Hello, hello,
First a funny story of a Spanish slip up...
Friday night we had our correlation meeting with our ward mission leader at his house. He told us how he had changed the carpets and that was why we had to change the meeting from Wednesday to Friday. Well one of the elders asked why he didn't call us to help him out. And then we offered our assistance for whenever he might need it again. Well I decided to pipe up and I said, "Yeah, podemos cambiar su pecho...(awkward silence)....I mean techo (roof)!" When I realized what I had said I started to laugh so hard. So hard, in fact, that tears started streaming down my face. What an act of service that would be to change their chest! Needless to say our ward mission leader has a great sense of humor and he just took it stride. Oh the joys of learning a language on the mission :)
This week was incredibly amazing. We saw some amazing miracles and the Lord really has blessed us.
We've decided that every week we are going to pick some families (either investigators or members) and take them a plate of cookies or other treats (whatever we're in the mood to make). Well one day we decided to take a plate to our investigator Alba. Normally we meet with her on Saturdays but we decided to pass by on Tuesday with the cookies. As often happens when the spirit is directing you to do something, Satan tries to keep you from doing it. So the doubts crept in a little bit. But we took the cookies anyway and we had such a great lesson about the need for modern day prophets. And in the lesson we found out that she and her husband had a wedding to attend that Saturday so wouldn't have been able to meet with them anyway. It really is amazing how it all worked out. Even the fact that we got to her house 10 minutes before she got home (so we were already inside and she didn't have to opportunity to say we couldn't come in). It all couldn't have happened any better and it really was the spirit and the Lord directing our actions.
A similar experience happened on Saturday. We had planned to take a certain member with us to visit a young family. First the member cancelled and asked if her mom could come instead. We said sure (we'll never refuse member involvement in the work). Then we get to the family's house and they have friends over so we rescheduled for Sunday. So we decided to visit a referral (they weren't home and we got a little lost on the way). Then we decided to go somewhere else on the off chance that a potential investigator would be home. And then we had a miracle. This particular potential investigator was coming to check her mail as we approached the gate to get into the complex. We asked if we could visit with her and she said YES. After 3 months of trying to get into her home and not being successful, she finally let us in. It couldn't have worked out more perfectly. The Lord really directed us so that we would have the opportunity to meet with her and share part of the Gospel. If I had used the GPS and not gotten lost we probably never would have run into her. Oh the mysterious workings of God.
Well, I'm out of time. There is so much more I could talk about.
I know without a doubt that if we are willing we can be instruments in the hands of our Heavenly Father. We just need to be ready to recognize when those opportunities are there.
Love you all,
Hermana Hansen
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