Nov 7 2011

Fam,
All was good this week. i did get the package. i love the shoes they are light. thank you for the the cd it was legit. i like it alot. the work song is way good. my has been converted. haha that is good that tate had a good game and good teisha played good in tennis. everyone is all grown up its crazy. haha but this week was good. pedro didnt get baptized. he just lacks the faith right now to do it. he believes that his baptism as a catholic is valid but we all know it is not. but we will help him out this week with that. the family of victor this week went to church. that was sweet. he hasnt gone in a really long time. his wife and kids are progressing good. his wife is really nice. we should baptize them this month. we also had a incactive lady go to church this week with us and we are teaching her mom. also this week a guy that doesnt believe in god came to church with us and we had a family night with him. we found him like a month ago and i feel like he is progresing along good. his sister is a member. so this week went really good this week. on tuesday we went to curenavaca and had a good conference. pres is awesome. he talked about satan and how satan knows exactly our weaknesses and attacks. we need to know our weakneesses and know where he is going to attack and do what we know is right. it was good. this week we are going to have our zone conference and me and my comp have to prepare everything. so that should be fun. but that is pretty much all that is going on. Imsorry that it is short but we have to go and have a meeting with all the district leaders to teach them what pres taught us. but i love you all.
 
love elder hancock  

October 24 2011

Familia,
Sounds like everyone has had a good week. Tate good job on the game sounds like you tor it up and teisha that is sweet you get to go and taylor swift. that will be way fun. Mom i do have my camara i just dont send pictures because it takes forever to do it here in mexico. dont worry i am takeing pictures. but this week was a good week. we had alot of success visiting the inactive members this week. also i have learned to plan out our day alot better. we planned out our day good but pretty much everyday all of our citas fell and they really hasnt happened to me. so we have learned we got to have a really good backup plan and we have been doing that and we have seen the blessings. i feel if we do everything on our part useing the tools the lord has given us he will make up the rest. and we really saw the blessings of that this week. the first part of the week we visited a guy named Randy that got baptized when he was 15 and now he is 30 something and hasnt gone to church since after high school. we went and taught him and his wife and 2 kids. they seem way cool. they let us in without any problems. then also this week we went to a appointment that we had and she wasnt there and we had our backup plan to visit the inactive member next to her we pass by and he was really sick. his name is Victor. we found him in the street like 2 weeks before. his dad was one of the first members to start the church in a litte city next to mexico city. he was baptized when he was 8 and hasnt gone since his youth. He has a wife and 2 kids. his wife was there when we passed by and we offered him to give him a blessing and he accepted and we gave him the blessing  and we explained to him and his wife what a blessing was and that the priesthood that christ had has been restored and all that. he told us that he felt better and asked us to give his wife a blessing and we did. She started to cry and they were just grateful that we passed by and he started to open up to us and he told us that he knew that god sent us and his wife is now interested to listn to us. so it was a cool experience. We also had another experience like that with another inactive member that had just gone through with a husge iligal problem and then we knock on the door the day after. she was grateful. there are just a bunch of inactives in this area. it is pretty sad. we just got a new counsoler in the bishoprick and he is the coolest guy in the ward that is way pumped to work with us. he is a returned missionary and we are going to make a plan to bring all the inactives back so we are pumped for that becuse we have pretty much done everything on our own til now. also this week we did a activity with a family where me and my comp make lazana and brownies and the theme of the family night was feasting upon the words of christ. our lazana was so good. we did a pretty good job. haha. it was fun. so it was a good week. pedro is doing good he is just going through a bunch of stuff with his family. his family is really catholic and they are giveing him a hard time he asked us if he could be saved without getting baptized on our church. and had questiongs about what if i obey all the comandments but i am not part of your church and all that stuff. he is a really good guy. i know that he will be able to figure it all out. also we did a bunch of service this week. i just dont let people say no when we ask to help we just go and do it. so that has been fun. so all is good here. that stinks i have to go back in june. do i need to tell pres that i am going to need to end a month early. i really dont want to end early. but thanks for everything. keep up the good work Love ya.
 
Elder Hancock

October 17 2011

Hello Tate
 
First of all Happy birthday Tate. That is crazy that you are already 14. Going to your first dance. haha good luck with that. stay away from the tall girls. haha but i just wanted to let you know i love ya and im thankful for the example you are to me. i am just a little mad you dont send me the play by play of your games and all the stats and stuff. also all the stats of cjs games and of air force. mom gives me a crappy update of all that stuff so hook me up bro. but love ya and keep up the good work.
 
Elder Hancock
 
Hello Fam,
 
Sounds like everyone is doing good. Tate is 14 that is nuts. I am a little jelous that you all went to eat ribs. i am missing texas bbq. but its all good. i am enjoying my tortillas here in mexico. haha Mom i need a better ubdate on the sports. your update stinks. haha but other than that thanks for the message from Ucktdorf. i really like that. i think i am going to translate it and read it to our zone. it is way good. This week was a good week. We baptized Jessica. She is 9 and her mom is a member and so is her sister. she is one of the smartest 9 year olds i know. the dad didnt get baptized with her because he isnt willing to go to church. but it was a good baptism. she lives in a little pueblo away from chilp called tixtla. there is a branch out there and we baptized her in a tank of water. it was pretty cool. Pedro is progressing good. while we went to tixtla for the baptism he went to church on his own here in chilpo. He really wants to know the truth. the problem is his family is really catholic. The mom hates us. haha but i think she likes us now. at first she tried to kick us out. haha but he is way cool. we found a cool family saturday night. basicly all of our appointments with members for family nights and all of our appointments we set fell this week. it kind of stunk. but we found a cool family the last day of the week that i think will start to progress. they are really catholic but they are really nice. We had interviews this week with pres. he didnt stay at our house because he changed the time at the last min. Dad it is ture about how every area has its own twist. This area is a probably the hardest one i have had but i am learning and me and my comp are going to work to better the area and the ward. its just hard sometimes when all your plans fall. but we are starting to plan the best we have ever planed so there is always something to learn and improve. i know this is the work of god and that we are working for him. i know that if we let him he is willing to help us out this work. i am grateful to be here and i am grateful for the examples of you guys. keep up the great work. i love you all.
 
Elder Hancock
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Tina Hancock

Sept, 26 2011

we havent got our letters for a month so i am sure when i go to cuernavaca that i should get the letter and the package so dont worry. also i can have cds so send me that cd in the package that would be sweet and send me all my church cds from efy with a case of cds if you can. that would be awesome. and the shoes just have tate try them on and they should fit. i see he is wearing my cleats so i guess we have the same size now. that is sweet that you found out all those conextions with the husband of mckell. i know zack isles he was a really funny kid but yeah i was there when he was going through all those problems it was pretty sad but that is good that he is takeing the missionary discussions. he is a really good kid. that was nice of pres to write a letter and also major may i remember when she yelled at me. haha sounds like i got my family when i go back to the academy so thats good. i really dont want to go back with that weird guy they put me with. haha that family was crap haha jk. but this week was a good week. we have found alot of really cool people and we finally got people to church this week we had 7 in church. this past change has been tough getting people to church. we were going to baptize a little girl she has her interview and everything but her dad isnt ready yet and he wants to do it with her so they will get baptized this month coming up. on saturday we found a complete family they were a ref from a less active family and we went and they were way cool. we asls taught this one guy named arturo that really wants to know the truth and now he is in a group tha helps people to overcome alcohal and he is like a spiritual leader in that. it isnt a church they just talk about prayer and the bible and stuff. he told us that when he prayed that he remembered a dream that he had that he was infront of on of our churches but it was locked and he didnt go in and really wanted to but couldnt. he also had a dream where he goes and helps the people to overcome their adicions. right there i was like this guy is getting baptized and then right after that he told us i feel like god has given me options that both options are good and i choose the one that i am in right now. i was like you got to be kidding me you prayed and god made you remember that dream i told him maybe god is telling you you should do both because what your doing now is good but it wont save you. god is showing you are church because it is the only church you can do saving ordinances to be saved and we talked about the preisthood and all that and he said he will read the book of mormon and keep praying. i really think that he will get his answer in the book of mormon. he is a way spiritual guy and when he goes all of his family will follow him and i can see him being a future in the church. so pray he gets his answer. so we have alot of cool people for this month. it was hard at first not having anything but now we got the wards trust and for the first time the bishop invited the misisonarries to ward council so we are improving. so all is good here. tate and teish keep up the good work in footbal and tennis. sounds like you are tearing it up. mom and dad sounds like you had fun at utah. i happy for mckell and her new husband. keep up the good work and i love you all. elder hancock oh and me and my comp want more peanut butter and honey. and my comp wants a shirt that says baptising just do it like mine. and i dont know how long it talkes but i am going to cuernavaca on friday so i dont know it it is possible that you send the package tomorrow and it can get there by friday. anyways love ya. elder hancock

Sept, 19 2011

whats up fam. sounds like all is going good. that is good that teisha won in tennis and in her campain. shell make a good president. haha thats good that tate won his first game. that is crazy that he is in 8th grade. i still remember all my games in 8th grade. crazy. that is good that texas beat ucs. thats awesome that jay got to start and that he had a good game. i am proud of that kid. thats awesome that he is playing good. but this week was a good week. we just pretty much talked to everyone and we had some good lessons this week. we also visited a bunch of inactive members this week. there are a bunch in our area. the one  guy that we found this week is named Pedro. he just let us right and he had alot of questions. He had talked to missionarries before and he said they just left. so he had a book of mormon and we taught him the plan of salvasion. it is so easy to teach someone that has questions and a interest to know the truth. we have another lesson this week with him. it was alot of fun to teach him. we also found this one guy that makes comertials and stuff for the radio. he can change his voice to sound like whatever. he is way cool too. i believe if we can get the members involved with these cool people that we found that they can get baptized this upcoming month. so it was a good week this week. the zone is down in baptisms this month so we are trying to pump everyone up. so that is all that has gone on this week. oh they celebrated their independence this week so there was a bunch of parties this week. oh also we taught this little girl that is 8 her mom is a member and she wants to be baptized and she is one of the smartest little girls i have ever taught. she told us. me and my family used to go to church but i didnt like it because they dont even have a prophet. it was pretty funny. but that is all that went on this week. me and my comp are working hard and trying to get our investigators all ready for baptism. i know that baptism without the authority of god doesnt count for anything no matter how someone is sincere about it. that is why we have to talke to everyone about the gospel because without it they cant enter the kingdom of god. when we talk to someone we dont have anything to lose but we have everything to gain if they accept it. i know that this is the true church and there is no other church upon the earth that has the authority of god. we talked to a guy yesterday that told us that he just started to go to a christian church and said a apostle came to speak at this church. i asked him where did he recieve his authority to be a apostle. he didnt know and he let us in to teach him. he told us he is going to ask this guy where he got his authoriy. i wish i can see his face when he askes him. haha. i have been learning alot about the gathering of isreal. there are alot of promises that are being fulfilled right now. it is cool to be apart of this gathering. thanks for all you do for me. keep up the good work in all you do. but yes i want new shoes. get me brown echoes. i wear 10 or 9 and a half. but yeah i need some new shoes. but i love you lots. elder hancock 

Aug, 22 2011

Hey sounds like everyone is good besides the kids because they have to go to school and dad as well because now he has to go to work and mom is fine because she doesnt do anything anyways. haha jk i am grateful for all your help mother. i couldnt do anything without you. haha i just sent the emails this week to my coaches so we will see if they respond. but it would be good mom if you can email president to tell him all the info. i dont want to email him about that. you can do that for me. thanks. but this week we had changes and i am now in Chilpancingo, Guerrero. My area name is Herioco it means heroic. pres only sends the true heroes to this area. haha My new companion is Elder Woolsey he is from south jorden Utah. he is a cool guy. he has a year and a half. we are ready to go to work. we are the zone leaders in the biggest zone in the mission. we have 3 districts in this zone. there are 26 missionaries that are in our zone. so we have to set the standard. this is the zone that usually baptizes the most but it hasnt baptized that much these past few months so we are going to work! i am pumped to go to work. as zone leader we get to work with the stake leaders and all that stuff so that will be fun. that also means we get blamed for everything so it will help me get prepared to enter the air force again. haha but im pumped. it seems like a way cool area. the last elder that was here just finished his mission. so we got to rivive the area a little bit but we are pumped to go to work. this past week i had 3 baptisms in puente. it was a really good week. we went with Maribel and her family and we found out her daughter just turned 8 and we baptized the daughter Itzel and her son Kevin. The grandma Socorro was going to get baptized but she got really sick and had a bloody nose and couldnt get in water. but she will get baptized this week. her other son will get baptized next week as weel. they are a awesome family. Maribel said the closeing prayer at the baptism and thanked god that her kids got baptized in the true church. it was pretty sweet. also her little daughter after her baptism told us smileing i feel god and jesus. it was a cool baptism. we also baptized the grandkid of Soledad. we were going to baptize her daughter but she had problems and couldnt get in water either. but she will get baptized next week. so puente is booming. haha i loved puente. i learned alot and met alot of really cool people. it has been fun to see the changes in the ward. Elder Cornejo is going to train so he will do really good. i am pumped for him. he will keep the success rolling in puente. basicly half my district from the mtc is in my zone here so that will be fun. i am pumped to go to work and try to help out all the missionaries here. it should be fun. so thats nuts that tate is in 8th grade and teisha is a junior. that is crazy. i remember both those years. tell em i love em and to keep their noses clean. haha i know that they will do great. teisha in her tennis and tate in football. i mean i taught them everything so there is only room for success. haha jk but i love you all lots and keep up the good work.
Elder Hancock

Aug, 15 2011

">what up fam. sounds like all is good. mom the email is perfect so just send i to them so they get it. thats sweet that you all ran a 5k. i would of never thought that you guys would run a 5k. haha but the tournament last week went really good. we got 3rd place against all the mexicans they play everyday. we would of won first but we had a shoot out at the end and our goaly failed us. haha but it was fun. i led the team in goals with 3. just to make sure tate knows. haha im pretty sure i led the tournament in goals. haha it was fun. but this week was a good week. we were going to baptize the daughter of soledad. her name is angeles but she wanted to wait to do it this week with her nephew so we are going to have 2 baptisms this week. the work is moveing along really well. we had 8 investigators in church this week which is good. we have alot of investigators that are progressing and this next week we have changes. im pretty sure i am gone but who knows. i really dont want to leave because of the success that we have been haveing and the investigators that we are teaching. alot of them will get baptized next month. but thats the mission. me or my comp is out of here becuase i have never heard a comp being with his comp for more than 3 changes. im pretty sure that elder cornejo is going to train this change and i am gone. but it is up to the lord. today we played soccor with a kid that plays professionaly. we have taught him once and he knows the church is true he just started his season though and he plays on sundays but he is a really cool kid and will get baptized in the future. it was fun to play with him. but one thing really cool that happened this week was that our investigator Maribel ever since we taught her the word of wisdom has stopped smoking and she said that she has prayed to stop and every time she smells a cigarette or sees one she wants to throw up. i think that is so legit. prayer truely changes things. the kid that i told you about that is a member that we have activated just got the priesthood this week and he went to the temple to do baptisms for the dead. he is rocking. so all is good here in puente. that is crazy that school is starting over again. the next school year ill have to study how stincky is that. haha i love the mission. im pumped to hear from elder ballard. i am way pumped. i read his book called our search for happiness. it is legit. he is a powerful man. i really liked the quote you said mom about the prayer. it is so true. that goes the same for us. if we want a answer we have to ask with that same real intent. if we dont do it how can we expect our investigators to do it. but thank for all that you do. i love you all. elder hancock