This week
was great! We had a baptism with one of our investigators! She was so prepared
since she had been waiting so long! I was adopted into the investigator but it
was still a great experience because we taught her a lot and helped her through
her hard times. She got confirmed the following Sunday and was gone after
sacrament because they were moving to Florida! So cutting it close, but she got
it done! That’s what counts! She is so great and now she is going to go to the
temple when she has time she says! It was a great experience to watch someone
grow and change over the time we taught her to the time she got baptized!
We also went
on exchanges this week, which was so awesome! We exchanged with the zone
leaders so I got to go up to College Station for a day. We got to go on to
Texas A&M campus and go contacting there which was way cool! There weren’t that
many people because school hasn’t quite started. Then later in the night we get
a call from one of the people we had taught previously that day. He tells us
that he is going to kill his friend. We are just shocked at why he is telling
us this. So we talk to him for 30 or so minutes on the phone trying to diffuse
the situation. We think this guy is just a little out of the system. But
anyways he says he is still going to do it and hangs up... He calls back a
little later saying that he had done it! We are kind of freaking out now. We couldn’t
tell if he was messing with us or if he was being serious so we called the
police. We haven’t heard anything else so hopefully he didn’t do it.
Anyway, our
investigators are doing well! A lot of our lessons fell through this week so we
didn’t get to see all of our new investigators. We still have 3 progressing
investigators and they are solid. It is really too bad that I am leaving next
week because these people are so awesome! They are so interested in hearing
about the gospel and want to be baptized! It is sad to leave them but I know
they are in good hands here in Brenham and hopefully they will continue in the
paths they are going in!
This week I
also gave a talk! Which the branch presidency let me know 20 minutes before
going to bed on Saturday night! So I had 20 minutes to prepare a 20 minute
talk. Not good but it turned out alright! I learned a lot about having to have
faith sometimes even when you’re not prepared! Sometimes we don’t have time to
prepare for upcoming trials in our life and it takes a lot of Faith to make it
through!
I know that
as I continue to put forth work and faith the Lord will bless me and the people
I am around! That our investigators in Brenham will continue on in their faith
and be baptized! I have loved serving a mission! I can’t wait to see what
this next week brings and what we are able to accomplish as we devote our
effort and time to the Lord!
Love,
Elder Hansen
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