The sun is
strong here!
I think I forgot somethings on that
list of things I am thankful for. It should include the shade, air conditioner,
fans, cold water, and a breeze of air when walking in the street.
This week was super warm and I am
almost black again. I don’t know if I have ever explained to you guys how much
we walk here. So we get to walk about 30 minutes just to get to our area and
our area is a good-sized area. It is pretty funny how we walk in zigzags
looking for the patches of shade in the street so we can at least pass 2 or 3
steps in the shade. What a tender mercy of the Lord! :) Ha-ha!
So the week went pretty good! The
baptism didn´t happen because Gabriel got pneumonia and was in the hospital
all week. We passed by there 3 times this week to visit him and gave him a
blessing. He is doing a lot better now. We are praying that they can be
baptized this week! :)
We also are teaching Laisa, Gostavo,
and Gabriel II, who want to be baptized next week! We taught them a lot of
things this past week and talked with their parents and they want their kids to
be baptized! Laisa is Luisa´s (a recent convert) sister and she used to be very
shy and never wanted to talk with us, but now she has changed a ton. She is
going to activities in the church and now she wants to be baptized. It has been
very cool to see here change and be a lot happier! The gospel is very
powerful!
On Wednesday we did companion
exchanges again and I stayed in our area with another American. The day went
very well and we taught a lot of people. The best lesson of the day was with
Alex, a husband of a member, who asked an awesome question, “What do I need to
do to be baptized in the church?”
We explained that it would be too
difficult and that he wouldn´t be able to do it. Ha-ha just playin’! What a
beautiful question! What we really did was explain that he needs to live the
gospel and keep the commandments (which he just needs to get married). He said
he wants to be baptized and got to the temple with his wife! :) Hallelujah!!
We will see how fast we can get them
married and him baptized!
So Saturday we had a zone fast that
went very good! I will admit that it was probably the hardest fast I have done
in my life. Because of the heat and an act of service that killed my companion
and me. So at like 4 o´clock we were walking to a lesson and there was a lady
carrying 5 huge bags of pop bottles to recycle, usually the poor here will
gather trash to get very little money from the recycling, but she was a little
lady and the bottles were falling out of the big heavy bags. So we helped her
gather the bottles and offered to help. She was very resistant to accept, but
there was no way she could do it alone. We asked her where she needed to go and
she didn´t know. So we walked for a good 10 minutes carrying the heavy bags. We
then asked a guy in the street if he knew where this little lady lived and he
explained. I will just say that it was a trip after this. By the time we got to
where she needed to be we were totally sweaty and tired. Remember that this was
during our fast as well, so it was 10 times worse. But it was awesome to help
her out. There was no way she could have done it alone.
I am so grateful for the opportunity I
have to serve the Lord! What a great feeling we get in our chest when we help
others!
Mom, that is awesome about your new
friend at work! I will pray that she will have an open heart for the gospel! My
companion is well and the zone is awesome! When do you want me to Skype you
guys on christmas? Sounds like you are doing awesome, Mom! You are a SUPER
MOM!! :) I love you so very much!
Dad, the world’s biggest nativity in
Provo that Hudson was baby Jesus in looks super cool! I want to see the video
after!
I Love all of you so very much!
Love,
Elder Hauck
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