That awkward moment between your Pre-mortal Existence and your Resurrection

Hello! Wow, a crazy week twas this week... first, I am alive and well! After a week of tests they found that I have bronchitis. (I could’ve told you that) but, I am on another set of pills that will help me get of this... ;) 

This week was pretty good! On PDAY we watched Kung Fu Panda 3. It’s hilarious, I liked it.  On Tuesday we went to Independencia and I had my blood drawn and did a spit test. I am very impressed with the lady that did the blood test, I didn't feel a thing!! :) We then came back and had our district meeting. We learned all about being diligent and obedient to the Lord. The rest of the week was normal, on Friday we went to Independencia again and I that's when they told me about bronchitis... Oh on Thursday I hit my 9 month mark!! WHAT???  I can't believe I’m on the downhill now.... AHHH!!!! ITs not okay.... my companion and I celebrated by buying chicken and french fries... I also made a poster thingy. (see photos)

This week I learned a lot more about the plan that God has for us. He gave us about 90 years to learn and to grow and to become the best we can be, but he knew we wouldn't be able to come back to Him without someone to save us. So He gave us His Son. Jesus Christ paid the price, all he asks is that we follow Him and use His gift. I am so grateful for that gift, I love my Savior and My Father in Heaven. 

That’s all for this week! I love you all and Have a good summer week! 

--- Hermana Hicken

yes... that is one of the pills I take, and yes.. I drew a minion on it! ;)

Insert sassy title...‏

Well hello!!! This week was good! To get right on it, we had our temple trip on Wednesday with the Canto Grande Stake. It's two zones which always makes it interesting for us because one zone always brings a ton and the other zone... nothing. ;) This time we had 24 people enter the temple and do baptisms. This is the first time that I've done a temple trip practically alone and let me tell you it was crazy. It didn't help that I also lost my voice the day before so I quietly told my comp to tell everyone what to do. ;)

I have truly learned to love the temple and appreciate the fact that when I was in Utah, I had 4 temples within 30 minutes of my house. It takes us about an hour to get to the temple which isn't too bad when you think about it. I am grateful for the temple and I hope that we can become a "temple loving and temple attending" people. I love being here!

We had a zone conference with Presidente. It's his last zone conference with us and it was awesome! We talked a lot about revelation and how important it is to pay tithing. We did a practice about tithing and Pres. told us that he has never seen a less active pay tithing. He explained that that is a reason why they're less active. It was an awesome zone meeting! 

The rest of the week was really good. I am continuing my battle with my sickness. I went to the clinic and got x-rays and then on Tuesday I got some blood work started. They hope to have the answer by this Friday. I have pneumonia like symptoms so they started treatment with three antibiotics. Hna Erickson thinks I have asthma because the air is so dusty and dirty here.  The doctors think I have a bacteria infection. That was really my week! I love you all and I hope that you have a great week!!! LOVE YOU thanks for the love and support!! 

- Hermana Hicken

my comp is as tall as me

temple trips!!!

my daily dinner - I went out  saturday night and bought top ramen. ;) 

my nest. .. it's where I do my studying when I get a fever

Eventful Week

Well hello! I'll jump right into it... this week was crazy!  I have to say that I have the best companion in the world. She is exactly like me - she has 4 siblings, she the oldest, she likes maté. (If you don’t know what it is you should look it up) and  she's always happy. HNA Jimenez, she’s from Argentina. LOVE HER! 

The beginning of the week was pretty uneventful until Thursday. We didn't have internet until 4 pm which was annoying because we do everything on internet! And then later that day we had this kid come in... He didn’t want to do his family history but we helped him do it. We got to his great gramma and realized that somebody had continued the work for them... we kept going and going on his line. We got Muhammed the prophet, Ruth, Boaz, Ishmael, Abraham, Isaac, Noah, Enoch, Enos, Seth, and ADAM AND EVE!!!! We were so excited! and then we decided to see if someone had gone past Adam and eve... yes, they had... the father of Adam is... THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY... I died... :)

That was a lovely way to end the day... but my week doesn't end there. On Friday we were helping people and all of a sudden... no electricity. NOTHING! For an hour. Somehow we kept going.  We thought that the next day would be easy... nope. We didn't have internet again. Being a family history consultant without internet isn't that easy.  But we did teach a lot of lessons.

On Sunday after the sacrament meeting the bishop burned the ward. He likened the ward to the parable of the two sons. One son says he'll go and do the work and doesn't and the other son says he won't do the work but does. He says that the ward is like the first son because they said that they would clean the church and they didn't. The church was a disgusting mess, so we took 20 minutes and cleaned the church. Yes, on Sunday. It was lovely.

Finally we went to a different church that looked like it was from the 70’s. We only had one computer so that was crazy but it's all good. 

Well, that’s my week!! I love you all!!! :)

--- Hermana Hicken

I drew the plan of salvation... 

I bought peaches... first time in almost 9 months

my comp!

Cambio, Compañera, Capacitando...‏ 

(transfer, companion, training - per google translate)

Well, we've got changes!! My comp is leaving and I'm staying here in Canto Grande. I'm literally in charge of family history for half of the mission... and I am training, not a NEW sister, but a sister who knows nothing about family history... That will be fun... ;) 

But I am super excited for this change. My new comp is Hna Jimenez. She came in one change after me. We were in neighboring zones so I know a little bit about her. I am excited!!!! :) 

Well this was a good week! We went to the temple again! This time with wiesse (the zone). As you can tell... Elder Parra was very excited to be on the bus.... Yes, the one in front... :)

A cool thing happened. I’ve been looking at my family tree and I found an ancestor from 1500's that hadn’t been baptized. So I got him baptized at the Lima Temple! That's super cool to me. :) I love going to the temple! There is so much peace there and I truly feel such love from being even near the House of the Lord!! 

Also, since it is cambios (transfers) I had to say goodbye to one of my good friends from my mission. Elder Melgar is dying... mission wise, not health wise. He was my first District Leader and I followed him here to San Juan. So it was crazy. It’s crazy when the people you get to know start leaving... 

Well, I also got to talk to my dear mother yesterday!! It was so good to see you all. I’ve missed you all a ton!!

On Sunday in Relief Society the primary came in and did a special program for all the women.. Both my comp and I got roses. A little girl came up to me and said, "one day you'll be a mom" WHAT??? That was interesting... 

This week was an awesome week for me and my comp... :) It is getting colder which is annoying, but it's fine. :) I love you all. I hope you had a great mother’s day! I love you all!!!! LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

--- Hermana Hicken

(I asked Sarah where she was for this picture and she told me she was the third one from the right.  I told her I could pick my daughter out of a group of six missionaries - I was wondering what building they were in!  Maybe next week I'll find out.)

Bus trip to the temple (it takes an hour because of traffic)

Talking with Sarah on Mother's Day

Hi all, 

I hope you are all doing great! This was a good week. We still haven’t gone to the temple but we're going this next week. We had a normal week so there really isn't much to share. But it was cool. We taught a lot of lessons about the plan of salvation which has now become my favorite topic! I love the feeling I get when I’m with someone and we're looking for their great grandfather and we find him. Literally their faces light up with joy and they are so happy! It's awesome!! 

It's starting to get really cold here. Here in San Juan de Lurigancho the weather is super strong. It’s SUPER hot and SUPER cold. There is no in between. It's going to get cold really quick. But it's all good. I’m ready for it!! 

I'm sorry I don’t have a ton to say this week, but I hope all is well.  I also want to say thanks to all the mothers in my family. My mom, grandmothers, young women leaders, and other mother figures. Y’all are the best. I love you and I have included a foto with my thanks. :) I hope all is well in Utah. 

Love you!!!!!!!!  

--- Hermana Hicken

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

My tag.. here in our mission if your tag is dirty it means that you've got some time. As you can see, mine is pretty dirty. I've got a way to go.