Oh what a freezing cold morning.. oh what a freaking cold day.... I have a very cold feeling... I'm gonna freeze today!!!!‏

If you get my title you're cool. I'll give you a hint... Oklahoma.

Well this week I was in the field.. and the field is AWESOME! and super cold!!!! We had a miracle on Saturday. SUN!!!!! It was awesome!! 

My comp is cool. Hna Antunez. She's 22 and from Honduras. She has 3 months in the mission! She's still new so I have to take all the reigns which is new for me but I'm excited! The only things that really happened this week were that we said goodbye to Pres. Erickson. He leaves on Wednesday and Pres Godfrey comes tonight!! CRAZY!!!! 

My area is huge but its awesome! I love it a lot!! I've really learned to love it in just a few days! 

We have a lot of potential for July. We have this family that is married!!! I love teaching them about the temple!! It's amazing how boldly and directly we can speak when we speak with the spirit! I love it! Well, I don't have a TON of time... My  comp got us lost so I was sprinting here. ;) but it's all good! Thanks for all the love and support Love you all!

--- Hermana Hicken

My comp, me, pres. Erickson and sis Erickson

My new family history shirt.. yes... it was so cold that day!! 

And a hill that says that Christ is coming...

I'm getting transferred!!!!!! And Happy Fathers Day‏!

1. HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!!!!! I have so many lovely memories with my dad!! Thanks for being cool! ;) 
2. Thanks for the package mom and gramma! I'm enjoying the Chex mix and rice krispie treat goodness!!!! ;)

It's been a lovely 3 months here in Family History. I can't believe it's really been three months!!!! So usually with transfers, Sister Erickson calls us Sunday night to tell us where we go, who is our companion, and who is taking our spot. Well, Sister Erickson did not call me last night. She called me about an hour ago! I'm being transferred to COMAS (Coh-Mahs). My companion is Hna Antunes from Honduras. She's new and she just finished her training. And guess who's taking my place.... Hermana Prado de Sellers!!!!!! My comp from the CCM!!!!!!!! jajaja!!! :) I'm super excited to get back out into the field, I don't remember the lessons but i'll learn them quick enough!!! 

This week was truly a roller coaster. We had our last temple trip with Wiesse stake, Wiesse is always a little harder. The stake president was adamant that we had to do the trip Saturday but we had the trip planned for Thursday! We changed the trip last minute and my comp and I almost went crazy!!! We only had 11 people go to the temple. Wiesse's goal was 50 people. But it was nice to have a calm and not nerve racking trip. We (my comp and I) were able to sit and really feel the spirit. 

Oh funny moment!! Okay, this was truly hilarious... So for all those who know me, you know that I hate it when people try to scare me. The whole "hiding behind a corner" is not a good idea with me. And as many of my friends know, I punch when I get scared. Well, a poor Elder did not know that. He was hiding behind a corner and I walked by and he screamed and I screamed and I went to punch him and instead I kicked him. Now mind you, this all happened in a span of a few second.. He was on the floor laughing and holding his knee while I was on the floor crying and laughing. The Elder now calls me Jackie Chan and yes, he did share it with the whole zone. ;)

To end the week I had a cool moment with some investigators on Sunday.  I was teaching about the temple and I could tell that the sister wasn't really listening to me. So I decided to testify about the temple being the house of the Lord. And it truly is. These past 3 months in family history have been crazy, but every time I go to the temple I feel the spirit so strongly! I know that Christ walks those halls, the peace I feel there is strong and it's the same in every temple!! The temple IS the house of the Lord! 

That's all for this week! 

--- Hermana Hicken

My comp and I

The elders in another car (we were going as a zone to Independencia but in different cars) 

It is officially Winter!!! 

I SHOOK ELDER RASBAND'S HAND!!!‏                   June 13, 2016

Shut the front door!! Yes, I did shake an apostle's hand.... I'm never washing it again!!  This week was crazy. The biggest stuff that happened was Tuesday and Friday.

 

On Tuesday we had our LAST Training by Pres. Erickson.. It was bittersweet. we learned a ton about the atonement. And we did a practice about the law of chastity. Guess who came to sit by us... Pres Erickson! Dang it!! I had been avoiding having a practice with him my whole 9 months here and I had succeeded!! Until now... but it was awesome!!! He told me that I taught with the spirit which is the best compliment I've heard come from his lips. :) 

Friday.... Elder Rasband came. We were to have our training with him in the morning... now... We are very far away from Los Olivos (where the training would take place) and we had to be in the church by 6 AM!!! Guess what time i woke up... 2 AM!!! We had to be at a meeting point at 4 AM and the bus would leave at 4:30. but we're in Peru and there is Peruvian time so the bus didn't get here til 5 am. With strong words on the part of president Erickson, the bus driver almost flew us to Los Olivos. We got there in half an hour when it usually takes and hour and a half.

At 8 am Elder Rasband, his wife, Elder Hugo Montoya and his wife came. We all got up and all 600 of us shook their hands. (We were with two other missions) When Elder Rasband spoke he told us that before he got here he shook hands with Pres. Monson and so we literally were one handshake away from the president of the church! 

The main thing that I got out of the training was that we as missionaries and members can share the gospel without opening our mouths to speak... guess how... SMILE AND SPARKLE! Smile with your teeth and sparkle in your eyes. Others see that and they want that! 

He spoke about so many things and I would LOVE to share all of them with you!!! It was amazing and the spirit was so strong!!! HE truly is an apostle of the Lord!!  

I felt like a zombie afterwards and I looked like one too! ;) but it was an awesome experience that i'll never forget!!! The rest of the week was super normal!!! Thanks for all the love and support!! Have a great week!! I love you all!! (sorry, no pics this week... no time to send)

--- Hermana Hicken

I HATE VIRUSES!!!

Howdy.. No pictures this week, My SD card has a virus... I'm pretty angry about it.

Well this week was INSANE!!! I haven't felt so many emotions in such a short amount of time since.... well I don't want to remember the last time! I'm off topic, sorry! Okay so this week, Monday was fun! we went to a park that has grass, real grass!! What!!!! I enjoyed being in grass for a while! 

This whole week was crazy! So everyday we literally sit at the computers in the church from 11 am to 8:30 pm.  And it gets boring, but its awesome when the missionaries bring people because we're busy and time flies.. but Wednesday we only had one person the entire day.... ONE PERSON!!!! I was frustrated. The next day we had a zone meeting with another zone so I got up and shared D&C 128:15. I invite you all to read it. I'm not gonna lie, the spirit was very strong there, I felt and I know that the missionaries felt it too. We cannot live with our Father in Heaven without our dead! So let's help our dead. That's pretty much what I said. :) 

On Saturday we had a temple trip with Magnolias. We were super nervous about it at first because we heard that the stake had invited everyone to go. We had heard that about 80 people were planning on coming! We prayed that everything would go well and it did!!!! We got everyone on a bus (80 on a bus that sits 47) and almost everyone did temple work!! We came back (somehow) with even more people! We counted and had 100 people on the bus!! It was packed!!!! Truly it was a miracle trip! 

I learned a ton from this week! It was a hard week but I learned that trials are good and that we need them. We become better by them. I have a lot more faith in Heavenly Father now, I trust him to help us, and I know that he is patient and he is loving. 

Well, we ended the week with no church... Here in Peru it was the presidential elections. A woman against a man. Keiko and PPK. PPK won.. I think, we're still not sure. But here in Peru they have a law that you have to vote or else you get fined and all the churches are closed and no one can worship on Sunday. We sat in our room all day... Wow, I'm grateful for church and Sunday!! I am also so grateful for the sacrament!! I missed it this week!!  

Well, That's it for this week, if anyone knows how to clean SD cards without losing all the pictures please tell me!! Love you all ! have a great day!! 

--- Hermana Hicken