Week 53 - Visit from the Thelins

Reese with Jeremy and Kristin Thelin at the mission office

Hey fam!

First things first, big shout out to the Thelins for helping me out with the Chirstmas package. Completely unplanned, but perfect timing. Made my week.

Other than that, this week was super great. Not too much happened but I've realized that not a lot needs to happen for us to have a fun week. I thought before that for me to feel successful and be happy, I needed to blow up the numbers and see a ton of miracles and be jam packed with lessons all week, but the longer I'm out here, the more I realize, all I need is to focus on what's most important and just let the Lord take care of the rest. It's incredible how much the mission can teach me.

On Wednesday, we played soccer with some members and investigators again and we invited Yoser, who had been talking for weeks about how he had played when he was younger and was going to show us all up. And I've got to admit, he kept his word haha it was the biggest surprise to see him on the court, and not just playing, but playing well haha he's not the biggest guy, but he's not skinny and to watch him work over some kids half his age was so funny.

The meeting we had with President on Friday, when I saw the Thelins, was one of the best meetings I've ever been in. From nowhere, President decides to teach us about the last week of the Savior's life. Where He was, what He did, and what He taught us. He focused on the Spirit and what the Savior taught in those last days about the importance of receiving the Spirit before anything else. Just an awesome meeting. After the meeting was over, the Thelins showed up and I was all happy and excited, but then I found out that my lovely mother had told the secretaries not to let me open my package and they took it away and hid it. Super disappointed. But then it was all good because we had some extra time so Elder Ramirez and I went to explore a little in San Jose. Not as interesting as Limon, but it's got some cool parts about it. 

But anyway, that's about all I got in terms of news or things I remember well enough to write about. I'm doing great out here, loving life. Love you guys!

Elder Hansen