GM, an investigator - (but we can't call them that anymore... it is people we are teaching) She had surgery and we hopped right on it. We wrote scriptures on the back of hearts and heart attacked her garage door. We visited her and caught up. Our Relief Society President and councilor took a meal over to her and it was just amazing. Sunday night we got a voicemail from her saying that she found the hearts and read some of the scriptures. She got really emotional and said that no one has ever done something so thoughtful and she just wanted to call to tell us she loves us. It was so tender and I will never delete that voicemail off my phone.
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| Heart attack for "GM" |
Another investigator completely cut us off after Sister Eliason left. We texted, called, stopped by, facebook messaged. NOTHING. The other night coming from dinner, we biked passed her house and she was outside. I YELLED "K" and we were able to talk to her for a bit. She also broke down in tears, apologized, and asked what she has to do to be baptized. We have an appointment with her this next week. Truly a miracle.
We had dinner at the house of our recent convert and we were talking about temples when her husband just went off and asked question after question about Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith, Faith, the Book of Mormon, and more. We were so excited.
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| "One Year Anniversary" package from Mom! |
We received this referral from the LA online missionaries about a week ago. It was a Bible request. We called "P" and set up an appointment. We brought two large print bibles and met with her and her significant other "R". They both desire so much to come closer to God. We introduced the Book of Mormon to them and "R" said "Next time you come back here I want to learn more about this". IT WAS AMAZING! We have another meeting with them this next week. We talked to the Sister Missionaries who referred them and they also talked to "P" and "R". They read the Introduction to the Book of Mormon with them and told us that "R" had a job interview lined up. They have already seen the blessings come their way.
"N" IS ON DATE FOR BAPTISM! August 25th! We had a lesson with him this last Sunday (Yesterday) and he told us that his mom gave him permission to be baptized! We were so excited. So we are preparing him for that!
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| New friends in the Fresno Mission |
BINGO!: So the other night we were between appointments and I reached in my bag and pulled out a luggage scale that I have been meaning to return for a very long time. I suggested to Sister Petersen that we could go and drop that by, in which we headed on our way to a family in the ward, (one of my favorite families, even though I have lots of those). We knock on the door and Brother "L"says "HEY SISTERS! Are you here for Bingo?" Obviously we were not but they invited us in. Apparently for quite some time they've hosted a ladies neighborhood bingo night once a week. Well we stayed. All the older ladies came in (total about 12 ladies...?) and they asked, "Oh do you know how to play Bingo?" OF COURSE WE KNOW HOW TO PLAY BINGO. Well the games started and boy I have never played bingo like that. They were so fast and you had to be quick, they did different patterns, and they all had little strategies and stuff. It was so much fun. In between games they started asking us questions about our missions and so forth. Why this is a miracle is because we didn't preach at all. We just friended them. Now they know who we are and that we aren't CRAZY MORMON GIRLS. It was very healthy.
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| More new friends |
We were able to go and see the "R's"(a less active family) and most of the time we just talked about how we can better ourselves and be missionaries. We sort of talked about a family mission plan and things they could do to bring people together whether it be neighbors, other less active members, or even active members. They had amazing ideas and it was so cool to see them thinking about things they could do.
Another less active member, "T" is someone I actually haven't ever heard of until about 2 weeks ago. He moved into our apartment complex a couple buildings down. We met him at someones house for dinner then have seen him a couple of times. Our car broke down and Brother "S" came to jump it. At that moment "T" walks by and I yell at him! He comes over and starts talking to us and I was so grateful we did. He told us that he was going through a rough divorce and he started getting emotional. He told us he is having a hard time. We were able to be there for him to just listen. Nothing we could have said would have changed anything, but being there to listen was the important part. Yes it was a bummer our car broke down but a miracle that he was walking by at that moment.
ZONE CONFERENCE!! We got to meet the Merced Zone! It was wild. This mission knows how to have fun! At the beginning of the meeting an Elder got up and lead us in A missionaries Purpose then he yelled and I mean YELLED "AND IN THE CALIFORNIA FRESNO MISSION WE...?" Then everyone YELLED "FIND CONSTANTLY, TEACH REPENTANCE, BAPTIZE CONVERTS, AND STRENGTHEN THE KINGDOM!" It was so funny cause all the Modesto missionaries were so awkward and uncomfortable. After the lunch the departing missionaries bore their testimonies. Which was weird because President Palmer tried to avoid missionaries telling people how long they had been out on missions (yet another adjustment). Then all the other missionaries made a tunnel and all the departing missionaries ran through it while everyone screamed and gave them high fives. WHAATTT. Crazy.
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| Merced Zone |
Such an amazing week. Sorry this is so dang long. I don't know if I already told y'all this but President Mackay has a focus on "Working with Members". We had so many opportunities to do so this week. Perfect examples. This mission transition is absolutely going to take adjustments, but what change doesn't? What is EASY and WORTH IT? We have seen so many miracles, we have seen God's hand in our work. I am so grateful to be a missionary. I am privileged to have been born in a wonderful family who raised me to be who I am today. This Gospel is true, the Atonement is real, and we truly do have the fullness of the Gospel. LOVE Y'ALL!
Love,
Sister Hansen
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| Not quite the right size, but she IS a happy camper/missionary! |
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| A girl after her daddy's heart. Yeah, that's a snake. |
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