Finally a Missionary

Brett's note from 10/10/11:

This week was pretty normal. We had a Zone Breakfast on Tuesday, and that was fun. My zone is pretty much the greatest. I really love spending time with the Elders, plus free food, and I am one happy boy. On Wednesday we had our reunion for the new missionaries/trainers. It was pretty awesome to see all of my old friends again. I feel like I'm the spoiled rich fat kid, because me and the other Elders that are in the city are fed all the time and it seems like all the missionaries out in the boonies are sick and starving. I'm told I should count my blessing and stuff my face, because when I leave the city, I'm gonna wish I had the food storage on my body. I'm excited for whatever happens, and I love being in Honduras.

It hit me this week that I am finally a missionary, that this is what I've been waiting for my whole life. Its everything I expected and more. I love being an instrument in the hands of the Lord. Life is amazing. Yesterday we had a Family Home Evening planned with one of the members in the ward and two of our investigator families. We've been working on this for over two weeks, and of course both of our investigator families cancelled about 20 minutes before it was supposed to begin. That was frustrating, but it just means that we need to work harder at finding new families. We aren't going to drop them, but we are disappointed that they shafted us... again. But its all good because we had a baptism this week. We had 4 baptisms in total, one from us, and 3 from the other 4 missionaries in the other ward. About 75 people showed up, and it was pretty crowded, but it was good. We have another baptism planned for this Saturday, and we are hoping to add another one for this Saturday. I love you guys, and I know that having a good attitude is key to having a good life. Agency is beautiful, so use it and choose to be happy.

Elder Hansen