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| Missionary Work |
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Becks and Hackleman's Mormon Pioneer Tour
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| Hand Cart |
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Favorite Country, PERU! |
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Omaha Mormon Trail Center, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints |
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Jerik sits next to an original copy of The Book of Mormon |
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In front of the Salt Lake Temple Replica at the Omaha Trail Center |
Monday, August 5, 2013
This weeks letters to and from our missionary
Elder Hackleman,
How in the world are you?
We are so excited because Jeremy, Sammee and all the family is here
visiting. We are going to the zoo today. Little Jerik is so much
fun. We can't even keep up with all his funny sayings.
I was making puffed
pancakes for breakfast this morning, after I put them in the oven I jumped into
the shower. In the mean time the pancakes burned and set off the fire
alarms. Now that's a great welcoming way to enjoy guests ha ha.
Our computer was running
real slow and seemed to have a virus even though we have run the geek squad
system on it over and over. Jeremy spent about a half an hour cleaning it
up and now it is running like a speed car. Awesome!
I sure love you!
Love
mom
Elder Hackleman, from Seth. Hey bro! I miss you
so much! I hope your having the time of your life! Hey quick question, whatd
you do with your ipod? i cant find it haha. football starts on monday (like
actual practices) and then we play the monarchs on the 30th. we should be able
to beat them this year! we have a good team from what i can tell right now! i'l
keep you updated with our season. last week i benched 300! i'm still at 455 for
squat sadly but i'm still the highest on the team! one kid got 430 so he's the
second highest. hang clean is at 250 now, not the best but im getting better!
we have a scrimage coming up so we are getting excited for that! i love you
buddy! keep up the hard work!
From Nathan: BRO!!!!!!!!
hows Peru? is it like... awesome? So im gonna be starting Z reciever probs and
next year im gonna try for starrting varsity reciever so pretty much... I CANT
WAIT, gotta go hard this season ;). so uhhhh... nice talkin to ya and have the
time of your life!!!!! C ya lates bro!!
From Grant: Yo Jar
what's up dog? Sure am missing you. We are going to the zoo today.
The bishop asked us to finish the book of mormon this summer, but I am
only in Enos, so I have a long way to go. Remember that lady that always
wore a bandana in her hair and we thought she was sort of crazy. Well she
died from a semi running over her. So that's pretty crazy.
We are going to the
temple for baptisms for the dead with Jaiten and them on Tuesday. So that
will be really cool going with my cousins to the temple. It is Rykers first
time so it will be a good experience for him.
The one thing I want most
when you come back is a dollar of the Peruvian money.
When I went to Hawaii the
first thing I did was snorkel. Then the next day I went paddle boarding,
you know the stand up on a surfboard almost and paddle yourself. That
hurt a lot afterwards because it made me sore. Then we changed to the
condo and that felt like it was haunted because the stairs would creek and
there were bugs everywhere, but we lived. I got this really cool ball
that Nathan was talking about, you might have seen it. It's called wobabo
ball. Seth sells them at Bed Bath and Beyond. So then we went
surfing and I got up the first try but I didn't go very far. So I was a
natural. That's what they called me. What instructor did you have
when you had the surfing lessons. Because my instructor might have had
you. His name was Pa Ah. It's short for something I just can't
remember.
We had really good puffed
pancakes that mommy made for breakfast.
So that's about all.
Hope to see you in 1 and 3/4 of years.
Love you Grant
Dear Family,
HAHA! This letter is the best letter ever! It´s
so good to hear from all of you! I have no idea where my ipod is seth sorry.
haha Yes Nathan Peru is awesome. Z Reciever!!!! That´s what they were changing
me to at SVU if I would have stayed! That´s awesome bro! Grantee. You kept up
the streak of getting up on the first try surfing! All 4 of us are naturals! I
hope you guys are having fun with Jeremy and Sammee and the family. It looks
like Mom spells Zerick´s name about as well as Jeremy. It was something
different in every one of the letters. Haha
So I met with President Archibald
for our interviews for the first time on friday. It was so awesome. The man is
at one with the Spirit I know that for sure. He helped me out a ton on what
things I can do to be a better missionary.
I jinxed myself last week when I
told dad all is well with health. I had the worst fever of my life and was bed
ridden for like 2 and a half days. I´m on the mend now so its all good.
I was
asked to give a talk 2 weeks ago for what I thought was this week but it was
actually for next week because this week is fast sunday. But I totally spaced
that fast sunday is fast and testimony meeting so we got to church early and I
went to sit up on the stand and sat there until about 2 minutes before the
meeting started when I remembered what the clank day it was. It was pretty
embarrassing because I could tell the bishopric was getting a good laugh out of
it. Haha
We had 5 investigators in sacrament meeting yesterday. They were are
all new to us as missionaries too and we have appointments scheduled to meet
and teach every one of them this week. I´m way excited about it because they´re
all awesome. Love you guys!!!!! Grant, you may need to start helping mom with
the swedish pancake action if you know what I´m sayin, I want to come home to a
house, not a piece of rubble. haha Love you all!
Elder Hackleman
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Mormon Missionary Dies
Mormon missionary's brother shares miracle preceding his death, pays tribute to his life
Photos
Yet by the time my mom arrived in Dallas, Josh's progress had taken a turn for the worse. Due to swelling of his brain resulting from the concussion, Josh's lungs and heart began to fail. After all the doctor's efforts to resuscitate him, Josh passed away at 11:15 p.m. on Monday.
In the days that followed Josh's death, many friends and family arrived at our home to offer their condolences. In each visit, the comforters become the comforted as my dad shared the tender mercies he and my mom saw in Josh's passing.
"When the Lord showed us the miracle recovery of Josh's back, he let us and everyone that prayed for Josh know he heard our prayers. There's no doubt about that. But God knew it was Josh's time, so once he'd shown us, he called Josh home," my dad said.
For the third child in our family, Elder Denny Burton, who reported to the MTC on the same day as Josh and who now serves in the Belgium Netherlands Mission, the gospel of Jesus Christ gives the right perspective to his grief. "I've always known the gospel plan was true. So I realize this isn't a test of my faith, it's just a test of my patience."
Josh was the second oldest of nine children and was homeschooled through elementary, middle and high schools . Upon his return from missionary service, he planned on studying music and business.
Josh's two maxims were "life is music" and "live life to the fullest," and he worked hard to put these into practice. As a young teenager, Josh first discovered the magic of Fredric Chopin's "Fantasie Impromptu" and began filling his life with classical mentors like Beethoven, Grieg, Ravel and Rachmaninov.
From that point forward, Josh drank, ate and breathed classical music. As an accomplished pianist, he began composing for the piano, and in the summer of 2010, Josh packed Cardston's Carriage House Theatre for his first concert of his own compositions. Josh moved his audience from laughter to tears as he shared both the excitement and the depth of feeling he found in music. To the delight of his audience, he even did a back flip in his suit pants and dress shoes.
That same year, Josh produced and distributed his first CD, "Sketches," which he made available on YouTube and iTunes. He then went door to door in Cardston and surrounding communities, selling his CDs to earn money for his mission.
In his compositions, Josh sought to express what mattered most to him, feelings he could only describe through music.
"If you listen, really listen," Josh promises in his CD's dedication, "I think you will hear something more than just notes on a piano, something deeper within the music. And my hope is that you will be better for having heard it."
In all of his endeavors, Josh's goal was to uplift others. On one occasion, a mother in Cardston saw a young man walk past her little girl in the yard. Several minutes later, the mother saw the young man return, hand her girl an ice cream cone and walk on. When she asked her daughter, "Who was that?" she replied, "Josh Burton."
During his lucid moments in the hospital, Josh's chief concern was for his investigators and fellow missionaries.
"He kept asking for his planner," Dr. Cameron said.
At his funeral on Monday, a table displayed many of Josh's personal articles. In the center were his missionary shoes, worn and cracked from so much walking, calling to mind President Kimball's declaration, "My life is like my shoes, to be worn out in service."
As Josh's older brother, I find it nearly impossible to paint the life of my best friend in so few words. Yet those who knew Josh will attest that his life was his message. He loved deeply, lived fully and served faithfully.
I am proud of my three brothers serving as missionaries: one in the Netherlands, one on his way to Mexico and one wherever God may send him.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Fun Peruvian Facts and Statistics
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Worldwide Statistics
527,759
Total Church Membership
10 Missions
786 Congregations
1 Temples
113 Family History Centers
Peru
An official branch (a small congregation) was organized in July 1956, missionaries began preaching in August, and a Church building was purchased in November. Prior to this, Latter-day Saint families living in Peru held group meetings. In 1959, when the Andes Mission was organized, there were 300 members in five congregations.
In January 1988, 32 years after missionary work began in Peru, seven stakes (diocese) were created in one weekend by a visiting Church Apostle, Elder M. Russell Ballard.
Worldwide Statistics
- | 14,782,473
- | 347
- | 58,990
- | 15
- | 141
- | 29,014
- | 4
- | 391,680
- | 352,488
- | 4,689
- | 128
- | 179
- | 10,138
- | 177
Monday, July 29, 2013
Southern Virginia Missionary Article
This is kind of cool.
Two
Sets of Students Serve Together in Missions
Hannah Benson Rodriguez · July 26, 2013
Avery Benesch and Scott
Austin already had a lot in common last semester when they both received calls
to serve in the Scotland/Ireland Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints.
At the
time last spring, both Arizona natives were roommates at Southern Virginia
University and teammates on the school’s NCAA Division III baseball team.
See more of the article at http://svu.edu/news/archives/2013/students-serve-together-in-missions
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