Hungry Hill

Well, if there is one thing I am learning from Regina for the moment, it is how NOT to live the gospel.  Not from experience, but from watching others' experiences.  It is so sad.  Now, before I go on, most of the members here are wonderful.  But I have just learned from both good and bad examples that when living the gospel we should ask the question: How can I help?, rather than: How can I be helped?  We should never just expect things from the church because we don't like our current life situation.  We all have trials, but joy and peace are found as we rely on the Lord through the simple everyday acts of prayer, study, church and temple attendance.  One of the most dedicated members of our ward is going through some of the most intense trials, yet she is doing a wonderful job of letting her life be guided by the spirit and fulfilling her church duties in the face of those who are complaining with issues less or similar to her own.  Rather than feeling sad or offended when no one offers to help us right away, we need to turn to the Lord for strength, and then go about helping others as much as we can.

On Tuesday we had specialized training in Moose Jaw.  It was all about working with members.  Honestly, that is the only thing that will last.  Please reach out to those who are new, less active, or struggling in anyway, whether or not it's your "assignment".  These people need you.  The Lord needs you.

Miracle this week, Jair came to the CES broadcast with his friend!  He is not an investigator yet, but he has super solid potential.

My hungry reputation is growing.  Mostly with Sister Meservy.  What can I say?  My body likes food.

Sister Moody and I on exchanges! Love her :)

Moon cake and Homemade spring rolls from He Zhe and the Waughs! Love you! Sister Heidi Hill

Rock, Paper, Scissors!

This week has been so great!  We had a meal appointment basically every night, and at two of them, non-members were there too when we weren't expecting it!  Last Monday we had homemade chicken pho with the Dongs. (Yum!!!)  The daughter had her friend there too!  We added him on facebook and he says he's coming to our next YSA FHE for sure!  Good things are going to come there.

 

When we had dinner with the Redfords (who are crazy and I love it) Sis Redford invited her handy man that was working on the basement to dinner too, right as he was about to leave.  We ended up having an AMAZING member present discussion on how the Lord can give us revelation and the handy man was asking questions.  The Redfords did most of the talking (which honestly, if they're saying good stuff I think that's how it should be) and you could see his mind was expanding!  We'll try to continue to contact him through the Redfords.  So good.

 

Another miracle of the week happened at stake conference.  Four less-actives and an investigator came. (Wonderful!)  The other miracle is what they talked about: temples!  I know the Lord is so willing to answer our prayers, especially the righteous desires of our hearts that will help us at the right time.  At the end of every transfer, I pray for specific things to come in my transfer call (which the Lord has answered every time, although once the answer was "not yet").  Anyways, one of the things that I said in one of my prayers was that I needed to learn more about temples, which is kind of random and now that I'm looking back on it I think it was probably the Holy Ghost working through me telling me I needed to learn more about temples.  Then, the Lord sent me to Regina, the only area in our 2 1/2 province mission that has a temple (yet).  Since I have arrived, I have been able to do baptisms and sealing's (my first time)!  I have prayed to learn more, and the whole conference was about the temples.  I learned wonderful things, including that the temple is the place where we know who we are.  The world would have us make it seem like the temple is just a short experience, but actually the truths of the temple are permanent, not the "truths" of the world.  (Those thoughts actually come from Sister Meservy who gave a brief talk and testimony).  President Noble also said that understanding the temple is like learning a new language or skill.  We need to be persistent in trying until it becomes clearer to us.

 

We did end up losing the contacting battle to the Zone Leaders, but then we challenged Paper and I think we might win this time!  (There are three companionship's in the Sunrise Ward District.  We are Scissors, and our District Leader and comp are Rock).  We also raced Paper to a fair spot between our houses for exercise this morning and definitely won! 

 

The funny moments of the week are caused by mine and Sister Meservy's utter exhaustion.  Last night we finished weekly planning.  I prayed and then got up to get ready for bed while Sister M texted our people a scripture.  I got all changed and was just about to wash my face when Sister M says, "So... are we going to plan?"  As soon as she asked me I just busted up laughing. I had been so tired that I forgot that even though we weekly planned we still hadn't daily planned so I had to go back and plan again before bed.

 

The other moments come when it's Sister M's turn to pray in the morning.  

 

There will be a long pause.  

 

Sister H: So... are you done?

 

*Silence*

 

Sister M: In the name of Jesus Christ Amen.

 

:)  We are too tired for our own good.  

Love you all!  Sister Heidi Hill

  This is me playing basketball in pros. (Proselyting clothes)

I know it is blurry.

Extermination of a soppy wall (lots of rain here).

This is Cheryl!  Remember Bailey the miracle dog from all the way back in February?  This is his owner!  She was baptized in Moose Jaw last month!