"Hi friends"
probably just going to nap for p day (not in Rome anymore so I can't
just up and go see the colosseum ya feel) 2) we honestly didn't get
much done this week😬 (hence the title) it was a pretty slow week, but
that's not because of circumstance. I'll be straight about it...we
were pretty lazy. We got some good stuff done, but when it came down
to the whole "hey do we want to spend the last 30 minutes of today
outside doing finding or do we just want to go home a little early?",
we typically ended up going home a little early. And the thing is that
it was frustrating to both my spirit and my heart because I knew we
could be better but after a couple days of this lazy feeling hanging
over our heads we just got the feeling of "man, are we ever gonna get
out of this rut?" And it felt a little depressing at times to answer
with "I don't know."
BUT. There's light at the end of the tunnel and it's that Christ is
always willing to help us overcome not only sin, but anything that
will prevent us from being great instruments in his hands...including
laziness! We've really felt strongly about it these past couple days
and how we know we can do better and yesterday we actually had an
inspiring discussion during comp study during which we set some goals
and talked about what's been holding us back and what's our part to
overcome those things. We're both pretty close to the end of our
missions, and we want to use all the time we've got left to serve God
with all our heart, might, mind and strength. And it'll be hard to
remember these feelings and wants when it comes back to the "do we go
home early or not?", but nothing is impossible to God. If there's
anything I've learned during the mission it's that when we pray, God
answers. He's always right there and LITERALLY if we'll just take a
second or two and say a quick prayer asking for help to overcome
laziness or whatever our problem may be, he'll help us.
So we're really excited for this upcoming week!!
"Literally all of Malta looks like this..."
But also not, cause we're actually not going to be in our area, like, at all.
Yeahhhh so here's the thing. I'm going back to Palermo on Wednesday to
(hopefully --- it's a long story that I'll explain probably next week)
get my documents to be legit in Italy (which will also mean legit in
Malta...technically). After that, I'm flying straight to Rome on
Thursday to meet up with my comp and the other elders on the island
for zone conference, which will be taking place on Friday. We'll then
be flying back Friday night at an ungodly hour, and be home on
Saturday just in time for some lessons and people we need to see and
then GENERAL CONFERENCE. Conference is also going to take up all day
Sunday. Soooo...yeah this week is pretty much over alreadyðŸ˜ðŸ˜ but
we're still committed to doing all we can with the time we have! So
expect to hear some miracles next week:)
Highlights from this week include:
- WE SAW CLOUDSSSS ☁️ that's significant because typical Maltese
weather is sunshine and no clouds. It was still v hot and v humid BUT
the clouds saved us a day of dying in the sun.
- finding out that you can't actually take cold showers here. One day
I came back and was so sweaty that I thought "man a cold shower sounds
nice rn" and that's what I attempted but it was really just a lukewarm
shower because THERES NO COLD WATER. Malta is still hot, and I feel
like I'm never going to experience cold weather again😓😓
- my comp turned 21 and we celebrated by doing missionary work yayyyy.
Hahaha no we actually did do some fun stuff and some of the members in
our area wanted to go to dinner so we went to Burger King lol. So
fancy🎉
"Oh hey"
- Haley is still progressing really well and we're very excited for
her baptism coming up in two weeks!
- we spent some time also meeting and slowly sharing the gospel with
the homiest less active in the world. She's a policewoman and is a
guard in Valletta so we typically just stop by and talk for a little
bit and it's been really neat to see how sharing the gospel slowly is
changing her. It's almost imperceptible, but she's making leaps and
bounds really. She's awesome!
"Us and the homie less active policewoman I mentioned"
- eating Sunday lunch with my favorite British family in the world and
arguing half the time about the proper way to say things haha
- going to a catholic choir concert to support some members at a v
pretty but v far away church
- Maltese Independence Day! It's September 21st and it's a happy day here.
"Maltese independence dayyyy"
Annddd that's about it for this week. Enjoy conference peeps. Study
hard and prepare yourselves this week because I've got a feeling that
it'll be awesome!
May the glory ever be to God
Anziano Hansen
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