Los quiero a todos!! Ojalá que tuvieran una semana maravillosa! Que divertido que nos estamos preparando para la Navidad. Sé que ahorita es el tiempo para iluminar el mundo, y espero que tomemos tiempo de prestar servicio especialmente en este momento para que podamos sentir la luz de Cristo más brillante. Durante este tiempo, quisiera invitarles a buscar oportunidades para servir como El servió. Estoy bien animado por esta Navidad!!
(I love you all! I hope that you’ve had an incredible week! It’s so great that we are getting ready for Christmas. I know that right now is the time to Light the World and I hope that we have time to lend service especially at this time when we can feel the Lord’s light so brightly. During this time I invite you all to look for opportunities to serve, like He served. I’m really excited for this Christmas!)
Sounds like it was an AWESOME week. I forgot to give a shout out to my main man Luke Berryhill last week for turning 8, and getting ready to be baptized!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUDDY!! Sounds like things are starting to pick up and get going for Christmas!!! So excited to hear all that awesome stuff that usually goes on at Christmas time. I have zero doubt that my mom has all the Christmas lights up and everything is decorated, SIN NINGUNA DUDA!! I'm sure it looks so awesome! Also hearing that Benny is taking the ACT, oh boy those things are super fun...
Houston here is heating up, in more ways than one. First off, today is transfer day, and I am, once again, staying here! This will be my 4th transfer here, making it tied for a record of the longest stay in a bike area. Setting records here!!! I get to stay here with Elder Handy one more transfer, and we are pumped because we have some great things on the horizon. President called us individually and set us to a super high standard with respect to the mission goals already this transfer. He said that he expected to bring in 50 new contacts this transfer. Challenge.. Accepted. Bring it on!
Here we are heading to lunch.
Things are also heating up literally speaking. Like this last week got up to 70...and was raining...in December. Houston weather is crazy haha. Here is a picture of the beautiful Houston Skyline. I LOVE the hills and mountains here. 😂🤔 But for real, this is where we work.
So apparently we heard we walked by these apartments right after it was raided for drugs. The doors were wrecked.
Also this last week apparently President Bush Sr. passed away, and they are burying him here in Houston. Actually, right across the street from our church building. haha. So the place has been decked out with cops and secret service EVERYWHERE. Especially today, more than any other day. We heard somewhere that President Trump and President Obama are here, and I would assume President Bush Jr. as well. So yeah, that's pretty crazy.
This last week for us was pretty awesome, and pretty sad at the same time. Sad because we had to say good y to Elder Tuia. He is heading back home to Stockton and Samoa. He actually knew Stone Godi in the MTC, he was his Zone Leader, so that was cool. But he has officially ended his mission. Bummer to see him go, but he was awesome!
We found 5 this week, which was pretty awesome. The coolest part isn't that we found 5, but how they were found. We received a referral one day to go visit this lady named Meylin, but sure enough she wasn't there, but then I got the strongest prompting to knock the neighbors door. As soon as we did, this cool lady named Yuraima from Cuba let us right in, we taught her! Then the next night, we were walking around one night at 8 o'clock, feeling a little bummed because all our lessons fell through. As we came up on this apartment with lights, I got this thought to go knock. I said to myself, "Na it's late, no one opens this late, we'd just annoy them and if anything they'd NEVER want us back". I took two steps past the house and had the thought return to my mind "GO BACK". So I did, we knock, they let us in, and thus began an awesome lesson with the Perez family! The spirit is so real, and I am so grateful to have him as my companion. We are always in a trio with him!
This past Sunday was awesome as well. We had 5 investigators there. Usually we can pull out 2 or 3, but yesterday we had 5! One lady named Marisol from Mexico, FINALLY CAME after teaching her for a month!! We were so excited! Like amazingly excited. Another awesome lady named Carol from Guatemala got her work schedule switched so she can come to church! Miguel, someone who we have had at FHE's for some time, decided to come, he has 3 awesome daughters all in middle school and high school. And finally, Patricia and Estefany who have their baptismal dates were there as well! It was so great!
The real Superman!
President said we need to start figuring out a time to call on Christmas! We can do a video call so that'll be awesome! He said to do it in the morning. He switched our P-day to Christmas day, sooo there's a lot more flexibility! I'm super pumped to talk to you all!
Spiritual thought: The Holy Ghost will show us the way, he will lead and guide us, IF WE ARE LOOKING. (see Galatians 5:22-25) I am so grateful for that gift and know that without it, I would be lost. But, if you can't tell if it's the Spirit or your own thoughts, Elder Rasband told us that 9 out of 10 times if it is influencing you for good, then it is of the Spirit, and God is trying to help you out and grow.
I love you very much and you are always in my prayers! I hope that you have an incredible week filled with the spirit of Christmas!
Brett
Elder Hansen
I love Elder Hansen’s letters.
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