March 12, 2018 Pictures

Feb. 26, 2018

"When the time for decision arrives, the time for preparation is past.”

-President Monson

Dear Family and Friends,

Life is a battlefield, and we are the soldiers. The fight is intense. And the darkness will win if we let it. The trick is choosing to be ready for it. Because without Christ, we're going to drown.

This week we are studying how to avoid pornography in preparation for our mission to get smartphones. It's all stuff we've heard before. But one thing that it really emphasized was not to let life make your decisions for you. In this day and age if we aren't awake and aware, choices will be made for us. We will wake up one morning and find ourselves wondering how we got there if we don't decide today to make life ours. We have to be proactive, not reactive!

We have to be ready and be prepared, just like my scoutmaster, Brother Heath taught us in my deacon aged scout troop all those years ago.  We have to prepared and be ready for the fight that is coming. It's already at our doors, just like the Book of Mormon warns. So do the small and simple things. Decide now that you'll go on a mission, be married and sealed for all time and eternity in the house of the Lord. Promise God that you'll trust him. Read the scriptures daily, no matter how hard it is at first. Talk to your Heavenly Dad. He listens. I KNOW He does.

Be ready and be willing. God wants to help us. He will take our hand and guide us to the new the unknown and the incredible. Just trust Him!

I testify that there Angels are watching over us. I promise you that God knows you individually. And Christ is with you, whether you know it or not.

The future is as bright as your faith. So make it bright! Smile. Laugh. Take everything a day at a time. And above all, trust God.

Hang in there! :)

Love,

Elder Hakala :)

March 12, 2018

This week was pretty awesome.

We were feeling down this past week, so prayed to know where to go during our nightly finding session. Then the amazing Nick aka "Bleech" (his rapping stage name) was found knocking the last door of the night this past Saturday. He said he's looking to get more connected with God in his life. Imagine that! Miracles are real, that's for sure.

An update on Denilson: We're still teaching him, but between going to school, english class, and his day job of painting houses, he's pretty darn busy. We're gonna work extra hard this week to get in to teach him.

Joanna and Isidro. These are the investigators that I've tried so hard to reconnect with from a over a year ago, and teach them the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. They are a bilingual family with three kids, and a niece that has recently moved in from Mexico, speaking little to no english. They are going to be baptized or I am going to die trying.

Valdamer and Mirian. Todavia ellos estan cocinando todos los alimentos en todo el mundo por nosotros, pero ellos necesitan entender la importancia de tomando parte en los bendiciones que recibamos del convenios del Senor, la primero estando bautismo. Estamos trabajando muy duro con ellos sobre eso.

Well thats it for this week

Les quiero todos y les extrano mucho.

Se cuidan esta semana y siempre recuerde quien esta en control

Mucho Amor,

Elder Hakala