Fun In The Sun

I thought I would go my whole mission without throwing up... but I was wrong ;) This week I randomly got the flu haha. My stomach started hurting one night and that was the end of it. I was sick for about a day and a half, but Sister Brown took good care of me! Even though we missed about 2 days of work, we were still able to see quite a few people :)

One of our investigators made it to church and 2 of our less-actives!!! That made us really happy :) I love seeing what church does to people when they haven't been in a while! We've been able to teach a lot with the women in the ward, give service at the Przedpelski's, and have meal appointments with Rebecca Jordan, The Hathaways, etc. I love these people :) Some of them are like my best friends! I'm scared to see what happens with transfers because I don't know if my heart can take leaving these people... but I guess we'll see. Saturday is the day we find out! :/

So there's this funny joke with missionaries! I don't know if I've written about this yet, but oh well! Whenever us as missionaries see a plane we say, "How far away do you think that one is?" People's usual response is about how many feet/miles it is above the ground. We then answer with, "10 months away" or "7 months away." It's a joke for missionaries about how love they have left on their missions haha. So lately I've been saying "3 months away." Which is crazy! Time is going by slow, but way fast at the same time!! I love this work though. I love what I learn each day and I love these people :)

The other day we were sitting in the park waiting to have a lesson with an investigator. Sister Brown looked at my back and started gasping (in fear). I got up and started RUNNING, because obviously there was a bug on my back. I kept running around and she finally told me it was gone haha. We're getting more bees and a TON more of those scary centipedes. I'm officially terrified of bugs. I'm really really happy we don't have those huge centipedes out west!

So I learned a cool analogy at church! The hymn 335 is called, "Brightly Beams Our Father's Mercy." Some of the lyrics say, "let the lower lights be burning." We learned about what lower lights are. They're the lights that are on the shore of the beach that let ships know where the shoreline is. It's an analogy because Christ is the lighthouse and he leads others to Him. WE are the lower lights because we guide ships TO the lighthouse. Isn't that cool? :) Everyone should look up the lyrics! That song means so much more to me now!

Anyway, this week was great! Today we went with Przedpelskis to "Cohoes Falls" where there's a waterfall and we had a good time being out in nature. We then went grocery shopping and out to eat at Chipotle! Such a fun day in the sun :) I'll send pics next week. I'm grateful for the small moments in life that are just perfect! Hope everyone can have some of those this week! The gospel is true, keep being amazing! Thanks for your prayers and support, love you all!!!


Love, Sister Hansen :)