Hola Family! 

            I cannot believe that in just four days I will be leaving! Aahhh, soo crazy time has been flying so fast. They said that we will be able to call once we got to the mission home so if I don’t get the chance to call you at the airport I will call you once I land in Florida but, if everything works out I might just get to call you twice. I also get to email you Monday before I leave. I am really sad to be leaving my district, we have gotten so close it’s crazy. I am so excited to teach and get immersed in the culture! It just makes me so happy and excited!!

            So tell Raelene that will meet them at baggage claim and that I cannot wait to see them! :)    

            So cool that you guys went fishing! Haha, that reminds me of when you would take me and Danyon fishing we wouldn’t catch anything either, story of our lives right? But it was still so much fun! Wish I could have been there. And as for you Danyon, I am so proud of you and the choice you made to get your patriarchal blessing. It is an amazing event and I hope you write and share some of the stuff that was said. It’s such a spiritual moment that you will remember for forever. Oooo, fifth grade camp haha yes! So much fun. I hope he takes pictures so I can see there outfits and fun stuff! That was such a good idea with the hats! Too cute! He will have so much fun! 

            Now this part is for Karley, maybe you can forward this part to Aunt Janae for me. 

   "Karley, I am sooo sorry to hear about your legs, I know how devastating and hard it is to be told you cannot play volleyball. For me, I was crushed when I couldn’t run. It’s hard watching others succeed and move on to better things when you’re stuck with crutches but one thing that got me through was staying positive and always smiling. Instead of feeling like woe is me, I decided to try and finds ways to help my team and to still be involved. It helped me so much, it was like doing service. It made me happy to help those I loved succeed. You are a strong girl and I know getting back to normal will be long and hard it defiantly won’t be easy but endure to the end stay positive and don’t give up. You got this. I will be praying for you. And hey, crutches come in handy when brothers are being annoying ;) I believe in you! I love you lots Karley!!"

            Tell Eben and Kerragyn that I am so proud of them for their accomplishments in their sports!! They are doing sooo good!!

             Let’s see, this week has gone by really fast. I finally got bit. The other day I woke up with 4 bites on my face, four on my back and two on my arms. Yup, living the life haha! This week three people in our district had birthdays so our branch president brought us pepi! Yeah, I was so happy. Tasted yummy. In gym today I took out a chunk of my finger bled like crazy nice good raw skin. Haha, what can I say, I am a bit accident prone.

            One of our investigators committed to baptism this week which was awesome! Cannot wait to teach all real investigators! 

             This week I learned of the importance of reading the scriptures. We must read and study them so we can gain personal revelation and testify to our investigators of the power they have and that they too can receive personal revelation. The more we learn about the gospel the more power we gain to fight off the fiery darts of the adversary.  We really need to feast upon the words of Christ (2 Nephi 32:3-5) A quote that I like is "when we want to speak to God we pray, when we want him to speak to us we read the scriptures" His words are spoken through the prophets. He will teach us and our investigators as we listen to the promptings of the Holy Ghost. The scriptures can give us comfort and uplift us and inspire us. The scriptures aren’t always what you think they are. As we really study them they can become more to us or there meaning can change, “By his words and his example Christ has shown us how to draw closer to him" - Henry B Eyring. Our relationship can grow with our Father in Heaven as we read them. These are his words and teachings meant for us in our day. If the savior were among us today he would teach us from the scriptures as he taught when he walked upon the earth. Robert D Hales said "Search the scriptures for they are they which testify of me. A testimony borne by the Holy Ghost, for by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things" Now how do we study the scriptures? There is no one correct way to study the scriptures. Study is an act of faith on our part believing that we will, and can receive answers and personal revelation. I love this thought, Let it rain from heaven in revelation on what you should study. We need to spend time in the scriptures every day, many answers to difficult questions are found by reading the scriptures. I love this quote “if you want to give light to others you have to glow yourself" - Thomas S. Monson. We also had a district meeting Sunday and one of the questions asked was “why could only Christ preform atonement?” Why, if someone lived their life perfectly, why couldn’t they perform the atonement? And the answer is this, because Christ was called and prepared in the pre earth life to come and atone for our sins. Christ came to earth, he knew his purpose and what he had to do so he lived his life as such to accomplish his purpose. We have gone through the vale and don’t really know our potential and sometimes our purpose but Heavenly Father does, he knows what we can become. If we let him help us. I love all the meetings we have here. The point of this gospel is to make bad men good, good men better and to change human nature. How blessed we are to have the grace of our Heavenly Father. His grace is what gives us strength in our lives it’s what kept our pioneer ancestors going and it is what keeps us going on the right path so that we can return to live with our Father in Heaven again :) Hopefully I can pack as good as mom and get everything to weigh the right amount because now I have books. I love you guys sooo much! Oh how is work going for mom? Thanks for the quotes dad! I love quotes they are my favorite. I love and miss you all sooo much! I will have pictures on Monday!! :)) 

Miss you guys!

Love, Hermana Heacock

One of my Latino friends! His name is Jama! Pretty cool right?! He is awesome!:)