REPENTENCE IS THE BOMB

hey guys! so i need to be honest. this week was rougghhhh :/ nothing particularly hard happened, nothing particularly out of the usual....other than the fact that i did not give it my all this week and it was the worst! i felt horrible about it. but guess what? i got a chance to put my money where my mouth is and REPENT!!!! yesterday and today i did a lot of repenting and talking with my heavenly father...and the way he answered me was through hermana whitehead's study of the scriptures! this morning during comp study..she shared these scriptures with me that straight up are my heavenly father talking DIRECTLY to me!

D&C 3:7-10

 7 For, behold, you should not have feared man   more than God. Although men set at naught the   counsels of God, and despise his words—

 8 Yet you should have been faithful; and he would  have extended his arm and supported you against  all the fiery darts of the adversary; and he would  have been with you in every time of trouble.

 9 Behold, thou art HERMANA HULL, and thou wast chosen to do the work of the  Lord, but because of transgression, if thou art not   aware thou wilt fall.

 10 But remember, God is merciful; therefore, repent of that which thou hast done which is contrary to the commandment which I gave you, and thou art still  chosen, and art again called to the work;"

i am not a perfect missionary. i know that...but so does my Heavenly Father! i may have had a bad week...but He still calls me to the work :) i cant comprehend why God is so willing to give me soooo many chances, "its because he loves you" i mean i know..but like its UNREAL how much he loves us guys!!! he has given me a second chance and i am sooooo pumped to go out there and KILL IT this week!! i never ever want to feel sick to my stomach for not giving my 110%...i promise yall, wont happen again!! the atonement is SO REAL! GOD LOVES YOU I PROMISE! 

GO OUT THERE AND KILL IT!

love hermana hull

(sorry for the short email, we are going to the kemah boardwalk today!!! and i have a bunch of pics...)

we may have had to walk to the museum....but we found a cool telephone booth!! and we got free tickets!! including the special butterfly exhibit!! and a private tour of the samurai exhibit...what?!?! it was tight 

post-museum adventures in a neighboring park!!

this little asian garden was a little reminiscent of san fransisco at stowe lake!! 

this little lady is from uruguay and knows ANDREW WHITE!! what?! said she used to cook for him on the regular

yeah for easter activities two weeks late!!!! 

little andy and his mom came to the activity!! love this kid <3

had the chance to sing in a family history kick off meeting!! these temple dresses were ON POINT

casually watching a LIGHTING STORM with my girl whitehead

HUMP DAAYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!! YOU BEST BELIEVE YOUR GIRL IS ROCKIN NINE MONTHS!!!!

TOOK FOR GRANTED

exchanges into the english world with sister smith!

hello hello! another crazy week here in houston!! 

and when i say crazy..i mean it. yesterday we went to try to find a lady we contacted in the street who gave us her address, but when we knocked on her door a dude all tatted up answered the door. we asked for the lady and he said she wasnt home, so we took advantage of the opportunity to tell someone about our Savior and Redeemer!! but things got weird...fast....starting with the fact that the man wouldnt shake my hand. what? he said it was against his religion to touch something so pure.. i was thinking "pure? this hand? honey..you dont even want to know how many hands ive shaken, how many doors ive knocked..pure is the last adjective i would use to describe my hand..." but the literal cleanliness of my hand was not was he was referring to......come to find out he is a devil worshiper. he told us straight up. he signed a contract to the devil and is trapped. i was devastated. not scared one bit--just felt so horribly sorry for this poor man who thinks he has sinned too much, gone too far, and is out of reach of the saviors merciful arms....usually in these sort of situations we would say "well, hope you have a nice day!" and book it right outta there....but in my heart i felt like we HAD to stay and testify to this man that His loving Heavenly Father still wants him--there is still hope. that the Saviors atonement paid for ALLLLLLL of his sins--he can be free from his guilt. the evil spirits that surround him and tell him he has fallen and there is nothing he can do about it are liars. they have no power. only the power he gives to them. i felt impressed to tell him that he can be free. he is loved. God is pulling for him, and thats why he put us on his doorstep. to tell him that if he makes the decision, he can be made pure. guys, it was unreal. as i was bearing testimony to this man, i knew without a doubt that the holy ghost was with me...because i could feel it pulsing through my veins. tears were brought to my eyes as the love God has for this man rushed over me....after i closed in the name of my Savior and said amen i held out my hand to shake the mans hand goodbye....he told me that he couldnt because he knew i had the spirit with me and it would shock him...said that he could feel the good energy emanating from my body. 

shortly after leaving his doorstep, hermana whitehead and i felt like we needed to say a prayer and thank heavenly father for being with us...hna whitehead offered the prayer...and in it included the phrase, "and we are so thankful to know that we can be forgiven for our sins...". as soon as those words slipped out of her mouth my eyes welled up with tears for the second time. how many times have i said that in a prayer, or heard that in a talk, or a testimony...it wasnt until yesterday that those words and their full meaning really hit home. i mean think about it! we can be forgiven for our sins. THAT IS AMAZING!!!! how much joy and hope and comfort and peace and happiness come from that simple phrase?!? i mean shoot! we're talkin about salvation!!!! eternal life! eternal peace!! being forgiven for my sins is definitely something i have taken for granted.....i mean every time i take the sacrament, am i really thinking about how the Savior literally takes upon himself piece by piece every ounce of my burdens? this experience was one of those perspective moments...even though maybe the devil worshiper will forget what was said, i know i never will. i am so thankful for the truth and light that surrounds me daily and for the happiness and peace the gospel brings! (met a lady from the kongo this week...she said hakkunah mattata really means no worries!!!) 

i love you all so much! have the best week! and thank the heavens for repentance guys...its the BOMB! 

paz y bendiciones

hermana hull

mosiah 4:9-12 

english training turns into reunion (we are starting up a "daily dose" program in our mission where we will start teaching english at schools and at the church! pumped about it!!)

BIG BOY JUSTIN WITH THE BOM!!! he stopped US to ask some gospel questions....sad we had to hand him over to the english elders..but not before snappin a pic!

we got to go to RICE UNIVERSITY in downtown houston this week to get CPR training and then offer service! we helped other people learn how to save lives...and got our own little dummy things to take home so we can teach other people too! 

HE LIVES I PROMISE

lets talk about an easter miracle, shall we? 

after conference saturday evening, we had scheduled an appointment with our investigator who is planning on being baptized this weekend (as in april12) and she wasnt home....we were super bummed because we need to meet with her everyday if she is going to be ready in time!!! but after multiple attempts we decided to try a new complex where a less active member supposedly lived.....el no estuvo alla tampoco :/ we knocked and we waited and knocked and waited...and nothing....so as we were going to leave the complex we saw this guy sitting on a bench—so since we talk to everyone and their dog, we decided to talk to him! BEST DECISION WE MADE ALL NIGHT!!! kelson from honduras ended up telling us his life story about how he’s had a lot of rough things happen and made a lot of mistakes but he wants to put all of his past behind him and be a better person. he explained how he had actually met other sister missionaries before in a park once, but that he wasnt ready to listen to them...but he felt like we were God’s angels, sent directly to him, offering him a second chance!! right then and there we taught him the restoration and he accepted to be baptized!!! but wait...it gets better!!! halfway through our conversation with kelson, his younger sister shelly comes outside...so we do a little divide and conquer and hna whitehead keeps talking to kelson while i start talking to shelly! being a fourteen year old girl, she LOVED the story of joseph smith and after teaching some simple truths and bearing testimony, shelly also accepted the Savior’s invitation to be baptized!!! can i say p r e p a r e d or what?!?!?! i am stoked out of my mind to be blessed enough to teach them and bring them the truths i hold so dear :) i know it will be exactly the change in their life they have been hungering for!!!!

also, i know its been said, but to steal a thought from my good ole daddy, “i always love it when General Conference falls on Easter. We always get to hear great testimonies about the atonement and the divinity of Christ.” im right there with ya pops!! what better way to celebrate the most sacred day (as hollland put it) than hearing Christ’s chosen prophets and apostles bear their personal witness of our living savior?!?!?!? i cant even decide which talk was my favorite because they were all just soooo good!!!! i will say that that one guy who related the gospel to music and dancing is a bro. his talk hit home! haha “i can teach you how to dance, but you have to hear the music” i mean YES! THAT IS MY LIFE ON THE DAILY!!! it is crazy how easy it is to tell when an investigator gets the steps down pat, but cant quite catch the tune....as opposed to those who heard the music long before just need a few tips here and there and they are cuttin a rug!!!! if anything, this talk recommitted me to enjoy the gospel as much as i enjoy music...especially because i cant really dance out here.....which is such a struggle...but i can gospel so im gonna gospel like nobodies watching!!!! 

i really hope everyone had the best conference weekend: received answers to prayers, re-solidified testimonies, overflowed yalls spiritual cups, etc....

THE CHURCH IS SO TRUE I CANT EVEN!!! and HE LIVES I PROMISE!!

have another stellar week!

love yall!

paz y bendiciones

hermana hull

JESS BOUGHT US THAI FOOD AND A BLACK FORREST CHOCOLATE CAKE BECAUSE SHE WAS GOING OUT OF TOWN FOR EASTER. I LOVE THIS LADY!

huntin for less actives always turns into an adventure...fifth floor of an apartment with a little sneak peek at downtown!

SISTER TAYLOR LOVES ME I PROMISE...ESPECIALLY WHEN I MAKE HER TAKE PICTURES WITH ME IN RESTAURANTS 

The zone for Easter Breakfast!

EASTER WITH THE FINEST! MY MEMBERS ARE THE BEST! and little guadalupe..such a cute lil thang!

THE ZONE FOR OUR RESURRECTION ROLLS/EASTER BREAKFAST!

THANK YOU FAMILY FOR THE EASTER PACKAGE!! (WHITEHEAD FAMILY TOO!!)

so fun having hermana kaiser back in my life!! not my comp..but same district!! love that little dear ;)

bikes are my favorite

LET'S GO HOUSTON 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so i didnt get transferred...rockin transfer 6 here in houston 1 and i couldnt be happier!!! love these people more than life. really. they are the BOMB!

miracle for the week:

we had an appointment fall through, but it happened to be in the same apartment complex as one of our investigators...so we decided to go knock her door...no answer...as we were counting to ten after knock three, giving her a chance to maybe just maybe open the door..this cute little girl rolls up on her pink ribboned tricycle! hna whitehead started talking to her and then offered her help with caring her trike up the stairs to her apartment on the second floor...right as hna whitehead offered, the little girls mom appeared to help her daughter...we tried to start talking with her but she said "sorry i cant talk, i have my baby inside!" "how cute! can we come see your baby?" "sure! come on in!" so we did!!!! and about a half hour later had taught the restoration of the gospel, given them both a book of mormon, and scheduled a return appointment...and that return appointment DIDNT fall through...in fact viki and her 8 year old daughter both accepted dates to be baptized this month!!! MIRACLE!!!!!!!!!!! they are such sweethearts! they need your prayers though because apparently the father isnt to happy ...we testified to viki that we know prayer is powerful and she already has a testimony of prayer because her "esposo" used to be a drunk..but she prayed and prayed and now he has been alcohol free for over a year! her faith is amazing and i know that Heavenly Father will bless her righteous desires and soften the heart of her "esposo"!!! but if yall wanna pray too couldnt hurt ;)

THE CHURCH IS SO TRUE AND CONFERENCE THIS WEEKEND WILL PROVE IT! modern revelation just MAKES SENSE!!! im more excited for conference this weekend than i can even explain! hope yall take advantage of it ;) also...yall should watch the sweeeeeet easter clip the church has put out for easter!helives.mormon.org!! check it out! and share it with everyone and their dog!

love yall muchisisisisimo! paz y bendiciones

hermana hull

my poor baby got her skirt stuck in her bike while crossing a busy street! little lady got stuck at the median for a solid 5 minutes..poor thing! 

we got lost....remember that finding new things? what the mansion (pictured @ the top)?? wait we are in a forest?

happy birthday hna johnson and see you real soon hna ihrke!!! love them both <3

oh yeah! one time we got stranded at a bus stop in the elders area...wait what?! thank heaven for awesome members like Rosario to come to the rescue!!

this week was also full of finding cool new things in our area! like this fountain? so tight.

so weird to have hna ihrke get transferred!!! gonna miss this dime!