email received 01/14/13

Hi family!!!!

I opened up my Christmas package a few days ago.  AWESOME.  The Letters of coarse made my day.  But so did the Chocolate and the Peanut Butter and Jam.  I am going to try to make it last a while.  Well longer than a week.  Haha just kidding.  At least two months.  I loved the Batman jet thing and the legos.  And the Toy Story and Star Wars thing.  (good move Buddy Eli)  Yeah sweet. 

So I am super glad that Mom is doing better after her blood transfusion.  That picture of me in front of that wall really touched me in a deep way.  You all know that I loved to give blood before my mission.  But the reason why is really mainly because of Eli.  And now because of Mom.  That there really are people that need the blood and organs and stuff and so that is what it reminded me of.  But also of Christ.  It was a Catholic thing that I was standing in front of but it really does have an amazing message.  Where it says "a blood donor saved my life",  Christ knows exactly how we feel.  He bled from every pore because the pain he felt was so great.  That really he gave his blood for us.  Without Christ and the Atonement it is impossible. 

It is really nice to know that you all are doing well.  Well I am really sorry about my email last week.  It was super weak.  It has a great story behind it.  Last week after I got here from Tejupilco I played soccer with the whole Zone.  (It was really fun by the way)  After we came and Emailed.  During this time I started to feel really bad.  Light headed and sick to my stomach.  We went to WalMart after to buy some food.  I thought it was just because my body needed food because I had not eaten anything that day and I just had some cookies to eat the night before because we gave all our food away to Roberto and Anayeli.  But while we were at WalMart I felt like I had to puke.  And as we were running to the bathroom I puked in the middle of WalMart.  Yeah one of my worst fears came to life.  But after we went home and slept for a bit.  After we went out to see the Bishop to meet him and stuff.  I puked there too.  At least this time it was in a toilet.  We tried working after that but I did not feel too good.  We went home after that and I laid down and slept.  While I slept Elder Tattersal (My new companion) called Hermana Villarreal.  She told him all of the things I needed to do.   When I woke up it was like 10:00 at night.  He had told me that the Zone leaders were on there way over to give me a shot.  Because Elder McCallister was an EMT before his mission and knew how to give me a certain kind of shot.  Well they got there and he was like "well Elder I have to give you a shot in the Butt."  Yep fear number two came to life.  Getting poked in the butt....by a man.  Yeah this week was pretty awesome.  Thanks to the shot I feel great now.  The day after that I still had a fever but I was not throwing up.  We still don't know why I got sick.  I am pretty sure it wasn't food but Quien Sabe. 

My new Companion Elder Tattersal is kind of a pain but is really great.  He has six months in the Mission.  He is from Arizona.  But its kind of been hard this week with him.  I found out this week that he doesn't want to work.  And so animating him has been hard.  But he is really funny. 

On Saturday we found this man that told us a story that really touched me.  He told us a story about a man that was a drunk and did a lot of bad things.  He abused his wife and his kids and all of that kind of stuff.  It was super sad.  After that he told us that amidst all of his wrong doings he and his wife found out that his 12 year old son had cancer.  After months and months of hardship and pain and doctor after doctor.  Even the best doctors from the United States came.  But no one could do anything for him.  One night after a long dose of therapy the little boy knew he was going to die.  And the little boy said that it was ok for Heavenly Father to take him.  But he asked that He would take care of his family, that He would change the heart of his dad.  Later that night he passed away.  The grief and pain was there but it changed his father.  He stopped all the wrong things he was doing.  That sweet little prayer changed the life of his father.  He later told us that that little boy was his son. 

This story touched my heart deeply.  The fact that his Little sweet prayer changed the heart of his father.  I pondered and pondered deeply about this story.  This Little boy had a love and charity that is so hard to find these days.  It is true.  Love and Charity.  Without these things we are nothing.  This Little boy is an example to me of Christ Like love.  Even while writhing in pain he was focused on his family.  That last thought he had while in his mortal body was focused on his family.  Just like Christ and his last words.  "Forgive them Father.  For they know not what to do."  I love this story.  For me it tells me what the Pure love of Christ really is.  I ask you to let every action you make be focused on love.  I know without a doubt that if we strive to do this.  If we strive to let our actions be driven by love for the remainder of our lives we will find ourselves in the Celestial Kingdom with our family.  Let this story touch you.  Let it sink down to the very depths of your hearts.  Like it did with mine.  Remember Christ and his last words his last actions driven by love.  I love you all so much.  Thank you for the love and support.

Always and forever,

Elder Hancock

Helaman 5:12

Ps.  Mom can you send me the Lyrics to Come thou Fount?  and put it in the email I love you

email received 01/07/13

Hi mom

This week was an awesome week.  On New Years eve we went to Toluca to celebrate.  We went and played soccer for a little bit.  And then we went inside and wached a few movies.  We watched the new Madegascar movie and a movie called the Ultiment Gift.  They were really good.  The Ultimo Gift was such an inspireing movie.  I have seen that movie before my mission and I loved it.  After we ate a ton.  It was a really good time.  I couldnt sleep that night because there was a lot of parties going on and loud music and fireworks and stuff.  

We have really been blessed this week.  We have been working so hard to baptize.  This last week we worked so hard.  And on saterday we baptized a mom and her daughter.  Brenda and Yoselyn.  They are such a special little family.  We asked brenda if she would be baptized on saterday but she said no at first.  Then she told us that she felt something in her stomach and her chest.  She said a wave of peace swept over her and she said she would be baptized.  Two days later she was.  It was such a special experience for us.  And in turn it was such a special day.  Yoselyn had her birthday that same day too.  So we went out and bought a cake.  It was such a miricle.  The Lord blessed us.  We are so 

thankful for that.

We had changes today.  It was a big surprise for us.  Elder Machen and I both left Tejupilco.  I am now back in DF in a place called Chapultapec.  It is such a change.  I really didnt want to leave Tejupilco.  Really because of the faimilies there.  We never got to baptize Roberto and Anayeli.  we were super sad about that.  It was such a hard task to leave that family.  Anayeli is not working right now and Roberto does not have a job.  And so right now they litterally dont have anything.  But we went out saterday night and bought them food.  And we gave them food left over from our house.  But they  are going to be just fine.  They have such a desire to be baptized.  The Lord will bless them for that.  Sorry this isnt very long.  I cant consentrate very well and am not feeling to good.  All is well here.  I am doing great.  I love you all so much.  Thank you for all that you do.  You all are my drive.  

Always and forever

Elder Hancock

Helaman 5:12

ps.  I need money  and i got those packages

pl

email received 12/31/12

Hi family,


Well We are writing super early today so sorry about that.  We are going to Toluca at 11:30 and there is a lot of stuff we have to do before then.  So yeah sorry about that.  It was so good to hear from you all last week.  It made me so happy to hear you all.  I am really happy to hear that you all are doing fine and well.  I really love and appreciate the love and support that I get from you all. 

This week was awesome .  Elder Machen and I worked so hard this past week.  This past week we have a few cool stories.  We received a reference from one of our investigators.  We went by and talked to him for a bit.  He told us that we was studying  with the Jehovah's Witnesses.  So we decided to teach the Restoration.  It was such a powerful lesson.  The Spirit was there so strong.  It was like you could like float on clouds.  It was like a thick heavy fog.  That you can't see.  But when we recited the First vision we knew without a doubt that he was feeling the Spirit.  He told us after that that he felt something wash over him.  From his head down to his toes.  He then told us that the picture that we were holding of Joseph Smith in the Sacred Grove with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appearing to him, at first he only saw white where Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ were  but then as we recited the first vision he saw them come into the picture slowly .  He described it as someone taking away the blind fold from his eyes.  He said that he had never felt anything like that in his entire life.  It was such an amazing experience. 

Yesterday we had one of our investigators go to church, Brenda.  It really was a miracle.  She said she was going to try to go.  But she went yesterday.  She really has such a desire to follow Christ.  She has a drinking problem, but through Christ nothing is impossible.  We are going to interview her on Wednesday so that she can be baptized on Sunday with her daughter. 

Last night we visited Roberto.  He was alone.  Anayeli and their kids, Jason and Madaline, were gone eating dinner with the family of Anayeli.  He was super sad.  He doesn't have a job and the last job that he had won't give him a month of pay that he earned.  Their money situation is getting worse and worse.  We told him that he needs to be baptized.  That through this covenant the Lord will bless him.  He has been doing everything he can.  And he is doing everything he needs to.  Praying with his family and  personally.  Reading the Book of Mormon everyday. Everything but baptism.  We told him that this will bless his life so much.  They can't get baptized because Anayeli needs to get divorced.  But she is afraid to talk to her mother in law.  So Roberto suggested that we go with her this morning to talk to her ex mother in law.  We felt really good about that so that is exactly what we are going to do. 

I love you all so much.  I am so grateful for you all. 

Thank you.

Always and forever

Elder Hancock
Helaman 5:12