Saturday, September 20, 2008

Mission Call - September 17, 2008

Sister Hawk and I received an Missionary extension today, for another year at Deseret Land & Livestock. We are nowPioneer Trek Coordinators at Deseret Land & Livestock. We will spend the winter coordinating Trek activities and return to DLL around April 1, 2009. We feel very honored to be able to help in this great work. My feelingsare that if the Stake & Ward leaders get the kids to DLL the Lord will take care of the rest. What a blessing it is tobe able to serve in this work.

Oh, Yes we will still go to Arizona for the winter. We have a Ranch cell phone and computer so we will still be connected.

God Bless all
Elder & Sister Hawk

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Deseret Land & Livestock - August 25, 2008





This will be our last report from DLL. We will finish up today and head home in the morning. This has been a wonderful Mission. We have enjoyed every day here. Sister Hawk and I will be coming back for the 2009 Trek season here at DLL. It has been good to see the 7000 young people that have come to Trek with us here. I enclose a few pictures. These people have become good friends and we will miss them in the days ahead. I hope you have enjoyed our E/ Mail and Blog.


God Bless all

Elder & Sister Hawk

Saturday, August 9, 2008

DL&L - August 3, 2008

















Yes, another week has come and gone. We rebuilt 15 Handcarts the last two week, along with our Trek duties. The weather has been hot the last couple of weeks. In the high 80's to low 90's in the day, but low 40's at night. Air Conditioning in the day, heater at night. The country has dried out and things are much browner now than just a month ago. We have 5 treks left, one this coming week and then 4 the week on the 13th. Both Sister Hawk and I are a little bit 'trunky'. First because we have lived in our 28 foot 5th Wheel trailer for the last 9 months, and second because our mission for this year is winding down. We have our seminar for 2009 on August 23, and after that we will have about one day's work and that will be it until next year. We will be home to Delta around August 27 or 28. It will be sad to say goodbye to our missionary friends and the people in the Evanston 6th Ward where we have attended church for the last three months. We all know that life go's on. I have learned great faith in the youth of Zion. What a wonderful experience this mission has been. This is a good place to spend the summer, I have taken many pictures of wildlife and I have shared some of them with you. I am enclosing several more pictures, but this time of Elder Jeffery Holland and Bishop McMullin. As I said before they visited our Trek abut three weeks ago. Sister Hawk and I are in one or two of the pictures.

God Bless All

Elder & Sister Hawk





Tuesday, July 29, 2008

DL&L - July 26, 2008














Well here we are another week completed. This week we only had one Trek, so we rebuilt 9 Handcarts. We have a shop set up and by using a production line we are able to rebuild 3 handcarts each day. We have 11 more carts to do before we go home in a month. Sister Hawk and are are still enjoying our mission. We work every day except Sunday and sometimes we have P- Day on Tuesday. Our annual siminar for the 2009 treks will be held on August 23, 08. We will explain all the rules and other info. I think we will have 34 Treks next year.

All is well Here

God Bless All

Elder & Sister Hawk

Sunday, July 20, 2008

DL&L - July 19, 2008










Well another week, another Trek completed. We had South Jordan 7th Ward this week. They came on Wednesday morning about 10 AM.The first night they went about 11 or 12 miles. The big surprise was Jeffery R. Holland and Bishop McMullin came and talked to the kids. Sister Holland also gave a little talk. Sister Hawk and I knew about the visit but we were told not to say anything to the Trek people. It was exciting to have them here on the ranch. We enjoyed them very much. The second day we Trekked 6 more miles, and they camped in that spot for two days. This morning we walked them out another 7 miles. We enjoy our small part in their Trek. The spirit is very strong here.

On Wednesday and Thursday we poured 9 yards of concrete each morning about 6 AM. It wasn't hard because Elder Sherwood knew how to make it easy. This next week we will be rebuilding handcarts and other repairs. This Sunday we are having visitors from Farmland Reserve.

Only one Trek next week due to 24th of July in Utah.

All is well here
Elder & Sister Hawk

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

DL&L - July 13, 2008















Just a quick note to show some pictures taken here at DL&L. Dusty and Marilyn visited us here last night. We showed them around our trek areas and at the dairy barn we came across two moose. I didn't have my camera so Dusty got some pictures of them. These are the first moose anyone has seen this year, so the other missionaries were excited to see them. We continue to gave a wonderful time here. Sister Hawk and I gave talks in Church this morning.

All is Well
Elder Hawk

Saturday, July 12, 2008

DL&L - July 12, 2008












































Another week almost completed, This has been one amazioning week for us. Our Trek this week was Salt Lake Pioneer Stake. These kids are intercity kids. They have been our best group so far. This groups is made up of all nationalities, from many different countries, all brothers & sisters in the gospel of Jesus Christ. How different these kids have been, they don't have much in the way of material goods, but these kids are strong. The route we took them on was Lost Creek to Fox Hollow about 22 miles of very hard travel. I enclose pictures of these people coming up one very tough climb. The first night we stops after 10 miles of the hardest climbs on the ranch. I told them only one more hill, but there was many more. The way I look at life is like this Trek, if we knew all our future then why go on, the great part of life is the struggle, to be tested, to see if we are strong and able to do hard things.

I love these kids and there leaders just because they worked so hard, they were so strong.

God Bless All

Elder & Sister Hawk
PS: 27 Picture this week, but to me they are must see.