THE BERG #10

hello lovelies!! probably one of the best weeks of my life!! 

SHIRLEY JACKSON SCOTT GOT BAPTIZED AND CONFIRMED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and the baptism was GLORIOUS!!!! when we saw her the day before, she told us she felt really nervous but "im okay with that..im ready.." 

then saturday evening when she made it to the church she said "im not nervous anymore..im excited..im ready!! i know im ready!" after she was baptized she stood in the water for a second with her hands clasped on her forehead with the HUGEST smile on her face!!! when she came out and gave us hugs (soaking wet but didnt mind one bit) she just kept saying over and over "i feel good..like wow..i really feel good! im clean. im happy. i feel sooo good!" shirley was literally glowing :) sister lenhart and i were then able to sing a song to guitar accompaniment provided by sister lenhart. shirley asked us to sing "I am a child of God." her eyes weld up with tears as we sang the words that are soooo familiar to us, but new treasures for shirley. it took me back a little bit to realize how profound the words to that song really are...how much ive taken for granted the knowledge that "i am a child of God.." and all that really entails <3 

i am looking forward to going to the temple THIS WEEK with shirley to be baptized for her ancestors. she mentioned after her baptism that when she was in the water her dad (who passed a couple years ago) came to her and she got an overwhelming feeling that she NEEDS to do baptisms for him and his family! i can only imagine the spirit that will be felt when we take her family names to the temple!! I CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

as if that wasnt enough...we had two investigators come to the baptism. one of which was stacy! we asked her how she felt about shirley"s baptism and she said "it was awesome!! everything was so nicely done and you just felt good the whole time ya know? and when shirley was in the water?! whooowie! i mean wow...thats a good feeling. im sooo excited for my baptism!" stacy now has a renewed desire to be baptized and will be working her hardest--along with a ton of support--to quit smoking and drinking coffee so she can be baptized on the 19th of september!!! 

second was mandi. although her sister is a member--she had never attended a baptismal service before. she commented as well on the peace and calm that she felt throughout the entire service and she commented to sister lenhart that she wanted to "know more about how it all works...the whole baptism thing"!!! 

we truly are being sooo blessed right now in our area and we KNOW it is because of our exact obedience and diligence. we are kickin our tails to do EVERYTHING the Lord asks of us so that we can be those instruments in His hands...the two main scriptures we keep in mind as motivation are  3 nephi 5:13 "Behold, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I have been called of him to declare his word among his people, that they might have everlasting life."

along with 2 Timothy 4:7 "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:"

we are all disciples of Jesus Christ! dont forget the promises you made when you were baptized! and if you arent keeping those promises right now..good news guys..YOU CAN REPENT!!!!!! do it, i dare ya!

have the best week sharing the gospel!! i know i will ;)

love yall!!

hermana hull

had the saweeet opportunity to go to the gator park at brazos bend!!!! it was the scariest/coolest thing EVER!!! we saw a total of 16 alligators and a bazillion banana spiders ;) the biggest gator we saw was 8-10 feet!!!!

check out my bishop's suit?? #straightclass

THE BERG #9

hello again everyone!! how we doin?! 

i have some SUPER exciting news for yall!!!! but let me tell the story....

so remember shirley? the absolute GOLDEN investigator??? i believe i mentioned she didnt come to church last week and crushed our little hearts....but we were excited about her interview with President Calvert (mission presidency) on tuesday. we werent able to make contact with her on monday--which worried us a little, but we felt confident she would show for her interview............she didnt. she doesnt have a phone currently so the only way to contact her is at her house. so we knocked on her door all day long, asked neighbors..even tried a referral she gave us and asked them if they knew where she was...asked our other investigator who lived in an entirely different complex if she happened to know shirley... it was a long shot but we asked her anyway...turns out ella (the other investigator..im fixin to tell yall about her in a sec ;) DOES know shirley...in fact her son married shirley's sister!!! but after multiple attempts to get ahold of son and sister we still came up empty handed....it was lame breaking the news to president calvert--who had driven down from houston--that the interview wouldnt be happening that night...wednesday passes..thursday...friday...no contact...until FINALLY saturday night (after praying like crazy in the temple all day--oh! i have to talk about the temple too!) we found shirley and stacy (other investigator) sitting outside chattin!! shirley explained to us that her mom and sister had surprised her and she was with them for the week..but that she had been reading and studying and was planning on coming to church the next day.. sunday morning rolls around and sure enough! shirley came and announced her baptism to everyone in relief society and so we gave bishop the go to announce it in sacrament meeting as well! after church she got a priesthood blessing to help her be strong against the temptation to smoke and she passed her interview with president calvert!! (bless his heart for making the drive again!) so SHIRLEY WILL BE GETTING BAPTIZED SATURDAY AT 7PM!!!!!!!!!!!!! we are soooooo soooooo beyond thrilled for her!!! calling her golden doesnt do her justice anymore...this lady's straight PLATINUM!! 

ok so ella...she was a referral from the spanish sisters in the area. so we found her sitting out front, rockin on her porch smoking..the first thing she says to us when we explain we are her missionaries is "i want to stop smoking and gain more faith" i laughed a little and told her "well, you are talking to the right people ;)" after a teary first lesson (her..not us) we invited her to be baptized-which invitation she gladly accepted--and closed with a powerful prayer. at the end of the prayer i felt inspired to ask her if she had the faith sufficient to believe that God could help her stop smoking today...she said yes. so i took her pack of cigarettes and she committed to herself that she would never smoke again!!!!! IT WAS AWESOME! we've seen her a couple times since then and she is still going strong ;) 

ok temple...so i had the blessed opportunity to go to the temple for Rosario (from h1) to recieve her endowments!!! i was shocked and honored when she asked me to be her escort!!!!! i was a tiny bit nervous because i hadnt done a spanish session in a while and would need to do all the translating and what not beforehand..but the second we were in the temple all worries high-tailed it!! it was an INDESCRIBABLE JOY that filled me up the whole time being in the temple with Rosario (along with many others from my h1 family!!!) it truly felt celestial <3 the temple is the goal guys...get there as often as possible!! somewhere i NEVER regret going!! 

well, the church is true guys! promise! 

love yall mucho!

hermana hull 

mini-missionary again!! sister keenan is a DIME! 

bikes and exchanges! 

JUMBO MANGO!

little investigator ariana=angelita <3

TEMPLE TRIP FOR ROSARIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 13 MONTHS!!!

THE BERG #8

hey yall im fixin ta tell ya about my week! (legit. "fixin ta" do whatever is a legit thing out here. I LOVE THESE PEOPLE!)

so this week we had another opportunity to house a mini-missionary. sister martin is from sugarland (about twenty minutes away), is 17 years old, and is THE CUTEST! it was an absolute BLAST having her roll around rosenberg with sister lenhart and i for about four days...i wish she could’ve stayed forever!!! 

but while she was here we had the opportunity to visit with shirley...the golden child...shirley really is inspiring! she trusts the Lord sooooo much and is ridiculously humble and just eats up everything we teach her...we met her a week ago and she is already reading in 1 nephi 13 and is living all the commandments!! WHICH IS AMAZING becuase she has been smoking for about 20 or so years and as soon as we taught her that smoking was against God's commandments and testified that God would help her quit if she prayed and read and depended on him etc she stopped the next day and has been going strong for about 6 days!! she told us the temptation has left her and she no longer feels the need to light up!!! it reminded me of the people that listened to king benjamin in the Book of Mormon...after being taught correct principles and having the spirit testify to their hearts that what he taught was true, they no longer wanted to sin..."Yea, we believe all the words which thou hast spoken unto us; and also, we know of their surety and truth, because of the Spirit of the Lord Omnipotent, which has wrought a mighty change in us, or in our hearts, that we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually.” (Mosiah 5:2) we are soo sooooo excited for shirley and her upcoming baptism!! pray that she stays golden ;) 

hmmm what else...oh!! so sister lenhart and i were setting goals as a companionship and we decided we need to take care of ourselves better physically so that we can feel the spirit more..we arent eating mcdonalds and shakes everyday--dont worry--but still....so naturally we decided we had to go out with a BANG!!! so we made the trek out to needville to eat at a member-owned restaurant called Jay Cafe....we went HAM!!! we got the juicy jay burger (huge burger stuffed with cheese), quality texas fried chicken, homemade mac n cheese, rolls, fried okra, two pie slices, and the triple chocolate cake!!!!! IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!! but like the people of king benjamin..it wrought a mighty change in us..."Yea, we ATE ALL THE FOOD which thou hast GIVEN unto us; and also, we know of their GREASE and FAT, because of the LACK OF THE Spirit of the Lord Omnipotent, which has wrought a mighty change in us, or in our STOMACHS, that we have no more disposition to  EAT LIKE PIGS, but to EAT HEALTHY continually." so eat healthy we shall ;) #1nephi19:23likenthesciptures
well, i love yall muchisisisimo!!! and hope your week is blessed!!
hermana hull

here are some pics ;)

 hay huggin

Look at this dog's eyes!  

mini-missionary sister martin xoxo 

THE BERG #7

HELLO HELLO!!! hope everyone had a week as good as mine!! transfers were super exciting because i got a BRAND SPANKIN NEW MISSIONARY AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! i really love getting missionaries hot off the plate because their zeal and gusto for the work is contagious!! it helps me re-commit to KILL IT on the daily ;) 

so...my new companion is Sister Lenhart from Nephi, Utah...and I STINKIN LOVE HER!!!! she loves volleyball and singing and guitar etc etc etc...we get along SUPER well and are so similar it's weird sometimes...i am sooo excited to be working with her! even though i am training in english for the first time...its tight because sister lenhart really really wants to learn spanish and took it in college so i can keep mine up! also, we realized that our voices blend really well so we have major goals to get some baptism so we can sing little duets at them ;) and it looks like we will be able to make our dreams come true because Heavenly Father blessed us with a MIRACLE!! ok..more like a million miracles a day..but ill just mention a couple ;)

*so stacy...she has a date for the 15th right? but her biggest obstacle is to quit smoking...when we asked how she was doing a couple days ago she said that its gotten bad and that she was worried about how much she was smoking...we committed her to read a scripture and say a prayer anytime that she wants to light up a cigarette...the next time we saw (saturday) her she informed us that she had gone from 2 packs of 20 cigs a day..to only 5 or 6!!!!!!!!!!!!! TALK ABOUT PROGRESS!!! she is doing amazing and strengthening my testimony of the power of scripture and prayer :) 

*before leaving stacy's on saturday we asked her "who else do you know that could benefit from our message?" she thought about it for a second and then mentioned a neighbor of hers...so we left and immediately knocked on said neighbor's door! a sweet lady named Shirley answered the door and as soon as we mentioned "Jesus Christ" she said "Come right in!". we only had about 7 minutes before we needed to leave to make another appointment...but we sat down with her and boldly testified of the restored gospel of jesus christ and invited her to be baptized. she said yes so fast i almost questioned it! and then came even more "yeses" yes ill come to church, yes ill read the pamphlet, yes please come back tomorrow, etc etc etc.....

the next morning we knocked on her door to pick her up for church and she was all dressed and ready to go with her Book of Mormon in hand!!!!!! she LOVED church and when we stopped by later in the day the first thing she said to us was, "ive been to a lot of churches..but i like yours best! i like the aura....can i go back next week?? id really enjoy that.." WHAT THE GOLDEN?! and it gets better!! we read a chapter in the book of mormon with her and she asked if we could read another with her...and she wanted to keep going, but we had to jet so we asked her to read it on her own..she said she would read the next four chapters, and then asked if we could come back "tomorrow" (aka today) so we will!! i love this lady soooo much!! she is amazing! pray that she also can quit smoking..we are teaching the word of wisdom tonight!!

i love love loooovveee this work guys..for real..nothing is better!!!! trust me, you wanna share the gospel..you wont regret it ;) so do it!! 

love yall muchooooooo!!

hermana hull

goodbyes that are actually see you laters....

sister lenhart and i <3

Shirley and her grandson elijah!!!!

oh! and their puppy ;)

THE BERG #6

so i am the lamest and have zero time this week but here is the biggest news..

MY COMP IS GETTING TRANSFERED AND I AM TRAINING AGAIN!!!

sooo bittersweet because i really love sister schumacher...but we go and do what the lord wants!!!! and i am PUMPED to get a newbie!! 

okay literally have a second and so ill send pictures!!!

love yall BIG TIME!!!! ps read this the other morning and i felt like words were robbed right out of my mouth  mormon 3:22 "And I would that I could persuade all ye ends of the earth to repent and prepare to stand before the judgment-seat of Christ."

a random dude gave me this angel bear

GONNA MISS THIS GIRL SOOOO MUCH!!

love love love the masters!!! from california so go figure ;) they take good care of us!

saying bye to missionaries is all i do these days!! elder alexander and elder baird are both THE MAN!

GOT TO SEE TWO OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE BERG #5

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES!!!! YALL ARE THE BOMB!!! 

seriously great week out here!!! we traveled out to some of the outskirts of our area...like m a j o r country roads!!!! we even saw an armadillo!! to answer mom's questions..on average we drive anywhere from 30-60 miles a day...(the 60 mile days are when we hit up the boonies)..but as a consequence of the excessive driving...we are running short on miles and were on bikes almost everyday this week!! which is AMAZING because ive missed my bike...but at the same time NUTS because let me tell you...it is getting H O T down here!!! i almost wish the floods were back! my birthday was great!! jessica and alvaro (member and investigator from my last area) drove up and SURPRISED ME FOR LUNCH!!!

oops. too soon!!

anyway, those two sweethearts took us to a nice restaurant called "Gringos" (punny huh ;)) and got me balloons, a pinata, presents, and TWO CAKES!!! i didnt get my face full on smashed this time because i had to go out and teach after..but jess made me promise to smash my face later....so sister schu and i had a great time with that!! haha it was sister schu's first face smashing experience so definitely was a hoot!!! 

what else happened......we say a drug deal happen in the middle of the day as we were walking to our investigators place (the girl involved goes "i know yall saw that..pray for me!" haha) and then the guy involved walked directly to the apartment of our investigator!!!!! haha word of wisdom and honoring the laws of the land will be taught ASAP and that's a PROMISE!! 

oh! i had a super humbling experience this week...(mom just plug your ears..or i guess close your eyes? becuase im fine.) so as we were driving out to the boonies this thursday...we came to an intersection..where i and the car across the highway have a stop sign, but the cars on the highway inbetween us keep cruising, right? does that make sense? anyway...so i stop, and the car across the road stops..and then a truck coming from my right stops! and im like "why the heck is he stopping? he doesnt have a stop sign??" so im like cool. i guess ill go...BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just as i started to cross the highway, a Cadillac zooming by (from my left) honks and swerves out of the way--just missing the front of our car. HOLY HEAVENS DID I FEEL DUMB!! there i was calling mister truck guy an idiot in my head and goin' for it..when really he was more aware of the situation and being safe...

spiritual connection--sometimes we are quick to judge the actions of others...we think they are idiots that dont know what they are doing....but more often than not, there is a method to their madness and maybe we need to slow down, and "look both ways" before we label them and move on. i am sooooo thankful for the lesson learned and for the testimony that Heavenly Father really does love and protect us!! here's to driving safe and not judging!! haha 

well anyway..more stuff happened but i think the pictures will pick up my slack ;) LOVE YALL MUCHO!

HERMANA HULL

OH! ps i encourage everyone to re-watch these two conference talks....read them both this week and i LOVE THEM

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/the-music-of-the-gospel?lang=eng

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/04/latter-day-saints-keep-on-trying?lang=eng

BIRTHDAY FESTIVITIES

MY CUTE LITTLE COMPIE DOESNT LIKE PICTURES...BUT IM TRAINING HER TO LOVE THEM

TWELVE MONTHS DOWN PATT!

teaching with sister kerr is the BOMB!! her first language is spanish so it feels like HOME!

chalking the plan of happiness with our little lost boys <3

got this dress for FREE at a garage sale we helped some investigators set up...offically my country dress. its ridiculous! i just need to put on my hat and get me some boots and im SET

sister schu LOVES minions and some cuties in the ward know it so they made us these little guys!!

this is norma. adopted grandma. i LOVE HER!! just started reading the book of mormon and says she'll come to church as soon as her leg heals!! <3