Hola My family!! :)

Gosh, first off, those pictures of the cheesecakes are amazing and I want one so bad. They look sooo good :)) I am so happy I got to talk to you guys too! It was seriously the best day ever! I wish you could have seen me but, being able to see you was such a blessing! Saying goodbye was so hard! I am so thankful for you guys. I am so blessed that this whole time I haven’t been homesick. Some people here have been really homesick and it has made it really hard for them.  Every time I think of home I get a comforting feeling knowing that you guys are alright and that families are eternal and I will be with you guys again :) I loved hearing all your stories and how things are going at home. It gave me such peace just hearing about the regular everyday things you guys have been doing. I am so sad to hear that you guys are sick :(( I pray that you guys will feel better soon.

 On the bright side I have been hardly sick this week. I am pretty sure it was the milk which makes me sad. But, oh well haha! Thanks so much for telling me about your lesson! I really miss your lessons. You do such an amazing job mom! I really loved President Uchtdorf’s talk on Easter. That missionary he talked about was amazing and so humble and a big example to me. I also love, love that quote from President Spencer W. Kimble. It kind of ties into what we talked about in relief society about the desires of our hearts. In Moroni 7:13 it says that which is of god inviteth and enticeth to do good. In Moroni 7:17 it says the devil persuadeth no man to do good. The devil doesn’t give up, he will try and bring us down because we are trying to build up something he wants to destroy. We signed up for this we are going to have hard times. We should always seek for joy and happiness. In D&C 11:13 it says we need to shut off the devil and listen to the spirit who will lift us up and let us know that we are important. We need to strengthen our thoughts. In D&C 6:36 it says look unto me in every thought, doubt not, fear not. Doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith :) We need to try and turn off our negative thought and count our blessings. In Philippians 4:13 it says we can do all things through Christ. Feel hopeful because the lord will be with us on our right and on our left. With his help we are capable, we can do what he has asked of us :) Sorry that was a lot of scriptures, but it was such a great lesson. I love Sundays here they are most defiantly my favorite. 

Later that evening we had a devotional by Richard G Scott and it was about prayer. I learned that communication with our Heavenly Father is a sacred privilege. He put us on the earth to succeed not to fail. We can talk to our heavenly father anytime, anywhere. He is our wise loving Heavenly Father and we are his children. There is nothing about us that he does not know. He loves us all perfectly and wants to help. We need to share our deepest feelings with him. We can take all the time we need. We don’t need an appointment. In D&C 8:1-2 and 10-11 it talks about how he is conscious of our needs and can give us all the answers. Answers come through peace, you can sense that upsetting feeling, and when you feel no response. When he answers no it is to help you not make any mistakes. Always trust him. He is our perfect father, he knows what is best for us. Answers may not always come right away but they come. The stronger your faith the greater your character. When you have no desire to pray that’s when you need to pray most. Pray with gratitude and thanksgiving. What God has done in your life is for your eternal good. He will always answer in a way that is best for you. Sometimes our answers are delayed because he wants us to stretch and grow. I just love prayer sooo much! I love being able to talk to my Heavenly Father. He is one of my best friends :) 

      
We have been teaching our investigators this is week and the lessons have been going great! In one of our lessons with our investigator we were teaching him about the Book of Mormon and the importance of it. After reading a part of the introduction of the Book of Mormon, he asked “what does praying with a sincere heart mean?” It was definitely a challenge to explain it to him in Spanish and he sort of understood, haha. So I will have to work on that but, it was still a really good lesson. Every Wednesday we have what is called TRC, it’s kinda like tracting, We teach a bunch of volunteers one after the other the first lesson and our fist investigator that we met with just couldn’t understand me. I knew I was saying the right words and in the right order but every time I talked she would say “No say”. Which means she didn’t know what I was saying but she could understand my companion just fine. I got so frustrated and mad at myself because there was all these things I wanted to say but couldn’t.  I was so close to crying, so I said a little prayer in my heart and right when I finished, my companion turned to me and so I just started to bear my testimony. When I finished she said she could understand me perfectly. I was so grateful for the power of prayer and for the help Heavenly Father gave me in my time of need. 

  Today we got to go to the temple!! Well, the visitor center anyway, haha!  It was soo amazing and cool and I wish you guys could have been there with me! Mexico is super scary though. They drive like crazy people!! They don’t really have lanes, and people just merge when they feel like it and people just walk right out into the middle of the street! There is no speed limits so they drive however fast they want. It’s just crazy and it smells so bad too. But it is also very humbling because these people have hardly anything.  People in some parts of Mexico City live in shacks that are so rundown. We saw a McDonalds on the way there and man I have never wanted fast food so badly! Haha! Right when we land in Texas I am looking for a fast food place in the airport. Haha. 

Speaking of Texas, is Aunt Raelene and Uncle Ryan coming to see me? Oh, and you should tell Danyon and Eben to individually email me! Oh, it’s so cool too that all of Mexico is dirty and gross but right when you see the temple it’s clean and beautiful. It looks so out of place but the temple is sooo pretty here and I want to come back after my mission and go through it. :) A quote I heard this week that I love is "baptism is the gate, the temple is the goal, the members are the key, the doctrine of Christ is the path, and the atonement is the only way" :) So, also when I leave I get to call you guys. It will probably be either when I land in Texas or when I get to the mission home so just be ready! I love you all sooo much!! Thanks so much for all your support and help!! :)) Until next week,

Love Hermana Heacock :)