November 8, 2010

Hey family,

Well we have another baptism this week and 4 confirmations. It was a good week. We baptized Fúlvia. She is 12 and is the sister of Daniel, who we baptized last week. I baptized the 4 last week and Fúlvia this week. I also confirmed 2 people. One of the kids, Richard (9), was cranky at chruch haha. He didnt want to be confirmed. He didnt want to listen to anyone haha. I was able to confirm him, barely. I didnt have time to give him a blessing, just gave him the holy ghost haha. He was trying to remove my hands from his head. These kids have nothing and no role models. But the holy ghost will help them through their lives. That was our greatest motivation for them. My intent was to attach a picture of the baptism haha, but somewhere I made a mistake. I will attach the pictures of the two. I havent been taking too much pictures, but I probably have more than you think haha. I will try to do better there too. Thanks for the letters and the pictures, and for the package for Christmas!. 

I´m doing well right now. Things are going good.  I´m happy and proud to be a missionary serving the Lord. Things are super good with my comp. He helps me a lot through the hard days. He is a good example to me. We have transfers here in 2 weeks. Time really is flying. The days are long, but the weeks go quick.

As a missionary I´ve learned a lot about how critical the members are in missionary work. We don't have a ton of support from the members here in Leme, but are working hard to help them help us. Missionaries need people to bring investigators to church, to be a friend to investigators, to teach lessons with, and last but NOT least, to feed them haha just kidding. But really please do all you can to support the work. Without the members the work is much more difficult and less effective. Make a goal to give a pass a long card a week or something. Don't be afraid. D&C 68:5-6. The Lord will be with you. The most they can do is say no. Remember that the gospel is a blessing in our lives and that other people need that blessing too. 

I love this gospel, I love being a missionary, and I love you all more than I can write. Stay strong and safe and happy!

 

Elder Hawkley

These pictures were taken of the baptisms last week.  The little girl on the far left in the first picture, I think, is a from a member family.  The other four were their investigators.

 This was from the baptism they just had.  Her name is Fulvia.