Week 41--Garden Park, Georgetown, Guyana

Week 5--Elder Ortega

Hello Family,

We are doing great in Garden Park. I love being here and we are so excited for Sister Sandra's baptism Saturday. We started a new contact area this week, and as we started it, we felt a confirmation that this is where the Lord needs us to work right now.

I love being with Elder Ortega. This week, we have been able to get to know each other better, and that has really helped us to be able to work more in unity. We are grateful for the chance to serve together.

My spiritual experience this week was in finding a new contact area. In our previous contact area, it just didn't feel right. We were able to set up return appointments with those that we contacted, but all of them kept falling through, and it felt like no one was interested.  We began praying to know where we should go next, and we felt that we should go to a certain area. We went there, and as we were there that morning, we were able to find a referral from some other missionaries. That was really nice. We then went down the road a little bit, and we were able to talk to a lady outside of her gate. She turned out to be the sister of one of the members here. That was even better. We went down the road a little bit more, and we helped a lady fetch some sand, and we were actually able to teach her a lesson because she was interested.  That was a great experience because the Lord was able to guide us to all those people, and I know that He as prepared more in that area to receive the gospel. 

We are planning to try to be skyping around 6:00pm out time, which should be 4:00 your time.  We will do our best to start then, but we will see how the computer works and everything. I'm so excited to be able to see all of you. Know that I love you and pray for you every day.  The Lord knows you and loves you.

Love,

Elder Hanni