Money and Malaria

 Hey guys, we got news! It's pretty exciting and I know none of y'all are expecting this today but it's now my p-day for the next 9+ months. I'll explain why after the 


Spiritual thought: Begotten

What does begotten even mean? We see this word very often but do we really understand what it means? Looking in gospel library, we see that begotten means to be born and is often used by "all people [who are] spiritually begotten of Christ by accepting Him". Then to become a new person through the whisperings of the holy ghost

Alma went through this conversion and says that every creature must be born again and changed from their carnal state to a state tied with Jesus Christ. He is the example. What attributes do we lack that Christ used so perfectly. Maybe it's patience. Jesus Christ was patient with everyone and not only those who were easy to be patient with.

To be "born again" is to start again. It is our restart. I don't know how many people are like me, but I have some restarts I'd like to use. Why I'd buzz my hair, who knows 🤷‍♂️ 🙃. In stories about the phoenix, the old bird dies and gives birth to the new one. Unlike the phoenix, we can change our behavior every time we feel the need to. Let us all bend the begotten children of the lord and find our conversion story,. Which means what makes you more involved. 

I testify that this gospel adds joy on top of our already loaded stack, amend that by following the precepts of the gospel we see huge changes in us and that leads to satisfaction. Don't give up, keep fighting. But also don't overwork yourself too the point you take the joy out of it. It can happen. 

Weeklies:

- This Tuesday I had a pretty high fever, I didn't measure it at first but tried to sleep it off like usual. It didn't work this time, and in the evening the fever spiked at 103.7 degrees Fahrenheit. I felt so horrible that I wasn't even sure if I could walk myself to the hospital. After some long careful consideration at 23:00 (11:00pm) we left for the hospital and I was diagnosed as an African. I mean one with malaria, excuse me. So yeah, fun experience. Don't worry the fever was just the worst part and after they filled me up with water and some weird jaundice juice I was feeling back at 70% working rate. We got back at 3:45 in the morning 😬🤪

- After waking up that same morning I finished packing my bags and left for transfers. When I got there, they immediately sat me down and put me to work. Why? Because I've been called to serve as the new finance elder for the mission office. It's a calling of about 6 transfers or 9 months. I received the call Tuesday. So I've been busy handing out money and passing the billions of billions of cash that are secretly hidden under the cloud 9. (Yes they're counted out here). *I hope we all understood that as a joke just to make things clear...*
It's been different and I can't say much about it yet. But hey, I can say that I have the whole mission coming to me for their wants and needs. I AM THE SUPPLIER 💸💸

Jokes aside, I'm hoping this will be a good 6 transfers, and I do hope that I get a little bit more time in sector but if I counted right that means only 3 more months after I get released. So... We'll see. Thanks for listening to that rant and I'll talk to y'all next Saturday. 

-Elder Hill 🇨🇮 

Some of my toodledoos 👋👋

District activity 🕺🏿🏕




Peaked the fever at: (103.7°F)

Hospitalized 🤑🤑🤑




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