though was crazy.  They taught a million people (yay!)... and they lost our phone.  So that's been exciting.  Apparently it dropped out of the car without Sister Smith realizing it, and being in the Hood, we're pretty sure that it was stolen.   Someone was answering it according to one of our less actives, and it wasn't us, so someone must have picked it up.  We texted Hoodlum and tried bargaining to get the phone back for ten bucks, but to no avail.  Luckily some elders had an extra phone in their apartment for an area that closed and earlier today we got it all worked out.  AND, one of the phone guys that was helping us set it up is super good friends with Jordan and his friends that we're teaching!!!  So we invited him to come to the next appointment.

The miracle of recent is that were are working to help two people get baptized soon.  The first is Ron!!!!!  We have a date for the 31st... I don't know if that's going to hold but it's definitely not impossible.  He is growing!

The other person is Marcus.  His date is also the 31st.  He is eight, his grandmother is an active member, and he has had cancer for about two years.  We're not sure how much longer he has left.  He still has the potential to live, but we taught the Plan of Salvation and I think it really helped his mom a lot too.  I am so excited for him. :)

I cannot believe that I am coming home in less than a month. I want to live in denial, but I can't.  This phase of my life is over so soon and I don't know what to do about it, except work hard and pray even harder.  I love the Lord.  So much.  I don't know where I would be without him.  I can't even imagine life without having gone on a mission.  I know so much more and I feel so so blessed!  I can't even explain.  And I know that the Lord has great things in store for me in the future.  I am so thankful to Him, even though I don't understand my whole life yet or see the whole picture, I will take one step at a time and let Him be my eyes.

So much love,

Sister Heidi Hill