Dear Family!!!

            All I can say I am in complete shock and may or may not have shed a few tears. But like you said us Heacock’s always reach the end of the tunnel. I can’t believe that!! I am so sad you guys have to move and all that and I wish I was there! I am so sorry but don't worry I will pray for you I am so surprised!! But remember to smile and know that Heavenly Father loves you guys and has a plan. Maybe this move was meant to be.

So unlike you guys, I did not get transferred.....

So this is the story on transfer day. I packed all my stuff and said my goodbyes the day before and we left to transfer meeting. As they were calling out who was going where and with what companion, where they should have called my name, they called Sister Burdett’s name. Yeah. Apparently there was a mix up. Sister Burdett was supposed to be transferred and I was supposed to stay. So here we are with all of my stuff and she doesn't have any of hers and she is going to a new area with a new companion. She didn't get to say goodbye to anyone. Here I was staying and getting a new comp. So after transfer meeting we had to rush back to our house. She had to pack everything in an hour and leave. It was a crazy transfer day. But I am still here in Kendall.

I do have a new companion though. Her name is Sister Smith and she is from South Dakota. She has been out 6 months but is a bit older than me and likes me to know it. I love her to death but she is a bit more difficult. This will be a spiritual transfer for sure as I keep working on patience. I won’t say much because I don't want to be a downer but just pray for me too okay. I keep telling myself I can do hard things with a smile.

 A couple weeks ago I broke up with Branden. We are on a "break". We are still friends. I broke up with him because I realized that I needed to give everything to the Lord. It’s important that we give Him our whole hearts for the time that we serve and my goal is to find a family who needs the gospel. We would love to find a family, teach them, and baptize them so they can eventually go to the temple together.  I prayed, fasted and received a priesthood blessing asking for guidance because I was scared to tell Branden that I was going to break up with him. But I felt like it’s what I needed to do. I made a promise with Heavenly father that if I broke up with Branden and gave everything to him, that he would lead me to a family who was ready to be baptized and that wanted to go to the temple. I broke up with him 2 weeks ago and the most amazing thing happened this week! On Monday, I found that family. Me and my old comp on Monday were tracting and it was at night right before we had to go home, and we had 5 min left. So we thought we should head back to the car and go home. But we both felt impressed that we needed to knock one more door so we went to a house right in front of us that had its light on.  We knocked and the mom came out and we told her that we were missionaries sent by God to her house to share a prayer with her. She said that was beautiful. Then her husband comes out and when he finds out what church we belong too he got all excited because he loves Mitt Romney.  He started asking us questions about our mission and where we were from.  When we told him that we leave our families for 18 months to 2  years and serve the Lord, he thought that was just amazing and he said “I have a couple of sons I want you to meet and explain to them what you do”.  They invited us inside. Turns out they have 5 kids, so it’s a family of 7. He brings his sons over and we tell them what we do, what we believe and they just loved it!! They have 4 boys and a girl. The oldest is 23 and the youngest is 13 and is a baseball fanatic. We taught them 3 lessons that night and prayed with them. As I said the prayer for them it was the most powerful prayer I have ever experienced! I could feel the spirit working through me and telling me what to say. When I opened my eyes after I ended the prayer, the whole family was crying. They said I don't know how you did it but everything that you said about each of us and what you blessed each of us, with is exactly what we needed. It was amazing! We are teaching them and they hopefully will be getting baptized on the 30th. Such an a amazing experience!!

  

Mathew came to church on Sunday which was the best!! He really liked it. We were super happy now we just have to get his whole family to come!!

This guy named Frank that we have been teaching off and on finally showed a lot of interest this week and came to church on Sunday!! He is older and just came from Puerto Rico 3 months ago because he wife was murdered. He has a son who is ADHD and is crazy because he cannot afford medicine for him because he doesn't have ObamaCare. He had a stroke not too long ago so half of his body is impaired. He is renting form this guy and doesn't have much money at all. His son just got expelled from school and he lives off food stamps. But he is the most humble guy I have ever met. So sweet and amazing and loves his son and wants to give him a better life.  He came to church because he has been searching for peace and happiness. After sacrament meeting, we asked him how he liked it and if he found that peace and happiness he had been looking for. He said yes so we invited him to be baptized on the 30th and he said yes. We are so excited! We love him so much and cannot wait for him to receive the blessings of the restored gospel! He is truly amazing!!

Karl came to church too and is still progressing. We see him every Thursday. He is amazing just needs that testimony of the Book of Mormon.

That was my week. Just getting re settled and finding new people. We did find this new guy this week. Wayne. We found him riding bikes and decided to go and talk to him. He is super cool and really excited to learn more about our church. We went and taught him the restoration this week in Spanish. It was our first Spanish lesson in a long time since our area is pretty much all English so it was a little hard but he still felt the spirit and he is reading the Book of Mormon.

           

This morning I was reading in Alma 1 and I came across 24-25 and I really loved these verses because I have been kind of struggling this week with my new comp and these helped me so much! It showed me that even though I am going through hard things I still need to wax strong and keep the commandments and have faith and that I need to have patience. I encourage you guys to read it as a family! Its super good. Two short powerful verses.

    

I love you all so much!! I know we are going through hard times but the Lord will provide. He never leaves his children.  Remember to smile and count your blessings!! :) Have an amazing week!!

Hermana Heacock