July 29, 2013

Family ! Whats going on? How are you guys? :)

It was great to hear from you this week, seriously thanks for all the emails and for all the pictures. ha ha MOnica IM Lovin that your wearing the Byu hawaii shirt and just the fact that your pregnant . We just did some shoping and i bought a little argentine socccer jersey for the baby :) Mark as well, looking good, and IM glad you guys all got to met up thoguh, NExt summer is going to be fun for us all, We got some time thoguh and for now Im out here stayin focused.

So this week was a good one, we had a lot of crazy experiences but it was a super rewarding week for us. So its somthing small, but somthing that was new for me this week. I had to conduct sacrement meeting ha ha It was weird, obviously my first time doing it but like as i sat there up on the stand i just got to thinking. Like i felt so old ha ha like its hard to explain, all grown up i guess. It went good thoguh and was a super cool experiense. Thats one thing I have been so greatful, like so many experiences I have ben having out here have really helped me to learn and to ptepare for my future. Like they dont only serve for now but Im learning thingfs that I know will be of such use for me in the future , in the church, in my personal life, as a father, like literally in every way. :) Im lovin it thoguh

The msison, find myself constantly saying it but the best experiense ever. Its hard , the hardest thing ever but the most rewarding experiense ever. Like last week we have been seeing alot of trials but I have learned so much about faith and dedication. I know that when we give all we can, not 99.9 but really everything 100% the Lord really always comes through, at times we dont understand why things are so ahrd but thats where we just have to have faith. IN both of its parts, to beieve and stay positive, but to act, a full and do literally all that you can do.... I know miracles are real thoguh and we really have seen amazing things out here. We have been working with a MOm and her 2 daughters, the Sosa Family... There so great, true miracles :) They have been changing so much and really learning to rely on the Lord. Its been such a privlage thoggh, were excited thoguh because in 2 weeks they as long with a few otheres will be entering the waters of Baptism :))) Thats one thing that really cant be put into words, like how great it is to reaslly see people change and recieve the blessings that are there waiting for every one of us that do our part. But to really see people change and to following the example of our Savior Jesus Crist.

Keep us in your prayers thgouh because this month of August is going to be huge, everything has beens setting up but now its time to harvest... I hope you guys can start this new month as well with optimism. Set your goals. Cdould be anything, the sky is literally the limit. Then set up your plans, and do everythign that it takes to get it done. Thats one thing I know to be true, Nothiong is imposibly if we just belive, and work a full ha ha so I invite you guys to set goals dffor this month, s¡things that with the spirit of prayer our father in haeven wants from you... and then jsut do it :) "Whatever the human mind can concieve, And BELIEVE, it can achieve" M rusell Ballard... Lets make it a great one for us all thoguh, Agust is the month to do big things !... think about it and send me out your goals next week, I always talk about it to my distrcit and ward but IM here to help you guys out eith whatever you guys need :)

KNow that I love you guys thoguh, KNow that your the best family A misisonary could ask for and know that Each one of you has potential toacomplish anything that you want! Rely on our father and with him, all things are possible, I know that to be true. I know miracles are real and I know our A¡Savior Lives and loves each and every one of us, he is so wililng to help us, all we have to do is our part.... D&C 88:62-64 :)

have an awesome week, Love you guys :)

Aloha,

Elder HAwkey

A Few Pictures of Bryce with his companion and District

July 22, 2013

Family! whats going on? how are things in Montana?  :)

Things out here in Junin are going good, likie always seriosuly just living the dream out here. Me and my companion are doing good, and continue to work with faith and excitment. Things in the branch are going well, wev been seeing a ton of progress out here so were super happy about that. To be honest this week we saw alot of oposition out here, in all our week points, as a companionship and individuals. I learned alot this week thoguh amd am truely greatful for the every opportunity I have to learn and grow. I talk about it so frequently, the best 2 years and it seriosuly is but with all things comes opostion, in things that I seriosuly cant even explain. Thats one thing im so greatful for though, because from my mision I have learned that there will always be hard times, espesially when something big/important is going to happen. But form the opposition we learn to better plan for the future, and learn how to rely on the Lord. And thats why were here right, in the mision, on earth, to learn and grow. We cant let ourselves get overwelmed thoguh, we have to always be positive and do all we can, never let it get to us. Posotivity and a good attitude go so far and i know that as we stay stong in hard circumstanses we become eevn stronger, and for that i am truely greatful :)

IM Loving it out here thoguh and am so greatful for this opportunity I have to serve. This has been the best oportunity ever and an experiense/ and adventure of a lifetime. Something that I know is of eternal importanse and that really helped to change my life around. I had been thinking about that this week. This week i completed a full year in Argentina and it seriosuly cought me off gaurd. I looked at my agenda, july 18... why do i recognize that day then i was like , Wow A year ago We landed here in Buenos Aires. It got me thinking thoguh and all the experienses i have had. I can honstly say Im a whole new man and that seriously nit has been the best year of my life :) Got me thinknig about how i dont have much time left either.... IM going hard thoguh, gotta amke the best of the time I have left :) give all i can IN the servise of our father and for his children . IM excited thoguh for the next 9 months thoguh in Argentina, I know there going to be incredible.

I want you guys to know how thankful I am for all you guys do, seriosuly you are the best family a misison could ask for and all your support really keeps me going. I love you guys all so much and I hope you know your always in my thoguhts and prayers. IM satying focused out here you guys know Im diong all i can to make you guys proud. :) I love you guys so much am am so greatful to be blessed with a family like this .

I want you guys to know that I KNow the Church is true, I know that  the Book or MOrmon is true and without a doubt i know that MIracles are real. I know that anyone can change and anyone has the potentila to do great and amazing things, we have to be williing to do what it takes thoguh. I know thoug that this is the Lords work and that this is the mopst important thing we could ever do in our lives. IM so greatful for the oportunity though and am lovin every minute of it.

hope you guys have an awesome week!

Elder Hawkey

So you know as well ha ha its been crazy cold out here, and they said that today its supost to snow :) the first time in like 8 years. .... Livin the dream :))

July 15, 2013

Family! How are you guys? How is everything? I feel liek its been a long while sinse Iv had some tranquilo time to write you guys. We have a real p day today so im excited. Its been a while thoguh and alot has happened sinse last week, ha ha

To start off , President Carter came out to Junin to make some changes in the leadership out here this weekend. Were part of a district ( not a stake) which is under the direction of the msision so President Carter is the stake president as well. He came out here this weekend and is was amamzing. He took us all out to a super nice dinner, it was a super nice night and smothing differnt. Along with the dinner he brought 2 new sister misisonaries out here ha ha before it was us and 2 other sisters but now sinse wev been tearing it up so much out here he seent me 2 more sister misisonaries for the branch and for my distrcit. NOw that makes 8 of us, and 6 of us out here in the branch of Junin, ME and my companion and 4 sister misisonaries ha ha Iv never had sisters in my didstrict so its been a bit differnt but there seriosuly all way legit, super hard workerswith strong testimonies. Its literally history in the making out here. The first time in  over 10 years Junin has had more than 2 comapnionships :)  Along with the new sisters like I said there was some big changes in the leadership out here... I got released as young mens president... and now they called me as first counciler in the bishopric ha ha I honestly still cant even really believe it . IM super excited thoguh and its going to be a great opportunity to serve. It is a little weird, President of the branch is a grown man and our second counciler is Hno Ulgine, who served like 3 misisons with his wife, so we have a killer team out here and were excited to help the branch out... The past weeks we have been working hard , like super hard and little for little we are seeing the fruits of our labors. we had like20 attendense the first week and Yesterday we had 38 :) we have been reactivating a full out here and have some good baptism planned for the coming weeks.We have been working with a way cool MOm and her daughters and they should be getting baptized here soon. Wev been a fulll though and it has been such an amazing experiense! 

haha who would have think thoguh, punk kid turned around in a year and a half to be district leader trainer and first counciler of the bishopric. Let me tell you MIracles are real. I say that in a sort of Joking way but at the same time I am so seriouse. Thatts one thing though that iv learned out here, in so many others but most importantly in myself. That everyone can change and progress. It doesnt matter what type of situation your in or what type of life you have, anyone can change, anyone can progress and find true happiness . You have to be wiling to pay the price thoguh and do all that is required. I know that to be true thoguh, I know that chnage is not easy, for anyone, but i KNow without qa doubt that anyone and everyone has the opportunity. Thanks to our Savior and his antonment the most crazy or difficulkt circumstanses can be wiped clean and started over. Thanks to him we really can find true happiness that doesnt last a little while, or a few years or even alifetime, but a happiness that lasts way more than that, literally for enernity. We have to put in our part thoguh, evey one of us. He doesnt ask much of us just a little sacrifice to do his will in frontt of our own. I know though that with sacrifice comes blessing and creates whole new poeple.... The misison= the best experiense ever!

IM loving it out here thoguh, me and Elder MAnzano get along super well and its seriosuly like IM not even training him. Hes such a cappo and we seriously have been working so hard out here together. A true special time in my miiosn and life with this kid, we have literally seen miracles together and experiensed things that i can not ever forget. I cant wait for you guys to meet him, all my kids are legit, but his espesailly. ha ha Hes from Mendoza Argentina , one day well for sure have to go visit him. 

The appartemnt situation is going good, still kickin it in the mansion and the past week we got our water heater fixed. Hot water in the manison with a cappo coampion, an Elder seriously couldnt ask for more. Junin is super legit thoguh, check out some pictures online :) I have some taken but i forgot my card reader today, ha ha i know, I comit thoguh I will send pictures next week thogh.

Othger than that though not really too much going on out here. Just LIving the dream and absolutley lovin it out here. Like I said the mission is the best experiense ever. All those that have the chanse to serve one, dont even think twice, just do it. Its so hard to make the step of faith but I promsie you it is worth it. Like every week I wirte you guys but theres things that seriosuly no matter how bad i want to justr cant be put into words, its just somehting you have to experiense !

I want you guys to knwo though that i know this church is true. I know that without a doubt that the Book of MOrmon is the word of God. I know that miracles are real and that our father in heaven is ther to bless and help every single one of us. He will always be there for us but we have to do our part.  ( d&C 88:62-64 )  I know this is the work of the Lord and i know that the msiosn is the most rewarding experiense ever.

Love you guys! have an awesome week.

aloha,

Elder HAwkey

July 8, 2013

Family! :) whats going on? how are you guys?

things out here are going good, wev been working and travling like crazy but things are seriosuly going amazing. We had an awesome week and are truly seeing miracles out here. We left last night at 2 in the moring to go to ramos MEjia for a leadershp meeting and we just got back to Junin, super Long day but way worth the trip. We have a family night set up with some inactives in 20 minutes so today we have literally no spare time. KNow you guys are in my thoguhts and prayers. Seriously there is so much to tell you guys but time just doesnt cut it today., NExt week for sure ill have time to write, i promise. KNow I Love you guys thoguh and no that everything is all good. Getting lost in the work out here in Junin and loving every minute of it. I want you guys to know that I know this is the Lords work and I know that by giving the Lord all we have, all our energy and forces he works with us to literally see miracles. I Know the church is true and I know that famiulies can be fiorever. Were going to the temple Agust 2 to see just that, a family iv been so privleged to work with take such an important step. Cant wait! Hope you guys have an awesome week! Hapy 4th of July and God bless America.... and Argentina and the rest of his children throuht the world :)

Aloha,

Elder HAwkey

Picture taken today of Bryce and his companion, Elder Manzano during a training session.

July 1, 2013

Hola familia ! Happy almost 4th of July! hope things out there in the states are going good and that you guys are enjoyomg it up out there.

Things out here are going good, super crazy but good ha ha We are in Ramos Mejia today for p day ( me and a couple of guys had to go to capital to get our visas renewed) so we travled last night at 2 in the morning at got here at like 7. were finishing up things out here and then were headed back to the area to work for the night, only a few hour because tomorow we have a leadership meeting in Chilvicoy , ha ha like 3 hous the ther way from Junin. I excited thoguh cause we have 2 districts in the zone and were metting up for a big training, IM one of the district leaders out here along with the other..... ELder Bajan! my first son ha ha father and son out here district leaders of the best zone in the msison and quirte posibly the world! ha ha Im so proud of him thoguh and its giong to be a way good experiense to work with him so more on another level, as a leader in the misson. ... So preety much just traveling all around Argentina this week, but were absolutly loving it. We get to travel in huge luxery travel buses. They have like seat beds and are super legit :) just livin the dream out here.

We have only a little time before we have to go to the offices to go with the assistants to the station so its going to be a little quick today. Bare with me here, and no worries. Ill be writing a nise long letter next week with a bunch of good stories and pictures in it :) This week was absolutly incredible though, we seriosuly saw a ton of miracles and we are just killinlg it out here in Junin. My comanion Elder Manzano is super capo and we are getting along super nice. We have been working / and travling a ton,and the Lord has really been blessing us out here for it. We have been finding a ton of new investigators and menos activos so its been amazing. That was a worry of president, having poople to teach, we have been super blessed though and the Lord is truely guiding and inspiring us to where we need to go. I knopw that to be true. That the Lorrd really does give revelation to his children. We had a 2 experienses this week that are honestly unreal and I cant wait to tell you guys about em.

For now though I have to go, but I want you guys to know IM doing good. Seriosuly Lovin it out here. The health is doing good and we continue to stay focused and work with faith, all day every day. I hope you guys know how much I love you. ou guys are always in my thoughts and prayers.

ok one quick story before i go, a funny one this week and I have some super spiritual onezs that ill share with you guys soon. K so we had a baptism this weekend and the way the faunt is the nozle, to fill it up is super low. We turned the water on at 2 for the bapism and get there at 6 to a perfectly fillled baptiimal faunt. way good servise, super spiritual and super good for the ward, everyhting good right... we leave the church to finish off the night working and then head back to the pench, Its 9 30 right when we cant leave the pench and i have an impression that we have to go to the church, i was like idk why but we have to go. its 2 blocks from the house, we run there and open the doors sto a flooded hallway and bathroom and an overflowing baptismal faunt ha ha we never turned it off, it was under the water and we couldnt here anything so we dindt think anyhting of it. ha ha long story short we flooded like a quarter of the church building and were cleaning till like 11 ha ha we are learning form our experienses out here thoguh and thankfully i had the impression to go when we did. If not the next day would have been the whole building , an even bigger problem and a nightmare ha ha BUt thankfully only a little flooded the chappel hay? Havve to stay positive haha All parrt of the experiense out here thoguh...... Lovin LIfe :))))

Elder Hawkey