Mom and Dad thanks a lot for your emails it was great as always to hear from you and know that all is going well in the motherland. If I´m not mistaken it´s Dad´s birthday this week and then Father´s day is also coming up pretty quick. Thank you Dad for all that you taught me. Whether it was in the backyard doing yard work, or coming home late on a Saturday night and seeing you reading your scriptures you've helped me become who I am right now and set an example of what I want to become.
Wow this week went by way too fast. Wednesday we had Consejos with all of the other ZL´s in the mission the Ap´s and President Ward. It was a ton of fun to see a bunch of the boys that I came to the mission with. While we were there I couldn't stop thinking about how much we've changed and how much the mission has changed in the year and a half that we've been here. It´s amazing. We learned a lot and mostly about our responsibility to animate, inspire and motivate the missionaries in our zones. My companion and I actually were assigned to teach in the meeting which was a fun experience to share a few of the things that have helped us have success in Colón this past month. I liked the meeting because it filled us with new ideas of things that we can put into practice in the zone in order to have more success and to help the missionaries reach a higher lever of success and efficiency.
Something that I ate either Tuesday or Wednesday didn't fall right with me so to keep a long, gruesome story full of throw up, diarrhea and accidents in the street short I spent most of Thursday and Friday in my bed recovering. Ah it was awful and only the second time in my whole mission that I've been sick enough to not leave to work. It was horrible and to be completely honest really really boring ha-ha. I´m over it but I think in the space of two days I lost 10 pounds which I will probably gain back in this week ha-ha.
Saturday we had a baptism. Her name is Nedelka Gracia and she´s freaking awesome. She´s 30 years old and has gone through so much in order to make it to her baptism. It was an awesome day and she was so happy to make the decision. After being baptized she stood up in front of everyone during the baptismal service and gave her testimony. It was short and simple but the most important part is that it came from her heart. Sunday she was confirmed and is now a member of the church of God.
Things are going well with me and I can´t complain about anything. I love you all and am so thankful for all of your love and support. It´s fun being a missionary right now because I finally feel like I have a feeling of what to do and how to do it. Thank you so much for all of your love and support I love you all!
Elder Hawks
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