Canada is Awesome!

I made it, and man, is it awesome around here!  Canada is awesome, even though I was a little surprised to see the Canadian maple leaf on almost everything, from the golden arches of McDonald's to the O in IHOP.  It's freakin' everywhere.

My first area here is a town called Leduc (pronounced like Le-Duke) but we also have a few other towns around us that we oversee.  My companion's name is Elder J. and he's awesome.  He is the most stereotypical missionary you'll ever see, but he's been a great trainer.  He's from Rigby, Idaho, has been out almost a year, and he's also the district leader.  The best thing I've learned from Elder J. so far is faith. He has a truck full of the stuff.

Elder J., Elder Hill, and President and Sister Pattison

We live in a "cozy" apartment by ourselves and we mostly knock on people's doors, trying to find investigators.  We have a few investigators, but only one of them is progressing.  I haven't met any of them yet because everyone is getting sick and it's been snowing.  It's pretty freakin' cold.  It's nothing I can't handle, but it still feels like a new ice age around here.  I guess it's called the Great White North for a reason, eh?

We did have a cool experience yesterday.  We were tracting (knocking on doors) and, after about house number 300 of the week, we were getting kind of discouraged.  But, we kept on keeping on and knocked on one last door.  A lady opened the door and we told her about how she can live with her family forever.  She just kind of looked at us and said, "Okay.  Come on in, then."  We couldn't believe it!  So, shaking off our stupor, we gratefully left the freezing outside and taught her and her two babies about the Plan of Salvation.  It was a welcome miracle after our slightly depressing morning.

We also have the best members up here.  One couple, Brother and Sister F. (the ones that most definitely sent my mom a Facebook friend request and some pictures) have helped us out by feeding us a ton of food.  Like a ton!  They are awesome though.  Brother F. has a fun sense of humor.  They gave us some "Kinder" eggs (big chocolate eggs with prizes in them).  Of course Brother F. thought it would be funny to get the pink ones, hoping for a girly prize.  So, sure enough, we've got some Barbies on our desks now.  We also met Brother and Sister T.  Brother T. is the best story teller ever.  He told us many "pearls of wisdom" as he calls them.

The coolest thing I've seen in Canada so far is probably the members of our ward. We've been fed pretty much every day and it's been great to meet so many awesome people.  Also, there are a ton of other Hills here. I haven't met any of them, but everyone keeps asking me if I'm related to like 20 other people.

"Life is too funny to take seriously, unless communing with God." - Brother T.