though! Me and my companion started off the week with a couple hours
spent at the repair shop for our car..I guess the crash caused by the
missionary before me wasn't fully fixed. And right when we thought we
where leaving, I signed the papers and walk out to a different car,
same brand but different. It turns out they mistakes our car for
someone else's, so now we had to leave, come back again the next day
and wait a few hours for it to finish. Definitely a fun time, we tried
to talk to anyone waiting their and one man even entertained us for a
little and took a pass along card. Also during this week a few
missionaries stayed with us while they went to their departing temple
trip. These few I grew really close with and it made me sad that they
are going back into a different world! (I really should start to take
pictures) we had our fun bonding moments and then we went and attended
a Special Mission Leadership Council. There we met the new area
seventy, Elder James J. Hamula. He is an older man but stands very
tall with broad shoulders. The whole meeting he taught us a lot of
doctrine on who we are, and how to have greater purpose in our lives.
He showed a greater power found by incorporating being obedient and
faithful in our lives. He really raised the spirits of all the mission
leaders and left all of us not only wanting to be better but knowing
that we can be. I loved it! it's amazing how God answers our longest
and hardest prayers with simple answers through others. I hope all of
you know just how amazing you truly are, God created you, he knows
you, he knows how great you can be! He also knows how bad you can
become. Amazingly he realizing that and he still gave his son who
atoned for us! Because Jesus Christ knew you. He knew all the trials
you would face and how hard your life would get in this changing
world. But he saved you for this special occasion, he saw that you
would do great things. Don't ever doubt yourself and who you are! He
gave us the GUARANTEE that following him wouldn't be the most popular
thing but it would lead to the most happiness you can get.
This week though we did face a lot of door slammers, I guess people
got offended because hey misunderstood the handbook change. It saddens
me people don't give a chance to even to know the truth. This whole
week we faced many rejections, a lot of people were not home, they
didn't want to know, and everything else in between. We had only two
lessons this whole week until Friday. Friday was truly our humbling
day! Early that morning we realized somethings we had been missing
all week. We had been going forward with the same energy, same
prayers, and same work as the other weeks. We kind of topped off in
the work without progression really. And I truly believe the lord
wanted to inspire us to change and do better this week. So we really
got down on our knees and prayed to the lord with as much vigor as we
could. So we went out and the first thing off is Elder Faaola called
asking us to help turn in his bike 😢😢 so he asked us to take him to
the mission office. When we finished we got to do splits with them and
went to several different potential people. We worked super hard till
dinner then we met up and went our ways. Dinner canceled so we decided
to work through it until 7:00. Finally exhausted we met up with other
missionaries to talk. I added up all our lessons, and to our shock we
had 10 lessons! A amazing miracle for such a small and hard area, and
we have 3 more we met Friday who want us to come back Sunday ! It's
an amazing blessing that truly left us overjoyed, along with another
miracle. We got a gift card to Safeway for dinner, so we went to see
what you could buy. So grabbing random items we where checking out
when I noticed a teenager staring at us. He kept on staring so I
walked over and introduced myself, he said he was curious why we are
dressed the way we are. We explained who we where and he said he
couldn't talk much, but HE wanted to trade numbers and meet up with us
Sunday. It was so cool! He wanted to know more about God and what he
has for him!! I know that God has a work and purpose for everything we
do or wherever we go.
I love the lord, he blesses us so much in our lives! He gave us
opportunities for happiness, to do good and to be blessed by others. I
have had the privilege to meet Great men and women of this generation.
Ones that I truly learned to love and know that they are meant to go
on and do great things in their life. Especially Elder Nelson and
Elder Faaola! They have done amazing things for me and I can never
repay them. And also elder Poulter, he's been such a great example and
teacher to me. Although he's been out shorter time, I feel so
inadequate with him. He teaches with a true spirit of love and he
looks to help all he sees. He does get cocky but never boastful! He
has faced a lot of trials and hardships that would tear people down,
but they only strive to lift him up! He got to video in for a funeral
and talk with his family and I love to see how close he has become
with his own family. Nothing will tear them apart, And none will do
that for mine. I love you guys so much and I hope to hear from you
guys soon. The holidays are coming up. Remember the importance of
these days and where they came from!! See you all at Christmas ;)
Elder Heckel
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