First off, some shoutouts. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALICIA! AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GARY! Now, back to our regularly scheduled email.
So, this last week was...slow. For whatever reason, no one really wanted to talk to us. Most of our appointments fell through, and we spent a lot of time trying to contact people who seem to have vanished into some sort of time warp. We found a new investigator who seems pretty solid, but he says he wants to read the ENTIRE Book of Mormon before he even sets foot inside an LDS church. So...that was interesting.
We're hoping to get some baptisms by the end of this week. Gilbert (one of our investigators) has a baptismal date for this Saturday, so we're hoping he sticks to that. Apparently, he's had a lot of baptismal dates that have fallen through before this, so fingers crossed. Definitely keep Gilbert in your prayers. Also, keep Chelsea in your prayers. She was on date for the 11th, but that date came and went, so we're hoping to move her date to this Saturday.
Beside that, not much has been going on. We had to stop by Wal-Mart to pick up a few things the other day, and on the way in, some our investigators stopped to talk to us. We thought it was a pretty good sign that they didn't speed off, because if they hadn't stopped, we would never have known it was them. AND when we got into the actual store, we ran into one of the Less-Actives we've been working with. So, I think we were meant to be at that Wal-Mart that night.
So, it's been snowing quite a bit. Pictures will be included, but we had to shovel snow on Saturday, and we will most likely have to shovel snow tomorrow, since it's snowing pretty consistently right now.
We had Train the Trainers on Saturday, and that was super cool. President Atkinson was there, and he gave some really cool teachings. I also got to see Elder Smith and talk to him about how Montrose is doing, so that's really fun.
I guess this last week has been kind of a trial of our faith. While it would be easy to just say "nothing is happening today, let's just go home" we've been trying our best to continue working, continue trying to see people, even if no one seems to want to talk to us. It's important to keep going, even if it's tough a lot of the time.
A couple of days ago, I was super stressed, so I decided to call President Murdock (our mission President) and he talked to me about it. He said the secret to staying motivated to work is rooted in your testimony of the savior. If your testimony is strong, you'll have a strong desire to go out and to share the gospel. So, I'm working on that.
Thank you all so much! I love you all!
-Elder Hanley
The view from our balcony the day after the snow hit.
This is Stanley. He's standing in for our Christmas tree for now. He's very festive.
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