Hey Mom,
I have a new companion Elder Compos. He is from Peru.
He has the same amount of time in the mission as I do.
This week was another hard week. We have been working
so hard this last week. One of our investigators Jonothan was going to be
baptized yesterday but Saturday night he went to a party and came home drunk.
It was really hard to here this from his mom Susana. I talked to
him Saturday night to get him ready for his interview. He has such a
great desire to change, to do what is right, but Satan has a strong hold on
him. At times we want to do what the Lord asks but at the same time it is
so hard to break free from the tightening grip of Satan.
We have another 15-year-old investigator named Gema.
It has been such a different experience talking with her. She is
talking to us to find comfort in her life. Her mom is really close to
dying. This past week her mom entered the hospital again. She then
left the hospital with the doctors saying there is nothing more they can do for
them. The Grandma of Gema told us that her mom does not want to live
anymore. It is so heartbreaking. Gema has really suffered through
so many things, the divorce of her parents and the thought of her mom dying at
any point. Being here in the mission and experiencing some things really
has made me grow a lot. Be more mature. I really feel that the Lord
has helped me to be more mature to handle a lot of things. We were
visiting a less active member that has a while being less active. While
we were talking with her, her husband, really drunk, walks in the door, telling
us there is no point to live, that nothing matters anymore, that the next time
we come by we will find him hanging by the balcony. The things that some
people have to live with... The happiness they try to find in drugs,
alcohol, sex or things like that are things that will drag them down. The
only way we can have eternal happiness is through our families that are
centered and set and built on the gospel. The only way we will have the
happiness we are looking for is through keepings the Commandments of our Loving
Heavenly Father. It is not easy at times but it is worth it. Really
the pain and the struggle really is worth our eternal salvacion.
Friday morning a member from a different ward called us
telling us that she had a friend that wants to be baptized. Exactly like
that. We dropped some of the plans we had for that morning to meet this
young adult named Karina. When we met up with them we started talking and
she told us that three weeks ago her friend Jaquelin gave her a Book of Mormon.
She is already in 3 Nephi 12. This shocked us. Really the
Book of Mormon gave her this desire to talk to us, and more important to be
baptized. The Book of Mormon changes lives. The Book of Mormon has
changed my life. I am so grateful that the Lord has blessed us with this
new investigator. The Lord has blessed me so much in my mission, the
desire to keep his commandments, the desire to always do his will. I
am so grateful for his blessings.
I love you so much. Thank you for your love and
support.
Always and Forever
Elder Hancock
Helaman 5:12
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