I love it.....life is BEAUTIFUL!

This week was pretty much the best week ever! I have so much to tell you all. Last pday we dyed my hair...I actually really have brown hair now. I dont know how i like it but whatever haha. On Wednesday and Thursday we did divions with our sisters from mollendo. I got to be with Hermana Escobar, from California and we had a great day together. it was fun getting to know her and helping her out! 

The best part of this week was that we met all of the mission goals this week and completed our monthly goals too. it was the best feeling in the world. we got the most lessons I've had in my whole mission, had a baptism and 2 rescues. It was an amazing feeling last night to finish the week like that! So yeah, Luis got baptzied last night. Hes 20 and shared the sweetest testimony after his baptism yesterday. I have some pictures to send. We rescued his cousin Marco yesterday, which is like the funniest kid ever. When we teach their family it feels like a big black family from the broncs haha. we love them so much! we are working hard to get them all active and baptized so that they can go to the temple in December with our ward! 

After the baptism yesterday morning we went to get in a taxi to head to stake conference and we started talking with our taxi driver to find out that he is a less active, and has been for many years. So we invited him to stake conference thinking that he would say no, and said "ya know, you guys are helping me remember all of the good things about the church, i think its time to go back" so he walked into stake conference with us and stayed for the whole 2 hours. It was super cool haha. i love little miracles like that in the mission!

I wish I could express to you all how happy I am in the mission right now. I LOVE IT. I crave having super spiritual lessons and teaching and helping  people. Its just such an amazing experience. I love my brothers and sisters here. But I couldnt do it without all of your love and support, so thank you. Im crazy blessed!

Life is beautiful!!! Have the best week ever!

HH 

Luis's baptism

Us and Luis 

Conference!

Hard Work......

 This week was great, so great. We had a lot of good lessons this week and found some new investigators. I am of course still loving my time with Hermana Menlove. We just laugh like crazy together.  

On tuesday we went to Mollendo, like 2 hours from here for a zone conference. Because I dont know if I told you guys this but they changed a bunch of things in the mission this last change. They got rid of 6 zones and put them together. So now our zones are huge and we don't get together like ever. President doesn't want unity in the mission he wants hard work. So once a month we get together for zone conference. The ride to Mollendo was so horrible haha. It is a very windie road and we went in a small convey which was driving SO insane. We had to stop a couple of times to let the elders throw up haha. We all felt horrible by the time we got there. BUT it was a great conference. I got to talk about family history. Something we are focusing a lot on in the mission. We are really helping our ward here (in alveline caceres) with their family history. We made a deal with president that if we got all our rescues and converts to fill out their my family book, that he would pay for them to go to the temple. So we are working hard with them, its super neat! Anyways, on the way back from the zone conference I took a pill to help with the road sickness which knocked me out for the rest of the day haha so funny. 

The Lord is really blessing us and we can sure see His hand in everyday. We found a new family this week that was basically put into our hands. We were sooo stoked! We were going to visit a less active when a little girl opened the door (theres like 20 people that live in every house here) and so we asked if we could share a message with her. She let us in and we ended up teaching her whole family. They were awesome, we are having a family night with them this week! 

Im SO grateful to be here. I love my mission. Thanks for everything! 

love you all!!

HH 

With President and Hermana Zobrist

Goofing off....

Our zone in Mollendo

Hermana Menlove; our room.

I dyed my hair.....

I love the mission.....

HEYY everyone,

Well this week was the best ever! I really didn't want to come back to Arequipa, but i'm super happy to be here. I LOVE my new area. Its so great. We are a little out of the city so its nice. There is still fields and hills. Being with Menlove is like the best thing ever! We just laugh all day long together and have super spiritual experiences. I am going to enjoy our time together so much. Plus we teach really well together so its been great!

We were running every direction this week. Monday I got here a little late and so we went to dinner then had a couple of family nights. On Tuesday we went and picked up the new group of missionaries that just came with the office and pres and took them on a tour and trained them and ate lunch. It was super fun! On Wednesday we were at the office all morning and then slept at the mission home with all of the other leaders in the mission and had a conference (we had to talk and I was so nervous haha) and ate dinner together. On thursday we finished our training and then headed back to our area to work! We had some GREAT lessons this week. We are teaching the cutest couple Erica and David that have 2 little kids. We had the most powerful lesson with them, we were able to share our testimonies about eternal families. It was amazing. Please keep them in your prayers. We are also teaching the greatest young man, Luis. He's progressing great. He's getting baptized in two weeks and is the best. So eager to learn and grow and change! So those are just a few people we are visiting. This ward is great!  I'm excited to work hard with the members. I LOVE the mission. Its the best to be able to serve people with all of your might and strength. I'm so grateful for this opportunity. 

I'll share a funny experience with you all...well i have lots haha. Yesterday we went to pick up the cutest less active for church and so we were walking to church and she had her little boy and I was walking behind them when I heard a growl, so i turned around and there was this big black dog growling at me, so i picked up a rock and went to throw it at it and it started to growl even more and then bark and then took of running straight for me so I took off running and ran right past my comp and the less active with this dog chasing me behind me screaming. They were just starring at me like what the heck is going on. Don't worry nothing happened. Just scared the crap out of me haha. I hate dogs here. 

Another funny thing is that me and menlove have been SO exhausted this week so we've been sleep walking and talking almost every night haha. I usually wake up and well be up talking or doing something its hilarious because menlove never remenbers it in the morning haha. 

Anyways, I love you all! I love the misson, and i LOVE my Savior.

Thanks for everything, talk to you all soon! 

HH 

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 All the new girls, us and Hermana Zobrist (Presidents wife) at the new temple site.

 Messing around....

 Hermana Menlove, Hermana Anderson, and I. We are all from the same group and now all of us are Sister Leaders now. :)

 My new area.

Making smores over candle light in our room. 

Cambios.......

HEYYY....Im emailing early this morning because....I have changes. Im going back to Arequipa...boooo haha no it's good. I just LOVE Moquegua. This whole week 

was just super great! I origanally got called to open up a new área in Arequipa with Hermana Sánchez (my best latin friend) so i was super stoked because I knew it was going to be hard and we were going to work hard. THEN on Saturday pres called and changed my changes.. SO now I am going to an área called Hunter...and I am one of the new misión nurses...LOL right?? guess who my comp is...Hermana MENLOVE..just my BFF. I'm super stoked/nervous/sad. I don't know how i feel. It will be weird living with a North American but I know my time that I do have left in the misión is going to FLY! This change will be really different but I'm excited to see what happens.

Wasn't conference the best?! I loved that they talked a lot about being a true disiple of Christ. It made me think a lot about what I am doing...am I being a true disiple of Christ?..and If I am like Larry R. Lawrence said...What is keeping me from progressing. What more can I do? I want to challange you all again just like Elder Lawrence did...to get on your knees and ask what more is keeping you from progressing. I promise that you will have a great spiritual experience, because I did. It will be cool :)

My adorable (hija) comp put her first baptismal date this week. I was so proud haha. Im sad I am leaving before his baptism (linco) but I know he will be such a blessing to the church. He's an AMAZING person. He went to all of conference and He even came to my farewell party last night. It was cool.

I will FOREVER remember my time here in Moquegua. Most of all I will remmeber the people that I met here. They had a big impact on me and who I am. I love Moquegua because it gave me the opportunity to change and grow SO much. I'm grateful for the hard times, beacause they shaped me. It's really hard for me to leave BUT i know I will see all of my brothers and sisters here again..thats the most beautiful part of the misión!

I really enjoyed my time with Hermana Alvarez, I love that in the misión you end up having best friends from different parts of the world. ( I have alot from Bolivia haha) I can honestly say that she is one of my dearest friends. We have shed a few tears. Im just so proud of how much she has grown in just this short time that we had together. Shes an amazing missionary!

Well, I am excited for this new change, a new chance to set new goals and to work harder. I love you all SO MUCH. have the best week ever!

xoxoxox

Quiero compartir mi testimonio con ustedes.. estoy muy agradecida por los desafíos que tenemos en la vida, por los milagros. Se que hay un Dios. Un Dios de milagros. que el es nuestro amoroso padre celestial y que el nos ama. se que El tiene un plan por cada uno de nosotros. y que el solo quiere que nosotros podemos volver y vivir en su presencia. Se que su hijo Jesucristo es nuestro salvador. que el murió, y tres días después el recesito. El vive. Y por medio de su expiación. por todo lo que el sufrió por nosotros. podemos ser perfeccionados. Se que el libro de mormón es verdadero y que cambia vidas. SE que la iglesia de Jesucristo de los santos de los últimos días es verdadera. la única iglesia en la tierra que tiene la autoridad de Dios. Amo mi padre celestial y mi hermano Jesucristo. amo cada uno de ustedes!

HH
Translated:
"I want to share my testimony with you. I am very grateful for the challenges we have in life, miracles. I know there is a God . A God of miracles . That is our loving Heavenly Father who loves us . I know He has a plan for each of us and that we can just want to go back and live in his presence. I know his son Jesus Christ is our savior . He died , and three days later He was resercted. He lives. And through His atonement. for all that he suffered for us. we can be perfected. I know the Book of Mormon is true and that it changes lives. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is true. The only church on earth that has the authority of God. I love my Heavenly Father and my brother Jesus Christ. I love every one of you!"

My heart is full today with love for my family and this brave missionary. Kinzie looks AMAZING, so HAPPY and has that glow that we all strive to have. I couldn't be more proud of her and the experiences she is having. I just smiled through my tears this morning as we emailed and I could just feel her love and excitement for her mission. She is a blessing to our family and inspires me to be a better person everyday. Thank you for all the love and support, all the prayers you say on her behalf. The gospel is such a gift!! 

Her HAPPY Mom, Heather :)

 On the radio in Moquegua....i'm famous! 

 We got permission to eat Ceviche as a zone....it is SO good!!

 My beloved Moquegua :)

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 I think we were trying to make a heart. ha

 My farewell party last night. I love my ward.

 My Bishop and his family.

 Transfers are so fun trying to fit everything back into your suitcase....NOT!

 This morning with Falvia..my custest Little girl EVER! She drew me some pics to take with me...

With my pensionista and her husband this morning.

Semaannaaa 6........

This week went by in a blink of an eye. pucha makina. 

(a little peruvian slang for you all) Last p-day was probably the funnest p-day I have had in the mission. We went to ilo and played futbol and volleyball on the beach with the ilo zone. SO FUN. I got fried but it was cool. Last night all of the sisters here in Moqueuga slept at the sister leaders house. Sleep overs aren't the same in the mission because all you want to do is sleep and you still have to wake up early haha soooo no pasa nada.  This week was full of lots of good stuff.

On Thursday we went to Arequipa. I was able to go to the doctor and we had our interviews with president Zobrist (the best pres in the WORLD!) He shared his testimony about family history which really touched my heart. Interviews with him are always the best because we talk about whatever and then get to the spiritual stuff. He's just so laid back. He told me that I probably do have changes next week so I'm a little nervous. I guess we will see! 

I don't have much to say this week but just wanted to share an experience I had yesterday. I have been feeling really frustrated and sad that I might have changes. Just feeling that maybe I haven't accomplished everything I need to here. You all know how much i LOVE moquegua. I have changed SO much here in my time here. I LOVE the people here. I love everything about Moquegua. I worked my very very hardest in this area. But yesterday I was just feeling a little down. So i knelt down to talk with my Heavenly Father and right before I even started my prayer a thought from my patriarchal blessing came into my head. It was just a moment when I realized how much my heavenly Father knows me. How much he loves me. He knows me better than I know myself. He answered my prayer before I even prayed. I guess what I want to share is that your Heavenly Father knows you. He knows your thoughts, the desires of your hearts. My mom was sharing with me a little about church yesterday about the song "I am a child of God" and how much the words of the song actually mean. It's so true. We have such a loving Heavenly Father and the more that we talk with him and come to know him, the more we will be able to understand his love. We are never ever alone!

I'll share with you guys a couple of super funny things that happned this week....The other night we were kneeling down to say our companionship prayer in the night before bed and I knew i was tired but my comp started her prayer and I don't remember anything more. I woke up in the dark still knelt by my bed hahaa. She said that she finished her prayer and said "amen" and I didn't move. She was feeling kind of bad like maybe her prayer wasn't good enough or something, but then realized I was sleeping. She said she tried to wake me up but I didn't move haha. My knees were sore the next day. Good times. Another funny thing happened when we went to visit hermano Luis Alfredo, he's my favorite. He doesn't have his knees or teeth and I LOVE teasing him because hes super serious. haha. He loves us. (we built his house for him with the zone) but we entered his house and it smelt SO bad. We both couldn't believe it. When we left we couldn't stop coughing haha it was so bad. So we went back a few days later to visit him and he said "hermanas! why didn't you tell me my house smelt so bad the other day?" I guess it had smelled bad for a couple of days and he couldn't figure out why...so he was searching around his house and found his cat, dead under his bed. It was probably the funniest thing that's happened. He said his cat had choked on a bone and died....I couldnt stop laughing. Maybe my sense of humor has changed but it was a good laugh. 

Anyways, Peru is still crazy. My comp says i'm getting crazier every change. I think its probably true. I love you all so much! Prepare yourselves for general conference this week! It's going to be AMAZING!!!! talk to you soon!!!

xoxxoo

HH 

 I cut an elders hair....it turned out SO bad haha...funniest thing ever.

 yummmm cuyi

 With my pensionista family. I LOVE THEM.

Just playing on the beach...my zone leader would not get out of my pictures.....

I love the mission....

I'm in an internet in Ilo. We drove here this morning because we are going to play futbol against the zone here. They played "daft punk" in the bus the whole way here...it was amazing.... I can't send pictures because this computer is really old. I'm sorry mom....BUT man this week was great!

After the dog bite, the stomach infection and the sun burn I was ready for a new weeek haha. You know I feel like when you are going through trials, there are big blessings waiting for you. You just have to push through the hard times to get to them! Me and my comp have been EXHAUSTED this week. The sun in Moquegua is getting hotter and hotter everyday. I'm pratically a latina now haha, but we worked so hard this week and we saw SO many miracles. We taught the most lessons I have had while i've been here in Moquegua and found 5 new golden investigators. But its not because of us, its becuase my Heavenly Father loves me and is watching over me and blessing me every single day. 

On tuesday night one of the members was accompaning (whaatt idk how to spell that) us and we were laughing at the end of the night at how blessed we were. We recieved so many references that night I thought it was a joke. WE ARE SO BLESSED!!! The point is, when you face trials in your life....big or small, fight. Push through them, because God is just waiting to bless you BIG time and its so worth it!!! I LOVE THE MISSION. I love all the dogs with rabbies in the streets waiting to bite you, and the thousands of mosquitos waiting to ruin your legs, and the water that looks like white soup. I LOVE IT ALL. haha. Really Peru is amazing. (i still love the US with all my heart) but I love my brothers and sisters here. 

Want to know what else I love...is the spirit. I feel invincible when I have the spirit. I feel on top of the world. It's probably the best thing ever when you are in a lesson and the spirit is so so strong and ya, it's the best thing ever. I invite you all to invite more of the spirit in your life. Because when you have the spirit and you can RECOGNIZE that you have the spirit it's the best. He's like my best friend and can be your best friend too. He's just waiting for you to invite him more into your lives! So that's my challenge for you guys this week, to not only invite more of the spirit into your lives, but recognize it and put your confidence in him!!

Last thing I will share..is that Peruvian hospitals are the most ghetto part of Peru. haha my comp was in a lot of pain yesterday (i think) and so we ended up going to the emergency room and being there for 8 whole hours of our precious sunday. I have some pretty funny videos to share with you guys after the mission. There is nothing more ghetto then the Peru hospitals haha. It was a great time for me. Don't worry my comp is fine. We waited 8 hours to hear that everything was perfectly fine :) 

I LOVE YOU ALL!!!
HH 

This is a poem/quote Kinzie shared with me today that I wanted to post because it's soooo good!!

Gods eyes

to friends and peers you dont feel like enough,

and trials you are going through are making life tough,

you struggle to look at yourself in the mirror,

and your pathway through life isnt getting much clearer.

the only way you can get through this strife, and finally find peace and joy in you rlife. 

is forget all the trials that youre going through. and look at yourself the way that God looks at you.

He knows your potential and worth of your soul, and to have you return is his only goal.

But to accomplish this goal, you must see that youre worth much more than all of the money on earth.

When you can finally look in the mirror and say, "im so happy with who I am today". Satan has no control, no matter how hard he tries. When you look at yourself as if through Gods eyes.

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 Moquegua is super HOT!! 

 Sister Alvarez, Kinzie's companion.

Pizza!!

HAPPY!!

We woke up at 5:30 to play Futbol today, I love being in Moquegua because are zone is crazy united. It was cool. I also got my hair chopped off by a gay peruvian before internet. My hair is going to need some serious help when I get home. It's sad. But anyways....

This week was great. I decided to just be crazy happy about everything. I was overly happy this week. I think my comp got sick of it. I woke up at six to go running, and i was just happy about it. Julio told us he doesnt want to get baptized and I was just happy about it because maybe its not his time. We can only just keep praying for him. So the point is, just be happy. I bore my testimony yesterday in church about this. Everyone was getting up and crying and sharing how sad their lives are and how many trials they have. So i got up and shared how happy we can be in times of trial. I shared the scripture James 1:2-3. It's really not that hard to be happy.

I had a momento this week when I thought about going home. When my time comes and how hard that will be. I may not be the best missionary this misión has ever had, I may not speak the best spanish, or have the most baptisms. But i LOVE the people. I love my brothers and sisters here in Peru. Its going to be so hard to leave. So i just have to enjoy the time that I do have. (im not trunky or anything i was just thinking about this haha).

Anyways, this week was great. We are finding new people to teach and enjoying the incredibly hot weather.

I love you all!!!!! talk to you soon.

xoxoxox

HH