Hola Familia!
Gosh, hearing about those
cheesecakes makes me miss home! They sound so good! Wish I could eat one. I
tell my district all the time how you make the best cheesecakes in the whole
world. I am so proud of Eben and Kerragyn both! They are so talented! Tell Eben
I command him to do the mile! Tell him that I know he will be awesome at it, it
wasn’t my first choice either to begin with but I am so happy I did it! He will
be surprised how easy it can and will become if he starts now! Wish I could see
them run and play! Oh Danyon I miss him so much! When I show pictures of him to
my district they say he looks just like me and is my twin. I miss his funny
sense of humor, especially when times get hard, he always knew how to make me
laugh. Tell him to keep working hard in school and in sports as well as his
job. It is hard to juggle of that but I know he is strong enough to do it!
I wish I could be there to watch some of his games! He is such a
basketball stud. Oh American Eagle! Love that place! Tell Danyon to tell
everyone HI for me!!
The investigators I have been talking about, some are actual investigators and some are just role playing so it’s really cool! I can give almost a full lesson in Spanish, I still have some more to learn but I am getting there. So, this week let’s see where to begin, haha uummm, we got two new investigators so now we have three. It’s hard but I love it and the spirit they have. We have one who is ready for baptism and we will probably set a date this week.
My first fast Sunday here went great. I thought testimony meeting would be awkward because our branch is small but the spirit was so strong and even though it was all in Spanish and you couldn’t understand what they were saying sometimes, it was probably one of the best testimony meeting I have been to in my whole entire life. It’s weird to think that my first Sunday out in the field will be a fast Sunday. After this week I only have 2 more weeks and two days left! It’s crazy. In Relief Society we learned about testimonies. It was such a good lesson. I learned that a testimony doesn’t come from others, it comes from the Holy Ghost. In Mathew 16:15-17 is one of the shortest but most powerful testimonies. I learned in Moroni 10:4 that to obtain a testimony you must ask if these things are true. In John 7:16-17 you need to pray, read the scriptures every day to obtain and maintain that relationship with Christ. After we obtain that testimony we are on our way to be being converted. What it means to be converted is you offer your whole soul (Omni 1:26) you don´t fight against God (Alma 23:6-8) you serve him with all your heart mind and strength (D&C 4:2). I love talks like that. Then later that night we had a devotional from Jeffery R Holland who is my most favorite ever!!
Anyways, he gave a great talk about missionary work. The previous dispensations and prophets of old were able to go through failure, torment, and torture because they knew they were laying the ground work for us, that they would be a part of the success we would have because this dispensation that we are in will not fail. If the ancient prophets stood here today they would say that we need to be better than them which is scary because these are our heroes, people we have looked up to since primary! But they are right, we have more missions and we are going to more lands so we need to be the very best missionaries we can be! We need to invest ourselves in this work for our investigators sake, for our sake and for our dispensations sake. We aren’t commanded to leave our mission with 100 converts but we are commanded to come home with one and that one better be ourselves. In order to be the best missionary we can be we need to be converted. If you think about it we are God’s investigators. He wants us to repent just like we want out investigators to repent, he wants us to accept the gospel just like we want our investigators to accept the gospel and so on. After we convert ourselves we need to go out there and astonish people! (Mosiah 27:11-19) the root word for astonish is tondra which means thunder. We need to go out there and be bold and shake people so that when we leave they will be like “who were those amazing missionaries and where did they come from?” Another thing I learned from his devotional is why missionary work is so hard. It’s hard because it was never easy for the savior. Every step was hard for him! The atonement was hard for him. A disciple of Christ walks the way he walks, says what he says and weeps the way he wept. We aren’t going to bleed from every pore or have to carry our own cross but we are going to have to feel some of that pain and hardship when we get rejected or told that our investigators don’t want to continue with the lessons. We need to understand that we are going to struggle because there has never been an easy mission. Salvation is not a cheap experience, a price must be paid and that price is sacrificing everything. We are the future, the saviors on mount Zion :) Sorry, that was so long but I just had to share that with you because I just loved it. Anyways, want to hear something cute? The other day at gym I was standing outside watching a game of Frisbee and over on the tennis courts were two little Latino boys about 5yrs old. They were playing soccer and what not, well after 15 minutes of being outside one of them ran up to me and asked me if I would play with them. So I did and I have to say it was so much fun! It made me miss all my little cousins and sunbeams. They were so good too! I was able to communicate with them pretty well also. I hope I teach a lot of families because I just love kids so much and there sweet spirits:)
The investigators I have been talking about, some are actual investigators and some are just role playing so it’s really cool! I can give almost a full lesson in Spanish, I still have some more to learn but I am getting there. So, this week let’s see where to begin, haha uummm, we got two new investigators so now we have three. It’s hard but I love it and the spirit they have. We have one who is ready for baptism and we will probably set a date this week.
My first fast Sunday here went great. I thought testimony meeting would be awkward because our branch is small but the spirit was so strong and even though it was all in Spanish and you couldn’t understand what they were saying sometimes, it was probably one of the best testimony meeting I have been to in my whole entire life. It’s weird to think that my first Sunday out in the field will be a fast Sunday. After this week I only have 2 more weeks and two days left! It’s crazy. In Relief Society we learned about testimonies. It was such a good lesson. I learned that a testimony doesn’t come from others, it comes from the Holy Ghost. In Mathew 16:15-17 is one of the shortest but most powerful testimonies. I learned in Moroni 10:4 that to obtain a testimony you must ask if these things are true. In John 7:16-17 you need to pray, read the scriptures every day to obtain and maintain that relationship with Christ. After we obtain that testimony we are on our way to be being converted. What it means to be converted is you offer your whole soul (Omni 1:26) you don´t fight against God (Alma 23:6-8) you serve him with all your heart mind and strength (D&C 4:2). I love talks like that. Then later that night we had a devotional from Jeffery R Holland who is my most favorite ever!!
Anyways, he gave a great talk about missionary work. The previous dispensations and prophets of old were able to go through failure, torment, and torture because they knew they were laying the ground work for us, that they would be a part of the success we would have because this dispensation that we are in will not fail. If the ancient prophets stood here today they would say that we need to be better than them which is scary because these are our heroes, people we have looked up to since primary! But they are right, we have more missions and we are going to more lands so we need to be the very best missionaries we can be! We need to invest ourselves in this work for our investigators sake, for our sake and for our dispensations sake. We aren’t commanded to leave our mission with 100 converts but we are commanded to come home with one and that one better be ourselves. In order to be the best missionary we can be we need to be converted. If you think about it we are God’s investigators. He wants us to repent just like we want out investigators to repent, he wants us to accept the gospel just like we want our investigators to accept the gospel and so on. After we convert ourselves we need to go out there and astonish people! (Mosiah 27:11-19) the root word for astonish is tondra which means thunder. We need to go out there and be bold and shake people so that when we leave they will be like “who were those amazing missionaries and where did they come from?” Another thing I learned from his devotional is why missionary work is so hard. It’s hard because it was never easy for the savior. Every step was hard for him! The atonement was hard for him. A disciple of Christ walks the way he walks, says what he says and weeps the way he wept. We aren’t going to bleed from every pore or have to carry our own cross but we are going to have to feel some of that pain and hardship when we get rejected or told that our investigators don’t want to continue with the lessons. We need to understand that we are going to struggle because there has never been an easy mission. Salvation is not a cheap experience, a price must be paid and that price is sacrificing everything. We are the future, the saviors on mount Zion :) Sorry, that was so long but I just had to share that with you because I just loved it. Anyways, want to hear something cute? The other day at gym I was standing outside watching a game of Frisbee and over on the tennis courts were two little Latino boys about 5yrs old. They were playing soccer and what not, well after 15 minutes of being outside one of them ran up to me and asked me if I would play with them. So I did and I have to say it was so much fun! It made me miss all my little cousins and sunbeams. They were so good too! I was able to communicate with them pretty well also. I hope I teach a lot of families because I just love kids so much and there sweet spirits:)
My companion and I have
been getting a long great! I couldn’t
have asked for a better one! As for food I still cannot eat the meat and have
to use the bathroom every ten minutes but I am hoping that changes once I get
back into the states. Thanks for pictures and the Skype account I will send you
guys a friend request or add you as a friend today. So I will Skype you guys at
3:30 my time for you it’s like 1.30 your time :) I cannot wait to see all your
beautiful faces! I love you all so much! I love being here on a mission and
know it is where I need to be! This work is so amazing and so many blessings
have come from it! :) See you all in 3 days!!
Love Hermana Heacock <3
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