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Hello Everyone!

Goodness gracious, everyone is growing up, aren't they?  I can't believe it.  Everyone is going going going like crazy people.  I couldn't keep up.  I'm actually really nervous to keep up with normal
life and all these activities when I get home.  Luckily I don't have to worry about that for a long time.

Mom and Dad, I just don't know how you can be so Spirit led.  It seems like everytime you go to the Temple you see someone you know, or I know.  This time was simply amazing- I was like, 'Sister Shen, how are my parents just in the right place at the right time all the time.'It was like you were there for Chase, and then you saw Lesli, answering a prayer, and then you walk outside and it was Erin's wedding!?  That is crazy.  I love it.  Logan Temple is the best.  You can always see someone you know and love there, pretty much.  And Logan Temple is just the best anyway, I love it so much.  I miss the Temple a bit- I always tried to go there a lot, and I still will when that time comes again.  Sister Shen and I have been talking about the
Temple recently, and I just LOVE it- so much.  We are hoping we get to go on transfer day because usually departing missionaries get to go on transfer day.  Hopefully.  Speaking of... could you send me some named
asap in case we can go?  Thank you.  If there are any left.  I've had more than one person write and say, 'Your mom gave me some of your names to go to the Temple,' which I LOVED to hear.  Like a ton.  I
want everyone I love to be connected and that is one way to do it.  I just lover the Temple so much.  The Logan Temple is the best.

Miracle.  Yesterday Sister Shen and I were waiting for a lift to church.  There were people walking past but I was thinking, 'I'm waiting for the lift and if it was any other day I wouldn't be out of the flat yet.'  Poor excuse.  Finally the forever finder in me broke loose and I went and talked to someone.  Her name was Ogo and she is and African student at the university.  She asked me if the building next to us was a church, I told her 'no' (it is a church that has been changed into flats).  I started setting an appointment when our lift showed up, and I was feeling rushed.  She told me she was looking for a church to go to that day.  I said, 'Do you want to come to church with us?'  She said sure she would.  I called to Sister Shen, asking
if Ogo could get a lift with us to church.  She asked the member who said it was fine.  So we all piled in.  Ogo liked church and she set an appointment to see us this week.  After she left I went to tell the
Elders of the miracle that had happened.  Elder Neilson said, 'Sister Hull, that is an answer to my prayer.'  I was really confused and asked why.  He said he had prayed that morning that someone would have a desire to come to church, and although no one he knew came his prayer was answered.  It was like he prayed and Ogo started wandering around for a church because she wanted to go that way and then I got over the inconvenience I felt about talking to her... and she came to church.  What a miracle.  I was quite excited about it all day.  It was fun to tell people at church, 'This is Ogo, we met this morning.'

We had a fabulous training this week.  It was a skills workshop to pass on some of the mission culture since so many of our experienced missionaries will be leaving the mission.  It was good to just review
the basics that we do everyday as missionaries, because those are the things that we really need to improve on in the mission, and make sure we don't lose.  I cried after the training, though.  I cried a lot.  At trainings and things missionaries give their departing testimonies, and I remembered how many of my friends will be leaving this transfer.  It broke my heart.  I seriously can't describe how much it hurts, but like at the same time it is a bit of a good hurt.  When you love and care about someone, and you realize that the gospel is true, it hurts really bad when they are gone, but you realize that you can see them again.  It hurts because you don't know when, but you have hope at the same time.  I love these people on my mission so much.  I care so much more about so many more people than I ever thought possible.  I know that I don't have a friend-quota, and I am so so grateful for that.  God has blessed me with so many people in my life who love me and take care of me and I'm so eternally grateful.  Sometimes in this life because our memory darkens and our intellect is finite we can forget how much we care about someone- but I know that we still do.  I'm so grateful for my mission.  I'm so grateful for the people I have met here.  God has blessed me so much.

Wow.

I have to say, I couldn't believe the picture you sent to me of Jaden. He is starting to lose his baby face a bit, isn't he?  He is going to look like a teenager soon.  That is so strange.  I can't believe it.

Loves,

Sister Hull


Companionship Unity and Sister Shen's Birthday



17 Missionaries at Tong's baptism

It's nice to be nice

Hello Everybody,

 

I can't believe it has been another week.  Time goes by so fast here in the mission field... and especially this transfer.  It is actually only a 5 week transfer (they have them once a year because of the MTC or something) and Sister Shen is packing things to go home, and we have a dated investigator... so it is going by SO fast.  S. Shen only has like 2 weeks left!  I can't believe it.  And when she leaves like half of my Elder friends will be leaving as well... and if they don't leave this transfer they'll probably be leaving next transfer.  We are going to be having a lot of changes in the mission soon- something like a fourth of our missionaries changing over in like 2 transfers.  Crazy.

 

We had a good week, very busy.  One of the highlights was the picture I sent to you, when Danni made us Chinese food.  I was afraid it was going to be super spicy, but their was only one dish that was too spicy for me (Wei Di said he couldn't tell any spice in it :p).  But it is so great, they just put all the food in the middle, and their isn't like any serving spoons or whatever, you just grab what you want whenever you want it.  It is like the true way to eat family style.  But it also great, because no one can really tell just how *much* you eat.  So you can eat as much as you want.  It's great, I love it.  I told Chen Shen I'm going to have an eating contest with him next time.  I asked what some of the dishes were called, and they told me in Chinese.   I was like, 'what does it mean?'  'Chicken with pepper'... that was the dish with chicken and peppers in it.  So it's going to be a hard time finding any of the food ever again.  Yup.

 

I also went on exchange this week and stayed in Oldham for two night with Sister Horne (Riverton, UT) and Sister Telefoni (Auckland, NZ).  It was a lot of fun, they are both really great sisters.  Sometimes you have too much fun on exchanges and you start thinking it is a holiday or something... but that didn't really happen this time- we had a lot of fun, but also got a lot of work done.  A working holiday, perhaps... har har.  I had heard a lot about Oldham from S. Low, so I was excited to see it.  The area seemed fine, but the ward seems really excellent- I met like 5 of them :)

 

We took Tong to a Relief Society Sisters Meal.  Apparently they have been holding this meal in Preston Ward for like 30 years or something... a lot of traditions and inside jokes and things.  But we had fun with Tong, and Victoire (an African less active that S. Shen has been helping a lot) and the WML's wife and mother-in-law.  It was a good night.

 

I studied grace the other day, it was so great.  Read the talk by Elder Bednar in the April Ensign.  It is amazing.  Will you read Elder Bednar's talk?  I promise that if you read that you will come to understand more of how the Atonement is applicable to you.  It is really amazing and really beautiful, I would highly suggest it.  It really opened my mind.  My mind was like on the brink of being opened, but then I read the talk and studied grace from the scripture and I was like, 'wow.'  Spiritual Mind Blown- but not to any depth that it isn't applicable to me life.  I loved it.

 

Well, we have another crazy busy week ahead for us.  Pray that Tong can continue to progress well, and that our Chinese investigators (nearly all of whom are going home this week) will continue to read and pray.

 

I love you.  I'm thankful for the commandments.

 

Loves,

 

Sister Hull

 

PS  The Senior Couple serving here in Preston had their friends come over and visit.  One of their friends grew up in Franklin, ID.  I told her I was related to the Neeleys and she said, 'Not RaMona Neeley?'  I told her that was my grandma (except sometimes here I call her my 'nan' because that is what everyone calls grandma's here).  Anyway her name is Linda Hawkes Douglas and she said that she was a few years younger than Grandma RaMona.  FYI.

 

All the Sisters at the Mission Sports Day



Me, Wei Di, Chen Shen and Sister Shen with wonderful food!



 

I Speak Chinese....haha

England Manchester Zone

Hello Everyone!

I love you!  You are all amazing.  If you are reading this, you're amazing, and your Heavenly Father loves you.  And I love you as well. Don't forget that.

It was great to talk to you (mom, dad, Jenika and Jaden) yesterday. You are so great.  I'm so grateful for you.  I only wish that I could have talked to Jordy as well.  I love him so much.  He really is my
best friend, and the best missionary in the WORLD.  But seriously, he is such a great missionary, I can tell.  Jordan sent me a letter for my birthday and I just got it this week, and it was amazing.  He is so
great, and he loves people.  He is pure in heart.  He has always been pure in heart, though.  Pure in Heart is like the biggest compliment you can receive from an EMM missionary... and he really is pure in
heart.  Anyway... I wanted to say all that because I didn't get to talk to him yesterday, and I know that you did, and that isn't fair :) I hope he is well.

I am well.  I have received a few letters that expressed worry about me.  But I AM WELL.  Missions, like life, go through ups and downs and we all know the emotional rollar coaster I put myself on- its like
that one at DisneyLand that only I liked and made everyone else sick... I just go around and around and around :)  But really, I'm doing very well, no worries.

What did I do this week?  What didn't I do this week?  Sister Shen has us going here, there and everywhere, I can barely remember what was going on because there has been so much going on.  I do remember we had our mission Sports Day last Wednesday... before you laugh, I played football (soccer) with the Elders for like 2-3 hours.  I know, right?  Elder Hengst challenged me, I am hard core so I can't give up on a challenge... and so I played.  In the rain and mud.  Yup.  I even kicked the ball... and Elder Reynolds shins.  It was great, but I was so sore afterward.  I haven't exercised for that long since I was like
5... if that.  It was great.  I love Sports Day, running around really does clear your head (I am most likely not going to start running... I can only do it if it makes me look hard core... like all those times in Youth (mutual) where I like got on any tube when we were boating for shut down the young men at water basketball... yeah).

We teach a lot of lessons here in Preston (comparatively).  Most of our investigators, however, are going home to China for summer break, or indefinitely.  It kind of bites.  Chinese people seem to be mostly
sincere, but their progression takes a while.  You have to help them not just understand that the church has been restored through a prophet, but you have to help them that God and Jesus Christ are real. So a lot of our investigators could progress if given more time, but they are going home.  Some of them will come back next year, and one that wants to be baptised lives near Hong Kong so he can get in contact with missionaries there... but the sad thing is for most of them we can't refer them to missionaries, because there are no missionaries.  But the Lord will provide a way for them.  They are so great, and they love me because I'm from America (actually a lot of Chinese people have heard of Utah... which not a lot of other people have unless it is about Mormons.  But Chinese know Utah because of the Jazz.  One apologized to me because he was a Lakers fan... Kobe :p).
Our dated investigator, Tong, is so great.  She is really excited about everything and is so willing to take an active role in her conversion.  She is willing to meet with us often and go to things like Relief Society and Institute.  It is really great.  We have a Chinese recent convert named Wei-Di, and I just love hanging out with them (and of course Sister Shen).  It's weird, but it is really nice to have friends my own age, if that makes sense.  Even though we are culturally very different, it's nice to have the same type concerns
and things.  I love it.

The Ward Mission Leader and the Bishop's families made dinner for all of the missionaries in Preston (there are 3 companionships, Elders, Sisters and a Couple).  It was great, it was like this grill thing that you cook your own food on... I can't remember exactly what they called it...a briclette or something.  It was great, and the ward leaders really want to get more involved with the missionaries and really want the missionaries to become more apart of the Preston ward, which will be really beneficial for all involved.  It think it is going to take a lot of work to unite with the members, but it is work I have had to do before, so I have faith that God will give me the ability... I hope :D

I know that the church is true.  I know that Jesus Christ lives.  He loves us and wants each of us to come unto Him.  We can find the most joy in applying His grace into our lives.
Loves,

Sister Hull



PS  I got the letter with Jake and Emily's wedding announcement in it. I love it so much.  I love so much that they are in love.  I wish I could have gone to the wedding.  Did you go to the reception, mom?  If anyone did, or can fb stalk pictures and print them off fb, I would love to see pictures.  That's not creepy :)

Hello everyone!

 

I'm glad to hear everything is going well and everyone is so busy. I'm glad to hear that Lesli is fine... when is the baby due?  Sometimes I forget I'm going to have another cousin, and then I remember and it is like I'm hearing the news for the first time and it is so exciting.  I don't remember if I got the letter from Andrea about her going to China... I feel like I knew that months ago- like before Josh even got home?  But I haven't got the package that she wrote about, and I think she said a letter was in there.  I'm glad you saw so many of my friends at buyback.  That is great.  I hope they are all doing well, and having happy lives.  I love to be updated (hint hint) about what is going on.  I'm glad to hear the family is well and I love that you seem to see both of our grandparents so often.  That is healthy, and I'm grateful I am so close to my grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins.  Extended family is so important.

 

I've realized I've forgotten so many birthdays.  I'm sorry.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!  I love you if it is your birthday, and I'm glad you exist.

 

Everything is beautiful here in Swinton.  I'm learning Chinese... okay, not really, but I can pick a few things out that I learned in my Pre Mission Existance.  We have a dated investigator named Tong and she is really great and progressing really well.  She has been Christian for a while and so their is no parental opposition, which is the biggest concern for Chinese investigators.  We did have to move her date back to the 26th because she is in Uni and so she hasn't been able to meet with us consistantly, but her exams finish on Thursday so it will be great. I did service for her today by correcting her essay... my academic brain is mush.  I can't remember anything :)

 

We have several other Chinese investigators as well, and some great Chinese recent converts.  Since I arrived we have also been able to set a lot of appointments with non-Chinese people, so I'll be able to teach more soon, I hope.  Preston is lovely, and I love serving with Sister Shen.  She is so obedient and charitable.  She has every desire to be her best.

 

We went to Zone Leader Council on Friday, which was fun.  We tried to help Zone Leaders understand sisters. That didn't work, because sisters are so different from each other.  But it was fun, we have really good mission leadership right now, we are very blessed.

 

FYI  I want Sister Low to know this... they whitewashed the sisters out of Stafford and Whitefield!  I know, right?  I called Stafford, for sure, I thought Elders would be there before the end of my mission, but not this soon!  Goodness... I can't believe Elders are living in my flat.

 

I'm going to attach a picture to this email.  If Katie could make it my profile picture, that would be so lovely... thank you Katie.  When is your mission call coming?  I hope I don't look too gross in this picture.  It's me in front of the BBC.

 

Jaden and Jenika, you are great.  Keep going strong, and remember what is most important.

 

Life is great.  I'm going to talk to you live really soon!  (Remember only family allowed, no friends ;)).

 

The church is true!

 

Loves, Sister Hull

 

Beautiful here in Preston... I mean Preston!

 

And technically the Temple is in Chorley, not Preston, but we could still go on a bank holiday or something, anyone can in the mission can if they can get a lift and permission from President.

 

 

Swinton's Absolutely Insane, But I Love it Just the Same!

Swisters and Swelders

Hi Mom, Dad, Jenika, Jaden, and Family :)

I love you so much, but I don't have much time this week to email...
because I got transfered.  Hardest transfer ever.  I told everyone...
'I feel like I'm leaving home again!'  I love Swinton so much, and I
love the people there so much, and I loved everything so much and I didn't want to leave.

Mom, you did guess that Swinton and things were really hard for me. Super hard, in fact.  President encouraged me to wait and tell you how things were with my companion and area when it was done... so maybe on Mother's Day?  Because I don't have much time right now. (PS  What time is church... I need to sort out skype).  But I learned most of the lessons the Lord needed me to learn, and it ended up being such a good experience, I was sick to leave.  Like I nearly threw up at the thought of leaving and I only slept like 4 hours the night before transfers.

But... I'm in Preston!  With Sister Shen, one of my absolutely best friends in the mission!!!!  I can't believe it, and neither can she, the Lord loves us so much! It is her last transfer, and we never thought we would work together because we had both been here so long, but the Lord had different plans.  S. Shen's companion has been sick, and she hasn't been able to work as hard as she would like, so President basically told me that we were going to run around like crazy people for a transfer because we both like working so hard.  I'm
excited.  He also told me I need to contribute to the Chinese culture in any way I can because a lot of the Chinese missionaries are leaving soon.  So hopefully I learn some Mandarin... hahaha.  But I'm so excited to serve with Sister Shen, Sister Beaty said it is a present from the Lord for training her.  It will be a wonderful transfer.

But I'll miss Swinton so much.  I was in the best district ever.  Our District Leader told President that... and appearently President agreed... ahh President is so great.  'I'll miss Swinton cuz I love it very much.'  (I wrote an ode to the creepers in Swinton to the tune of 'God Be with You Till We Meet Again.'  I recorded it, along with Elder Ashcraft's song about the Sisters to 'Ye Elders of Israel.'  I'll send them along sometime.)

The picture I'm sending is of the Swelders and the Swisters.  We are tight, and we had a lot of fun.  Ah.  I miss them.

I love you.  I know that the church is true, and the Lord is looking out for me.  Don't worry about me... Sister Shen makes fried rice. I'm happy.

I love you.

Sister Hull

Life here has been crazy

Hello Everyone!

 

Thank you mom and dad for your emails... they were so wonderful!  I love hearing about everything that is going on at home and that everyone seems happy and well.  I had no idea that Luke was getting married!?  When did he get home from his mission?  I'm sure it was since I've been gone.  I think he had a girlfriend before he left, so that is probably why it was so soon.  But it is still weird to me, because he is my younger cousin... and a married RM.  Super crazy.

 

Life here has been crazy.  As always.  I'm so tired, to be honest.  Sometimes I wonder how I'm supposed to get up off my knees in the morning when I'm praying... it's rough to be honest.  Sister Low told me there was a point when you were just perpetually tired, but I didn't believe her.  It is pretty much just exhaustion all the time.  I think it might be a bit better when I'm done training, because it is really hard to be a trainer... I didn't realize how hard it was.  But the Lord compensates somehow, and even though I might be a zombie sleep walking, I'm able to at least make it outside to talk to people.  I'm really hoping this lets up soon.

 

I have a bit of a texting stalker.  Weird, I've never had one of those before, because I've never had texting before.  At first he seemed interested in the gospel, but then when he asked if I had a boyfriend, I turned him over to the Elders.  I honestly can't even remember this man!  His name is Robert (or 'Creepy Robert' as saved in the Elders phone.)  He just keeps texting incessantly.  It's more annoying than anything.  I don't feel like I can tell him to just go get a life (which is probably what I would have done pre-mission) because it would be bad for the church.  So he just keeps texting... and I don't respond.  Anyway, the Elders rang him last night and apparently he is an alcoholic and so he doesn't know what he is doing half the time.  So that has been a bit of a gem in my life.  The latest text was asking me out to coffee... I haven't been asked out for coffee since I worked in the deli, I think.  Anyway, nothing to be worried about... he doesn't know where I live or anything, it's just been on my mind, and the Elders have made it into a funny situation anyway.

 

I do have some people I would love to have you pray for!  One is our investigator, Anna.  She is dated for baptism on 12 May, but I'm concerned about her conversion process.  I have no doubt that she will 'do' everything she needs to be baptised, but I don't think she understands the 'why'.  Her friend told her that she has to be baptised to have her wedding in our church, and so we think that might be the reason why she is doing it- even though we have explained to her (even had explained to her in French) that that is not the case.  She is Prisca's friend and has been coming to church off and on since like January or something.  You could just pray that she gains a testimony.

 

Also... you could pray for Amos.  I don't actually know Amos, but he is the husband of a recent convert here named Florence.  Florence is so converted, and has been sharing the gospel with so many of her friends, and quite a few have been baptised. Her husband, however, lives in South Africa, and wants to go to our church there, but can't find it (the chapel locater online is still working through some kinks).  So if you could pray that the Elders in South Africa could contact Amos, that would be great.  It would be so lovely for Florence to have an eternal family.

 

Martin is doing great.  He was already a part of the ward, so it has been pretty smooth sailing.  It has been a great opportunity for us to help strenghten the Gbamy family as well... what a blessing.

 

We have been teaching loads of member lessons because President encouraged us to do so.  Because of certain things he thought it would be good for Sister Beaty to work more with the members and for us to strengthen them.  That has been a lot of fun... the members here in Swinton are so amazing.  I'm so grateful for them.  We have been able to visit some that I think are visited less frequently than others and so that has been a nice experience.  I'm grateful for the members.  They have to be so strong here in England, to be honest.  There are completely surrounded by immorality and they live amoungst people who don't have the same standard.  I mean, technically we do too, but it is quite different for a missionary compared to a member, you know?  We are pretty much seperated from the world, and that is nice.

 

I've been struggling a bit with Babylon music again (that is what I call music that I listened to before my mission).  I don't sing it, but it gets stuck in my head all the time, and I don't need that there.  Most of it is rubbish, and what isn't can wait.  There are some songs I just miss, you know?  Blarg.

 

We had an exciting P-Day last week!  As a Zone we went to Old Trafford.  Have you ever heard of it?  I'm sure Elder Bennion has... :).  It is Man U's football stadium!  It is huge... seriously.  It holds sooooo many people.  We were unable to go inside, but you could tell it was a big deal.  It was fun to walk around.  Afterward, Heather, one of my best friends here in Swinton, took us to eat... Mexican food!  Mexican food!!!???  I love Mexican food... I never realized how much I loved it until it was so hard to come by.  Just like a taco would be nice sometimes...mmmm... Anyway, it was very anglicized Mexican food, but it was still lovely.  (Fun Fact:  Manchester has one of two Taco Bells in all of the UK.  This makes some Elders believe that they have a duty to eat there.  I didn't eat Taco Bell at home... like I'd eat it here.   So no, we didn't go there.)  After we had mexican food Heather showed us where the BBC was.  I was like, 'Oh, the BBC... my friend love Dr. Who!'  Heather's mom works there, and so she knew that there were daleks and a TARDIS in the BBC building.  So she took us in... and I hugged a dalek.  It like moved and spoke when you pushed this button, and I kept pushing it like a little kid.  And then screamed like a little kid.  All the BBC employees were amused.

 

 

I love you.  I know that the gospel is real. 

 

Loves, Sister Hull

 

 

Manchester Zone in front of Old Trafford
-Manchester United Stadium-

 

The mission is Fantastic

Dear Family,

 

Mom, I have to first say that I am so thankful for the way you have taken care of my friends since I have been gone.  It means so much to me that they trust you and they call you and follow up with you.  It really made my day that you were the one who took Jenny to the Temple for the second time, it was really special for me to think that she trusts you enough to ask you to go with her.  I'm so excited that she has finally been able to go to the Temple!  I remember standing in the car park of the Bountiful Temple and she was asking me questions about the Temple and I couldn't tell her and I was so sad.  But now she knows!  Amazing.  But I am really thankful that all my friends feel comfortable in our home even when I'm not there, and now that my new mission friends are coming there too.  What a blessing.

 

It sounds like you had an exciting week.  I'm not sure how you fit so many things into everyday, to be honest.  You sound like a missionary :)  Just how Jenika was like at track, and then soccer, and then rushing to get ready for the dance, I couldn't believe it.  You all are crazy with your time.  Jenika was very lovely, I love the dress... where did you get it again?  I was going to say I want to borrow it to wear to and IWA dance... but IWA doesn't exist anymore, and with all the comfort eating I've been doing recently, I'm not sure that I could. 

 

Anyway, let's not talk about my weight.

 

The mission is fantastic, generally speaking.  Somedays it is just really hard to be honest, and I struggle, but most days it is really great because I'm able to see how the Lord blesses my life.  It is really hard to describe things sometimes, because they are just so potent and so real and any description seems faded.  I do hard things every day... I speak to people on the street and on buses and knock on their doors, and attempt to teach them things.  That isn't normal.  Normal people don't do that.  So maybe I am more freakish than I thought, but I know that I'm blessed for the good things that I do.

 

My mind is pretty blank right now.  Sorry.

 

I went on exchange this week with Sister Howell, who is being trained currently by Sister Jack in Whitefield.  It was a lot of fun, exchanges are so amazing.  We have been able to go and several mini exchanges this transfer and will be able to have 2 more actual exchanges I think.  It has been a blessing.  It is always good to see how other missionaries work and to have a change of pace (sometimes literally) for a couple of days.  I had no idea what exchanges were before my mission.  I remember them being mentioned in emails and by my friends, but I didn't really have any clue what they were.  So here is the definition of an exchange... When you trade companions for a few days.  That is pretty much it.  District and Zone leaders switch with missionaries in their district and zones.  Sister exchanges are a bit more difficult to set up before, we are few and far inbetween, but since we are in the heart of the mission, and since we have been requesting more exchanges we have been having more this transfer.  Anyway, the exchange was lovely.

 

A Miracle.  When Sister Howell and I were on the way home for the night there was this infamous bus driver.  Every time we get on the bus he tells us we can't preach to the people on the bus.  Well it was a 20 minute or so bus ride, and we were heading in for the night, so we had to take it.  So I just motioned that we should go upstairs, and when we got upstairs I saw someone I could talk to.  I just sat in front of him and started a conversation about his work or something... and of course he eventually asked me why I was here, what I was doing and things.  I told him that I was a missionary and asked if he believed in God.  Eventually the discussion moved on, and I was able to teach him the Plan of Salvation on the spot.  I didn't use the scripture because I was a bit afraid that the bus driver would see what I was doing, but I did teach him about the purpose of life, the Spirit World, judgement, resurrection and the Kingdoms of Glory.  He was very interested and I set an appointment for him to meet with the Elders in Ashton on Sunday.  I hope it went well, because he was really great, and it truly was a miracle from the Lord.  I can't believe I use to be afraid of bus contacting.  There is no way I would have done that a couple of transfers ago.

 

**Missionaries have been kicked off buses for proselyting.  One was my current Zone Leader Elder Cai.  When he and his companion got kicked off there was a write up about it in the newspaper and things, so that was good... not.  But everytime someone gets kicked off a bus they usually are revered by the mission, because we know they weren't usually like yelling or anything... well, I hope not.

 

I'm really tired since I started training.  It has really taken it out of me.  Generally going to bed at 10:30 doesn't seem early enough for me.  Can you imagine me going to bed at that time when I was home.  Oh how things change.  And how grateful I am for that change, because life is a lot better this way.

 

I know that God is real.  I know that Jesus Christ is the Saviour of the World.  I love them. I want to follow them.

 

Loves you,

 

Sister Hull

 

March 2012 Leadership Training

PS  I'm super excited about Carrie's mission call.  That will be perfect.  When will Katie get hers?  I told President my best friend was putting in her papers and he said he hope she comes here... but if she goes anywhere in the UK he will let me go and see her in the MTC.  Also, when are Jake and Emily getting married?  I'm so excited about that... but I also can't believe it sometimes.  I did get the package from Danea, she sent me parmesan goldfish which were amazing.  I'm grateful.  How is Grandpa Danny? 

 

Loves JH