Hermana Hansen in Houston TX

mother's day + miracles

Hey guys 👋👋

About 3 weeks ago we were talking with people in the street, as usual, and we were able to give a pass along card with this man. We don't remember doing it, but this morning during studies, we get a call, and it's him!!! He said that he wants to meet with us! How cool is it that he kept the card all this time and called US? Amazing. Well, we invited him to an FHE at the chapel yesterday. He got there and we talked for a bit outside in the parking lot, gave him a chapel tour, he stayed a played volleyball and loved it! When we talked about the baptismal font, he said that he would like very much to be baptized, and almost started to cry as we explained the sacrament. Then during volleyball the members just loved and welcomed him SO well. After, he sent us a message saying, "thank you hermanas, it was amazing. I already want to to meet Wednesday so we can meet again in the chapel." God really does compensate our efforts in sharing the Gospel.

I got to be back with my first comp here in Texas, Hermana Young, for the day on Saturday. It was SO much fun to teach with her again and realize how much we both have grown in the 6 months we've been apart! The mission is just the perfect time to grow and become better teachers, future parents, leaders in the church and overall disciples of our Savior Jesus Christ.

Also please keep Estephany in your prayers...she's going through so much and really needs the Gospel more than ever. She's so strong and has such a desire to learn, but is going through some stumbling blocks currently...

We were able to go to the Houston temple this week! And I was able to go through for a woman from Jalisco, México. It was an amazing experience, even if I did get a bloody nose 10 minutes before our session started. I know that the temple is the Lord's house, and that we can receive revelation from Him as we go more and more often.

This morning I was reading in Mosiah 23, when Alma, the only convert of Abinadi, is talking to his people, and one of my favorite scriptures stuck out to me, verse 10 "Nevertheless, after much tribulation, the Lord did hear my cries, and did answer my prayers, and has made me an instrument in his hands in bringing so many of you to a knowledge of his truth." Nearing the end of mission, I feel that the Lord has molded me, Emily Hansen, into an instrument in His hands throughout the course of my mission. It hasn't been easy, at any point, but it's been a beautiful ride. I know now, that we must pass through difficult times know truly KNOW JOY. And what an amazing feeling it is, to know at the end of the day, that the Lord is satisfied with what I did.

Xoxo

Hermana Hansen