Buenos días a todos!!
Como estamos esta bonita mañana??
So we've got another week in the books. And have we seen miracles? Oh yeah, we've seen miracles. Gratefully, myself and Elder Christopherson have seen an increase in success over the past 2 weeks. Kind of though the first week was a fluke, but nope, we ended up finding 6 new people to teach, and have people coming to church for the 2nd week in a row. It's all about the miracles.
Well, first off, I don't know if I mentioned this but Elder Christopherson is a great ukelele player. Like really really good. And it is so interesting because when he starts singing, his stutter goes away. So we decided, that we are going to sing a hymn to some people we teach. We teach this less active named Maricel who is taking care of her mom who is suffering from Parkinson's. She is a very kind lady and always wants to feed us. We always love teaching, but we totally tried something different this time. We sang "Soy un Hijo de Dios” (I am a Child of God) and testified of how the power of the living God was restored to the earth because a son asked his Father a question. It is all about families and progressing together. The Spirit was so strong. It really was such a blessing.
It was so great we decided to do it with Gabriela and Rafael. Same response. I know I'm not musically inclined at all, have a horrible ear, and when I sing, birds fall from the sky, however, hymns are like prayers. They invite the Spirit in, and the message's truth can be testified by the power of the Holy Ghost. Very special. Now Franchesca wants to learn to play the ukulele!
Here’s a couple shots of our apartment.
We ate pupusas with the Campos family. We also had arepas colombianas, a soup with a sugarcane drink that was SO good!
We had a knocking miracle this week. I have sent a few pictures of me by the bayou. Across the bayou there are trailers. Well the other day we decided to cross the bayou. We went walking through some mud and muck to get to the other side, and when we did, we found this dog. It came up to us, sniffed us. Then took off running, then stopped. We followed, it took off running, then stopped. We followed. It took off again and this time stopped in front of a house. We walk to the house and there was a pass a long card of ours taped to the door. We knock and this sweet older couple open up. Josefina and Javier from Monterrey, México. Me caen bien los regios! The most humble people, that have the most sincere desires to get close to God. Such an incredible blessing. I believe that we were guided to that house to knock that door.
We had a solid week. We are seeing the Lord extend his hand and bless us. We got to listen to Elder Pieper the other day and he asked what was the most prominent commandment and promise repeated in the Bible and the Book of Mormon. It is "Keep my commandments and ye shall prosper in the land". It's as simple as that. The mutual theme is "If you love me, keep my commandments". So let's do it. Let's show our love for him by keeping his commandments. I have seen the blessings that he's just waiting to give. He wants to bless us. We are his children so why not?
I love you all. Hope you have an AMAZING week full of miracles. Vayan con Dios y sigan con fe y esperanza!
Elder Hansen
Brett
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