Pictures 5/29/17

RIO BRAVO--Week #1 5/29/17

Sorry I couldn’t send the email last week the Wi-Fi wouldn’t load and I couldn’t send it.

I am loving it in the new area! It has been super great, little bit hard since neither of us know the area. This week has been great. We have met some awesome new people! Other than that it truthfully has not been a crazy different week. This week we had a super awesome branch conference and a member of the area 70 came, Elder Roman. He gave a super, super awesome talk! I really liked one of the things that he said. He was quoting an Apostol and he taught that in the final judgment will be a judgment based on the changes we have made in life. He said it isn’t going to be like a scale of the good things and the bad but the transformation that we have received from the atonement of Jesus Christ. I really liked this, and I love teaching this to the people. Christ can always help us and we can transform our lives through him!

I’m super excited. We will be traveling to a new branch this next week. It has been closed for 15 years and we will be working there for a week and in the branch I’m in right now for a week! It should be an awesome experience!!

It was a crazy weather week! Last night there was a crazy storm and the lightning was literally lighting up the room like almost constantly. I am really tired, we didn’t sleep good from the storm.

This week we ate some goat. It’s like beef but just has a little bit of a different taste. I really liked it. I also ate a really good spaghetti the other day and it reminded me of home. It was super good. I ate a ton. Meatballs are super good. Here they are called albondigas.

I love you guys a lot! I hope you have a great week!!!

Love,

Elder Hawley

Mission Pictures From Facebook 5/29/17

Happy Memorial Day A Letter to Elder Hawley 5/28/17

Hey Elder!

How are you? We didn't get a letter from you last week so we are hoping all is well. We enjoyed our chatting back and forth though. Everything is going good here. Megan had her Madrigal performance last week which was really good. School is almost out, this is the last week. Everyone is excited for summer. Work is very busy and we have youth conference and camps coming up. It's going to be a really busy summer. 

Have you been getting alot of rain? Our weather is starting to get hot. We have really enjoyed the long, wet Spring we have had other than dad who has not been able to work consistently. You know how that goes. 

Today we are celebrating Memorial Day. Aunt Robyn and mom walked in the 5k, Malia and Abbi ran, Miles and Ryker rode their bikes. Dad worked this year. Then we had the annual big breakfast and programs the city does every year. We sure missed you being with us, but Miles ate some pancakes, ham, and eggs for you. When we chat later today, we will be at the family barbeque.

Scripture for this week...Joshua 1:9  "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."

We Love You and pray for you, your companion, all missionaries, and the people of Mexico daily. Have a great week with lots of success!

Love, 

Your Family

Pics/Missing Letter 5/22/17

  I (Stephanie) didn’t get a letter this week for some reason. These pictures are from the Mision Mexico Reynosa Facebook page. Also, here are a few things that went on last week that he talked about in our chat yesterday:

I’m doing super good. Did you guys hear about the tornado? It was in Texas but it took out the power here too. It was so hot because we couldn’t even use the fans or anything. We played a ton of soccer in the morning today in the rain. Haha I slipped and got wrecked.

I like the new area and my new companion. It’s been a little difficult just because we have no idea what we were doing the whole week because we are both new to the area. Here it is super safe, super more safer than Reynosa. (His English though J). We go on splits a lot and also they are going to be opening a new branch. Me and my companion are going to be working there too. So we’ll go there for like a week and then be here for like a week.

Have a great week!

Elder Hawley

 

Accomplish Anything A Letter to Elder Hawley 5/21/17

Hey Elder!

How are you? How was your week in your new area, with your new companion, and with your new calling? We think about you all the time and pray for your success in all things. 

We had a busy week with the end of school activities starting with Megan's Concert Choir concert which was really good. She also had an all night Madrigal party on Friday and had a great time. Malia had her orchestra concert which was good. She is doing very well playing the viola. She is busy with cheer practices early mornings on Tuesdays and Thursdays and she also had a mandatory cheer safety clinic she had to attend. Miles was happy to find out that his reading end of level test shows he is reading at the end of 2nd grade level. He is currently in 1st grade so that is great.

Dad went to seminary graduation tonight. President Hill made an interesting comment dad thought you might like. He said, "The only way we can fail is if we give up." It goes along with the thought that we can accomplish anything, which is true. We hope that will help in your new calling. Miles has the scripture for you this week that he learned in primary. It goes along with what President Hill talked about. 1 Nephi 3:7

"I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them."

Pray for Joey, he has been in the hospital with a flare up of his auto-immune disease this past week. He has done well on his mission but has battled health issues off and on. This time was the worst and his labs are showing some questionable things. So per his Utah doctor's orders and the doctor's in the hospital, he is returning home tomorrow (Monday). He will get into his doctor right away and start having more tests done. We are happy for him that he lasted as long as he has. He has nine months left but probably will not go back out due to his health concerns. 

Know that we love you a ton and we pray for you always!

Love,

Your Family

Transfers-Rio Bravo 5/15/17

This week has been super great! Maria got baptised. It was so so awesome. She loved it so much and she was so grateful for finding the church. She got baptized on Friday and then was confirmed on Sunday. She is literally such an amazing person, even though she is going through some of the hardest situations, she is so faithful and loving to everyone. I will miss her a lot.

I’m getting transferred to a new city tomorrow (Tuesday)! I will miss the area I am in right now, but it will be a good experience. I like the members here a lot, but that’s okay. I’m just more sad to leave the converts that we have here. I wish I could stay to help take care of them. I will be in a city called Rio Bravo in a little branch with a companion named Elder Lara, he’s super cool. He has been out 19 months. I am super super excited! We will both be new in the area and will be living in a house super close to the church with two other elders.

My companion and I were walking and this little dog was following us. We didn’t want it to get run over so my companion put it in my backpack and it was just along for the ride. Later we took it back to its house. The last pic my comp told me to look cool for the picture, but I guess we had different ideas of cool.

Love you guys a lot!! Happy Mother’s Day to my mother and all the mothers in the world haha. Have a great week!

Elder Hawley