Anyways, other than me falling down a bunch of stairs, there has been lots of drama in the zone this week. One of the sister's in my zone had a very close friend pass away on Friday. she entered the MTC on Wednesday. It was really sad. She decided to stay in the MTC though, which was really cool of her. She is very strong and brave in my opinion. Sister Kraus from my distric has been really really sick, so the elders in my distrcit gave her a blessing. It was acually really cool. I've never seen kids myage use their preisthood power to help administer to the sick. I was very impressed. They were so nervous lol. But they did a great job. Also, Elder Hederson our ZL is going home :( He tore his ACL playing basketball (lol) so when his zone left for their missions, he flew home. We are all so worried for him because he is an incredible guy, and it took him alo just to get here. He an apache indian from an indian reservation in arizona, and he has some crazy stories. Please pray for him. He is an amazing missionary.
Thanks to you all for the help with Atonement for our investigator, Paul. WE'RE DUNKIN HIM! Not really though, because Paul is just my teacher, so it's not real, but it was so cool. it took alot for him to commit to baptism though. Are you ready to here what happened? Okay, so his atonement question had me studying lots and lots. With the help of mom and courtney as well, Sis Brush and I were feeling really confident about our lesson plan. We get in there, teach him a beautiful lesson about the atonement, and at the end he just stares at us and goes "It really does sound nice and all, and i want to believe that the atonement works, but it just deosn't make sense" Sis. Brush seemed to get pretty devistated, and I just kinda got mad at Paul. I instantly remembered a line in PMG that says something like "investigators must resolve for themselves their concerns and objections. You can help as you focus them on what will strengthen their faith in Jesus Christ-reading and praying about the BOM. When they strengthen their testimony of the Restoration, they will have the strength to overcome their objections and concerns." We had done all we could do for Paul. we gave him all the tools. He now had to learn for himself. So, I looked at him and said "Paul, this is all we have for you. We have taught you all we know about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Sister Brush and i know it works because we have felt it. Now you have to feel it too." And then we invited him to baptism and he said yes! He said he'd repent and use the Atonement and get baptised. it was amaing. It felt so good to see him get ready to baptised. Our real life investigator, however, wasn't as successful as we hoped. Wan-Yu was the perfect investigator! She loved learning and she could feel the Holy GHost! We were only able to teach her 4 times, and every time we asked her to be baptised. She originally said no the first times because she wanted to learn more, and then she said said no our last lesson with her because she was nervous to leave her families traditions and religions. It was really sad, because we knew she was ready for baptism, she was just scared of change. i hope that one day, new missionaries will knock on her door and she will finally be ready for baptism!
You now what else is crazy? My district and I are now the senior district! That means I've only got about a week left here!!! I am so ready to leave the MTC. It was a little sad last night, because we had to say bye to some pretty amazing people. I made some pretty great friends in the district above me. They are going to be amazing missionaries though! All of them!
wElp. I think that's all I have for you this week. I love love love you all, and im so grateful for you all.
xoxoxoxooxoxoxoxox
-- Sister Hannah Thomas
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