This week has been great!
We got to do a bunch of awesome things! The weather has been colder but the food
has been better!
At the start of the week we
set this guy named Jose a baptismal date in February so that was awesome! After
we had shared the First Vision with him he told that us that he was feeling
great! It was so awesome to see Jose feel of the spirit and know that what we
were telling him was true. At the end of the lesson we committed him for a day
and it was great! Too bad I won’t be here to teach him more but I know that he
will continue forth!
We also got to go to a
worldwide Missionary Broadcast down in Houston on Wednesday and that was such a
good experience! It’s funny that a lot of the things that were said during the
broadcast from leaders of the missionary program have been taught to us by our
Mission President already! Our President is such a good guy and seriously knows
what he is doing! My companion and I have realized that the whole mission tries
to talk like the President! The way he talks is how the whole mission talks. It’s
hilarious! But we did learn a lot from the broadcast and have tried to put it
into our teaching efforts. It has really helped on being more direct and
meaningful to the certain person we are talking to.
On Friday, we got to take
one of the recent converts from the branch to the temple for baptisms! Our
President has been working with the temple in Houston so that every 4th Friday
of the Month the temple will be reserved for recent converts to go and do
baptisms! He has been talking to other temple presidents and is trying to make
this happen for every temple! So, we got to go to the temple and watch her be
baptized and confirmed for her mom. It was such a spiritual experience and she
told us as we were leaving that she could truly feel the presence of her mom
while she was getting confirmed! She didn’t want to leave the temple!
Another awesome thing I
found out this week and could be the reason I came to Texas was this member in
our branch is from Jamaica! He is a less active recent convert and the rest of
his family is in Jamaica and aren’t members! Elder Ross, my companion thinks
for sure this is why I came to Texas first! I thought it was cool that I was
able to find him and talk with him about Jamaica for a bit!
This week has been a great
last week! It is so sad to leave this place because the people here are
seriously the best! They are so nice and our investigators are solid! We have set
two dates for February! And the branch is so awesome and supportive of what we
are doing! Every night we have been fed dinner from a branch member! It’s hard
to leave but I know that I will feel the same way about Jamaica once I get
there! It has been a fast six weeks and a great six weeks here in Brenham,
Texas! I know that as we continue forth we will be blessed!
Elder Hansen
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