may 28
hey errbodyyyy,
we just got back from an activity day with our
ward--sports day. it was actually pretty fun but reminded me of how horribly
uncoordinated i am. although i am proud to say that i made a basket. that's my
one claim to fame. the rest of the day pretty much consisted of me making a
total fool of myself. but that's gotta be pretty endearing though right? that's
what i kept telling myself. although there was a slight mishap that probably
gave me some minor brain damage--some kid in the ward david beckham'd me in the
head with the soccer ball and it HURT SO BAD. seriously. i was like...dazed.
and i felt the tears coming to my eyes but i was like GAAH I CAN'T CRY IN FRONT
OF PEOPLE UNLESS I'M BEARING TESTIMONY!! so i calmly removed myself and sat
under a tree and pretended like my eyes were sweating. i think the kid felt
really bad though because he like put himself in time-out, haha. other than
that, it was a successful day and everyone seemed really happy to be there.
then afterwards i gave soeur chapman a piano lesson, because she wants to
learn. she's actually catching on really quick. i taught her the jazzed up
version of "heart and soul" on the piano and we had ourselves a
little jam session and it was just precious.
welp this week we just kept pluggin' along.
still in a bit of a lull in our sector--we're trying really hard to find new
amis, but little by little things are moving forward. we've got a couple new
potentials that we're trying to build a relationship with so they can be comfortable
with us. we had three people come to church with some members on sunday and
obviously we were really excited about this, but then at the same time we kind
of have to calm down and stop drooling because if we pounce on them right away
they're going to be totally weirded out. anyway, i can say with 100% confidance
though that these people are answers to our prayers and that God is preparing
them. so for right now we're encouraging the members to be a good support to
them and trying to be as normal and friendly as possible when interacting with
them. also, one of our other potential investigators is the father-in-law of a
woman in our ward--we went to eat at their house last night and were all
talking together and the father-in-law decided it would be a really good idea
to offer me to his son as a future wife. aaand he pretty much has our wedding
planned. the first time he said it we were all laughing and stuff, but
then he kept bringing it up and i was like dude i think papi might be serious about
this marriage thing... so...yeah that whole situation was pretty awkward
but you just gotta laugh about it. i'll let you guys know if a ring surfaces in
this situation. stay tuned.
let's seeeee what else can i talk to you
about...well, we had to drop three investigators (a fambly) this week because
they got secretly baptized into a brand-new upstart religion and their leader
person told them they couldn't talk to us anymore. so that was kind of a shock.
and it was really frustrating too, because we have been working so hard to get
the dad to move forward because he has been dragging his feet for so long, and
now BOOM. baptized. into a new religion. where they meet at some guy's house.
and then he was like "yeah! all the things they teach are the same things
that you guys teach too!" and i was just like WHAA??? definitely a
punch-myself-in-the-face moment. who knows though, maybe it's like a
preparation for him on da path o' righteousness. so we put them on standby for
a month or two but we're going to go back after and see how they're doing.
this other day we were focusing on the part of
our sector that is the farthest away from our house (like 35ish minutes on
bike) and of course, it starts to pouring rain and we're drowning. so we start
looking for some place to take shelter until the rain calmed down and i said
this lil' prayer in my heart like "father in heaven, can you put someone
in our path to teach where we find shelter?" and we keep biking and decide
to stop at this member's house. we get there and the member isn't there,
but lo and behold their daughter in law is (who we have never before met)
and she greets us with a HUGE smile and welcomes us and gives us
towels to dry off. so we're kind of chatting for a bit and find out that she's
not a member, she has met with the missionaries before, SHE'S READ THE ENTIRE
BOOK OF MORMON, and she wants to get baptized. WHAT?! OK. seriously, my
jaw kind of dropped when i saw how immediately and how...completely my little
baby prayer was answered. although i know that there is a long road ahead for
this particular woman because she's got some big obstacles in her way,
i know that it wasn't a coincidence that we met her that day and i was
really grateful for that boost for my spirit.
aaaaaaaaaaand i got to go to the
templllllllllllle this week and it was wonderful and lovely. and i
got the liahona with the conference talks. and i got to eat mcdonalds. ALL
IN ONE DAY. trifecta of happiness, right there. ok i really feel like i'm just
blabbering right now so i think i'm gonna wrap this up. so as usual,
i love you and miss you and think the people that write me letters
are great. the people that don't write me letters, you have the potential
to be great and i believe that you can achieve this greatness. so get to it. xoxo!
love,
soeur hansen
