Bro and Sis Hill,
My name is DB and your son is presently serving in our ward right now. I just wanted to fire off an email to you to let you know how he is doing.
He was in our home yesterday night with the Elder S whom he is training. He came for a dinner appointment. He is a delight to have in our home. He has a great ability to find a common interest with each member of our family. In the old days we would call this building relationships of trust. He livens up the room whenever he is here. You must miss him and his friends coming and going from your home. We appreciate his sense of humour and the stories he shares with us.
As social as he is also has a great depth to his character. He has also been in our home to practice teach on a regular basis. We have a seven year old that is preparing for baptism and we like to offer the missionaries the chance to practice teach our little guys before they get baptized. It is a win win situation as far as we are concerned. He always comes well prepared with his lesson and testifies with great power and always leaves the spirit here.
Last night his message was especially touching he shared the first time he gave a blessing and that it was to his grandfather. The story was very touching. It was exactly what we needed to hear. He has most of us in tears as the doctors feel that my mother is going to pass away soon. He had no idea of this experience we were having in our family at the time. He must of been prayerful of the message our family needed. You can be very proud of the missionary that he is. He represents your family WELL!
He and Elder S joined us Boxing Day ( the day after Christmas.) for games and food. We received a new CRAZY family game Quelf and they joined us for it. You have to do and say crazy things. This has earned him the nick name Elder Izzle. One of the things that we had to do during one game was repeat the word izzle at the end of every sentence and if you didn't do it and someone caught you had to move back a space on the board. Well he was busting everyone. Hence the little kids call him Elder Izzle. He is fast becoming a family favorite in our home ( That's a secret as we don't have favourites here.;))
Before I close two other things I wanted to mention to you are: Our daughter has been called to the Temple Square Mission and is scheduled to enter the MTC at the end of April. She will be teaching in American Sign Language so she will be in your neighbourhood. Elder Hill mentioned in passing that Sis Hill's maiden name is Fish. My husband's great great grandmother is a Fish Anne Fish Bell whom crossed the plains to Utah. My husbands family were pioneers that came from Utah to homestead in southern Alberta.
Thanks for sharing your son with us.
Warmly
The B Bunch
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