Letters between Elder Hackleman and Nathan

Elder Hackleman,

Bro!!!!!!!!!

Sorry my hand writing is bad, I just got home from weights and I can barely lift my arms.

Also Seth forgot to say in his email that he met Travis Sweetser in the weight room at UNL at 5:30 in the morning lifting weights.  He saw how much he was benching in his workout and freaked out.  He didn't know we had moved to Omaha.

Back to Nathan.

When you get home from your mission I will be able to squat more than you can.

I got a bunch of Nike clothes for my birthday.  I officially look like a professional baller.

Your bro

Nathan

That´s awesome buddy! When I get home, you will be able to squat, bench, dead lift, and run better than I could! This Peruvian food is heavy stuff! Haha I have dropped a belt loop though. That´s cool that he saw Travis!

Make sure you lift hard Nay. I didn´t buy into lifting until my junior year in high school and it hurt my football a lot. Work really hard in practice and I promise, you will be a stellar football player. You have more skill at receiver than I did at your age by a lot.

What´s most important though is this. Read your scriptures every day, always strive to get along with Seth and Grant. And listen to mom and dad. They may seem like they are hard on you or don´t understand sometimes but they do. And they know what is best for you and they will never do anything that they don´t think will be for our benefit. Thank them every day for being your mom and dad. I am so proud of you for being ordained a teacher.

It feels like yesterday when I was doing that very thing. Your Patriarchal Blessing is coming up soon too. Read it often. It is the map to your life as long as you live in accordance with it. I love you buddy. Work hard in school and work hard in football. But above all else, work hard on living more like our Savior Jesus Christ. And continue to love your family =)

Su Hermano,

Elder Hackleman

Letters to and from Elder Hackleman and little, big brother Seth

Elder Hackleman,

Boys state was awesome.  I was elected city sheriff and county sheriff.  Also I was elected cheer coordinator.  I received outstanding citizenship award at the end.  I was also nominated to go to boys nation.  5 people were nominated and only the top 2 go.  So I was at the top of the 450 boys from my peers and the leaders.  The councilors want me to be a jr councilor next year.  I had kids tell me I was more well known that the governor candidates.

This is a song I wrote for my town to sing to the girls staters.  It is to the tune "Hey there Delilah"

Hey there all you females whats it like up there at girls state

your a couple of blocks away but girls tonight you look so great

yes you do

boys state can't shine as bright as you

I swear it's true.

and on and on ...

I met Taylor Martinez and the governor and you know all the big news dudes.

I love you.  Hope you are having a good time.

We went to the MC football camp and we beat Burke who is number 3 preseason.  So far in our scrimmages against other schools we are undefeated.  We are going to have a good team this year.

I love you.

Seth

That is so awesome bro! I am jealous. I was not nearly as outgoing at boys state and I regret it so I´m glad you got out there. How much bigger are you than Taylor Martinez? Probably tons haha. It was so long ago when I went to boys state. Nebraska had just announced its move to the Big 10 and Utah had just announced its move to the Pac 12. Crazy huh! haha 

I hope you kill it this year in football. Keep an eye on Nathan. He could really be something in high school if you helped him out. My dream is for each of you to be better football players and stronger in the Gospel than I was at that age. You´re prepping for your senior year. That is so crazy. 

Have fun but stay strong. It is such a great experience if you work hard in school and football than if you slack off. It may seem hard at the time but you will appreciate it so much more later on. And above all, ALWAYS exercise your testimony. Read the scriptures every day. Pray as often as you can. If you prepare for your mission as the first priority in your life, your football, school, and everything else good in your life will fall into place wherever the Lord wants it and you will be so happy. 

I can´t wait to hear how your season goes and how school goes and just think, this time next year, you could already have your mission call! I love you man. Stay strong.

Su Hermano,

Elder Hackleman 

P.S. COULD SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME HOW MY HEAT AND MY BOY LEBRON IS DOING?!?!?!?!?! Haha

Elder Hackleman,

Poor Lebron tore his acl.  It is a huge bummer.

Seth

Catch The Wave

Catch The Wave
An Unprecedented Wave of Enthusiasm For
Missionary Work is Sweeping the Entire Earth
Elder Russell M. Nelson

1st Baptism

Elder Hackleman's Companion has been teaching this investigator for 2 months.

1st Pictures from Peru

In Moments of Fear or Doubt Hold Fast to What You Do know

In Moments of Fear or Doubt
Hold Fast to What You Do Know
Until Additional Knowledge Comes
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

Do The Things That the Savior Would Do

Do The Things That The Savior Would Do
If He Were Ministering Among Us Today
Elder M. Russell Ballard

Grant's Letter to his brother

Dear Elder Hackleman,

Things around here have been going fine.  I still wish you could come home tomorrow, but you know your on a mission.  So you can't.  I feel bad for Seth because he had a really bad migraine.  He threw up 4 times.  School is out so I can finally go to the pool with you, oh wait, you can't.  

Sure like the pictures you sent us, oh ya we haven't gotten any yet.

Can you send me a short sentence in Spanish?  Try to make it a joke.

The letter you sent us was a little shorter than usual.  There wasn't that much information.  Give us some more details, like how food tastes and how people make the food.  What bathrooms look like.  Those little details count the most.  

How old is your companion?  Is he the same age or has he been there before you came?

Is your computer you are using a dinosaur, or is it like the one I am typing on right now?

I wish to see you in 2 years.

Love

Grant

Dear Grant,

That´s awesome buddy! Go to the pool alot for me k? Haha I have never used a public restroom. I make sure I go at the house before I leave. My companion is only one week YOUNGER than me! Crazy right? Ok see if you know what this means. Me llamo Elder Hackleman pero mi amigos me llaman Elder Guapo. =) and yes....my computer is a dinosaur. haha

Love you big guy!

Elder Hackleman

Mom sends 18 Questions and Missionary Answered

I had a bunch of questions for Jaren. 18 in fact. Today we got the answers. Yeah!


1. How long had your companion been teaching the lady you baptized last week? My companion had been teaching Stephanie for about 2 months before I got here.


2. What is your apartment like? I don´t live in an apartment. We have our own room upstairs in a member family´s home. The mom is our pensionist. That means that she makes all our meals for us. Its a job. The mission pays her and she feeds us whenever we want food. sweet huh!!!! The family is amazing. I love them all so much.


3. Where do you eat your meals? I eat at the house that we live at.


4. What kind of food are you eating? They eat tons and tons of rice here. We have rice every lunch and dinner. Lots of potatoes =) and chicken. Pollo y Arroz is huge. Chicken and rice. I´ve also had duck and cow stomach. Both aren´t too bad! haha.


5. How many members are in your ward? There are almost 500 members in our ward but only 70 or 80 are active. We are trying to get a list of all the less active members because we don´t even know who they are so we can visit them.


6. Do you get support from the members? We have some support from the members but we could use more. My companion is organizing a ward activity this week to get them fired up about missionary work.


7. What has the weather been like? The weather is kinda overcast and 70ish every day. My companion has been here long enough that he is freezing right now, along with the rest of the country. I´m loving it haha.


8. Did you have any trouble in customs on your way to Peru? I had no trouble. It was incredibly easy. We just had to get in line and show our passport and this other ticket we got on the plane saying why we were there to a security officer and then we were home free. they didnt even search our bags like we thought they would after we got them.


9. Do you keep rocks in your pocket so you can throw them at stray dogs? I haven´t had to use a rock. I have had some really close encounters with dogs who think the want a taste of this guy, but you have to just walk or run right at them and yell or pretend to throw something at them and they´ll run off haha


10. How many missionaries are you around, are there others who live close to you? There are 5 other companionships in our zone that we see a few times a week. 4 gringos total including myself and my companion.


11. Do you drive a car, bike, walk, ride a bus, a horse, a donkey? We use public transportation. We use 36´s which are just big buses but we mostly use what´s called a combi which is a big van that people just pile into and they drive all over so you just tell them where and they drop you off. I´ve only used a taxi once because they are more expensive.


12. Do you go trackting? We have barely tracted. We stay pretty busy with lessons of investigators that we have right now but we also spend alot of time trying to visit less active or part member families.


13. Are Peruvians really small or is that a wives tale? Peruvians are really small. It is no wives tale. About half of the front doors to get into people´s homes are about as high as my neck.


14. When you eat with members do they give you a lot of food? I haven´t eaten with members. We just eat what our Pensionist makes us.


15. What do you eat for a treat? We don´t have time to have treats. haha


16. Do the stores have candy? The stores have candy. People mostly get snacks and treats from street vendors that are just out on the sidewalk. There are street vendors everywhere. When cars are at a stop, people will walk out into the road to try and sell the drivers stuff.


17. Have you given any suckers away? I tried to give a sucker to this one kid that is in a wheel chair. He sits on the porch of his house all day everyday by himself. the one day i remembered to bring one though, he wasn´t outside.


18. Have you taken any pictures in Peru? I have taken pics. I´ll send them today.

Be a Force for Good

Be a Force for Good
You can be a force for good in your family,
Your home, your community, your nation
and The World
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf