Elder Kai Hicken: The Missionary: Happy Easter ?

Monday, March 28, 2016

Happy Easter ?

So like Easter isn`t a thing here, the actitud was a bit different. Semana Santa was a bit interesting, everyone went out. The classic here is that they all go to little pueblos outside of Montería. The city was so empty that there were hardly tiendas to buy water. It touched walk around searching a tienda that was open, and the only one we found was a bar/tienda estilo colombiano and they were sure "santificando las fiestas" (I hope Mom remembers that from Perú).

This week, Élder Alvarado and I had a discussion about goals. We have a tendancy of putting a goal and verifying at the end of the goal if we reached it. That´s an awful way to progress in life. This week, we are going to try to put a goal and reach that goal, with the actitud that nothing can stop us. In cap 8 of PmE, M. Russell Ballard has a quote. I have to search it in English because I only remember it in Spanish. “I am so thoroughly convinced that if we don’t set goals in our life and learn how to master the techniques of living to reach our goals, we can reach a ripe old age and look back on our life only to see that we reached but a small part of our full potential. When one learns to master the principles of setting a goal, he will then be able to make a great difference in the results he attains in this life.” Élder Alvarado and I are trying to apply the principles of SMART goals and metas significativas to reach higher results in the zone and in our area. Have a great General Conference, invite someone who doesn´t normally go.

Always Great,

Élder Hicken

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February 15, 2016

I was assigned a talk in Church yesterday and I felt it was important to talk about friends. Really, the importance of making friends with people who aren't active in the church, be they less-active or not baptized. The activity in the Church shouldn't depend on if they feel comfortable or fellowshipped by the members because it should be a given. Their activity should depend solely on their own testimony. I´ve met too many people on the mission that don´t go to church because they don´t have friends there and the members think that being their ´friend´ is visit them every week or month and invite them to church. A friend would communicate with the person often, invite them to things, spend time with them outside of their callings or responsibilities, serve them, help them out, and there just isn't enough of that in the Church in general. It makes a huge difference, though.

May 2, 2016

One mistake that many people make here is the requisites for read the Book of Mormon. They often say they don´t have time, but it´s because they try to take out 15-20 minutes at least. It´s better to read the Book of Mormon for 2 minutes everyday than 20 minutes every week. It isn´t a textbook, it isn´t just to obtain knowledge and memorize. It´s the key to our spiritual progress, the key to our religion and if everyday there are temptations and confusions and spots from the world, how can we think that we are alright not strengthening us as equally frequent or more frequently? Read the Book of Mormon EVERYDAY if it be for few minutes or for more.