Now that Brett's home, I am the only Elder Hansen serving out of my siblings. LAST MAN STANDING!
This week has been pretty great. I love working with Elder "G". We've got a lot of good stuff going on. There are currently three people we are working with that are close to baptism. Only one has a solid date right now, but the other two are close behind. It seems like planning and communication are the two things that this area has been most sorely lacking in the recent past, so I'm going to work on getting everybody on the same page and getting some organization going on for the missionary work.
I feel like a pretty competent missionary now. That doesn't mean the challenges aren't a big deal, but I don't ever feel like I'm not prepared to handle things. All is well if I put my mind and soul into it and stay in tune with the Spirit. Faith has eliminated fear in most of my day-to-day interactions. It's a marvelous feeling.
So, the YSA leaders gave us a roster of theirs and highlighted a few names to hunt down that they haven't the foggiest clue about. So far, we've determined that most of them haven't been found because they don't want to be found, but we'll keep on knocking on their doors at different times. One of these guys had the same last name as one of the Three Witnesses, and his father informed us that he was there, but none of them was interested in anything we had to say. I guess apostasy is a recurring theme in their family tree.
Another name on this list led us to a part-member family. The YSA no longer lives there, but we got a current address for him. The mother was very nice to us, and I felt very strongly pricked in my heart that we needed to be with this family. She invited us back, showed up at church, and told us we needed to work on her husband. She also signed up on our dinner calendar. I'm excited.
Let's see, I also met a homeless guy who wants to smell my feet. Seriously, he asked if he could smell my feet. I'm not quite sure if he's trying to be odd so he doesn't have to talk to us, or if he really is that odd. Either way, we biked off a little bit puzzled.
Pday was awesome last week! We had a recent convert take us out to Lake Perris and we got to relax by the lake while they fed us and gave us all goodie bags and paintings as gifts! I kid you not, this lady painted fifteen canvas painting for all the missionaries of landscapes and churchy stuff so we could all have one as thanks for our missionary service. That was pretty cool. Not sure if we have anything fun planned for this week, probably just a lazy catch-up day for once.
Well I love you all tons! Remember the worth of souls is great, and it's up to you to find the pure in heart for the missionaries to teach! So go out there and talk to people. D&C 33:8
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