Monday, March 14, 2016

Hi!

This past week has been a pretty normal week. Nothing too exciting happened. We did, however, receive a referral that seems to be very promising! So this lady was referred to us from one of her long time friends, who is a member of the church. We went over to meet her and she opened her door up to us right away! We had a really nice visit with her and she told us about how she had been friends with these people for almost 40 years, and had talked about the church with them frequently throughout the years. However, she never attended church with them, and she said that she never felt pressured by her friends to learn more about the church. But because of these friends, this woman has a very good view of the church, and now she said that she feels like she's ready to learn more! President Gordon B. Hinckley said, "So many of us look upon missionary work as simply tracting. Everyone who is familiar with this work knows there is a better way. That way is through the members of the Church. Whenever there is a member who introduces an investigator, there is an immediate support system. The member bears testimony of the truth of the work. He is anxious for the happiness of his investigator friend. He becomes excited as that friend makes progress in learning the gospel. The full-time missionaries may do the actual teaching, but the member, wherever possible, will back up that teaching with the offering of his home to carry on this missionary service. He will bear sincere testimony of the divinity of the work. He will be there to answer questions when the missionaries are not around. He will be a friend to the convert who is making a big and often difficult change. … The process of bringing new people into the Church is not the responsibility alone of the missionaries. They succeed best when members become the source from which new investigators are found.” Members of the church have a HUGE influence upon their friends! And the work succeeds best when the members are involved in the investigators' lives.

So yesterday, Sister Hartvigsen and I had the opportunity to perform a musical number in sacrament meeting. Sister Hart sang and I accompanied her on the violin to 'Come Thou Fount.' I'm so grateful for the opportunities that God has given me to play the violin while being on my mission! Being here has helped me to better appreciate the talents that God has blessed me with.

So I can't remember if I shared this scripture last week or not, but I'm sharing it again anyways!

1 Peter 3:15 - But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you... . I love that! Always be prepared to tell people why the gospel makes you happy! And if you don't know why, I encourage you to pray about it!

Also! If you haven't seen the church's new Easter video, repent and do so now! Haha, but for reals, it's a good one, as they always are. And take time this Easter season to ponder on the Savior and the wonderful gift of His Atonement. You can view the video at FollowHim.mormon.org. Or if you google #HALLELUJAH I'm sure you will find it. I know the Savior lives and I know that He loves each and every one of us!

Love,
Sister Hanna

PICTURESOur tiny district ~ We played Quidditch on Pday. Some of us had brooms, some mops and one had a hockey stick. But pretty much every one of us broke something on our stick, lol. Oh, I also got laid out by an Elder, knocked flat on my stomach! LOL!






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