Companion: Sister Staker
Area: Vancouver North Stake, Walnut Grove Ward
GOOOOOD morning everyone!!! I hope you all had a fantastic Easter yesterday. I love that we celebrate the life of Christ and all the hope he brings us through His sacrifice we call the Atonement. We are never truly alone. He loves us so much that He was willing to take our sins upon Himself, but He did more than that. He felt everything that we would ever feel, so that we would never be alone. He is always there and knows what we need. It is imperative that we are doing all that we can to hear Him. Pray, read, go to church, serve others, but most importantly, do all of these things with the intent that He is there and listening, that He will answer. I know that He will. He loves you, and the second you do one thing that will allow Him to draw closer, He will let you know that He is there. I wish I could tell you exactly how He will speak to you, but He speaks to all of us differently, so it's up to you to figure out how He speaks to you. But I know that He is there, and that He loves you.
This week was kind of a fun week! I went on exchanges with the Sister Training Leaders. I stayed in my area, while Sister Staker went to their area. Funny story: we knocked on a door looking for one of our new investigators and a woman answered the door with a snake around her neck and I said "woah there's a snake around your neck" (I know, you're thinking 'why doesn't everyone let you in with a door approach like that?' And it beats Me?) And she goes "oh yeah, I kinda forgot she was there!" Like it's a normal thing to just have a snake around your neck. And then Sister Freeze (my companion for the day) says "Wow, I've never held a snake before" only she has this terrified look on her face of 'I've never held a snake before and I don't want to' and the woman goes "well do you want to hold her?" And grabs the snake and just kind of holds it out. And BOY, Sister Freeze just stood there, you could say she was, "frozen" (ha. Ha. Ha. Someone tell me I'm hilarious) so I just said "SURE" and stuck out my hands and BAM! There was a snake in them. And then we sat there and talked about the Book of Mormon and BAM! new investigator! It was awesome! And then I gave the snake back and we set up a time to come back! It was seriously so cool! Hahah!
Michael is getting baptized on Saturday!!!! We're so excited! He's doing amazing! I'll let you know how that goes next week!
I love you all! Thank you so much for the letters, emails, and packages!
-Sister Hansen
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