Hola qué onda!?
THIS WEEK WAS SO FULL I literally don't even know where to start.
Some bullet points:
-English class was another success with almost 50 people again!
-We served at a food pantry.
-We had an AMAZING Zone Conference with Brian K. Taylor from the 70. He gave the talk "Am I a Child of God?" in general conference of April last year. The biggest thing that happened is that he promised us in the name of Jesus Christ that if we give it EVERYTHING we got, we will have 40 baptisms as a mission in the month of June. That's pretty big for our mission considering we only had 18 baptisms last month as an entire mission! He gave us some pretty specific and divine instructions about how we will obtain this goal so we are all re-energized and excited to do some missionary work!!!
-We took Borys and Yonatan to the temple and trail center and they loved it! Yonatan was literally vlogging the whole thing for his dad in Guatemala it was so cute haha. Guadalupe also did baptisms for the dead and took her father's name and her grandparents. So amazing to be able to see her progress so much in the gospel. She's gotten pretty sucked into family history work and told us she wakes up in the middle of the night and can't sleep because she can't stop thinking about it!!!
-We had exchanges on Friday, then on Saturday we spent half of the day cleaning this lady's house. We met her last week and she said she wanted us to come over to do a "study" but then expressed that she's really not interested in the gospel at all, she just wanted us to clean her house. Her house was... full. Haha. Just full. I was a little annoyed at first and felt like she was just trying to take advantage of us, but when we went back to clean on Saturday I felt an overwhelming feeling of love for her. I know that God loves her and she is truly my sister. My annoyance changed to gratitude for the chance we got to serve her and help her. Even after my fingers were swollen and raisiny after doing dishes for over 3 HOURS straight. We flipped that place around!!
-We served food at a quinceañera for a girl in our branch and it was like the time of my life. Not much else to say about that other than I wish I was Mexican.
One last story:
This week someone named Javier requested a Book of Mormon online so we decided to take Guadalupe with us to go meet him. We went to his house and no one answered the door, and the guy that was trimming the bushes out front said he didn't live there. So we left, and walked back to the car around the corner. Hermana Jorgensen and I got in the car, but Guadalupe opened the door, paused, and then closed the door again and didn't get in the car! So we got back out and she was like, "We have to go back!" And we were like "Why??" And she was like "This man made an appointment with you! He has to be there! We are going back!" So I supressed the thoughts in my head that were saying, "He probably just forget, we'll just go another day" and we caught up with Guadalupe who was practically running back up to his house. (Let me remind you that she is like a 67 year old woman with the energy of a 20 year old.) She called up to the man that was trimming the bushes and she said, "You made an appointment with these sisters and they are here to talk to you!" He called back again and explained that he did not live there. So Guadalupe walked right passed him and went to the back of the house, and there we found a bunch of guys outside drinking and smoking. They told us that Javier was inside and they went and got him for us! We proceeded to have one of the most powerful restoration lessons we've ever had. Guadalupe bore a STRONG witness that the gospel is true and that he NEEDS to come to church because it will change his life. Wow. What would we do without this woman? She has taught me so much more than we ever taught her. She has so much faith. I'm convinced we would have never found Javier if it weren't for her faith! The best part of the story is the guy that was trimming the bushes went to the back of the house and was hanging out with the guys back there during the lesson. Guadalupe was like "I KNEW HE LIVED THERE" haha. The Spirit speaks to that woman!
We had such a full week and still managed to find 3 new people to teach this week. The Lord really never fails to magnify our time and efforts. I love being a missionary and I love this church. These 2 guys we met last night told us we had a "beautiful ambiance" and they couldn't pinpoint what it was. They could tell that there was something different about us. It was the Spirit!!! We are so excited for Yonatan and Borys' baptism this Saturday! Also President Renlund is coming and we are excited for that too. Thanks for all your prayers! :)
Con amor,
Hermana Hansen
Pictures:
1 - Me in front of a Guatemala mural. I'll actually go there someday haha
2. Me celebrating my YEAR MARK with HuHot one of my fav restaurants :)
3. Service with Sister Hickman at the food pantry
4. We had another sleepover with the HERMANAS! They came down for Zone Conference :)
5. This is us after cleaning that lady's house all day and serving food at the quinceañera haha. So exhausted.
More to come in the next email because it won't let me send more than 5
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