aug 6
hey everyone
let's talk about this was a great week--i feel
like the scripture in doctrine and covenants has suddenly become so much more
applicable to my life: after much tribulations come the blessings. rang true
this week! last week was woof--but this week was so gerat! we had so many
awesome things happen, a couple new really solid references, and some members
that are starting to get motivated to help us!
we met with this new investigator therese this
week and taught her the first lesson--she is seriously the most awesome person
ever. our first lesson went really really well and she told us about how she
had met a member coming back on a boat and she was at a point in her life where
she just didn't know where she was going or anything, and he talked to her
about the church and she was like "i don't know, i just felt really drawn
to what he was saying and i wanted to know more." so somehow she got into
contact with her uncle who is in our ward and we started the lessons with her.
gaah! golden! she has had some really hard experiences, but i think it just
goes to show that she has really been prepared to receive the gospel. we
encouraged her during the first lesson to start praying and how prayer is
really important, and then the next lesson we had with her, (we always start
and end with a prayer), we were like "so therese who do you want to say
that prayer?" and she was like "i'm gonna do it." and seriously,
i just wanted to cry because it was such a sweet and simple prayer but as soon
as she opened her mouth it was like BOOM! SPIRIT IN THE HOUSE! i love seeing
the discovery process of people who don't have the habit of talking with God
and the light that comes into their face when they finally learn how to open
that connection. when we first met with therese, her eyes were sad. but by the
end of the week after we taught about joseph smith and the plan of salvation
and everything, she looked like a totally different person. so great right?! yes
it is great. the only hitch is that...she's not actually in our area! and she
went back home on friday. but we gave the reference to the elders who are
assigned to her area and i will go and beat them down if they don't take good
care of her.
which brings me to my next point: i'm getting
transferred! AND it was normally supposed to BE in the area where therese
lives! and i was like YESSS PERFECT! but then president called a few days
later and was like hey i felt like i needed to change your transfer, so now
you're going to paea to open a new area for the sisters. and i was like man.
ok. but! kind of cool because soeur chapman's family lives in the area where
i'm going and they're not members, so i was like soeur, i'm gonna go track down
your fambly! anyway, next monday i get moved so i have one more week in faaa
and then i'm outta here back on the bike.
speaking of soeur chapman, SHE GOT
APPENDICITIS! on saturday, soeur teheiura and i were doing work and stuff (you
know, the norm) and president calls and i'm like man is he going to change my
transfer again?? and it turns out he called us so we could go to the hospital
in town to pick up soeur white (soeur chapman's companion) because SOEUR
CHAPMAN WAS IN THE HOSPITAL! and i was like aaaaaaaaah my child!!!! we got
there and she just looked so out of it and i was so sad and wanted to cry but i
didn't because i didn't want to look like an idiot. but yeah they pretty much
took her right away into surgery. so she'll be here for a couple weeks to be in
the car while she heals from the surgery. craaaaazy things.
let's see...there are other things i could
talk about but people are waiting for the computer so i'm gonna finish this
off. hope everything is going well in america. love you!!
love,
soeur hansen
