Miracles, Miracles, Miracles!

Hey everyone,

This last week has been very amazing for both Elder Gibb and I.  We were able to teach 28 lessons!  Which is pretty big in this area.  We are really trying hard to find new people to teach, and I know that as we continue to do that Heavenly Father will bless us.

 

Some other things.  I got a new suit that only costed 50 DOLLARS!  It is pretty cool, saying that my suit was getting pretty old, because that was the only one I've been wearing.

There are so many opportunities that are coming into our area to find new people.  We started to do an English Class.  So far 2 people have come last week.  Also, we have started to get sports involved so people can come to those. 

 

It is amazing to see how much the ward is so readily prepared to share the gospel.

 

Another miracle: the Bonzai tree that I found is not dead... I think.  It doesn't have any leaves, but I've been watering it consistently and I think that it will start to look really good.  My thoughts were: I'm going to keep it for my whole rest of the mission, and then pass it down.  Who knows?

 

I am so grateful for all of you who read this, and my invitation this week is to watch the latest Mormon message: 

 

http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=3267475157001

 

It is about bullying, and I think it is very applicable for everyone.  My invitation is also to share it on facebook so that others can see it.

 

I just want everyone to know that you are all awesome!

It feels like everything is going by too fast!

 

There's one thing I wanted to share:

 

The thing that helped me most this week is looking for the good things that happened to us.  Obviously, there will be bad things in our path.  However, if we look at the good things and not the bad things, we can keep going with the attitude of optimism.  It is awesome and I know if you all do it, then you will be able to see the many miracles in your daily life!

 

I love you heaps!

 

Elder Han

P.S. Here are some funny pictures of me!

Michael's Bonsai tree

Dear family and friends,

 

I have been "under the weather" lately.  It has been raining almost 6 out of 7 days this week! Haha get the pun? It is pretty awesome, and really interesting especially when we don't have a car.  There was this one time where we were walking to our next appointment which would take 2 hours to get there.  As soon as we got out, it started to rain super hard.  We got super drenched. 

 

Anyways, there are a lot of interesting things happening in my area.  The ward is really helping on in missionary work!  It is so awesome to see that.  We were able to help them set a plan for themselves on what they want to accomplish in missionary work.  That is always so cool for us to see them think about what they want to do.

 

I have a random story that I wanted to share.  I was on exchanges with another missionary and for the whole week, I was thinking about trees and how difficult it would be to grow one, prune it, and graft it.  I was thinking that I was going to get a bonsai tree to see how difficult it would be, because I often read about trees in the Bible as well as the Book of Mormon.  Anyways, back to my story, we were walking home after talking to someone.  On the side of the road, my companion noticed a bonsai tree that was just dropped there.  It looked dead and looked like no one took care of it.  I decided to take it, and try to make it better.  There is my quest for the future. 

 

So now, I have a half dead Bonsai tree and I am ready to make it the best I can!

 

Pictures will come next week.

 

A miracle for the week is that there is a young man who was in the church but not very active.  The ward has probably been helping him for nearly 6-7 years, but the best thing is that he was able to come to church last week!  He loved it, and although his parents didn't come, they support him in coming.  I am so glad that I could see these miracles and recognize how important it is to go to church.

 

I am so grateful to be in Australia preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ.  I hope all of you are well this week! 

Love you heaps,

Elder Han

Goals and Plans

Dear Family and friends,

This week has been hectic, and awesome!  We were able to have done many things, and reach the goals that we achieved.  Although it has been difficult to find people to teach, we are trying our best and we know that as we do we will be able to find those ready to hear the gospel. 

A lot of the week, I was thinking a lot about attitude and setting a vision.  I have come to the conclusion that the most important thing in work in general is believing that you can achieve it, and acting on that belief.  If you think that you can do well in a garage sale, what plans do you have to achieve it?  This being said, it does require much effort in our part. 

There is something about missionary life that has helped me realize what I need to do in order to be a better person.  In missionary work, a lot of our day is spent on our goals and plans.  We take time every night to plan for the next day and what we will do.  It is quite effective, and it helps us establish a vision for our area and how we can achieve that vision.

This past week has gone super fast.  We are at our 5^th week of the transfer, and I have been with my new companion for almost a month and a half!  Time has gone too quickly.

We are starting a thing in our stake.  It’s called FREE ENGLISH CLASS.  Although it is not as populated as the city, we were thinking of ways to find more people to talk to.  We thought that English Class would be a fantastic idea.  Our first day will start this Saturday and we are really excited for that.
Also, we are starting to help our ward set ‘visions’ for themselves in order to do missionary work.  They are really excited! 

It is amazing to see the progress in everyone doing the work.

I love you all, and I hope that this week will be an amazing one for you all. 

LOVE YOU HEAPS,

ELDER HAN J

Autumn

Dear Family and Friends,

 

I am so excited to email you all this week.  There is something about being a missionary that makes you so excited for the time to email and get to share your weekly experiences with family and friends! 

I love Australia so much, and the opportunity to be here at this time.  I am hoping that all of us get the chance to do all I can to share the message we teach. 

 

There is one experience that I want to talk to you about about my companion and another missionary,

 

They were going to all the houses that are inactive in our church, but to their demise no one was answering.  However, when they got to one of the last people to see, they met someone on the street.  She is ukranian and is ready to hear the gospel!  We haven't seen her yet, but the miracle is that they found her and invited her. 

It is so awesome to see blessings and miracles on the mission. 

 

I love it here, and the weather at the moment. 

In other news, I hit my 9 month mark, and it is crazy that in 3 more months I will have been on my mission for a year!  It feels as if yesterday that I just came on the mission.

 

I love you all, and just want to share one of my favourite scriptures at the moment:

2 Samuel 22:29 in the old testament in the Bible, " 29 For thou art my ^alamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten mydarkness."  It is awesome, because Jesus Christ is our way.  Through Him, we are able to know where to go.  

 

I love you all, and hope that your week goes well!

 

Elder Han