Dear family,
Well... do you believe it.... the General Conference is already
here again!!! 6 months flies by fast right? Also this will be last general
conference in my mission...... and to get everybody excited and to remember
Jesus Christ.... there's another new video!!!! You can find it on helives.mormon.org It is amazing!!! Mom please post it on my
facebook and invite everyone else to do the same thing! Its a beautiful video
that truly makes you feel the spirit.
Well this week we did alright....there wasn't a whole lot of time we had some different meetings this week that we had
to go to....so there wasn't as much time as normal. The good news is we have a
baptism planned for next week!!! Her name is Susana. She's 40 years old. We
found her because she lives in the house of some members. The first day we met
her she was very open with us and she told us all about her life and many problems.
The biggest problem there was she was living with a drunk man that doesn't do
anything except make her feel bad. SO we spoke to her about the Law of Chastity.
We explained that all that she was suffering in that moment was because she was
being disobedient to the Lord. We cant ask God to help us if we don't do what he
asks.....She understood that very well and from that day on she decided to make
some changes. TO be honest this is a pretty normal case in Mexico.....many
people live together but are not married. But normally the people are more
rebellious and don't want to change....but she was different!!!! She changed
from that day one haha. It was so awesome!!! And obviously since she left her
boyfriend she has now sold more in her work and feels a lot better. (She walks
the streets every day selling candy....next time you think your jobs a pain in
the but just be grateful you have it and it pays you good enough) She probably
makes like 20 bucks a day if that! But anyways that's changing to!!! She started
going to the Self Sufficiency program of the church and is learning how to do
things better and shes starting work with some members in making other things
to sell! SO shes doing great! Also fun fact for you... if I haven't mentioned
any of this before.....here in Mexico a person can start any food business they
want or sell things in the street and there aren't any cops or health rules.
Well there are rules....but the government never checks so it ends up being the
same thing.
The Zone has gotten a lot
better but we need to change some little things. The first would be the way we
teach. I am not the best teacher but I have seen many other great missionaries
that know how to teach including my companion right now. And great teaching
comes from great questions! We all know how things work or we all know the
basics but the way that you present it and the questions you ask is what
changes everything. So I'm gonna be focusing my studies on that this week. What
kinds of questions can I make to help the people understand what I teach and
make them apply it to themselves? We will see how it goes!!!!
Honestly, I'm loving the videos
of the church!!!!!! Please share with all people! You never know when it can
make a difference in someones life!!!
Love y'all
Elder Hakes
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