Trust God - 10/08/12

This week was full of highs and downs. I have had a ton of spiritual moments, that I don't think one email can do it justice. I feel overwhelmed at how much my Savior loves me. He showed me this week his love, and now I need to show him my love with my diligence.

So we have had a really hard time teaching this week. This week we probably had the lowest number of lessons taught, and the rest of the district as well. We also had a goal of finding a lot of new investigators this week, and instead of breaking a new record, we had record lows as well. That was a little depressing. I left on interchanges, and after leaving a really really well planned day for my companion, I came home and found out that he didn't go with any of our investigators. He didn't even try to pass by. They just visited members. I did get to go and work with Elder "V". He's got a few weeks in the mission, and it was really fun to work with him. He's got a ton of energy for the work, and I could tell that he loves his investigators. He and his companion are working their butts off in their area, and they have 3 families that are progressing, which is amazing. They are showing an example to everyone else, and it was really nice to spend a day in their area. When we started the week, we weren't even teaching a family in our own area. Now we have 2 that we aren't only teaching, but that are progressing and want to be baptized.

The Bishop took us out to lunch after the Saturday session of General Conference. We might've left our mission, but I think the Lord will understand. Ha ha ha. But yeah, we had an amazing talk with him on the car ride there. We talked about our goals for his ward. We told him that our goal was 3 baptisms, and we explained how we have about 5 people that are really positive and that are most likely to be baptized. He told us, "Okay, these guys are solid candidates, but where is your faith? Where is the extra mile?"  He talked with us about how our goal of 3 is what we think we can achieve, but that we shouldn't rely on our own knowledge, but trust in God and receive His vision on what the ward should baptize. He also gave us a reference of a family of 4 that has a baptismal date for the 20th of October. He didn't just talk, he also acted on a impression he received, and he is inviting others to come unto Christ.

The other family came from a mom that originally was against the church. Her husband and son are recent converts, and her son will actually be leaving on a mission in December hopefully. She was so anti Mormon mostly because she was raised Catholic. She told her son that he can't go on a mission and was all in all an enemy to the work. One of her best friends was baptized the other week. Since then her hard heart has been melted. She gave permission for her son to go on the mission.  She went to church for these past two weeks, cried during the lesson last week and participated in it. It looks like very soon here she will be entering the waters of baptism and preparing herself to go to the temple with her family.

We also had interviews on Thursday. It was really cool. We also had House Inspections on Friday. Needless to say this week was a little busy.

So yeah, we went from nothing to having a lot of success. I'm very grateful for the blessings we are receiving. I know that we have to Trust in God, and press on with Faith in Christ.

I really like this quote from Pres Hinckley

"It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future."

I love you guys. Take it easy

Elder Hansen