It's jinxed to talk about your investigators. :)‏

Hi everyone!! This week was great! On Monday we went to Chili's and ate hamburgers. I enjoyed it thoroughly. On Wednesday we went to the temple. It was my  comp's birthday so we hung out there and did a session. It was nice to actually enter and do some work! and guess what the best part was... I understood the entire thing!!!! I was very happy!! :) I felt at home in the temple and it was very hard to leave but my comp and I were hungry and Subway was calling.... :) I love the temple, as I have said it a thousand times, (I'll never get tired of saying it) the temple is the House of God. He walks those halls and He is there. I KNOW it! I'm grateful that I had the small opportunity to be in His house and I hope that I can be there again soon! I love that place so much! 

The rest of the week was normal! We worked super hard. As you can see from my title I have recently decided that it is bad luck to talk about my investigators because every time I talk about them, something happens... but, I will say that we have two baptismal dates and we are working SUPER hard. One was a woman who contacted us in the street and the only way we've been able to talk to her since was through cellular. but she accepted a date and had an interview! MIRACLE!!!! 

That's all for this week... Oh, and just so you all know, This next week i'll be writing on Tuesday not Monday just so you know... This is the first time that we have ever switched Pday... it's weird... but yeah. :) have a great week!!!! Love you all!

--- Hermana Hicken

The brightness of the sun was killing my eyes!!

My comp's birthday

I was bored of posing normally. 

SUBWAY!!!!!!

July 11, 2016

no tengo idea de que debo decir....‏

Hi all. This was a good week! Sadly our fechas all fell. I'm kinda annoyed but it's all good because God has a plan! He put in our path three or four new investigators that can be baptized this month!!They are pretty cool. 

Nothing really happened this week, sorry I also don't have pictures...  I forgot the adapter... :D but, a cool thing is that we had a lesson with this family and we taught them about church attendance. I am very grateful that I grew up going to church every week.  And that I learned at a young age how important it is to stay close to the Spirit and trust in the Lord. I was reading today in Alma 38: 2. Alma says to his son how proud he was that his son learned to trust the Lord in his youth. and that's the same with us. We have to learn to trust in the Lord, especially when we're young. I learned how to trust and listen to the Lord through going to church, reading my scriptures, praying, and attending seminary and institute. We need to learn to  trust in the Lord and in His plan. I'm grateful for His love and for the love of my Savior.. 

Well that's it for this week. On Wednesday my comp and I are going to the temple to celebrate our birthdays! That'll be awesome!!! 

Love you!!! Don't die of heat stroke!

- Hermana Hicken

Let Freedom Ring!!!!!!!!!!!!‏  

Hello My fellow Patriots!!! (not the NFL team, please!!) 

Happy Fourth of July! I'm sorry that I cannot be there enjoying the warm weather, hot dogs, fireworks, watermelon, and ice cream. But do know that I will be celebrating the freedom on top of my roof tonight with sparklers and lemonade.... :) I've realized this week how blessed I am to have been born in such a country as the USA. It truly is the Promised Land and God has blessed us with so much! We really can't and won't realize it until we leave it and see what others go through in the world. I love Perú and I have learned so much and I am truly grateful for my heritage!!

This week was great! We got to meet our new president! He is super short but awesome. His wife is awesome too! They have three kids here as well. One girl and two boys. They are pretty cool. It was interesting to get to know them. Pres. Godfrey told us up front that his first priority is his family and then the Lord and then us. That was interesting to me. I'm glad that He can take time to take care of his family. 

We took out to baptismal dates this week. one for this Saturday and one for the 23rd. We also have 3 more that could be baptized this month!!! We had our monthly goal meeting for Comas and We put the goal of 21 baptisms in July (as a zone).  

My Comp and I are doing good. We are working super hard and we are excited to see what happens!!! She's awesome and she has a lot of patience for me. I am really grateful that I have this time with her! Well I better get going! Have a great night blowing things up!!! I love you all!!! Be proud to be an AMERICAN!!!! 

- Hermana Hicken

Happy birthday mom! I bought a cheesecake to celebrate it!

Lima

 My comp and I in the sun!! 

my proud planner!

yes... I am patriotic today!

I FOUND ROOT BEER!!!!!!! I was in heaven!!!

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