January 11, 2016- Greetings, People of Earth!

This is Elder Hanley, reporting to you from the Rifle Regional Library, where we are currently emailing from.

Anywho, this last week has been really good, actually! Now that the Holidays are over, and people aren't so busy, we actually get to talk to a lot of people, as opposed to this last month.

First off, we got transfer news last night, and I'm staying in Rifle! Elder Eastley is unfortunately being transferred, so I'll be getting a new companion tomorrow. But I'm excited that I'll be able to stick around and hopefully be able to see Juan, Mary, and Christian be baptized.

So, like was said, this week has been really good. First off, JUAN CAME TO CHURCH! Mary and Christian were both busy on Sunday, so Juan came with his little daughter and it went so good! Everyone in the ward was super nice, and were super comfortable talking to Juan and making him feel welcome. He called us after church was over to thank us for bringing him, he LOVED it. So, that is a good sign. But if everyone could keep Mary in your prayers, she is currently trying to get Sundays off so she can come to church. It's looking like she'll have to either find a new job or be a stay-at-home Mom if she wants to come to church, so we really want them to be able to provide for their family, whichever she decides. So, yeah, please be praying for her.

We also went to see some people in the area book. We went to talk to a Less-Active, and she told us she wants to come back to activity, and we set up a day and a time every Wednesday to go see her. AND we went to see a former investigator, and she invited us and told us she loved to hear the missionaries teach, so we'll be going to see her regularly as well. Good stuff!

Also, we are teaching Chelsea again. She is going through A LOT right now, in terms of her family and her boyfriend, and it's just a lot of not so good stuff, so please keep her in your prayers as well.

Other than that, we have been doing a bit of tracting, trying to expand our teaching pool, (since most of the investigators we found in December seem to be avoiding us) and so I will keep you updated on that.

Thank you all so much for all the support you give me! Seriously, it's the best! I love you all, and will talk to you next week!

-Elder Hanley

Don't judge.

This is from our road trip to Denver last week. Quite beautiful!