Photo

Here is a photo from Elder Chase Cutler’s website. He was in the same district at the CTM as Elder Hill. Click on image for larger version. Kellen is shown at the bottom left part of the photo (2nd Elder in) peeking out from behind the greenery

August 5, 2008 (to Mom from the CTM)

Hi Mom!

Thanks for the packages! Really, I’m so excited to get them. My zone conference is next Monday so hopefully I get it. It’ll be nice to have a camera.

This is going to be a kind of short email cause the keyboard I’m typing on is terrible and it takes forever to type. So I want to make sure I get to everybody.

The baptism Sunday went awesome. I was kinda nervous because the girl was pretty tall and she had a baby a year ago. But everything was perfect. She tells her mom that she has ´soldades´ of me. Which is kind of like missing somebody but a little more. Members get really attached to the missionaries that baptize them. It’s pretty cool.

The members feed us and the food is sooo good. They feed us a lot.

I didn’t get an email from Brother Moore. Hmmm… maybe he sent it to the wrong email address? It would be cool to hear from him.

Amanda is going to the singles ward so that’s why you haven’t seen her. She left for Florida today. She’s visiting family for a while.

I’ll send some photos of the baptism when I get them developed.

Ring size? Seriously I have no idea. Haha and I wouldn’t even know where to start looking for a ring shop here. We live in a REALLY small area. The busiest road is like Ranches Parkway. Its tiny.

Money in the account would be nice if you guys can. I think I only have a round 40 in there.

I don’t need the rest of my coat. But some of my shirts would be nice. I have a green shirt that I wouldn’t mind having here, I don’t like wearing the same shirt every pday.

My garment size is small We don’t have access to buying garments. We’re about two hours away by train to the Temple so we can never go there.

Well, I better go. I love you!

Elder Hill

July 28, 2008 (to Mom from the CTM)

Hi Mom,

Things are going so well here. We should have three baptisms in August and two more in September. My first baptism will be this Sunday! The girls name is ______ and she has been wanting to be baptized for a year but she has been living with her boyfriend cause they have a baby. I guess some things happened and they’re done and now she’s getting baptized! Its a sad story because of the boyfriend stuff but she´ll be receiving many blessings. My companion got a camera for his birthday today so Ill be sure to take some pictures.

I’m not totally sure when my next zone conference will be. Sometime in August though. We have this member friend that said we could have boxes sent to his house. His mom is pretty much our mission mom. She makes us bread all the time and feeds us. Its safe to mail packages there.

I made a new list of things that I want. But just whenever. I don’t NEED anything. Just want lots of stuff. Ha ha!

-Brownie Mix (doesn’t exist here)
-Chocolate Chip Cookie mix
-More books like that Little Book of Answers you bought for me.
-A return with honor ring. A guy in my district has one and its way sweet. Its like a spinner ring. I think it would be cool to have one.
-Garment tops. (I lost some at the CTM some how)
-Our friend Renan wants a New York Times newspaper. Haha he’s studying English and he wants one. So I told him Id ask you to send one.

That’s about it for now. The weather is terrible. Its rained for about five days straight. But its not like the rain in Utah. It dumps here for five days straight. Like more than I’ve ever seen in Utah. It’s insane. But its fun. Its pretty cold too.

I email at the Internet house. Its pretty high tec. 2,50 for one hour. But the Internet is fast so its cool.

There’s no time period of how often I’ll get a new companion. It just depends. Maybe every six weeks or maybe every four months.

Everything here is really going great. Were having a lot of success. I love it here so much. I hope I stay here for a good portion of my mission. I love you!