Hola!!!!
This week was the most insane week ever. WE STARTED TEACHING 11 PEOPLE. Just so you know we usually find like 2 people to teach on a good week. The Lord has seriously been preparing this area for Spanish missionaries. It has been so awesome. A lot of them have been in families which has been awesome.
The beginning of this week was a little hard not gonna lie. I was so tired. Like EXHAUSTED. I felt like a brand new missionary again. I think a new area is just a lot to take in, plus we have been knocking a lot and street contacting a ton, which has been awesome but also a lot of work! I feel a lot better now though. Wednesday was a day PACKED full of miracles. We were out knocking doors and contacting people in the middle of the day, and usually before 5:00 there aren't a ton of people that answer the door because they're at work. But for some reason, there were sooo many people at home! Listen to this story.
Background:
If you remember the story I told last week, we met these people sitting out on their steps that invited us to sit with them, and they said, "This is such a coincidence, we were just talking about how amazing God is!" Yeah, well one of those dudes was named Herlin. It's pronounced kind of like "early" with an 'N' at the end.
(For those that speak Spanish, this is how the conversation went.
Us: Como se llama?
Herlin: Soy Herlin.
Us: Como?
Herlin: Herlin. Es como, "más temprano"
Us: OOOOHHH Early!!! hahaha)
Anyways, remember that.
Last week we met this guy named Javier, we had a great first contact with him and he was super interested!!! He was super busy so he said he couldn't promise us a return appointment, but told us to stop by whenever to see if he's home. So on Wednesday night we stopped by and we caught him right as he was walking to the park so we tagged along with him. The first thing he says is, "Hey, you met my cousin Herlin!!!" He told us that they work together and Herlin mentioned that we met with him, and Javier said "Oh I met them too!" And Herlin goes, "Oh yeah, well they gave me their number!" *whips out the passalong card we gave him* Javier whips his out too and goes "oh yeah well me too!!" They had a good laugh about it. He said that apparently we had met quite a few of his other coworkers too. It's a small world here in Sioux Falls!!! Haha apparently we've been meeting a lot of people. After teaching Javier about the Book of Mormon he goes, "Hey come back to my house, there's a couple from Honduras that are coming over right now and they need to learn about God!" So we follow him to his house and we met this adorable family and started teaching all of them right then and there on his driveway!!! They had met missionaries before in Honduras and were so prepared!!! Miracles!
Later this week we saw some construction workers working on a house. Normally we don't like bothering people while they're working but here in Sioux Falls it's a little harder to find Spanish speakers (they kind of live sporadically, they aren't all grouped together like Omaha) so we gotta take every opporitunuty we got. We went and talked with them and they were so nice! They all stopped to talk to us for a while, and their boss Raul came out and asked if we wanted to see his garden!!! So we walk behind the house and he has this huge vegetable garden! He even shared some pepino with us! He said to us "Yo soy un sembrador, pero ustedes son sembradoras de la palabra de Dios!" (I'm a planter, but you're a planter of the word of God!) He invited us over to teach his family later!
This Sunday we were sitting in our small Spanish sacrament meeting, praying for a miracle that some of the people we invited would come, when the cutest couple from Guatemala we are teaching walked in!!! They were almost an hour late but they still got to hear some testimonies and they met almost all the Spanish members!!! It was a huge miracle and they felt the spirit so strong!
Hopefully you've been able to follow this messy email, basically I am loving Sioux Falls and I love my companion! When we did Come Follow Me this week we had some thoughts about the Savior and His Atonement for us. Christ had agency. He chose to atone for us and to fulfill God's plan. Meaning, at any given moment He could have given up and decided it was too hard. As we know, He was tempted and tested by Satan. Just imagine this: Satan knew that if He could get Jesus to mess up or to sin, or to use His power in wrong ways, the Plan of Salvation would be frustrated. He knew that if he could get the Savior to mess up, he would win, and none of us would make it back to Heavenly Father again. That was what Satan wanted. Imagine how hard Satan was trying. He must have given it EVERYTHING he had to tempt the Savior. I'm sure Christ had to fight so hard to push Satan out. But He did. He pushed Satan out and He went through with God's plan, even though He knew that that would mean He would have to suffer unimaginable pain and even give up His own life. He did that because He loves us. Each one of us individually. I cannot imagine the weight on His shoulders. But He overcame it all for us, so we can go back and live with Him and Heavenly Father again. I am so thankful for my Savior. Because of Him, Satan will never win. He will never win unless we let him. So turn to Christ, and accept His invitation to follow Him, because He truly will give you peace and joy through repentance. I know that is true. I love Him so much and I love all of you!
Que tengan una muy buena semana!!
-Hermana Hansen
Apparently we took no pictures this week so here's a selfie we took with Raul in his garden!!!
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