Week Thirty-Nine

"this week has been great. our mission has really amped up our desire to work with families. it is through family home evenings, family prayer, and the baptism, reactivation and the completion of families that zion will be established! our area was one of the first of many to create a list of 15 families that we and the ward will work with. we presented the list to our lukewarm bishop and his councillors, having to remind them that this is THEIR work. as missionaries we´re just here to lovingly help and guide! we´ve set some aggresive goals with the leadership on how we can not only get these 15 families into the font/back to church, but how we can inspire the members to ´´put the shoulder to the wheel`` as well!

my companion and i have gotten to know eachother a lot better, he knows a lot about american football and loves classic rock so we get along great. hes a bit introverted so i was worried a bit that we would stuggle proselyting, but he´s really opened up and now he doesnt stop talking! Hahah i love him though, we´re really working on how we can work more in harmony with the lord. we´re having great improvment here!

we had the confirmation of Maria Luisa(simãos sister) this week! shes such an incredibly smart girl. we walked in on the young womens class this week to hear her bear her testimony on how much shes learned for alma the youngers teaching in the book of mormon..... yep shes staying for sure!

we´re working with her mother now, Fransisca is such a great person. she came to church this week grinning ear to ear. i asked her whats up and shes exclaimed ´´i got the answer!! your book is true!!`` how much i love the book of mormon, it brings so much clarity an life to the children of god like no other book. we marked a baptisimal date for the following sunday, she accepted, but is still unsure if she can adapt to ´´mormon lifestyle`` so quick. she has some word of wisdom habits that she needs to take care of, but we´ll definitely follow up with her this week and help in any way we can. i hope we´ll see her all in white this sunday!!

quick spiritual thought- por infinito, e além!(to infinity, and beyond!) that famous quote said by our man and hero buzz lightyear. my companion quoted that to me as we were leaving our house this morning, and i had to stop and think about it. how inspiring that statement that is! we have UNLIMITED potential. go out and get it!! i firmly believe that area can baptise/complete/reactivate all 15 families on our list. What can you do? let me know in your emails/letters!!

com amor e fé, Élder Hansen"