Sunday, October 25, 2015

October 19, 2015 - Millidgeville, GA

Hey Fam!!

I had a pretty good week here in good ol' Millidgeville. I'm not sure if you know but there are four missionaries in Millidgeville and we share a car, but we arent given the miles we need so we still bike 15-20 miles a day. My legs are getting Skrong:) Oh fun fact about the south, if there is a "t" in a word it suddenly turns into a "k". Example: Straight-Skraight  Stop-Skop.  It's very interesting haha. When I got my call and it said English on it, it really meant southern American Speaking because boy some words down here don't mean the same thing. On Saturday the whole Macon zone was able to work with the American Red Cross and the Macon fire department and we got to install free fire alarms for people who didn't have any in their homes. We tracted for 8 hours and installed over 400 fire alarms as a zone! It was awesome! The American Red Cross said they have never had that much success in their whole existence. (They probably haven't worked with Mormons before)☺ I'm sure we are on their website or something cause they took alot of pictures! Mom told me to eat something fun down here so a member from the ward made us jalapeno jelly. It was very interesting, it's hot and sweet at the same time it's interesting. 

The work in Millidgeville is going alright. The town is very stagnant and set in their ways, but we are doing our best to help people in Millidgeville see the truth. Elder Schiers and I were in a discussion with a lady named Shan Hill and this man pulled up in a white truck and said "Come over here!!" Elder Schiers just got up and went over and I was hesitant because of the sketchy area we were in and the fact that a girl in the back yelled "Don't do it!" So I followed him but I was cautious and it turns out that all he wanted to do is rebuke us. The lady in the passenger seat filmed us and all he wanted to do is just say everything we believed in was wrong. He was a preacher for the Lord is Light church and invited us to come. He was one of those kind of people that rearranged our answers to his questions to make him have the upper hand. Like he asked us 

"How do we have a relationship with God?"
I said" Through praying to God and acting on the promptings from the Holy Ghost."
He said" No, it's only through the Holy Ghost and prayer we receive guidance from God."
I was like "Didn't I just say that?"

Anyway there's alot of work needed to be done here in Millidgeville but that doesn't scare me. I hope your week goes well and my testimony is growing and I'm doing well!

I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! 
-Elder Mitchell Hill

#MaconMiracles   #Almost Halloween  #Skay Skrong
Jalapeno Jelly

Savin' Lives

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Saturday, October 17, 2015

October 12, 2015 - Millidgeville, GA

HEY FAM!! HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY!⛵
The rain jacket is doing well, it doesn't rain as much here as it did in Waynesboro so that's a plus kind of. Thank you so much in advance for the package you know I love everything I get from you guys:) The campus here is really cool! It reminds me alot of Logan actually with main streets and buildings lining the roads instead of trees🌲
My week this week was pretty good. I'm not sure if Kevin has been white washed before but it's alot more difficult than it may seem. It's just been hard because we live like 6 miles away from another set of missionaries that cover the same area so we often run into places where they have tracted and it's frustrating. So we are still trying to find people to teach and we will keep working hard on that. Elder Schiers' bike broke down so we have had to walk like 15-20 miles a day so his bike should be fixed today so that will help alot. The other day I had an eye opening experience and it really irritated me. 

Elder Schiers and I were walking and we were faced with a decision to go into a project neighborhood that has drive by shootings often to cut some walking distance off or to go around it and make our walk 10 miles longer. So we walked through it and we were about through it when we came to a group of people smoking and we heard 2-3 year old kids raise their hands and say "Don't Shoot" "Don't Shoot" (they thought we were cops and it disgusted me... I was just like they are 2-3 years old and their parents are teaching them that white cops just shoot people regardless of what they do. And it was just a really wierd experience so we walked the other way and went up the next street, but don't worry nothing really bad happened.

My testimony in faith in Jesus Christ is really building and I really regret not spending as much time in the scriptures as I do out here. The scriptures contain so much guidance and they give us direction in life and I feel like I didn't use them to the best of my ability back home. But thats just another thing I've learned on my mission😀

I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD WEEK! I'll try to eat something you guys would be proud of but I have a scholarship in sight and I'd rather take that than a donut.🏀>>>  🍩

I LOVE YOU GUYS and thanks for all that you do for me!!

Love,
Elder Hill

#Millidgeville  #DontworryBehappy   #keepitupHillfam   #WeRkillinit

Sunday, October 11, 2015

October 5, 2015 - Millidgeville, GA

Hey Fam!!!

I'm doing GREAT! It has definitely been wet down here! As you know, I was transferred and I now serve in Millidgeville Georgia and boy it sure is different from Waynesboro. I live right next to Georgia's military college and Georgia State university of liberal arts! The campus is sooo pretty and it's been fun serving in a town where people are active and actually do things outside! The town here is soo cool and it remind me alot of the town in Dukes of Hazard! Also fun fact, Millidgeville is home to the largest insame asylum hospital in the world! At one point it held over 13,000 patients and now it's abandoned. 👻 I haven't been there yet but when I do I'll take a picture of casper the friendly ghost for you guys:) My new companion is Elder Schiers from Parowan, Utah. We both were white washed into Millidgeville with two other missionaries. We have been living in a four pad for the past week. The other missionaries that we live with is Elder Davis and Elder Godwin! It's been alot of fun, but today we move into our new apartment so Elder Schiers and I will be living in our own place not to far from the other missionaries. It's good to hear that things are going well for you guys in Utah, I've been praying for you and I wish I could share the fun with you, but I will when I come back:)  

Elder Schiers and I have had already quite the week! The rain down here has gotten pretty crazy and it seems that every time I ride my bike there is a memorable story haha:) On my second day in Millidgeville Elder Schiers headed out on our bikes and we got about 3 miles from our house when it started to sprinkle. So we didn't think too much of it but it started to pick up and within 3 minutes I was drenched! We were about 5 miles from our house so we started to head back. The raindrops felt like hail and riding became increasingly difficult.. We kept going and we got to about 2 miles left with a hill that was at a 50 degree angle left that lasted for about a half mile. The good ol' hard working Mitch kicked in and we powered through it! After that Elder Schiers and I rode downhill to our house where we hit the HOT shower! It was quite the physical experience and I'm sure it won't be the last but don't worry as long as God is with me I can do all things!

I thoroughly enjoyed General Conference and I've learned more this conference than all the conferences I've attended combined! I was soo intrigued by every single word from every speakers and the spirit really pierced my heart. It was hard for me to find a talk that was my favorite, but Elder Hollands talk on motherly love and how it's compared to the pure love of Christ really spoke to me! Love you mom:) I love you guys! Also I liked the message by the prophet in the Sunday morning session and even though he struggled to speak, it made his message that much more powerful because he knew it was that important for us to hear! My testimony is sure growing and I feel like I'm really finding myself and who I want to become!

I hope you guys have a great week! I LOVE YOU GUYS SOO MUCH!
Mitchell