This week was awesome!!! We've just been busy busy busy! :D I love this work and I love these people! It's stressful at times, but I'm grateful for all that I'm learning! We had a ward picnic and one of our investigators came! 2 investigators were at church and one less-active! Those were great miracles :)
The Silvers gook us missionaries in the ward out to Red Robin, which was SO FUN! We've also had other fun dinners with members and have been able to teach quite a bit! I'm loving these last few weeks and am grateful to be a missionary!! Oh, and one of the members had FLARP. I don't know if everyone know what that is... but it's the best. On our way to appointments we were playing with it... ah man! I love the simple things in life that make us laugh :)
The leaves are slowly starting to change colors here, and I'm getting excited! Fall is just around the corner!!! Time really is going by fast! I need to cut this update short because we have a district activity to go to, but I know this gospel is true :) I love being on a mission. Heavenly Father has a plan for each of us and it's amazing to see those plans fall into place little by little!
I hope everyone is doing well! Keep being strong and living the gospel! I'll see everyone in just a few weeks, but in the mean time stay safe and be happy :D Love you all!!!
Love, Sister Hansen <3
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Monday, August 11, 2014
Missions Are Awesome!
It was another wonderful week :) I love being here and I love the people we're teaching! I always look forward to going to lessons and helping people change their lives! Right now we're trying to help a couple of our investigators live the Word of Wisdom. It's been challenging and sometimes you wish you could take their agency away... but of course you can't haha. I just know it will help them feel the Spirit more and they'll be able to receive clearer answers if they stop smoking and drinking. Sister Kunz and I had a fast for them the other day... so we'll see what that will bring :)
We've also been teaching a member's daughter. The members are very active and strong in the church, and their daughter turns 8 in a couple months! So they wanted her to take the lessons and decide for herself that she wanted to be baptized, even though her whole family is already strong. It's been great teaching her and it's good for us to strive to teach simply :)
Here are some funny quotes :)
"I mean lets face it, I could never fill God's shoes! Excuse me... I mean His sandals." -Bro Whinnery
*counting my pass along cards* "Uno, dos, tres... I'll keep one just in case!" (rhyming on accident)
"Will you follow the example of Jesus Christ and not be creepy?"
"I'm already tired for tomorrow." -Sis Hansen
Everything is going well :) We have Zone Training Meeting this week, so that should be fun! I'm excited to see what new missionaries are in our zone. We're being fed well by the members and the weather has been awesome! I'm just so grateful for all the tender mercies Heavenly Father blesses us with! I love this gospel and can't even imagine my life without serving a mission. If anyone is debating on whether or not to serve a mission... GO :) It will change your life!
Have a great week! Thanks for everyone's emails and letters. Love you all :D
Eternally In the Lord's Service,
Sister Hansen <3
We've also been teaching a member's daughter. The members are very active and strong in the church, and their daughter turns 8 in a couple months! So they wanted her to take the lessons and decide for herself that she wanted to be baptized, even though her whole family is already strong. It's been great teaching her and it's good for us to strive to teach simply :)
Here are some funny quotes :)
"I mean lets face it, I could never fill God's shoes! Excuse me... I mean His sandals." -Bro Whinnery
*counting my pass along cards* "Uno, dos, tres... I'll keep one just in case!" (rhyming on accident)
"Will you follow the example of Jesus Christ and not be creepy?"
"I'm already tired for tomorrow." -Sis Hansen
Everything is going well :) We have Zone Training Meeting this week, so that should be fun! I'm excited to see what new missionaries are in our zone. We're being fed well by the members and the weather has been awesome! I'm just so grateful for all the tender mercies Heavenly Father blesses us with! I love this gospel and can't even imagine my life without serving a mission. If anyone is debating on whether or not to serve a mission... GO :) It will change your life!
Have a great week! Thanks for everyone's emails and letters. Love you all :D
Eternally In the Lord's Service,
Sister Hansen <3
Monday, August 4, 2014
Loving The Work :)
So transfer calls came and I'M STAYING!!! I'm really really really excited and happy :) I get to end my mission in my favorite area! God really does answer prayers :) It was funny because the zone leaders usually call us to tell us if we're staying or going. This time they called us from the church phone and we didn't have the number saved in our phone, so we didn't know who it was at first.
They said in a high pitched voice, "Hi... this is Stephanie! You talked to me on the street a few weeks ago!" We were fooled for a few seconds, but then knew it was them ha ha. I love how elders are constantly joking and making missionary life fun! Sister Kunz and I are striving to be more funny like that ;)
Oh yeah, and more big news! Pretty soon we can be on Facebook in our mission! I'm not exactly sure when, but hopefully soon. It kind of stinks that I only have 6 weeks left and we're getting it, but either way I'll be on Facebook soon haha. That'll be a cool tool to use to share the gospel even further :) We can be on it for one hour a day... we don't know when yet though! The assistants and zone leaders have already started using it and testing it out! I'll send details when I know more :)
I watched the new Mormon Message called, "The Hope of God's Light." It's SOOO good! If any of you haven't seen it yet then you NEED to! The Christlike attribute that I've been working on lately is hope, so it fit perfectly :) We've been working hard and loving the people :) Our mission president has set a standard/goal for us to try to achieve 20 lessons a week. I'm making a goal to teach over 20 lessons every week until I'm home... so I could use prayers haha! I want to work my hardest and best this next month, because the work is true and I know miracles will come because of it!
We had a lot of great members feed us this week, including Brother Whinnery. Bro Whinnery brought his friend (Mark) with him to lunch. We ended up teaching him the Restoration and he's an investigator now! It was hilarious because we had the lesson at a hot dog stand called Gus's Hot Dogs. Bro Whinnery ordered 12 mini hot dogs, and so did Sister Kunz. I was sitting there teaching Mark about Joseph Smith and Bro Whinnery just gets up and throws up because he ate way too much hahaha. The amazing part is that Sister Kunz are ALL 12 and didn't even throw up! She sure showed him up ;) We're helping our investigators progress slow, but steady!
During the week our GPS took us on a wrong road and we were confused, but I had the thought, "Maybe we're on this road for a reason... maybe someone is prepared." So we tracted the street and found someone who's interested, and they're an investigator now :) That was a beautiful miracle :) Sometimes we're meant to get stuck on the wrong roads because God uses them to get us to the right places :D
Thanks for your help and prayers! I'm grateful for my family and friends who're always there. You're in MY prayers, remember that :) I know this gospel is true!!! Have a good week!!
Love, Sister Hansen <3
They said in a high pitched voice, "Hi... this is Stephanie! You talked to me on the street a few weeks ago!" We were fooled for a few seconds, but then knew it was them ha ha. I love how elders are constantly joking and making missionary life fun! Sister Kunz and I are striving to be more funny like that ;)
Oh yeah, and more big news! Pretty soon we can be on Facebook in our mission! I'm not exactly sure when, but hopefully soon. It kind of stinks that I only have 6 weeks left and we're getting it, but either way I'll be on Facebook soon haha. That'll be a cool tool to use to share the gospel even further :) We can be on it for one hour a day... we don't know when yet though! The assistants and zone leaders have already started using it and testing it out! I'll send details when I know more :)
I watched the new Mormon Message called, "The Hope of God's Light." It's SOOO good! If any of you haven't seen it yet then you NEED to! The Christlike attribute that I've been working on lately is hope, so it fit perfectly :) We've been working hard and loving the people :) Our mission president has set a standard/goal for us to try to achieve 20 lessons a week. I'm making a goal to teach over 20 lessons every week until I'm home... so I could use prayers haha! I want to work my hardest and best this next month, because the work is true and I know miracles will come because of it!
We had a lot of great members feed us this week, including Brother Whinnery. Bro Whinnery brought his friend (Mark) with him to lunch. We ended up teaching him the Restoration and he's an investigator now! It was hilarious because we had the lesson at a hot dog stand called Gus's Hot Dogs. Bro Whinnery ordered 12 mini hot dogs, and so did Sister Kunz. I was sitting there teaching Mark about Joseph Smith and Bro Whinnery just gets up and throws up because he ate way too much hahaha. The amazing part is that Sister Kunz are ALL 12 and didn't even throw up! She sure showed him up ;) We're helping our investigators progress slow, but steady!
During the week our GPS took us on a wrong road and we were confused, but I had the thought, "Maybe we're on this road for a reason... maybe someone is prepared." So we tracted the street and found someone who's interested, and they're an investigator now :) That was a beautiful miracle :) Sometimes we're meant to get stuck on the wrong roads because God uses them to get us to the right places :D
Thanks for your help and prayers! I'm grateful for my family and friends who're always there. You're in MY prayers, remember that :) I know this gospel is true!!! Have a good week!!
Love, Sister Hansen <3
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