Hello family,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!!!! I can't believe you're already 4 years old! I really wanted to email yesterday, but it was a holiday here, so nothing was open. I'm just glad there's a holiday on your birthday here too, but for some reason, I don't think they celebrate the Fourth of July here. Weird, I know. That surprised me a lot, but it's fine. I'll celebrate the day after by burning a shirt. I'm so excited to do that, except I'm not too sure which shirt to burn. Probably the really colorful one from Phagwah. It's gonna be fantastic.
In Garden Park, we are doing great. We have investigators named Kwesi and Sheniza who are going into the post office this week so that they can be married soon and be baptized. We are so excited for them, and I can tell that they are ready to make this step. They've been meeting with the missionaries since September, and it's amazing how far they've come.
Elder Ortega and I are doing great. We continue to strive every day to be better, and we continually seek the Lord's guidance in what we need to do in this area. Elder Ortega is really good at helping me to seek revelation, and that is something I am very grateful for. I do feel that we are doing our very best.
I have a testimony of remaining strong when trials come. Kwesi and Sheniza are having a lot of opposition as they are making these steps to be married and baptized, but it is so amazing how firmly they hold on to this truth. No person is ever promised that the path to eternal life will be easy, but I know that Heavenly Father has given us every tool we need to overcome our specific trials and challenges. It is amazing to see Kwesi and Sheniza continue to hold strong. I know that as they and we continue to hold on to this gospel, Heavenly Father will be able to make this life possible.
A spiritual experience I had this week was teaching a nine-year-old niece of a recent convert here. She stays with her aunt during the week so that she can go to the school she attends. Last week, we were able to teach her the first lesson about God, and this week when we went over, we simply taught about families, and we were going to save talking about prophets and priesthood until the next time, but before we closed the lesson, she interrupted us and told us that she had read the pages we had left in the Restoration tract, and then she proceeded to tell us everything she had learned about prophets, priesthood, and apostasy. It was incredible. She understood it so well without us even saying a word. It's amazing what the Spirit can help us remember when we are learning truth. That was a great spiritual experience for me, and I am so excited to go and see that bright little girl again.
I can't believe you all are leaving Colorado already! I guess that next week is the week. I'll be praying for you. I know it's going to be amazing. For some motivation, I took a picture of some little girls that love to come up to us and shake our hands when we go to Brother Kwesi's yard. They're pretty adorable, and they also really like pictures.
I also decided to send you a picture of me doing something with my arm.
I love all of you so much. Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Hanni
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