Family!! Suprise!!

   

Thanks so much for the Halloween package. I cannot believe dad and Kerragyn put it together. I loved the mummy!! And the white chocolate M&Ms!! It is about time they had white chocolate!! Everyone here thinks I am weird because I am not a fan of chocolate M&M's. Whatever. Made me so happy!! :) 

 

Thought you had to wait one more day huh?!? Well your day can be less long now because I am here!! No need for an applause. Transfers is a day earlier just because President has a meeting with the Area Seventy when transfers would be so yay!! 

            Transfer calls were last night!! And guess what!?! I am getting transferred!! It was a big surprise because we thought for sure me and Sister Burdett would stay with each other one more but I guess the lord has other plans.  I am sad but excited for a new adventure!! I have to say I have gotten so good at packing! Last night after I found out, I started packing right away and I am half way done!

So this week was a week of patience. We taught Mathew and I am so glad for the lesson helps that dad sent! They were awesome! Mathew and his sister really liked them and learned a lot. We read the Book of Mormon with them and after reading, Mathew said he wanted the Holy Ghost. It was so cute. He has been praying every day and we have been keeping a prayer chart for him and his sister Amanda. He makes sure he has his parents remind him to pray every night. We are still trying to teach the whole family, but baby steps. Mathew was supposed to come to church this week but didn’t :(  It was sad. He wants to go so bad but his family says they will bring him but don’t. We are praying for them super hard. 

We dropped Christina this week. It was sad :( It’s always sad to drop an investigator but she isn't  progressing and doesn't want to come to church. So we need to move on :(( We love her but we need to use our time to find people who want to come to church and get baptized. 

            But we also found this week, this amazing and unusual guy named John Thomas Cobo. We found him harvesting and he is super awesome and spiritual. We spent 45 min talking to him. He gave us a bunch of life lessons. My mind was blown! His wife died in a car accident two years ago, and he talked about how we need to have faith and faith is like sitting in chair knowing to wont break! And he taught us how to be meek. We need to tame our wild stallions which are pride and ego. Once we tame these we will be meek. It was pretty intense stuff. At the end he gave us each $20 for lunch!

This week was a week of miracle money. We got $120 dollars from members and a random lady who gave us $40 at a restaurant because we were representatives of Jesus Christ. It was crazy.

We went and taught Karl too. It was a good lesson. He says he has been reading the Book of Mormon a lot and loves it. He says he is progressing slowly but surely. He came to church which was super cool!

We didn’t find anyone new but that’s okay. We had an awesome comp study this week on patience.  I just wanted to share a few things I learned from it. Patience is to endure in things with righteousness. In Preach My Gospel, pg 120, Mosiah 28:1-19 and Alma 17:10-11 it talks about how we need to be patient and long suffering and good examples. Alma 26:27 talks about how as long as we are patient he will give us success. In order to be patient you need to have trials. Tribulations brings patience and patience brings faith and hope. If you don’t have patience during trials, Satan wins. Patience is doing and accepting the lords will.  How do we create success? We need to have a good attitude. A good attitude works with people not through people. Don’t focus on all your failures. Focus on all the good. Become the creator of circumstance not a creature of circumstance. We sow what we reap. It’s up to you whether things are positive of negative. Think baptism and you will baptize. We decide. Whatever your mind conceives, you will achieve

  Super good! Patience is totally key here. We were tested but we grew so much too. Excited for what’s to come this transfer!! :) I learned so much and I just love the people here and the culture. Every day I am so grateful I got sent here and not where I wanted to go.

    I love you all so much!! Thanks for everything!! I miss you guys soooo much!!! I hope you have a good week!! :))) keep smiling and having fun!!! :)))))

   Hermana Heacock  

The glorious Miami Zone, in all it's splendor. Plus two of our APs.

A self-constructed vehicle made for hunting deer in the Everglades. Cubans go hard when it comes to deer-hunting.I could use this next time I go hunting!