Hola Familia!
Como Esta? How is everything out there in Arizona? Tucson? Mesa? Yuma? I hope all is well with you guys and your enjoying your summer. I got all your emails and some letters this week too. LIke thats something thats just hard to explain. LIke every time i hear from you guys it literally means so much to me, like i never thought the littlest of things and letters and stuff would mean so much to me. Honestly they do , and for that Im am way thankful, you guys are amazing, a perfect family. Thanks for all the support :)
Things out here in Tennessee... K not gonna lie, this week has seriously seemed like its been a year. So much has happened and wev gone through so so much , its crazy. Its been a good week though and a definete missionary building experience. All around goood week though.
It was so hot here this week, it was insane. Theres been a big heat wave goin on so its beeen crazy. Its been like 110 all this week thats not counting the humitity either. Its been a hot one. Wev been doin alot of tracting lately so were always outside too. Im for sure breakin in these missionary cloths. Its been good though, like we havnt had alot of appointments this week but wev been able to find alot of awesomne people that hopefully we can teach. Everyone knows how hot it is so were constantly getting sodas and waters and stuff from people so thats pretty nice . GEttin a nice lil tan goin on here, rockin a pretty mean missionary tan. My neck and face and my arms, right up to my sleaves. ha ha its pretty funny cause i have a really big tan line from my watch too... Still walkin everywhere but thats just part of the experience. Walkin bulds character ha ha atleast thats what we tell ourselves. We have fun while were walking though and its a way good time and opportunity to practice our spanish. :)
Jose Chicas: (aka the reason i was reassigned to Tennessee) the dude is so prepared and so faithful. Hes so receptive to the gospel and he really just has a drive to do the right thiings in his life. So lessons with him last MOnday and Tuesday went really well. On tuesday we got to take him to the hospital for an appointment for his foot. We transelated for him and the doctor so it was way sweet. So after the appoitment we go back to his house and have like an amazing testimony/ scripturer reading lesson. The spirit was so strong and we were alll just so emaotional about it. We pop thw question: Will you follow the example of your savior Jesus Christ and be baptised by a person who has the priesthood, or authority of God. He acceps. It was amazing! We talk about dates and they 7 and 14th he starts back up work so he cant, so we set the date for Saturday. The 30 th! The next day: Wendsday we get a member to take us 3 to a baptism in another town, like an hour away, so he could see one before he gets baptised, Amazing night and he absolutley loved it. We go over their thursday and start to review ther baptisimal interveiw question :( he just looses it, he goes off and how he wants to do whats right and what God wants but he doesnt See the relavance and the importance of Joseph Smith and how it all ties back to him and the forst vision. We were there for a while and he was just expressing everything, long story short he said that he needs time, wasnt gonna get baptised on Saturday, and hell call us when hes ready.... NOt gonna lie, it was rough, like we seriously love this guy and want whats best for him and everything.LIke legit, I know that hes the reason I got reasigned to this area, like hes so amazing! So its pretty hard buut were keepin on with it. Were workin hard and not letetin it get us down.
LIke from this week iv learned just more about our purpose, were here to INVITE others to come unto Christ. We can teach them everything , and do everything we can, but it all comes down to their Agency and their choose. All we can do is try our best with everyone, and hope that they meet us half way and accept to act ion our invitation. We cant force people to do anything, it needs to be on their time and when they truely have a testiomonie of these things. So with that it was pretty up and down for us. It was kinda funny though, like he hasnt clled us back or anything but on Sunday we look back and in the back row of the Chapel is lil Jose Chicas. we taliked to him a lil after and took hiom with us to GOspel principals. It was good, he said he still needed his time though and that hed call us. ... All this being said: I still have hope, LIke I love this guy, its the coolest dude ever. LIke so ready and so receptive, I know that eventually, with us or with some other missionaries, he will be ready to make the strep to waters edge and be baptised. Itll be when hes ready though.
Other than that, We have a few investigators that are progressing well and that we meet with in the evening, so its going well :) LIke I know that no matter what / wherr you on on your mission you are doing the LOrds work and that when you give it your all and truely do your best you will be successful, even if its not with tons of BAptisms.
IM lovin it out here though, like its alot of hard work but its been a blast. THe mission has really helped me to learn and grow spiritually and as a man. LIke its hard but I know this is where i need to be right now. Theres nothing better I could be doing for my life and future than what I am right now by serving a mission.
I love you guys all so much ans miss you like crazy. I wrote you all letters today too so ill be sendin those out tonight. Hope you guys are all being good, having fun and enjoying your summer. KNow that im thinkin about you guiys always and that im constantly praying for you guys. Seriously you guys have been and are the best family ever, more than I could ever ask for. I know i dont say it enough, but thank you guys, for being so supportive and such good Parents, siblings, and Girlriend. I love you guys so much. Gotta keep our eyees on the prize, cant be sad ( me included) Summer 2014 though, GOnna be AMAZING, best summer of our lives, thats a fact.
HAve a good week and keep an eye out for those letters. Have a good summer and dont do anything I wouldnt do, the Elder HAwkey me, not the Bryce me ha ha. Love you guys.
Aloha,
Elder HAwkey
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