So I got the call last night that I would be leaving my area. To be honest, I was blindsided by it. Yeah, I said there was a chance, but really both me and my companion more than expected it would be him that would leave. He's been there for 6 months, and generally they leave the greenie there and take the trainer out to go be a District Leader or something. But yeah, I get to pack today and say goodbye to everyone. I really do love the members here and our investigators. Its hard to say goodbye. We've been teaching a young man named Juan Carlos. He has been faithful since we meet him. A friend invited him to church, and he started reading and praying before we even met him. He was almost finished with 1 Nefi before we even started teaching him the gospel. He has come to church every week for the past 3 months, and yeah, he is a good guy. The problem was that his parents didn't want anything to do with us. His mom was the one where we intruded and asked why she was holding him back. So anyways, originally they said wait till December, then May, and then it was they don't want him to be baptized period. So this past week has been tough. We spent a lot of time looking for new families to teach because our current ones are flaking out on us, and we need more people to teach. We had 18 contacts this week, and we always set a return appointment so that we could teach the lesson when the whole family was there. Out of those 18 people that said they wanted to hear us, none of them were there for our return appointment. We saw it all this week, and it was pretty frustrating having people lie to your face or just straight up tell you that they don't want to hear our message. But then on Saturday night we got a text from Juan Carlos saying that he got permission to be baptized this Saturday, and he wants me to do it, but I'm leaving areas. Anyways, I needed to have that boost, and I'm grateful the Lord blessed us with softening the hearts of his parents. Sorry if this sounds rushed, I've got to go to the temple right now. The outside is finished, and we are going as a Zone to go take pictures. I think I'll have more time to write afterwards. I love you guys, and I'm grateful for your prayers.
Elder Hansen
Sunday, November 27, 2011
First transfer - 11/21/11
Looks like he is going to be transferred but we don't know where. Here is what he sent last week, 11/21/11:
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