Lets Gooooooooooooo!

     How's it going everyone? Hope everyone is taking it easy and enjoy each and every day we have been blessed with!I have had a very slow week. So i might not have much to say. But I have made really good goals for a better week this week. But still, I have found out that blessing still do come when even if you at least have good desires and good intentions in your heart. Even though we still mess up, and maybe even just be stupid.

     First a bit about how I am doing. Well I used to have a hard time waking up on time. It was even harder to get up and work out. For the longest time I have been trying to work on that. And It all changed last week. 2 saturdays ago I receive motivation! ha I have woken up on time every single day since then and got my work out in everyday without fail! Last Saturday I ran and added a ab work out after. And I did the same today. Sunday is the day of rest so we do not work out on those days. But yea I have been doing GREAT in that catagory. I was at 168, I have gone back down to 160 pretty quickly. And I am eating super well! I have seriously cut back on Soda and Candy and trash food. Like, I am SHOCKED at myself that i am really doing this! haha But I do feel Awesome! ha yea besides that, Elder Passey and I did get lazy on the work for some reason. (this is what I mean about just being stupid) I do not know why. It was not very smart to put some missionaries to live next to each other. haha, Elder Passey and I have noticed that though and this week we have made a goal to spend less time around them so that we could get more work done. And we have a lot of people to visit so we will have our hands full this week. 

  

     So even with a slow week, we still had that desire to work. Even though it was not really that effective this week. I think we were blessed to see a miracle because of our desires and intentions. We did have a sweet miracle happen this week! So I have had Bro. Hickerson in my mind a lot over the past few weeks. He has been working off shore and wont be back till late october. But his wife lets us know how he is doing. So a little back ground, he does not believe in Jesus Christ. He does not believe he really did exist and that he isn't needed. He believed that we could go straight to Heavenly Father without  Jesus Christ. He knows all the lessons and everything. So teaching the main points would have been pointless. So Missionaries, can not remember if it was Elder Hale and I or other missionaries before that, but they told him to read the book Jesus the Christ. (Super Good Book). 2 weeks ago his wife told us what he said after reading a few chapters. He had said that the Book was "turning the myth into a man".That was awesome progression to hear. We were so happy! He had asked to speak with us because he had a few questions. So we asked President Hansen for Permission to use facebook because it was the best way he could communicate with us on land while he was off shore. President Hansen wouldn't let us. So we prayed hard for him! Yesterday after church we talked to Sis. Hickerson to see how he was doing. She had the biggest smile on her face. And she told us that after he had his question, he had just decided to re-read the first 2 chapters of Jesus the Christ to get a better understanding. (Note: he was only reading because his computer  had broken and stopped working. Other wise he would be watching movies on his computer instead of reading). And he said that everything just got cleared up for him! He sent his wife a message saying to her, "If I could, I would get baptized RIGHT NOW"!!!! Those were the Most AMAZING words I have heard!!!! We were ALL STOKED!!! I Literally could have jumped up and down, ran around and scream for joy... If we had not been in the church. So we continued to talk to her saying that now, all we have to do is wait 56 days till he comes back home. We are all so excited! She said she went on to tell him about her new calling as a Young Women's President, and his reply to her was "go read 1st Nephi 3:7 .... She was shocked how he had just quoted scripture to her. haha Bro. Hickerson is basically a Member already! I have been waiting for this moment for him to progress. I LOVE how heavenly Father works! He broke his computer, so that he could read, so that he could receive the answer he had been looking for his whole life. The Church is most OBVIOUSLY TRUE! Oh how I love the mission and the Tender Mercies of the Lord! 

     Those were the biggest points of my pants week. We also got invited to a birthday party where Elder Passey and I both beat up a Piñata. 

      

     We also went out with Many who is part an investigator and part member...? He has been baptized but not confirmed yet. So we do not know his whole reason why. It i really complicated. He know and has told us that he was just Baptized to early. But he has really come a long way! He is actually a gay. But after meeting with the missionaries and taking lessons. His desire to follow that path has left him. It has been amazing to see his progression. He is an awesome guy. He loves the church a ton! It is super cool because he know Drew Brees Personally and the Louisiana State District Attorney. We met her last Thursday. It was cool. 

     Yup that is about it. Hope you guys have a great week! We are heading to the French Market again today. Just to look around since our whole district is broke haha. But we will just make fun experiences in the "Big Easy".

Love The Missionary in the South,

~Elder Caiña