September 3, 2012

Family, aww how are you guys? how are things out there  in the states?

Summer is just about over, hope you guys enjoyed it out there. ha ha tons of rain here and way muddy and stormy, buttttt its starting to get really nice, sunny and hot out here, so its things with the weather are changing for the better out here.

Its been a long wek, illl be real. A good week, but a long one. We been workin hard and gettin into alot of houses lately to teach so its been nice, wev seriously been running all over the place and like have little to no time to rest. Iv talked about it before but they dont really eat dinner here so we go straight from studies to a lunch with a member, finish around 1 and are out all day, till 9 30, walkin and prechin, sharing the gospel. We have some awesome investigators right now that are really progressing so its been nice.

So as ou guys have heard, new translado and im still holdin it down out here in Trujui with Elder Blackburn. Hes a good guy, were way different but we have a good relatiohnship and a way good teaching style together so i really cant complain about anything. Trujui is an awesome place, very succesful and alot of work to be dne. The ward here is absolutly crazy thouigh. Like idk if there could be such a thing as too suportie but they might be ha ha they help so much.

Seriously we have never made our own meal, members literally feed us for every meal, its awesome! Members are alwas going out with us too to teach and what not so its really nice to have them behind us in all we do out here.

Sandra and Mciela are doing really good, comin to church and seriously just as happy as can be, the familia Fernandez too. (those are the 2 families we baptized last transfer) Julio, the dad of the familia fernandez got the priesthood this past sunday so that was really cool, a really awesome experince for him and his fsamily. It wqas fast Sunday yesterday too and Sandra went up and bore like seriously the moist sincere amazing testimony that possiblty i have ever heard. Let a little tear out not gonna lie, but that was really awsome too, really special.

Right now we have some good porogressings that are way legit too, seriously so prepared. We have the kid named Agostine, 20 years old and seriosuly like unbeliable. He was a refrence from a member and the dude is seriosuly incredible, like hes had a hard life and had a pretty crazy life too. H was part a crazy little buracho out here like alot of kids and was involbved in some way bad stuff. >We  been teaching him alot though and liike the changes in this kid are apsolutly unreal. Hes come to church the past 2 sundas and we meet 2 or 3 times a wek, hes awesome though. We wre talking to his brother yesterday and he was saying how much hes changesçd since hes started to talk to us, iot was pretty crazy, really eye opening. His baptism is scheduled for the 22nd of September. Same day as Grama :) Its gonna be a good day, definetly one that i waont foprget.

Other than that just holdin it down out here. This weekend is the big one!  day pachanga!!!!! Friday at 4 were all mting at church headqurters for a special runion fireside with the general autorities!!! Its gonna be tighht. Its president Iring, Elder Ballard and Elder Chrsitopherson! what! Not  a big deal. Were pretty stoked for that . The day after 2 on saturday all 3 missions in buesnos Aires are going to the culture Celebreçaction thing! over 500 missionaries, were part of the`performance thing too, i hear its a big stadium and were all going out on the floor, thats what i hear, vamos a ver ( well

see) though. Its gonna be a weekend for the books thoguh. Sunday is the actual dedication of the temple and were all going to that too! So we got alot of stuff to do this week, alot of work to get done before friday cause were loosing some pretty big nd pretty prime teachoing hours. Its gona be tight thoguh!

Thats preety much it out here, im workin hard, surving, and making you guys all proud out here.... Oh ya, im turning 20 this week. ha ha Wow, like just thinking about that blows my mind. IM a straight up old man, lke not a teenager anymore and like an actual adult! seriously where has the time gone.  IM stoked for my birthday though should be fun..

Ward has a little dinner noche de hogar planned for me so it should be awesome. Well take lots of pictures ! Sorry about that too btw, pictures take forever to load and we dont get much time, i promise you guys will get some soon! Ill jhae Claudia send em too you off my card !

I find my self asking that question alot though, where has the time gone, ha ha tommorrow Will be my 5 month aniversary on the mission!

That for me is crazy, like it seems like i just left, but thaçen at the same time it seems like iv been out here for 2 lifetimes. ha ha missions are crazy, theyll do that to you.

I want you guys to know how much you mean to me thoguh, like tou guys açseriously mean the world to me. Were legit on opposite sides of the world but you guys are always with me. Always. ALways in my thoguhts, my prayers, and in my heart. I waqnt you guys to know that im making you proud out here, obeying the rules, and working hard, and staying strong. If there is one thi ng i want you guys to know most it is that I know that the message that we share is true. LIke without a doubt in my mind. This message of the restored gospel litterally changes lives ( iv seen it in the people iv had the prialge of teaching, and in my

own) seriously this Gospel blessss lives in ways that i never een thought were possible. LIke really thats all i can say, its something you just have to experience. Goinog on a mission was the best desision ever thoguh, thats a fact! Its hard, but seriously the best thing i could eer be doing right now.

If you guys have some time here is somne verses that reallty stuck out in my studies this week, check em out, some way good ones:

Alma 32:43

Words of Mormon 1:7

Alma 30:9

Alma 26... Whole chapter, focus on vrses 11 and 12 Alma 18: 34-35 D&C 64 29-31 & 34

Love you guys, always remember that, I have been sendoin out mail too, so hopefully you guys have or will be getting it soon, i have a stack of letters too that are going out first thing tomorow.

Hvae an awesome week, say your prayers, know im thin kin about you, be good, and have fun!

Aloha,

Your Son, brother, Boyfriend, ssoon to not be teenager, and elder

Elder Hawkey

!Vive Argentina!!!