Well like always, this week was full of its surprises. Feeling a lot better now that I know about Maren. Some members told us about the attack the day of, and the whole weekend I was just thinking about Mare bear, but everything is back to normal now.
This week we had a meeting with the stake presidency to talk about how we did in October and to set goals for November, which was great, but meant we had to go to Guapiles, which is like an hour from our area and we lost almost all of the day. But it was a really cool experience and I got to see president and more of his family, Christian Hayes's parents, which was a nice surprise. They took a picture, but I'm not sure if it's made it's way through yet.
Also as you can see from the pictures, Christmas has officially arrived. Only a month early. It started out super simple and humble, but we got bored and our neighbors, Elder Cuevas and Sandoval, pulled out a small tree and some more lights, so obviously we had to outdo them. When we were in Guapiles they were selling lights a lot cheaper than in Siquirres so we bought as many as we could and decked out the house. Then we bought the tree and put on the lights, ornaments, our extra name tags and yesterday we added some presents for a nice touch. I was going to take another picture, but we haven't had time to clean our house yet so stay tuned haha all we're missing is the Christmas music and we're set haha we also put some lights in our room that have a setting which will probably end up giving us epilepsy but they look cool so its worth it.
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| "How it started" |
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| "How it ended" |
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| "The best tree ever" |
This week we had stake conference, which meant another trip to Guapiles (I'm really hoping not to have to go there for a while), and we were stressed out almost all week about if any investigators were going to come because it would mean getting up earlier and paying $4 per person. All week when we asked people if they could come, they either told us they were busy or couldn't afford it. By Saturday, we had pretty much accepted the fact that no one could come, but we had the impression to go visit one last family Saturday night and ask if they wanted to come. We stopped by and had a pretty normal lesson and at the end asked if they could come the next day. With more enthusiasm than I was expecting, they all committed to come, and the next day were there right on time. The miracle we had been waiting for all week. Just one of those moments that makes it all worth it. In those moments when we're tired, discouraged, and run down, God comes in to give us just what we need. If we depend on Him, He'll never let us down.
Hope you guys have an awesome week! Love you all so much!
Pray for France (and Maren)
Elder Hansen
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