Author Archives: Angela Hill

My missionary sister Ellen recently posted a blog called Dolphin Tales, sharing a story about how she and I had asked Jesus for dolphins during our trip to Florida last month. In it she tells the story about how Jesus did give her dolphins shortly after, when she went to the aquarium, and how she had confidence that, in time, Jesus would show her wild dolphins as well. I would like to share with you my story about how Jesus gave me dolphins. I recently went to a youth conference in Alabama

Lately God has been doing a lot in my heart regarding trust. He has shown me how trustworthy He is and how to trust the people He has put into my life. However, He didn’t tell me right away just how much trust He was looking for. Starting on my eight day silent retreat He started reminding me of the time I spent discerning a vocation to consecrated life. I spent six weeks of my summer in a discernment program back in 2006 praying about whether that could be the vocation He might be calling me

Last year I stumbled across a YouTube video that perfectly summarized my relationship with God at that time. Before I go on, I’ll let you watch it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKhZzGR5tYU&list=UUj1v8ICk46ras8v1pchqzIA&index=9 Everything about this video was a perfect symbolism of my relationship with Christ! I was that little girl who didn’t want to be touched and Jesus was Max. Even the father in the video perfectly personified God the Father. When I first began my mission year

Earlier this month I was blessed to have the opportunity to join the first year missionaries for what would be my second 8-day silent retreat. This retreat was based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and each of us had a spiritual director who met with us everyday to guide us in our prayer and meditations. This year my retreat was a very deep spiritual experience for me, where I personally experienced peace, joy, and the love of God. In addition to these things, I learned a funny little