When it rains!

This last week has been full of rain and great teaching opportunities! It has rained almost every day and in turn cools the area! I have actually slept with a sheet over me for the past 4 nights! So that is pretty nice to have some colder weather! 

This week we had so many awesome lessons! Lessons that are really powerful and recharging! We have been working with this member named Brother Pryce. He served a mission here around 7 or 8  years ago! He is now in the stake. He is a machine at sharing the gospel! He is really bold! We had a lesson with one of his friends and she just wasn't really having any of it! He boldly testified of how he came to know this gospel to be true! She shrugged it off and he boldly brought her to church the next day! Turns out she loved church! She was participating in all the classes, talking with everyone, and really just wanted to learn more! The Spirit can truly work wonders! We were able to see that with another investigator, a referral from the same member.  He showed up to church unexpectedly and loved it the same way! It was such a great and spiritual Sabbath day yesterday and I am just way grateful for the Lords help in the work! 

Every day is a great day to be in JAMAICA! EVERY DAY I am coming closer to Christ and also helping others to find Him and that brings JOY! 

Elder Hansen

October 2, 2017

It has been a great week with General Conference and getting our investigators closer towards baptism! We have been receiving a lot of referrals from members that are truly ready for the gospel! Every time we receive referrals it just reminds how effective and fun member missionary work is! So that being said help the missionaries around you to teach those who are prepared! The missionaries will much appreciate and God will much appreciate it as well! Enough blessings to come as we share what brings us so much joy!

General Conference was way good! I learned a lot! The speakers seemed to have a focus on the Book of Mormon, families in the gospel, and our pathway back to living with our Heavenly Father! All of the talks were really inspiring! I really liked Stanley G. Ellis' talk on how hard times are a constant in life, the variable is how we will react to the hard times. Its so true the question isnt, "Will there be hard times" but more of, "How should I react to this hard time". Its a lot harder done than said but with the help of our loving Savior we can do all things and he will be there every step of the way as long as we look to Him. I know that is true and I know that Christ wants to help us! We just need to exercise our agency in the right way!

On another note "Mama Eddie" the member who feeds us every Sunday, fed us some delicious turkey neck and rice! Turkey neck is so good! You just eat the bones and all! High in protein and calcium.  Good stuff! And another good week ahead of us! bless up!

Elder Hansen

September 25, 2017

Some highlights to the week:

-Had Zone Conference on Wednesday. We taught on how becoming more like Christ will help us to in all aspects of missionary work.

-Got to visit sister Lawrence one of our investigators that is planning to be baptized on the 7th of October. She has so much faith. her son who is a recent convert of about 9 or so months has gone wild. he worships solacie and just curses bad things about the church and about us. But this doesn't stop sister Lawrence! She is still reading the book of Mormon, praying, and getting to church!

- This morning we traveled to the blue mountains. To go for a nice explore into the mountains! It was great! We got into the middle of the mountains and into these tiny roads and towns! Where no white man has ever traveled probably! haha The looks from the people are hilarious but they are so friendly and welcoming to us! We then came across a military base. As we were traveling through the base we took a wrong road somehow and got real lost in this military base. We were driving all over the place trying to find the main road and couldn't... finally someone found us and helped us out! haha so that was a way fun experience! Jamaica is so beautiful and it was nice to get into some cooler weather and see all the mountains!

Overall a great week! Every week is great getting to the Lords work and help others to find the gospel of Jesus Christ! My testimony of Him and of His gospel is growing everyday and I love it! Bless up to all!

Elder Hansen