Elder Hancock

Elder Hancock
September 16, 2012

Monday, November 5, 2012

Email received 10-22-12


Hey Family

Well this week was a really good week.  We had a lot of miracles this week.  It is amazing to see what the Lord does for us.  We had a baptism yesterday.  He is the son of the mother, Celina, we baptized last week.  His name is Jorge.  He is 15 years old.  He has such a strong testimony and desire to follow Christ.  He loves to play basketball and so does Elder Muñoz, so we went and played basket ball with him today.  It was a lot of fun.  Next week we will play baseball.  I have baseball fever.  

Elder Muñoz is an awesome missionary.  We really are being blessed because of our work.  Last change was a hard one for me.  But I feel really good about this one.  Just this one week we found a lot of people that really are searching for something else.  We met really amazing families this week that I really have faith they will turn to the Lord for help.  There are so many people that are so sad and don't know where to find happiness.  It is hard sometimes.  We all have hard times but if we are relying on Christ he will make our burdens light.  We all just have to open up the door.  Because He is knocking at the door waiting for us to open it.  

We were at church yesterday and were walking home and right next door to the church a man walked out and told us that a few years ago Missionaries taught him a few lessons.  He said they never came back but they gave him a Book of Mormon and told him to read it and never came back.  He told us that he didn't want to read the book and gave it to us.  We told him to read the book and to pray about it.  But he insisted on giving it to us.  We were really saddened by it but we  accepted it.  We are going to go back this week and start teaching him again.  He needs to have the Book of Mormon, because it is the keystone of our Church.  Without it we would not have our church.  I quote Elder Holland, "No wicked man could ever write such a book, and no good man would."  It is the most correct book on the Earth.  There is power in reading the Book of Mormon.  We cannot gain a full testimony of the Gospel without reading it.  It really does bless our lives.  

I love you all so much.  Have a good week.  

Always and forever 

Elder Hancock,
Helaman 5:12

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