Family!!!!

I love the pictures of fifth grade camp!! So much fun! Eben is such a boss. I am so proud of him and how he ended his track season!! I am excited to see his XC season! He is going to do so amazing in high school!! He will rock it for sure! Danyon and Daniel look so cute! hahah Such studs! That’s so good that they had fun as counselors at camp! Kerrgayn and Kylie looked like they had lots of fun! Super cute! Lauryn sent me pics of Kerragyn shooting her bow!! That’s my girl!! Super awesome hahah. When I get home the heart will be so shot out, there won’t be any left for me! I am so jealous! I want to shoot soooo bad! Dad you will have to get a hold of that hunting guide and set something up for when i get back! I am itching to hunt!

So this week was super amazing and filled with miracles! First off, Damian is super boss! I love that kid! Last week he wasn’t able to go to church because his boss wouldn’t let him get it off and he told us all day that he felt so bad because he knew he needed to be at church. So he was determined to get work off this week. So we prayed super hard for his boss’s heart to be softened. Damian said he asked and persuaded to let his boss have it off so he could come to church.  So we went and saw him Saturday night and he said by 9 he should know if he got it off. Well, the text didn’t come and didn’t come. We still kept our faith high and prayed and when we woke up on Sunday morning we got a text from Damien saying that he got work off!! Me and Sister King leaped out of our beds and shouted for joy! We were soo happy! Prior to that on Thursday, we took Damien on a chapel tour to get him familiar with the church and Brother Riggin was there and he loved it! The minute he walked in he was so amazed. We took him around the church and showed him everything and told him what we do and what happens in the classes and he just loved it. When we got to the chapel we asked him how he felt and he said that if he was already a member he would be going around street to street telling people to come to this church because our church feels different than other churches and we have things other churches don’t. He said that he wants everyone to be a member of this church! He just bore his testimony on how he knows this church was true. He also said there is just blessings in every hallway. He kept saying, I have to get work off, I have to get work off. When we were done we asked him how his Book of Mormon reading was going and he said that it was going great and he is reading every day. I said if you have any questions just let us know and right then he pulled out his BOM and held it up and said you never question this book, ever. You never question the teachings in this book because its true and he said I may not understand everything I read but I will never question it because I know it’s true. I was like wow. Me and Sister King were smiling so big. He just has a strong testimony of the gospel. He loved church a lot! He says that at work he is hoping he gets this promotion so he can get every Sunday off! He is set for baptism on the 6th and is super excited! Another miracle that happened was he really wants his daughter to be there for his baptism but he has been having a hard time getting custody of her. We have been praying that he can and he told us that he just got a call from his baby mamma and she said that she is living on the streets and can’t take care of the baby and she wants him to take her! So hopefully he will have custody of her soon and she can be there for the baptism. Tonight we are taking him on a temple tour and are super excited!! He is amazing. 

This week we also found Jamie and Tony. They are a couple in their 40’s. We knocked on their door and asked if we could share a prayer with them. They thought it was a little strange but they said yes. They loved the prayer so much. They had a real big countenance change. We invited them to be baptized and they said that they had already been baptized in there church. So we testified of how this baptism was different and done with the proper authority. Tony was a little iffy but all of a sudden Jamie opens up and says you know what? It’s  really a miracle you came here because at first I liked our church but now there has been something happening in the church that is making me question it and don’t agree with the teachings. She said she prayed about what church she should go to or what one was right and then we showed up. She said she was so confused and wanted to go to the right church. Right then the spirit prompted me to talk about Joseph Smith. I opened my mouth to speak and all of a sudden words just started coming out. You know it’s your voice and your lips are moving but words are just coming out, like the spirit is doing the talking. That’s how it felt. Everything came out so smoothly and powerful and I know it wasn’t me. It was so powerful.  After I shared the First Vision, Jamie said we are going to your church, yup that’s it we are going to your church. And then Sister King shared a wonderful scripture and she said she wanted us to come over and teach her and her husband. so we are going to see them tomorrow. It was a super cool experience and such a blessing!! 

This week I am giving a talk in sacrament about the importance of knowing you are a child of God. We will see how that goes. It’s an interesting topic but I am excited! It will be fun! Oh my doctor’s appt is on the 29th, that’s my MRI. That should be fun...... I will tell you how that goes when I get results back. I am mailing you my blood work results too as well today. 

I almost forgot. We had a zone conference this week and it was in Hialeah!!! I was sooo happy because ever since I left that area I was praying to go back. It was so amazing to see my old area and be in the chapel and see some of the members!! They were so cute. They were all crying and saying how happy they were to see me. I loved it! So amazing. The conference was all on hurricane training and helping us prepare for one. They said they haven’t had one in 10 years and most likely there might be one this summer so we will see. Hopefully not, buuutttt it would be fun ;) 

This week I was reading in a conference Ensign from 2012 and I was reading a talk about Elder Ballard. He started his talk off by talking about bees. So in an average beehive there is 20,000-60,000 bees and in order for bees to make a pound of honey they must collectively visit millions of flowers and travel the equivalent of two times around the world. Over its short life span of 2 weeks to 4 months, a single bee’s contribution of honey to its hive is one-twelfth of one teaspoon. Though it might seem insignificant when compared to the total, each bee’s one twelfth of a teaspoon is vital to the life of the hive. The bees depend on each other. Work that would be overwhelming for a few bees becomes lighter because the bees faithfully do their part. The beehive has always been an important symbol of the church. It’s found everywhere. All this symbolism attest to the one fact. Great things come about and burdens are lightened through the efforts of many anxiously engaged in a good cause. (D and C 58:27) Imagine what LDS people could accomplish in the world if it functioned like a beehive? :) Remember no act of service, no matter how small, goes un-recognized. Each little one-twelfth makes a huge difference. :) 

   

Thanks so much for all your love and support!! I miss you all tons!!! Thanks for all you do!!! I hope you have a good week!!!!!!! Best family ever!!! :)))

Sister Heacock