December 31, 2012

Family!

Whats up guys? Hows everything?

It was really good to talk to you guys this week, like seriously it was way good to see and just kinda unwind for a little while. It sounds like you guys are doing realy good and that makes me way happy. You guys llok good too, MOm espesially you, 50? i dont belive that for a second. ha ha Im glad everything all worked out and we were able to talk for while. By far one of the best Cristmas presents ever!!

Alright so this week was pretty crazy, like insane, With Christmas and talking to you guys it was seriously the best, wendsday and thursday we worked and got back into the rutine of the mission life. Then the night hit, Thursday night was terrible. ha ha like i hate to complain, but im just letting you guys know whats up with me. I got sick, like way sick, throwing up fpr hours and it was bad. Friday was no different. Long story short, me and Elder Garrido ended up going to an Argentine Hospital ( a crazy experiense in itslef) and they said i got food poisoning. I was out Friay and half saturday Morning with a fever, throwing up with crazy heat flashes ha ha all part of the experiense right? Dont worry though, IM perfectly fine now and am wlaking and working like normal. It was a long couple of days thoguh, and a crazy experiense ha ha iv been taking some  medicine they gave me for the last while  and have been doing alot better :)

Besides that our week was awesome, We started back working Saturday night and ended Yesterday really good. LIke we lost almost 3 days this week but the funny thing is it was one of our best weeks wev ever had ha ha Yeserday after church as well we wer able to have a baptismal servise for this kid Matias wev been working with for a while, we tried to swich it up for Sunday and it was really good, alot of the ward just stayed after and then we had the servise. He was way happy though and it was a way good experiense. After his servise he kept telling us how weird he felt and how he never felt like this before. Hes 10 so it was like kinda funny like his recongnition of hie feeling, after we talked alot about the Sprit and how thats how it feels, like just makes us happy.  Way goos Sunday though!

We finshed off the week good though and ended the transfer strong! Me and my companion made Standart of Excelense as well so ill send you guys the attachment so you guys can read the weekly newsletter and see my picture. We should be getting calls for transfers tomorow so i guess well see what happens. I can honestly see this one going both ways here so Ill let you know what happens.

like i said , back into the rutine ha ha We dont have much time today and have alot of stuff to do espesially with the end of the transfer so this is what i got today guys. IM doing good thoguh, workin hard, and surving ha ha sometimes its hard but IM makin it It was way good to see you guys this week, next week ill let you know whats up and ill be able to worte alot more. KNow you guys are in my thoughts and prayers, always! Im so greatful for you guys and all you do for me, seriously thank you.

Love you guys. Have a great week and have a fun, safe new years!

Aloha,

Elder HAwkey

December 17, 2012

Hola Familia! Como Estan?  hows everything out there in the states? You guys all ready for Christmas?you guys are gonna be in utah ya? Las vegas? :)

So as you guys know I wont be able to email you next Monday :( thus being said, Tuesday IM gonna get to talk to you guys!!!!!!! Not only talk but see you as well :) we went to Ramos today and i talked with President, he gave me premission to use skype with you guys!!! IM way stoked! so heres how its going down, were gonna be at Claudias house and im gonna be using her computer, well eat lunch at like 12 30 1 so i plan on making the call at like 3 Argentina Buenos Aires time. One of the rules though is we have to have an existing account, like we cnat make a new one, and honestly i dont remember my old password and stuff. SO this week you guys need to make an account for me and asçdd your skpe account ( mom or dad as frieds. After that send the username and passswor to claudie on facebook and shell give it to me so i can access the account. In theory this should all work out, idk though, ha ha Trujui is pretty crazy and idk how good the sertvise will be, ill make sure to buy a phone card as well just in case skype is a bust, i hvae faith it will work though! :) so whoever is ther i can talk to ! like the rule is its the one call. I think that should be it, if like you need anyhting else email claudie, we will see her toimorow and then you guys can get it all set up this week .

Aww so this week, another good one! Idk what it is about December but seriously like more than normal there seems to be a really special sprit this month. LIke its been a really good one for us out here in Trujui, and this week was noi different. First things first, we had a service this past saturday ! Both Melany and Carlos entered the waters of baptism and it was seriously a way good service. Like last week we had alot of ward support so it was really nice to not really have to worry about planning it or like no one showing up or anyhting. These guys are way legit and it has seriously been such an honor to work with them. There 2 seperate investigators but we were able to work it all out for the one service. CArlos is 22 and this way legit guy wev been workin with for a while  and Melany is this 18 year old girl that was a referense from a baptism we had last transfer. (Esteban, not the one from last week, a differnt one) But it was way cool because Esteban has been progresing in the church for the past few months and aboiut a month ago he got the priesthood, sohe was able to baptise her. LIke it was an awesome experience, seing one of our converts baptise another convert, it was the best. For this girl to get baptised we literally saw miracles, like espesially this week, like so much happened and she was so protected by the Lord to be 100% ready to taker this step. All around though an amazing weekend!

We took lots of pictures though and ill be sending them out to you guys soon, speaking of that, i hope you guys have been getting my letters, iv been sendin out alot. Amanda, you too, likr i send out almost evey week, I really hope you guys are gettin them because iv been putting pictures and stuff inside them. iv only been using one stamp though so like honesyly idk, Let me know , beacause like idk if the one is enough to make it to you guys, espesially all the way out in Hawaii, if someone could check that out and let me know that would be awesome. I got your guys presents and what not too, their way legit, your gonna love them. I looked into shipping them and its way expensive to send out to the states , and I really dont wanna risk it getting lost or stolen. SO looks like yoiu guys are gonna get all your gifts here in april 2014 when i come home ha ha.

Thank you guys though for all you do, iv gotten cpuntless pacages from you guys ha ha i got another one today! you guys are the best, seriously. LIke eaxh one of you, i am truely greatful for all you do for me and for the suport you give me out here. It means the world to me, I am truely blessed to have such an amazing family as you.

I dont have a ton of time, like i said we went to ramos and thats pretty much an all day trìp. IM doing good though, know that. Know that you guys are always in my prayers. Always. I pray for you guys each individually and hope that everthing is well. No matter where you are or how far we are you guys are always with me, thats a fact.

I want you guys more than anything to know, that i know, without a single dout that this is the one true church upon the planet today. Its such a great privelage to be able to serve and be a representative of our Savior Jesus Christ. His atoning sacrafice is real, he literally suffered for each one of us so that we dont have to. He did this in his infinite Love to help us be better poeple and to help us return to him. Iv seen it in my life and the life of countless people, he suffered for us, but it is our responsibility to do our part to make valid his suffering for our sins, big or small. The scriptures are true and God really does answer prayers. I hope you guys know that and remeber the small things in your lives. Readin and praying will literally make the differnse. Its not about quantity its about consistansey, every day !

Have an awesome week and ill be seeing you in a couple days! :) have an awesome week, nçbe safe and know that I love you guys.

Nos Vemos!

Aloha,

Elder Hawkey

Bryce at Zone Conference

December 10, 2012

Hola Familia! Com Estan? Hows everything out back in the states? I? Is it gettin cold out there? How are you guys doing? work? school? health?

So this week i have a little bit more time to write so im pretty stoked :) wev been crazy busy lately and pdays have been insane, with little to no time to do emails. Today is a little more laxed though

This week was a good one though, super long and tiring but a really good week. It started off the first half crazy hot, like unreal so we were just doing our thing and trying to focuss on the work and not the weather. Thursday came around though and it started to rain a little in the morning, we were in the pinch for studies and plaaning so it seemed like no big deal, as the hours passed the rained continued and it was gettiong worse and worse, as we get ready to leave its straight up pouring rain, its humid hot crazy rain, streets like rivers and flooding everywhere. It was awesome thoguh , like idk its something that idk if you understand, like on the misison the hardest and craziest experienses are always the best. Were walkin , clapping doors for a long while the and all  appointments we had fell through as well as all the back up plans. No one was letting us in and with the rain it was hard to even get anyone to open the door. To make things even craizier , were walkin to contact a house and 2 kids try to rob us for our backbacks, ha ha thats another story for next time, but like i said they tried, they didnt get them.. K so heres how it is and were almost about to go back home, like were soaking and not getting anything accomplished. We pased a guy running inside that was supoer friendly as we are going to try and see another contact , the contact fell throug so we decide to go talk to the guy. We clap it and he lets us in, first house all day, we get talking a bit more his wife comes out, so were about to share a lesson and we ask if ther is anyone else who would want to listen to us as well, He gores to the next room and and brings out 5 kids ha ha all like 10 and above. we had a way good lesson and they were supper interested, they toleçd us how their never all home together and how it was chanse that we could talk to them all, we nçknew it wasnt chanse at all and testifed on it heçard and had a way legit with the whole family. Were going back tomorow so ill let you know how their progressing but like thats the crazy part, like ill be honest we were about to go home, but we feltthe need to go talk to this guy that said hey to us in the street and through it we found a way legit family! LIke i said the hardest experienses are always thebest and always the most rewarding, we were truly blessed to find them. Hard work does pay off and just when youir right about to give up, if you give it that little extra the blessings will be big, I know that to be true.

This past saturday was amazing , like to be real ome of the best days iv ever had. Estevan Ventura entered the waters of baptism and it was a truely amazing experiense. This guy has been meeting with missionaries for years, his whole family is members but he never wanted anything to do with the church. This was about a month ago, The changes wev seen in this man over the past month are seriously incredible, like night and day. Hes a true witness that people can change, no matter how hard it is , no matter what the circumstanses are you can change for the better and do what is right for yourself. It has been such an honor to work with him and to see him finally reach his goal this past Saturday was an experiense that I casnt even begin to describe. It was a really good servise though, we had alot of ward support and his family, wow, was crazy. ha ha there from peru ad have a realy big family and they all came, all the aunts cousons, gramas , parents, kids, grandkids, nefiews, dogs like literally  everyone ha ha it was awesome. To se him enter the font though, like the before and after effect, the matter of liter secons is something that i cant describe , he progressed so much to to baptised but the actual ordinanse is what literally changed his whole being, he was literally born again. The happiness and smile he had as he left the font was incredible and lifechanging for me. To make things better his son baptised him too, like the whole experiense was seriously unreal and such a testimony builder for me. The spirt was so strong throuhg it all that like everyone was crying throug the whole thing. It was the incredible..... Like I said, one of the best days ever, makes all the hard times worth it, all the walking, rejections, heat, pains, all worth it to have an experiense like that.

Next MOnday ill be able to email so we can get it all set up for the next week! :) Idk idçf were gonna be making the calls on christmas day or that sunday before but ill definetly let you know next week so we can be all ready to talk. IM stoked!

I got another christmas pacage today too, ha ha you guys are seriously crazy, i have 4 huge boxes full of presents , im so greatful for you guys and all you do, seriously you guys are the best family that a guy coiuld ever ask for. I love you guys and hope you know that you guys are always in my thoughts and prayers. Remember to pray and read your scriptures, the littlest things will really make the biggest differnses and really help you that much more.I want you guys to know that I know The gospel is true, Jesus lives and guides this one and only true church through the living profet today.we are so blessed to have this gospel in our lives, never forget it and never be afraid to live it and to share it. Miracles are real and the Book of MOrmon is the word of God, to help us all prepare for the second coming of his son...... KNow that I love you guys! never forget it!

Stay stong and party on ( without me ) ha ha Love you guys!

Aloha,

Elder HAwkey

December 3, 2012

Hola Familia :) como estan?

This weekend and today have been crazy ha ha, I know this seems all to
frequent but I only have 5 minutes left to wrote you guys today. This week
was way good, we had alot of success and have really been working good with
the investigtors. This upcomind weekend were having a baptismal servise for
estavan so were lloking forward to that, its gonna be awesome! We had some
crazy experiences this week so ill be for sure writing in upcoming emails
and in your guys letters. IM doing good though, doing all i have to do out
here. :)

I got some pacages today! woop! you guys are seriously the best. i got 2
boxed ones and then 3 big envelope ones. I havnt opened em but ill make
sure that if there for christmas that i wont open up the inside ones :)

I hope you guys know that i Love you and that your always in my thoughts
and prayers.


Thanks for everything!

Aloha,

Elder HAwkey

November 26. 2012

Hola Familia!

Como Andan? Todo Bien? How was thanksgining? Black Friday? Vegas?

Things out here have been crazy, were working A ful out here , like wev been really busy these past 2 weeks.I got some time though so I can finally write you guys. Like thats one things thats funny, we have pdays but we always have so much to do that like we dont really ahve time to shop or play sports or like really anything ha ha, Were hangin in there though. LAst MOnday was really cool, we got to go to capital to the hospital and sing for Hna and then after we had a way nice lunch at the mission home woth president and his wife. It was wat legit. We were there traveling and stuff likeall day so it was cool to get to see a lil different side of Argentina.

This week was a good one though. It was transfers and Me and elder Garrido are still together. Im still out here in Trujui, Moreno  as well, so i was pretty stokerd on that. Its a way good area out here, tons of ward support and last transfer we were really doing alot of foundation work for the month of December  so im glad i get to see it through. We have been working hard and looks like many will be entering the waters of Baptism. Looks like were having a white Christmas!!! ;) ha ha

We have been working alot more with part member families and those who are inactive. We have been finding alot of success that way and finding alot better quality investigators. Estevan (padre of the all member family ) is progressing like crazy and working well for his baptismal date. Hes such a great guy and seriously its been such an honor to work with him, like seriously every lesson is so spiritual with im and wev had some truely amazing experienses with this guy. When we come back you guys for sure will get to meet him, hes legit! Wev also been working with another part member family, The famila Gomez. Both the mom and son arnt members and we ahve been working alot with them to complete the family. The dad wants to go to the temple so bad but his wife has never been interested in the church. She is duro, like crazy ha ha but hard work açhas paid off and both her and her son ançre going to be baptised the 15th of December :) The dad is going to baptize them to so were all really stoked.

Ill for sure be sendin out pictures your way from the services! :)

IM doing good though, ha ha like idk i cant even describe it really. LIke I am who i am, personality wise but iv grown up alot in tis short time, like matured alot and changed quite a bit. LIke Me and my companion were talkin about it and it really got me thinkin. For example, i used to literally plan nothing, like nothing and i hated it. Now i cnat even function without a detailed plan for the day and without me agenda ha ha. The other day as well we had a hard core weekly plaaning session, 6 hours ha ha! IM growin up alot though, and growing a ton spiritually! The mission is something that you really cant even describe, like you learn so much in things that before you wouldnt even think about. Its been amazing though.Seriously the best decision I have ever made!

How are the plans lookin for christmas? You guys stroked? ha ha its crazy like i have said how opposite it is here. Its Summer and these past 2 weeks have been gettin hot, like crazy hot! Short sleave shirts season is upon us. LIke its hard to really even imagine that its christmas season out here ha ha. Regardless we gotta stay focused on the work, theyv been talkin alot about that lately, like how to handle the holidays ha ha. Holidays sure are differnt on the misison but its all part of the experiense!

Other than that were just keepin on out here. Iv been writing letter to you guys too but idk if youv been gettin them? Let me know.
I hope you guys know how much I love you, each one of you and how truely greatful I am for you :) you guys are the best family ever and more than a guy could ever ask for. Know that your constantly in my thoughts and prayers, like i say that alot because its the truth. You guys really do keep me going out here. Thank you.

Hope you guys have an awesome week, Remember your boy out here and remember the importanse of doing the little things. Its the little things that creat the big things and really make us who we are. Remember to always read and pray, you dont have to bust out Chapters a day but its gotta be consistant, atleast 10 minutes a day. It will help a ton in everything, in all that you guiys are going through individually, i promise.

Love you guys,

Aloha,

Elder HAwkey

November 19, 2012

Hola Familia! Como Esta? How is everything out on the states? How was Vegas? :) Gettin all ready for thanksgiving?

Things out here are going really well, we had a really good week. It was the last week of the transfer and it was a really good way to finish it off. ME and Elder Garrido are doing work out here and just lovin it. We had interviews with president this week as well and it looks like were both gonna stay in Trujui next transfer.... My 4th one there, its a quarter of my mission. Its a way good area through so its been nice. Im really excited for the next one here too, Christmas, New years, and looks like atleast 4 baptisms :)

Today were out in Ramos Mejia in the offices for a little while and in about 15 minutes were headed out to Capital! A mission presidents wife from another mission had a stroke so shes in the hospital here in Buenos Aires. Shes a way good friend of our mission presidents wife so she chose 12 missionaries to go out to the hospital today and sing to her. ha ha My companion is a really good sionger so im thinkin i kinda got chose by default but im sstill way excite. After were going to the msision home for dinner and stuff so it should be a way good day.... Thus being said wwe are all in the offices trying to9 do emails before we leave because were gonna be gettin back late tonight. Sooo i dont really have much tme today. Sorry guys.

I hope you guys know that your in my throuhgts and prayers. Love you guys!

Sorry but they said we have to go in 5 minutes.... Ill try to write later tonight but no guarentees. You guys all have letters comin out this week though too , hope your gettin em.

Have an awesome thanksging and really enjoy it. Know your always with me and im makin you proud out here.

Love you guys,

Aloha,

Elder Hawkey

November 12, 2012

Hola Familia ! Como Estan?

You guys have been in my thoughts and prayers alot this week and i hope you guys are all doing good. Iv been gettin alot of pacages and stuff from you guys lately, you guys are the best! seriously thank you so much.I sent out a bunch of letters today and im sendin out more this week so look forward to that, other than that im doing aot of paperwork and stuff so i gotta kinda keep it short.

This week has seriously been crazy , like to a point where i cant even explain everything thast happened. LIke it was one of the hardest weeks of my life but honestly the most spiritual. This week wev literally seen miracles happen. I cant wait to tell you guys all these stories. IM writing em all down thoguh so when i get back we can just stay up for days sharing stories about what happened over the last 2 years.

Summary: It was crazy hot this week, like unbelievable, all the appointments kept falling though and we were seriopusly strugling. It gets Thursday and it statrs to cloud up and on Friday it starts poring, crazy amounts, tons of flooding and just tons of craziness in the streets... Saturday though was seriously one of the best days of my life thoguh, We had an amazing visit with a fmaily, their son just got home form the misioin and the dads a non member, amazing visit but the dad is so stuborn . We promised hiom all 3 of us , me my companion and his son that just got back that if he asked if this all was true, he would receive an answer. There had been no sun all day but as he prays he asks if the book of Mormon is true, A sincere heart felt prayer of faith. As we prayed i felt warmth and i could see the rrom getting brighter, as he finished we all opened our eyes to the son coming thoruhg the wondow, i cant even tel you how strong the spirit was, like it was unlike anything. We all just say there on our knees in siense for like what seemed like an hour, it was like 10 minutes though. BUt after some time he finaly broke the silense and said he is gonna get baptised on the 7th.... This is comin form the guy who has had missionaries over for years at his house, and is seriously the most hard headed ever. He came to church Sunday and thats what happened... He saw the light literally, like The most spiritual experiense of my life.

I Had a talk with President today and I heard what happened with Grama.

IM sorry to hear that but im honestly happy and content. She is in a better place now, a place without worries and pains. Shell be watching over us out here and picking us up when we need it. She will forever be missied but we must all be happy and strong, we undersatnd Gods plan and we know well see her again. Families truely can be together forever. MY regards go out to you guys though, hope you are all doing well and all staying sting. Know that I Love you guys.

Thank you for all that you guys do, seriously you keep me going out here on a daily basis, I hope you all have an awesome week and know that im thinkin about you. You guys are always in my thoughts and prayers and are always with me. IM workin hard and makin you all proud out here. Remember to pray, never forget the power of prayer.

I Love you guys!

Aloha,

Elder Bryce HAwkey