Being cool again

Bula family and friends,

Another week has flown by! It has been quite a great week too. It has rained a lot this past week, making it difficult for us to go out on Friday. It has been really good for the farmers around here, especially for the sugar cane.

One success story from this week was a member named Sister Ratu. She came with us on Saturday to take us to meet three less active families. We were able to sit down and talk with one of the families, the Cabebula family. We shared with them about the story of Christ in 3 Ne 11 where he invites them to come and feel the wounds in his hands. We told them Christ is doing the same for all of us. He is inviting all of us to come to him. He will never reject or turn anyone away. He only says "Come unto me." They actually came to church yesterday. It was amazing to see the success we can have when we combine members with missionaries and do this wonderful work.

Another story of members helping in missionary work is a boy named Joeli. He is sixteen years old and he plays on the Ba soccer team. He is an exceptional young man, he invited two of his friends to meet with us this week, Jekope and Apakuki (Habbakuk in Fijian.) Both of these guys are real seekers of truth. Jekope has been reading and reading the Book of Mormon and he came to church yesterday. They are probably our investigators that are progressing the most this week.

We visited quite a few less active member families this week to invite them to church and help them. Another family was the Chand family. They are a wonderful indian family that has promised to teach me to make indian food. Watch out I'm going to cook spicy delicious curry when I get home. We invited them to church and the daughter sonia told us in church, "It just felt so nice for someone to invite us."

Please my dear family, if you know that one of your friends or family is not going to church, invite them. Don't do it because of your calling or a sense of duty, do it because you love them so much and you know that the savior would do it himself if he were here right now. To those who may not be going to church regularly, please know how much the savior, Jesus Christ loves you and he is holding out his hand to you saying, "Come unto me." I have felt his love so strongly in the past few days as he has reached out to the strayed and the weary here in Ba. 

Yesterday I felt a strong spirit of love and unity while we were at church. The aaronic priesthood passed and blessed the sacrament, and many of our family came to church yesterday who don't usually come to church. We had one recent convert interviewed to recieve the aaronic priesthood and one child of record to get baptized in the coming weeks. I think a large part of it was one brother named Brother Ratu. Our usual president, Bro. Ganilau, from Lautoka was running late so he asked Brother Ratu to take charge at church. Brother Ratu made sure the aaronic priesthood set up the sacrament, that there was someone to teach all of the classes (he taught the primary.) and he with quiet dignity helped everything to run smoothly. Brother Ratu hadn't come to church for a few weeks and it felt a little empty without him doing his calling as the executive secretary or clerk (I'm not sure which.)

I don't ever want to go home or go back to how I was before. I look forward to seeing you my family, but I don't want the spirit to cease in my life. I don't want to ever leave the Savior. I think I'm realizing more and more though, that the pattern I know as a missionary is something I must continue and live throughout my life. The pattern of selfless service, relying on the savior, and constantly praying to our Father in Heaven.

Last night we visited with the Mateiwai family and Brother Mateiwai saw a picture of the Prophet and he said, "My lifelong wish is just to go to Utah and to see the prophet speak." As I told him about the conference center and the Salt Lake Temple, he just listened with wonder and pure hunger. I hope someday he is able to go there, what a blessing that I have been able to do that.

This coming week we will be watching Conference. I am so excited to finally watch it. Dad keeps sending me talks and I just keep thinking about it. The talk from President Packer seemed like one of his usual powerful talks. I am so grateful for living prophets and apostles who speak to us and guide us today.

This week a senior couple from Oregon will be coming to Ba. I think it spells change for the ward here, and I think it is definitely positive change. I feel like there is so much for us to do here, but not nearly enough time to do it all. It will be nice to have help. I feel like the stripling warriors when they recieved reenforcements and it says that their souls were greatly cheered. Senior missionaries are really important too, they can do things that other missionaries cannot do. Someday, I would really like to serve a mission with my eternal companion, but for now I will be serving with my current companion Elder Tay.

I am so lucky to have Elder Tay as my companion because he is such an amazing cook. I still will always love Mom's cooking (she is honestly a very talented cook I have realized), but I am very happy with the food Elder Tay often cooks for me. I usually cook breakfast, either porridge or pancakes or eggs, and he prepares lunch and we go to a member's house for dinner generally.

I am very healthy this week! It feels great to work hard and not worry if I will make me sick the next day. I am really grateful for my health!

Have a lovely week, and enjoy that fall weather! I love you so much!

--
Elder Paul Leland Hill
Fiji Suva Mission

He never, ever wants to go home...

Bula family and friends,

Another week has flown by! It has been quite a great week too. It has rained a lot this past week, making it difficult for us to go out on Friday. It has been really good for the farmers around here, especially for the sugar cane.

One success story from this week was a member named Sister Ratu. She came with us on Saturday to take us to meet three less active families. We were able to sit down and talk with one of the families, the Cabebula family. We shared with them about the story of Christ in 3 Ne 11 where he invites them to come and feel the wounds in his hands. We told them Christ is doing the same for all of us. He is inviting all of us to come to him. He will never reject or turn anyone away. He only says "Come unto me." They actually came to church yesterday. It was amazing to see the success we can have when we combine members with missionaries and do this wonderful work.

Another story of members helping in missionary work is a boy named Joeli. He is sixteen years old and he plays on the Ba soccer team. He is an exceptional young man, he invited two of his friends to meet with us this week, Jekope and Apakuki (Habbakuk in Fijian.) Both of these guys are real seekers of truth. Jekope has been reading and reading the Book of Mormon and he came to church yesterday. They are probably our investigators that are progressing the most this week.

We visited quite a few less active member families this week to invite them to church and help them. Another family was the Chand family. They are a wonderful indian family that has promised to teach me to make indian food. Watch out I'm going to cook spicy delicious curry when I get home. We invited them to church and the daughter sonia told us in church, "It just felt so nice for someone to invite us."

Please my dear family, if you know that one of your friends or family is not going to church, invite them. Don't do it because of your calling or a sense of duty, do it because you love them so much and you know that the savior would do it himself if he were here right now. To those who may not be going to church regularly, please know how much the savior, Jesus Christ loves you and he is holding out his hand to you saying, "Come unto me." I have felt his love so strongly in the past few days as he has reached out to the strayed and the weary here in Ba. 

Yesterday I felt a strong spirit of love and unity while we were at church. The aaronic priesthood passed and blessed the sacrament, and many of our family came to church yesterday who don't usually come to church. We had one recent convert interviewed to recieve the aaronic priesthood and one child of record to get baptized in the coming weeks. I think a large part of it was one brother named Brother Ratu. Our usual president, Bro. Ganilau, from Lautoka was running late so he asked Brother Ratu to take charge at church. Brother Ratu made sure the aaronic priesthood set up the sacrament, that there was someone to teach all of the classes (he taught the primary.) and he with quiet dignity helped everything to run smoothly. Brother Ratu hadn't come to church for a few weeks and it felt a little empty without him doing his calling as the executive secretary or clerk (I'm not sure which.)

I don't ever want to go home or go back to how I was before. I look forward to seeing you my family, but I don't want the spirit to cease in my life. I don't want to ever leave the Savior. I think I'm realizing more and more though, that the pattern I know as a missionary is something I must continue and live throughout my life. The pattern of selfless service, relying on the savior, and constantly praying to our Father in Heaven.

Last night we visited with the Mateiwai family and Brother Mateiwai saw a picture of the Prophet and he said, "My lifelong wish is just to go to Utah and to see the prophet speak." As I told him about the conference center and the Salt Lake Temple, he just listened with wonder and pure hunger. I hope someday he is able to go there, what a blessing that I have been able to do that.

This coming week we will be watching Conference. I am so excited to finally watch it. Dad keeps sending me talks and I just keep thinking about it. The talk from President Packer seemed like one of his usual powerful talks. I am so grateful for living prophets and apostles who speak to us and guide us today.

This week a senior couple from Oregon will be coming to Ba. I think it spells change for the ward here, and I think it is definitely positive change. I feel like there is so much for us to do here, but not nearly enough time to do it all. It will be nice to have help. I feel like the stripling warriors when they recieved reenforcements and it says that their souls were greatly cheered. Senior missionaries are really important too, they can do things that other missionaries cannot do. Someday, I would really like to serve a mission with my eternal companion, but for now I will be serving with my current companion Elder Tay.

I am so lucky to have Elder Tay as my companion because he is such an amazing cook. I still will always love Mom's cooking (she is honestly a very talented cook I have realized), but I am very happy with the food Elder Tay often cooks for me. I usually cook breakfast, either porridge or pancakes or eggs, and he prepares lunch and we go to a member's house for dinner generally.

I am very healthy this week! It feels great to work hard and not worry if I will make me sick the next day. I am really grateful for my health!

Have a lovely week, and enjoy that fall weather! I love you so much!

--
Elder Paul Leland Hill
Fiji Suva Mission

Let's talk about diarrhea...

Kaise hai!

This week was good. I'm still getting used to the work here in Ba because it is a lot slower than the work I have done for most of the rest of my mission. We usually get maybe eight to ten lessons a week. Elder Tay is a really good companion, we've been bonding a lot this week. He takes good care of me and cooks me really good food.

This past week I was kind of sick. Do you all remember when the lady at the State Health Department said ,"Now let's talk about diarrhea."? I wish I had paid a little better attention when she was speaking. All is well though. We have a mission nurse who just came in two weeks ago and he has been helping me to stay healthy inspite of whatever is happening to my bowels. I'm actually feeling quite good today.

One of the highlights of our week this week was the Mateiwai family. They just keep bringing more of their family to church. Bro. Mateiwai is the brother that got the melchizedek priesthood last week and he is just being strong. He's asking a lot of questions about the priesthood and trying to serve well. I have a feeling he will be a leader here in Ba. He is so sincere and so good. Yesterday we talked to them about FHE but they already do it pretty regularly. They are a really good family. Their boys kind of remind me of the McEntires. I don't know why!

Another really funny thing is that we went to teach a family that we have desperately been trying to get in touch with, and when we went there, they didn't sit down with us. The mom's brother did though, and so we taught him the plan of Salvation. He loved it and we'll be going back to see him on Tuesday. It's weird how sometimes you think you're going somewhere for one person, but then someone else comes into your path.

The Lord is blessing us so much in the work. We haven't seen conference yet but I hope we'll be able to soon. If nothing else, I'll buy the DVD when we go into Suva in November. The longer I wait, the more I'll enjoy it maybe.

BY the way! Baby Drew is a super stud! Way to go Heidi and Andrew! I'm really excited to meet him when I come home! Which is not that far away...

Love you,

--
Elder Paul Leland Hill
Fiji Suva Mission

Lots of Mud and Muck!

This week has been very challenging, very rewarding, and very motivating to keep going in the work. We had exchanges this week with Rakiraki so that I could do the baptismal interview for a boy in Rakiraki. I went with Elder Patenaude and Elder Driso went with Elder Tay. Elder Patenaude is from Washington D.C. His father is from quebec and speaks french and his mother is of Jewish Descent. He's really cool and we get along really well. We faced a lot of opposition however on the day that we did the baptismal interview. The sky was pretty clear and still quite light when we left on our bikes. Suddenly, rain began to fall and the dirt road on which we were riding became a muddy field. My bike was sliding all over the road and I thought we would have to turn back. However, if we didn't do the baptismal interview that day, it wouldn't have been possible for us to come back to Ba when we needed to for Zone Conference. So we decided to press forward. Soon the mud became so thick I wouldn't ride my bike, but I just pushed it through the muddy street. Elder Patenaude too was unable to ride in the pretty bad conditions. We kept walking but eventually the mud clogged our tires and made it impossible to go any farther with the bikes. So we decided to hide the bikes by the side of the road and continue onward on foot. Dirty beyond belief and sweaty, we arrived at the house to find the boy and his family still awake. I did the interview and I felt sweet peace from the Lord telling me that the boy was ready to be baptized. The mother thanked us for coming and we then faced the daunting task of heading back. I thought, "There is no way we can make it back by nine o'clock and be obedient." Then as we found our bikes, we tried to clean off the tires so that we could ride home. They were so clogged with mud and grass that the brakes clung to the tires and would not turn. Resigning himself to carry the bike that would not turn, Elder Patenaude continued on carrying the broken bike. THe one I had still turned slowly. We were blessed to be able to flag down a truck, that agreed to take us home, even though we were dirty and our bikes were too. When we got home, I looked at my watch and the time was nine o'clock. The Lord really does provide a way for us to be obedient.

 

    One really big success this week is we had a less active man, Bro. Mateiwai, who has been coming back to church. This week the Stake President interviewed him and found him worthy to be ordained to the Melchizedek Priesthood. He was then ordained to the priesthood. We have been working a lot with his family. They are such wonderful people and his wife, also less active, is the relief society president. Yesterday we talked to them about keeping the Sabbath day holy and they shared a powerful testimony that they know that they need to come to church. We'll keep visiting them and I think it will be very effective.

 

Mom asked a few questions so I'll now proceed to answer those. First, My companion's name is Elder Tay. He is recently from Pocatello, ID. He has lived in Hawaii, Singapore, and Utah. He went to one year of college at BYU before he came on his mission. He is nineteen years old. He is a really excellent chef, and is actually thinking about going to culinary school after his mission. His father is Chinese from Singapore, and his mother is from the Phillipines. He is learning the language very quickly.

 

Ba is a really interesting area. It is more dry here and hot then the Eastern part of Fiji. There is always something burning around here because there are farms everywhere, but that is why people call this the burning West. The ward here has been struggling a lot. One year ago, their bishop died suddenly. There weren't very many worthy priesthood holders, so the stake took over the ward implementing the high councilman as the leader, although the stake president is really the leader of the ward. There are probably 200-250 members in this area but we only have about 40-50 come to church each week. A year and a half ago we had a really large flood that made it so members had to travel to a far away town for church. Transport is limited here and very expensive, making it difficult for people to frequently come to church. We only have one ward, but the amount of land in one ward is quite large. The work is slow here, because our primary focus in a lot of ways is in helping lift and nourish the ward that we have, before seeking out new people. However, we are still looking for those who are prepared to recieve the gospel as well.

 

The people in Ba are probably the most loving and friendly people I've ever met. Maybe that's why it is so easy for some of them to get offended. They welcome us into their homes and feed us. I just wish their actions always matched their kind words. Many will say they're interesting in learning about the gospel but really they dodge us and won't meet with us. There are a lot of Indians here so maybe I will learn some more Hindi. We'll see how it goes.

 

I am really looking forward to serving in this area because the people are wonderful. I know that the Lord has a plan to build and help this area.

I love you!
--
Elder Paul Leland Hill
Fiji Suva Mission

Two posts in one, because I forgot last week :D

(This week)
Cola Vina na noqu matavuvale kei na noqu itokani!

This week has truly been a remarkable week. I really feel like Elder Tay and I have been learning our area really well. I remember how much I loved Ba when I was hear before, and I still feel the awe and wonder of this beautiful side of the west. The people here are extremely friendly, in fact, a lot of times when we ride buses or carriers they won't let us pay. I know God blesses those kind people.

Elder Tay is a wonderful missionary. I don't know if I'm training him or if he's training me. He is very wise and helpful in our companionship. I am really glad that we will be together for at least 12 weeks (because of the new training program). He is also a very good cook! He cooks stir fries and all sorts of delicious things. His fijian is pretty good for just getting out here. He can share his testimony really well and he honestly can share about almost all of the missionary lessons. We have been doing a lot of studying together (because with the new program we now do two hours of companionship study), which has really helped us to become better missionaries.

We met a lot of our recent converts, less active members, and active members this week. They are all endowed with that wonderful Ba friendliness, but I can tell that this ward has been through a lot. A little over a year ago the chapel here was completely flooded from the Ba river. It took months to clean out the chapel and to make it so that members could come to church here. In the meantime, members travelled the one hour bus ride (and however long it takes to travel to the bus) to another town called Tavua to go to church. Shortly after that the Bishop became very ill and died. After that, one of the high councilman of the stake was charged to look after the ward until a new bishop could be called and set apart.

In light of that, a lot of members have stopped coming to church and the saints here have been through a lot. It's our job as missionaries to seek out those who are not coming to church and help them to rekindle their testimony. We also have to strengthen the members and try to find and teach investigators. It is a tall order, but I have felt the guidance of the Holy Spirit more in the last two weeks than perhaps ever before on my mission. We haven't had to wonder what to do or where to go. We have been guided in the right paths and led to the right people.

One less active family that I was so happy to find is the Mateiwai family. I had heard about them when I first came on the mission. They are a family of true faith and devotion and they were extremely strong in the beginning of my mission. I'm not really sure what happened but for some reason or other, they have drifted away from church and they are struggling a little bit now. We searched for their house all last week, and were able to find it on Sunday. As we met with them, the spirit told me and my companion to help them desire to enter the temple. They are such good people, and they truly do desire the blessings of the temple. As we chatted with them, I just felt so comfortable with them, like we've known each other for ages. Bro. Matewai is truly a great man, and I honestly believe he will be a leader in this church. We will continue to meet with them about once a week and I feel confident our efforts will pay off.

I love the people here. I think that is honestly the thing I will remember the most for the rest of my life. True, we live in a truly beautiful picturesque land, but I will never be able to forget the kindness and faith of the people of Fiji and Tuvalu.

I love you all! I hope that you are all doing well!

--
Elder Paul Leland Hill
Fiji Suva Mission








(Last Week)

Bula Vinaka,

 

This week has been a week of growth and blessings! I will admit my last few days in Tuvalu were an absolute blur, it all happened too fast. Then suddenly I was on the plane back to Fiji. The people were so generous and gave me such wonderful gifts for going away. It was raining the day I left ,which isn't that common in Tuvalu. It was as if the island of Tuvalu was shedding the tears for me that day. As I left, I felt a feeling of peace, hope and determination. I know the elders that are there will do a great job.

 

I then returned to Fiji. I was only in Suva for one hour when I flew from Suva to Nadi to meet with my brand new companion. His name is Elder Tay. He has lived in Singapore, Hawaii, and recently in Idaho. He went to BYU before his mission, but I won't hold it against him. (I'm just kidding, but how about that game?!) I actually was a little sick that day and the next, I think mostly because of travelling, it may have been a continuation from my sickness the week before.

 

Elder Tay is an extremely good missionary. He already has really good patterns and he is very knowledgeable both in the gospel and in a lot of other things (including cooking!). I'm really excited to work with him. He is really good to work with. We have to do an extra hour of study for the first twelve weeks as part of a new training program in the mission. I am really excited for it! I think it will really help Elder Tay to learn some things I was not able to really learn. We had training on it last week and we have been doing it for a few days now.

 

Ba is still beautiful. I really love the people here! They are so friendly and so wonderful! One of my favorites is Sister Ratu. She just talks to everyone and she is fluent in English, Hindi, and Fijian. She is so funny and when I first saw her on Saturday she was so happy to see me again!

 

There is word on the street that they will soon put a senior couple in the west and most likely they will be situated in or near Ba. I'm really excited for their help. Senior couples help so much in the mission! Elder Sherry is a former institute teacher and one of the other missionaries in the mission was actually in his institute class. They're from Oregon. They come next month.

 

Well I love you all! A lot of you responded to my email last week, so I'm going to try to email back! 

--
Elder Paul Leland Hill
Fiji Suva Mission

Nothing lasts forever... except marriage in the temple

Talofa soon to be Bula Vinaka! I am transferring this Thursday. I think I mentioned that there were rumors of change and it turns out those rumors are true. I am going back to Fiji on Thursday and then I am heading west to Ba. My new companion is a brand new missionary and I will be training him. I'm not really sure what to think of everything, but I know that the Lord's hand is in this. I know he will help me in this exciting and slightly scary new challenge.

I was kind of sick this last week on Wednesday with a little infection that has been going around the island. I just had diarrhea and I vomited once, but overall not too bad. I was still able to work that day and I am now feeling one hundred percent. I even went running this morning, but unfortunately the old tendonitis in my knee flaired up a little bit. I think that's what I get for riding bikes everyday! It's ok though, and I am really glad that my new area too is a biking area. I want to be in good shape when I get home from my mission. Mom and Dad get ready to walk everywhere when we come back (including in Tuvalu!).

Well we have seven people preparing for baptism in two weeks. Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend due to the recent transfer. I'll admit I think everyone is a little disappointed and surprised, including me. It will be good though! We had the baptismal interviews for Nau and Lilo as well as for Eti's family and everyone passed! In the coming week Elder Momoisea and his new companion Elder Strong (I served with him before) will finish the interviews.

Something that made the transfer really hard to me is that a lot of the people we're teaching expressed that they had been hoping I would baptize them. One in particular was Michael and Ue. We were discussing when they would get baptized and Michael said, "You'll still be here in this month won't you?" I told him no I'm getting transferred this coming week. He started crying and said, "We had been hoping that you would honor us in baptizing us." It was like a knife to my heart.

Honestly, my last few journal entries have usually begun like this My heart is as bitter as gall that I must leave these people, or Today was a really hard day because I had to tell everyone that I'm leaving. It seems like adventures like this will last forever, but then suddenly everything changes. I have felt kind of in a daze ever since we found out. I was hoping to stay here until October.

Yesterday was a very sad, but rewarding last Sunday in Tuvalu. A lot of people came to church and especially my investigators and recent converts, I was very pleased. Then in Sacrament we began singing the branch's favorite song "Welcome, Welcome Sabbath Morning." I couldn't sing, because I was so emotional at singing their favorite song. They sing with such spirit and gusto. Then they allowed me to bless the sacrament. Then I gave my last testimony in Tuvalu. I sang a song, and somehow I was able to sing without becoming emotional. I then started talking and I could barely get out my I knows and my I believes. I just felt so much love for the beautiful saints in this corner of paradise.

We then had our last branch council meeting, and that was rewarding as well. The branch has improved a lot while I've been here, I don't know that it has anything to do with me. President Niko thanked me at the end of the meeting and it was really nice. I really look up to President Niko. He has been the branch president for 20 years and has never complained. The Ensign should come to Tuvalu and do an article on that great man of faith. If anyone asks your opinion, tell them that.

This new week will bring many challenges and many adventures, but I feel up to the challenge. It's interesting but I prayed that I would have an opportunity to train on my mission, but I never thought it would come so soon.

It's hard to believe it has been ten years since September 11, 2001. My thoughts yesterday turned to America and to those who protect the rights and liberties of our country. Yesterday was kind of a sad day for me, but I feel very peaceful and secure doing the Lord's work. I know he will protect me and guard me in his work.

Well I love you all, I hope you will have a wonderful week! 

--
Elder Paul Leland Hill
Fiji Suva Mission

Awesome investigators!

Talofa my friends and family!

Another beautiful week has passed in my island paradise of Tuvalu. It seems so slow at times, but then looking back suddenly I realize that yet another month has passed by. There's rumors that something is going to change here in Tuvalu within the next week (meaning transfers) but I don't know if they're true or not.

Our investigators are all progressing well. Those who are getting baptized in the coming month are so prepared! We should baptize them today! Not really, but we practiced the baptismal interviews and they are all so smart in answering the questions. I was especially impressed with Eti's wife Taiga and their daughter Teleia because they both fasted yesterday to help Eti to quit smoking. They are so stalwart! I am so glad that Taiga really prayed about the church to know if it's true. I was thinking about that today, how sometimes people in the church say that they have never questioned if the church is true or not. That isn't good! I was thinking about other people who are blinded by the truths they have believed their whole lives and they too never question. For a lasting testimony, we must question and ask with a sincere heart to God what is truth. That is a really remarkable teaching of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints I think. That we encourage people to ask for themselves to God, the giver of all truth.

Yesterday was Fast and Testimony Meeting and I bore my testimony. I don't know if I'll be here for the next one or not. So I thought I would take the chance that I had. By the way, I think that's how we should always be. I noticed that members of the church in Utah are less willing to use the sacred time for bearing testimonies than the saints here in the pacific. We should all burn with such testimonies that we cannot sit down in Fast and Testimony Meeting. Speaking of those who could not sit down, there is this wonderful family that is probably my favorite family in Tuvalu. The mom's name is Ilau and her husband recently came back from over sea. His name is Manumalo. Ilau is a recent convert and Manumalo is a returned missionary that sometimes doesn't feel very strong in the faith. We had family home evening with them on Monday. Well in Fast and Testimony meeting their three oldest children got up and bore their testimonies. I was so proud of their righteous examples to their parents. The best was when little Avonitele who is only six, got up and folded his arms all serious and bore a simple, but pure testimony of the truth. He'll be a missionary someday!

We have started teaching some new people who seem really good. One is Uikilifi and his wife Joyce. Uikilifi is President Niko's brother. He is a humble man who is brilliant in building houses. He recently built a new house for President Niko. His wife Joyce has come to lots of church activities and seems super interested, but we were unable to go to them because they live far from the main village. Luckily, we now have bikes which makes everything possible. President Niko's sister is Ue the wife of Michael and is doing so good too!

Elder Momoisea is a really good companion for me. He keeps me laughing and isn't too judgemental when sometimes I'm not very patient or I'm not very good at some things (like planning). I have learned how hard planning really is! We watch a lot of Preach My Gospel videos and everytime we do I think, man I am not that good at planning. But the missionaries we watched, also had some intense training on how to become better missionaries.

I hope you all are healthy and well! Have a wonderful week!

Much Love

--
Elder Paul Leland Hill
Fiji Suva Mission