THE BERG #18

15 months?!

ALOOOOOOOOOOHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! great news guys!! SISTER LENHART AND I ARE TOGETHER FOR ANOTHER TRANSFER!!! WAHOOOOO!!!!!!!! love this chica somethin awful so im stoked for round THREE!! and we have MAY too much going on to get split nowl...im glad the Lord felt the same :)

this week was chocked FULL of happy and mostly my pics will do the talking but i do have one little story to share...

on wednesday we had the blessing of going to the temple as a mission! (really feel soooo lucky for how many times ive been able to go as a missionary!!) we had to wake up at around 3am to get ready, pick up some other sisters, drive to the mission office, meet up with some more people, drive to the temple, and be changed and in our seats by 6am SHARP. but let me tell yall...it was WORTH IT!!! during the session i had been praying to have a re-confirmation that God is my father. idk why but i felt like i needed to remember again and really understand what that meant....i kept waiting for a huge lightning strike moment that would cause me to bawl from overwhelming love felt by my heavenly father...but nothing happened...nothing other than the beautiful peace and joy that i ALWAYS feel while in the Lord's house...it wasnt until i got to the celestial room, sat down and started praying that i realized that without thinking i started my prayer "my dear father...." and repeatedly throughout the prayer only referred to Him as "father"...it was then that i realized how ingrained in me the words "I am a Child of God" really are. I KNOW he is my father <3

more exciting stuff: johnathon and aaron passed their baptismal interviews and will be baptized next week!!! 

we got to go to brazos bend with a family of investigators for a gorgeous picnic and bike ride! as well as talk about the plan of salvation of course...it was splendid! 

i think the pictures will do a better job than my words today so ill let them do the talking...

LOVE YALL!!!!

ps ponderized alma 26:12 this week...i really am NOTHING. anything i do is permitted by God. and he is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!

paz y bendiciones

hna hull

all comps of mine <3

sisters galore

H1 people know how to find me!!! benja+sofia<3 love them!!

15?!

HOUSTON SOUTH ZONE

LOVE MY PRESIDENT AND SISTER HALL!!!

oops...

the brent event!! service project for cancer awareness!

picnic in the park! oh happy day!

esmer<3 such a great example to me! she is GOLDEN!

love my members...and their kids ;)

THE BERG #17

hey yall! had ourselves a pretty amazing week down here..hope yall can say the same! here are some highlights

*on our bikes on our way to an appointment (ill explain the car situation in a tic) and we were waiting on the street for our member to meet up for our lesson...a car drives past. we wave and smile. the car stops. hangs a U-y. pulls up alongside the curb. rolls down the window (and we thought we were weirdos for doing that last week! haha) he asks "so uh are you guys those umm.. umm.." "missionaries?!" "yes! but like for the mormons?!" "yes sir!" "oh! i want to be a member sooo bad!" YOURE KIDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!! so we ran over and got down to business. turns out our new friend had ran into a couple missionaries before on the street but has never been to church or taken lessons..but he did some research online and wants in. lately we have been praying for prepared people to find us and let me tell yall...ITS WORKING! and our new friend's name says it all...we are so "FORTUNATE"!! 

*so remember joseph? the guy walking his dog that we decided to talk to late one night before heading out? so we finally got to have a sit down lesson with him and it was UNREAL!!! he told us that he knew "God set me up! im supposed to talk with yall....i was just standing outside and God told me to walk my dogs...i never walk my dogs...but i did and then i saw yall and was like 'aww man' but then you went the other way...but then in a couple minutes i heard one of yall say 'hello!' and i just laughed..God set me up!" it was the coolest to hear his side of the story and really see God's hand in the work...its too perfectly orchestrated to be our work...Heavenly Father "sets us up" and if we are obedient and listen to the spirit--we will have success! Joseph told us that God also informed him he needs to read the Book of Mormon. and when i told him we have a modern day prophet, President Thomas S. Monson, jospeh chuckled to himself and said "God told me i need to listen to what this man has to say." guys. the Lord prepares hearts. promise!!!! 

*so ponderizing...I LOVE IT! this week i ponderized  3 Nephi 5:13. i went through and studied the footnotes/certain words and phrases and this is the end result (the stuff in parenthesizes are my thoughts/studies): "Behold (hey! check this out! im about to tell you something important), I am a disciple (pupil; learner; follower) of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I have been called (commanded; privileged) of him to declare (boldly testify; preach; proclaim; tell all) his word (the truth; the good news; God's commandments and teachings) among his people (the elect; prepared; those willing to enter into a covenant), that they might have everlasting life (eternal happiness/bliss; immortality; glory; salvation)." HOW GREAT IS MY CALLING?!?!?!

*oh! another story that reminds me of a classic article in the "Friend" or something..but our car battery kept dying..so we would just get it jumped by people whenever we needed to..but then we made the unwise decision to try to visit an investigator that lives in the boonies.......they werent home...and neither was anyone else within a 10 mile radius...and the car wouldnt start....but we prayed and after several attempts God blessed us and we made it home safe and sound!! (dont worry...we got our battery changed haha)

God is sooo sooo good! have a blessed week! love yall!
hna hull

 last p-day spent exploring old rosenberg with all the hermanas xoxo

kissing toads--no princes

not quite sure what happened to my foot but i can walk now..so thats good!

this little chica LOVES my little pony!

also...you know its a good day when your only meals were baptism refreshments ;) congrats to my girls emily and alixandra for making promises with the Lord yesterday!!

THE BERG #16

WAS CONFERENCE MARAVILLOSA OR WHAT?!?!?!?! 

seriously best weekend EVER!!! we had the amazing opportunity to take on conference a little differently this time around...we actually watched it in investigators homes! we house hopped almost every session and in-between sessions went to other investigators homes to make sure they had it qued up and ready to go at their homes! IT WAS AWESOME!! they all loved it and the spirit was felt BIG TIME! mom asked if i had any good food for conference...holy heavens was i spoiled!!!!! saturday, our dear friend mandi made us pork loins and rice with an apple/raisin maple dessert thing...yum!! sunday we had a tea party (herbal of course) with scones and salmon and cucumber and pear/balsamic/brie finger sandwiches with our friend from britain and his family, AND THEN homemade chili and salad and brownies and ice cream from our member!! people are beautifully kind and too generous!!! i was physically fed while i spiritually feasted!! needless to say it was a FULLy enjoyed weekend ;) 

i really enjoyed president uchtdorfs talk. especially the quote he used in the beginning "tell a man there are a trillion stars in the sky and he'll believe it. tell a man there is wet paint on the wall and he will touch it just to be sure.." it hit home for more reasons than one...first off we have several investigators and a less active as well that are looking to "prove" the gospel is true..or they are wanting crazy deep outlandish solutions for their problems rather than the standard "primary answers". i also find myself looking for crazy big changes i need to make in order to improve..rather than recognizing its the little things i need to be consistent with in order to continue my progression :) 

hmm what else...OH MY HEAVENS!! last sunday i made a commitment with the Lord that i would open my mouth and talk with everyone this week even if the situation seemed painfully awkward....satan thought he was funny and made every possible situation arise!! if i hadnt promised the Lord to talk with everyone--we would be a couple investigators short ;) some casual examples.....

the man at the gate to let us into a gated community...awkward because i had initially tried to ride on the coat-tails of a different car to enter the gate because we didnt know the code...when the little gate comes slamming down-just missing the hood of our car...we then had to back out and go into the "guest lane" where he just shook his head and laughed as he jotted down our info haha....already red-faced for causing quite the scene i was ready to jet outta there...but i slapped a smile on my face and explained that we were his missionaries and we would love to teach him about Jesus Christ.. he goes "for free?!?" haha and proceeded to give us his info haha

kid walking down the street--we are driving. we wave as we pass and he gives us a huge wave back...we decide we have to turn around and talk to him but then have this struggle of "are we going to look like stalkers?!?!" but we got over it and turned around, pulled to the side of the road, and rolled down the windows and gave him a pamphlet haha WORTH IT

walking to our car and see a man walking his dog. he is beyond where our car is parked so it wouldnt be "on the way casual hello oh how ya doing?" and it was dark outside so i felt justified in walking straight to the car...but then i remembered the promise...turns out joseph is a sweet christian man with three daughters that would love to hear more about his Lord and Savior!!!

I LOVE TALKING TO EVERYONE AND THEIR DOG!!!!!!!! 

oh heavens remind me to tell yall about the ndukwe family from nigeria..they are amazing! but im running short on time and still have some pictures for yall!

HAVE THE BEST WEEK AND APPLY WATCHALL LEARNED FROM CONFERENCE!!! what lack i yet???

LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUU

HNA HULL

the fair was closed...but the animals were alive!! so we made some new friends <3

volunteered at lunches of love! making lunches for kids who will have zero meals over the weekend <3

THE BERG #15

why hello lovelies!!! i wanna get straight to the good stuff...

so i was studying repentance, and the atonement, and more specifically grace and i was having a rough time with it...again...i swear ive studied and "got it" but then i forget and confuse myself...i was mostly confused with grace and how it works exactly...so i decided to take it and put it into a context i CAN wrap my brain around...i pray that the spirit will help me express my thoughts in a coherent manner ;)

so i love dancing right? so i will use dancing to explain how i understand grace....

ok. 

so in order to get ready for a performance, there are hours and hours or practice and rehearsal to learn the steps and be familiar with the beats etc so that when the performance comes, its almost effortless..its beautiful..and you can just SHINE on stage! even though practice takes a lot of time and effort, every time you make a mis-step, or go off-beat, the practice and correction allows you to grow stronger and improve. muscles are strengthened and stretched, movements are memorized and mastered, and before you know it you are performing with ease and fluidity...

for someone who has not come to practice and simply shows up for the performance,,will find themselves awkardly flailing on stage..feeling very out of place..and would much rather get off stage..

the parents watching their children perform--both the practiced and the unpracticed--love their children equally. have given them equal chance for their success (in paying for classes etc) but one child has taken advantage of the opportunity, and is glorious!! 

similarly, God has given us all equal chance to return and live in his presence. Jesus Christ paid the price. it is up to us whether or not we take advantage of the opportunity..for those that practice and practice, or in other words, try to live the commandments and keep covenants, will make mistakes--of course--but with each mistakes comes grace. which strengthens us, stretches us, enables us, to improve and feel more comfortable with christlike behavior. it transforms us from awkward flailers to marvelous dancers...aka grace transforms us from corruptible sinners to glorious angels! its like Brad Wilcox says in his talk "His Grace is Sufficient"...we arent EARNING heaven...we are LEARNING heaven...so when we die, we are comfortable in Gods presence and deserve celestial glory! we know the steps, we feel the beat, and we become flawless at the routine ;) 

for those who think they can slide through life without trying to repent and change and follow the commandments..lose out on a lot of grace--first off-- and secondly, since they havent "learned heaven" they will feel awkard and out of place in God's presence and want to GET OUT. 

my prayer is that we all keep practicing-despite the many mistakes we make--allow christ's grace to enable us--and ultimately be made flawless/glorious in Gods presence :)

did that make sense??? haha 

anyway...along with that epiphany this week...more awesome stuff happened!!! including three exchanges (i got to go to Victoria!!! which is like two hours away from rosenberg...#roadtrip!), saw a parade..(kicking off the fort bend county fair--which we are going to today!!), held two snakes, and a geico!! bonded with some horses..started teaching a man from england..AKA I LOVE MISSIONARY WORK. FOR REAL. ITS THE BOMB!!! hope yall enjoy the pics ;)

ps SOOO STOKED FOR GENERAL CONFERENCE!!!

paz y bendiciones

hermana hull xoxo

EXCHANGES WITH HNA WHITEHEAD. BEST DAY.

LOVE MY BABIES <3

YAY FOR PARADE HORSES!

the brit

love my compa

MAS CABALLOS!

WE LOVE DAKOTA!! #trio

OVER-COMING FEARS BABY!!!!!!

LETS GO COUGS!!!!