Only Three More Weeks

Querido familia,
Hola como estan ustedes! This week went by so fast!!! I can't believe that I am leaving in less than 3 weeks! It's gone by so fast. Everything is going really good. We went to a workshop this week and learned how to have a better companionship study. The last 2 days of study have been amazing. My personal study has been amazing too. Did you know that 1 Nephi chapters 1 has things about families, revelation, prophets, apostasy, Jesus Christ, etc. It is amazing. We need to have invetigators just read the first chapter of the Book of Mormon and they'll understand or have questions about so much. If you continue on into the next 3-6 chapters there is even more about obedience to commandments, faith, and feeling the Holy Ghost.
I need some jeans and some basketball pants. Congrats to Brent. He better keep hitting people when I get back or else I won't respect his football talent :) ha ha jk. That's sweet that he can already hit people. I didn't really figure that out until varsity for the first time. Tell Brent and Weston to keep up the good work and to give me updates every week. I'd love to get a play-by-play detailed letter about their game. My spanish is doing really good. I've struggled with speaking all spanish this week. Our district wasn't really doing it and they didn't understand what I was saying most of the time. I'll do better this week though. Well we've learned all of the different tenses so I should be able to speak spanish correctly now. I'm a little nervous about going to Quito. I kind of realized that I'm leaving soon. I'm not doubting anything it's just that it will be hard. It's not hardly on my mind at all. I truly am really excited to get there too! I sent a package today that I need to get to Dylan Beekman. It's a Book of Mormon. Please just send it on to him somehow. I think that I'm allowed to call you for like 5 minutes before I go to the airport but I'm not sure. I think it's just an e-mail to let you know that I made it. I should get my flight plans a week from Thursday and I'll know when I'm leaving and my layovers and such. I'll make sure to let you know as soon as I get them. I haven't gotten a U of A or Mnt. View update in a while. It would be nice to get one at least every couple weeks. Sorry about missing the e-mail that one week. I lost track of time so I didn't have time to e-mail. I was busy writing all of the other letters. Conference was amazing! My favorite talk was Elder Holland's and there's good reason why. I think my second favorite was President Eyring's in priesthood session. That was a great talk about being prepared. I also loved Elder Ballard's in priesthaood. The priesthood session was amazing this year. I got called to be the sacrament coordinators in our branch at the MTC. Elder Vogl and I prepare the sacrament and make the blessing and passing assignments. Well I'm not sure what else to say. I love you all and everything is amazing. Hope all is well. It would be nice to hear from my siblings and Dad more often :) Grandma and Papa have sent me one at least every week. Thank you for raising me right and teaching me to work hard. I'm seeing why you did now ha ha :)


Love,
Elder Hakes