Week 42

Hey Everyone! :)

This week was great! :)  We were able to get out and do a little bit of work on Wednesday and now we are pretty much back to how we were before Sister Parry got sick :)  We had a fantastic 5 days this week!  We were able to get in contact with a lot of our investigators and had some great lessons with some less-active members as well!  It's been super fun this week as well because we have been putting into practice the training that we received from district meeting this week!  We have really been focused on teaching the Restoration in 5 minutes, using the pamphlets that go with each lesson, and making our first visit a short visit but allowing them to feel the Spirit strongly as we do so.  I have really noticed the Spirit really strongly each time we teach.  I know that our investigators are feeling the Spirit and that I definitely feel the Spirit as we teach!  I always get butterflies in my stomach especially while we are talking about the First Vision.  I get a reconfirmation each time that what we teach as missionaries is true!  I know that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the Restored Gospel here on the earth and that it blesses our lives in ways that we can't even imagine!  I am so thankful for this opportunity to serve the Lord and to serve here in the Washington Federal Way mission!  I have been truly blessed as I have been serving and I hope that I have touched others in some way as I have done so.  This next week is going to be great!

Love you all!

Love,

Sister Megan Hills

Week 41

Hey Everyone! :)

First thing is first.... transfers..... Sister Parry and I are STAYING another transfer in Graham :)  I am so excited :)

Nothing much went on this week.  Sister Parry is still sick.... has been for over 1 week.  Sunday afternoon we took her to the ER to see what was going on because she still had a horrible headache.  That was a long day... They thought it just had to do with the muscles on the back of her neck so hopefully we solved the problem :)

I was able to go out with Elder and Sister Logan on Saturday so that was a nice little change from being in the apartment all day long :)  We just went out and visited a couple less-active members and invited them to come to church.

Hopefully this week will continue to go well :)

Love,

Sister Megan Hills

Pictures...

Snow storm that cancelled church a week ago :)  Best thing ever!  I sure missed the snow :)

Week 40

This week was great (up until Sister Parry got sick)!  We had a lot of miracles happen this week!  So it started on Tuesday.  We were having a great day with finding that day and were able to find a couple good potential investigators :)  Then we were going to go visit a Less-active member and felt prompted to stop by and see Trish, one of our Potential Investigators.  We had actually found Trish a month prior to this stop.  When we tracted into her, she was busy and asked us to come back later that day.  When we went back, she wasn't home and her husband said that she wasn't interested. We tried throughout the month to get in contact with her but we weren't able to.  When we went and saw her last week, she was so excited that we had come back and was worried that her husband had scared us off.  She said that she was going to come to church on Sunday and that she wanted her kids to have religious influence in their lives.  Then when we didn't think that our day could get any better, we received a referral for a couple named Tyler and Amber.  When I saw what their address was, I recognized the place as a neighborhood that we had tracted in about 1 week ago.  I then remembered that there was a couple with a screaming little girl that we saw and were going to walk right past them because we didn't want to bug them.  Sister Parry and I opted to stop and talk with them anyway.  We gave them a mormon.org card and went on with our day.  When we were tracting, I looked to see which house they went in so we wouldn't knock on their door since we already talked to them.  When we went to go contact Tyler and Amber after receiving the referral, it ended up being that couple that we had talked with about 1 week prior! :)  Sister Parry and I were so excited!  Tyler and Amber had been on the beach in Federal Way and some Elders had started talking to them.  The Elders then sang a song and told Tyler and Amber that they would get in contact with the missionaries by their house.  And that ended up being Sister Parry and I! :)  And then I got an amazing letter from one of my buddies that totally made my day and really helped me a lot.  Tuesday was probably the best day out of the entire week! :)  

Thursday we had Zone Conference and that was super good too! :)  We talked about the role of the Holy Ghost in conversion and teaching with the Spirit.  I learned a lot about how to help our investigators.

Saturday night we got SNOW! :)  about 6 inches or so and it was grat!  I took some pictures but I will attach them in my email on Tuesday (forgot my camera) :)  Because of the snow, church ended up being cancelled.  That was so weird to me!  I don't think that has ever happened in my life time so that was definitely an interesting experience!  

Hope everyone is having a great day and week!  Talk to you on Tuesday!

Love,

Sister Megan Hills

Week 39

Hey!

This week was pretty uneventful.... Just the normal everyday missionary work.... Knocking on doors and talking to people.  It was definitely a slower week for us but I think that was to be expected.  Everyone was preparing for the Superbowl (Go Hawks!) and we were able to go to the temple this week, which causes Satan to work really hard on us the remainder of the week.  We were able to contact a lot of the referrals that we had received and teach quite a few lessons (more than I thought we would end up teaching this week) but it was still kind of slow.  Then to top it all off, yesterday I wasn't feeling good all day.  I think I caught some 24 hour bug because I feel fine now but I just didn't feel or look very good yesterday.  So after church, we went to dinner and then went inside for the rest of the night.  Kind of an uneventful day and week.  This week should be a lot better though! :)

Love,

Sister Megan Hills