WOW! Time is flying by way too fast...8 months!!

This week has literally flown by. We are already on Week 3 of the Transfer.
The other day was extremely busy and we didn't have a dinner that night so Sister Mckinnon (the sweetest old lady in the whole world, she drives us around on Mondays and so forth) took us under her wing. We got to her house at like 7:00 and we were in SUCH a weird mood. We were exhausted, and almost falling asleep at the dinner table... We seriously thought that Sister Turinetti was going to fall asleep on her bike. We were DEAD.

A sister in the ward made us all aprons.
Me, Sister Turinetti, Sister Rose

Anyway... So HEY WE HAVE SMARTPHONES NOW! I cannot believe that this day has finally come, there has been so many rumors of the smartphones and how they are happening and what we are using them for and WHEN we were getting them. Finally we have received the smartphones. We have already been receiving online referrals and figuring out Gospel Library and so forth. It is such a blessing.

Church on Sunday was soooo amazing. Sacrament meeting was just so full of the spirit. Here is an analogy that I would LOVE to share... Compare the Atonement/Savior to a glow stick and a child. Imagine the child waving the glow stick around all dull and thinking how enjoyable it is. He has no idea what "fun" he is capable of having. His older brother takes the dull glow stick and cracks it and the child realizes what he has been missing. The glow stick shines and the child is so thrilled. Once it was broken then it could glow.

I GOT TO PET A HORSE!!

Not exactly the story and I probably slaughtered it buuuutt it helped me understand why hard things happen to good people. Trials come because "once [we] are broken [we] are able to glow." What an amazing knowledge we have of a loving Heavenly Father who is willing to watch us go through hard trials. But he knows the growth that will come from it.

Quinton L. Cook once said "The test of greatness is the way One meets the eternal Everyday."
A couple other things I studied that touched my heart...
President Gordon B. Hinckley has reminded us, "We are here to assist our Father in His work and His glory, 'to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. (Moses 1:39)"
"Behold, the Spirit of the Lord has called him another way:" (Alma 22:4)

Hope everyone has an amazing week!

Love, Sister Hansen