Miracles and Sunshine

HI MY FAVORITES!!!

This week was crazy! Time is a weird thing, I feel like it has been forever since I wrote you all, but then again it was just pday, I don't understand it haha.

On Tuesday we had Zone Meeting in Liberia, like a two hour bus ride! It was really nice and we learned a TON about unity and love. We also have goal of 100 souls that we are giving o the Lord, like baptisms, as a mission this month!! After the meeting, we had divisiones with the STLs :) I went to their area with Hermana Buckles. She is a gringa also and it was so fun! I learned so much from her, and it was so fun to switch things up a bit :) She is so increíble, and we had some REALLY powerful lessons. Its so cool to see that even when you are just companions for a day, we had so much unity.

So we have an investigator named Elen, and she is the sister of a recent convert. She is livng with her sister right now, because she had a really abusive boyfriend. She has three little kids, and its quite the time when we go over. They are both single moms with five kids total. Hahah it gets a little crazy :) She investigated the church like four years ago, but never got baptized. But we were in our second lesson with her on Wednesday, and I felt like I needed to challenge her to be baptized, and I felt like the 22 of Dec was right. I challenged her, and she started to cry. She said that that was her exact date for her baptism four years ago. She said that she didn't go to her baptism because her boyfriend had hit her, and she had a bruise around her eye! But that she loves the church and has been WAITING. Man, isn't God and His timing just perfect? :) She came to church with all of her kids and said that she felt at peace in the church, and her kids loved Primary. We are just working with her to prepare her for her date :)

I gave a talk in Church yesterday. Of course I talked about missionary work :) I had like two days notice, and so I just had like 20 minutes to plan it! Welcome to the life of a missionary :) and I talked for like 15 minutes! #giftoftounges :)

Mom, I eat american cheese now. I mean when its cheap and my mom likes it, I eat it. lol :)

I had an amazing personal study today, I was reading in Hebrews 12. It says in verse 2 that Christ is the Author and Finisher of our faith. I was pondering on that, and realized that really, when we have faith in Christ, He is our Author, He is why we have faith. We have faith in him, His plan, and His timing. He is the finisher because sometimes our faith isnt totally perfect, and sometimes we have doubts, but that He is there to help us and finish our unperfect faith :)

I know that my Savior lives  and loves us, even in times of dificulty or when we feel alone. I am so happy for this time of year we have to celebrate Him and His birth :) I love you all! Have a great week and enjoy the snow :)


Hermana Hansen