Hey Family,
Sorry I forgot to write! I guess I lost myself
in the work.....well more like lost on a mountain hahaha. Elder Malin and I,
with 2 other companionships, climbed this mountain and searched for a geo-cache
that they hid earlier this year. It was so fun! I’ll send you some pics today
and next week. One of the elders that came with us, who was in the group after
me, is from Eatonville Washington. So we are the most skilled climbers. So
instead of going the easy way with a path up the mountain, we bouldered that baby!!!
We went straight up that mountain. It was so nice. It felt like I was back
home. Then we went and played a card game on top of the mountain for a few
hours and then came down but got kind of lost. It was cool because we found
this mountain man home. It was held up with a tarp and some poles. We searched
the place and it had a few man-made weapons and Korean money and salt and
glasses. Yeah it was sick. But we eventually made our way down into the city.
Then yesterday we had a mission
conference. A member of the Quorum of the Seventy came and talked. I was the
chump who was assigned front row so guess who got called on the most. Not me
hahaha. Phew! hahaha But before lunch he looked at me and we made eye contact
and I quickly looked away and he smiled. Yeah out of the 74 missionaries
present I got called on to pray. And he told me to pray in Mongolian. No other
missionary prayed in Mongolian. I was the only one. So I had to give a prayer. My
heart was pumping. They probably heard it too with my mic. The conference was
great. I took a lot away from it. First a few cool statistics. The Asia area
covers half the world’s population, about 3.5 billion people. And in the Asia
area there are only 1300 missionaries. Yeah, you guys can do the math. I now
know the meaning in Jacob 5:70 when he called a few servants. Second was
a scripture President Harper shared. A passage from the Bible. Its 2nd
Kings 6:14-17. It’s about opening our spiritual eyes. Sometimes we may think “Oh
I’m alone in this and no one is there to support me and help me” but we are
wrong. If we open our spiritual eyes we will see legions of angels round about
us. I love this because it also applies to missionary work. It may seem that
our seemingly small efforts don’t amount to anything, but if we open our
spiritual eyes we will see the true impact we have on the mission.
Elder Malin and I are doing great. We
are having great success. We have had our best lessons in this past week
including today. But the story of this investigator (Erdene) has to wait until
I get home to tell. It’s tremendous the dedication and the sacrifice this man
makes. It’s truly inspirational. But it will have to wait.
I am so happy and relieved that
Carter’s results came back negative. I wish my health was better. I got really sick for the first time, but
again it will have to wait. It was actually really cool experience. hahaha
On Sunday, our school changed our
schedule on us. At first we were teaching from 10-12:10. it was nice because we
live 40-60 minutes away but now we have to teach from 9-12:10 so we have to
rush out the door. But it is cool because they switched out our 7th grade class
with a 12th grade class. Teaching has been a great blessing. Elder Mailin and I
are challenging ourselves. So on pretty much every bus there is a student. And
half the time they are studying English. So today we made the 10 seconds of courage
(my idea from we bought a zoo) we take turns talking to people who are studying
English and it went amazing. We referred 2 people to the English classes at the
mission home and they were super excited. Their faces light up when we ask them
if they are studying English. It’s awesome. We can’t preach about the gospel
but we can about English and I can tell you it brings the same feeling. It’s amazing.
Also I came up with an idea where I get on the bus and take my watch off and
ask different people what time it is and hope that the conversation will go on.
And usually it does. They usually respond with “oh you speak Mongolian?” And
then boom we are off. It’s a huge leap of faith because my Mongolian isn’t perfect,
but they always tell me that my accent is really good and they are surprised
that I have only been here for 6 months. Yeah it’s a real confidence booster. I’m
thankful that God has given me the gift of tongues so I can communicate with
these great people. I’m starting to not be so shy and actually looking for
opportunities to talk with people. I don’t want to leave! Yeah I said it. When
I heard about the Seahawks it didn’t make me miss home or anything! I’m just
like oh cool. hahahahah yeah its awesome.
Love you guys!!!!
Elder Heacock
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