Iakwe!

Elder Halliday and me on our split

Iakwe!

This week was a good one. Lots of success and a split with Elder Halliday.

On Wednesday we had district council. District council is always a good time. We had a lesson with one of our investigators, Janobly. Janobly will probably be baptized on Saturday so that's good! We will see! 

On Thursday we woke up and went to school. They were taking midterms so we weren't able to teach. It was rough. I always look forward to school. We picked up 3 new people to study with and they seem really promising. 

On Friday we had a really good lesson with one of our investigators. He doesn't know how to read so we taught him the gospel of Jesus Christ with the book of mormon videos. It was a super good and spiritual lesson.

Saturday we had another super good lesson with Janobly. We picked up another new investigator and we had such a good lesson with her. That night we had a dinner with one of the members. We ate Bwiro Kun. Bwiro kun is breadfruit that they mash up and preserve it in the ground. Then they take it out and cook it. It has such a strong smell and taste. It was pretty awful haha. Elder Wright waited till we got home to eat it because he thought he would've thrown up.

Sunday was a good day. I woke up feeling pretty sick so we went to church and then tried to get some lessons in but not much happened. Our recent convert Ali gave us a referral and we set up a lesson with her little sister.

Yesterday I had a split with Elder Halliday. Oh man it was the greatest. We had 3 solid lessons and picked up another investigator. We taught about the Book of Mormon and handed out 2 books. Later that day I saw one of them reading it. It made me so happy. I know that the Book of Mormon is true and it will bless your life. The split was kinda hard because me and Elder Halliday are both pretty new in the mission and are still learning the language, but it was good because we had to push ourselves. It was a good time.

That's about it from this week. I love you all and hope you have a great week! 

Elder Hanson

Bwiro Kung

Baptisms and Kwaj

Ali's Baptism

Iakwe Iakwe! 

This week was so much fun and so hot.

On Wednesday we had Zone Conference! It was so much fun. My brother Elder Halliday is coming out to Ebeye and I am so excited.

Thursday we taught school in the morning and then went to lunch with Elder Lal and Jepsen because Elder Lal is going to Jaluit. We went to one of the 3 restaurants on island and it wasn't bad. We had some asian food. Then we went to the dock to pick up Elder Halliday and Fisk. It was so good to see Halliday.

Friday we went to the dock to drop off Elder Lal and Motzkus. I am going to miss them. Then we went to Ali to get everything ready for the baptism.

Saturday we went finding and found a bunch of potentials. It was a solid day. Then at 6 we had Ali's baptism. It was such a great time and the spirit was so strong.

Sunday Ali was confirmed a member of the church and was given the gift of the Holy ghost. I was able to be in the circle when she was confirmed and it was such a spiritual experience. After that we tried to go to some lesson and go finding but we had no success.

Yesterday the members from Kwajalein sponsored us to come over for the day. It was so much fun. We went bowling and then took a tour of the army base. It was so cool. There are a bunch of blown up bunkers everywhere from when the U.S. took over kwaj from Japan.

Anyway that's about it from this week. I hope you all have a great week!  

I love you all!

Elder Hanson

Transfers

Iakwe!

This week was a good one! 

Wednesday we had an okay day. We had a great lesson with Ali and she is ready to be baptized! 

Thursday we honestly just went finding and had no success it was pretty rough.

Friday we had some lessons planned but we went finding for 5 hours. No one even wanted to talk to us. We went back to our house and said separate prayers. We went back out and found 3 potentials. It was so good because lately there has been no success with finding.

Saturday was Ali's baptismal interview. She passed so that is super exciting. This Saturday she will be baptized! 

Sunday was a good day we just went to church and then found out who would be leaving this next transfer. I will be staying another on Ebeye with Elder Wright. I am excited to stay! It should be good!

Yesterday was such a good day. We had some solid lessons and found a new investigator. 

Today we went to nene. We went fishing but didn't have any luck. Fly fishing is so much harder is the ocean haha. 

I hope you all have a great week. I love you all. Sorry about the short email but I don't have a lot of time haha. 

Jeramman!

Elder Hanson

Finding at the King's house

Iakwe!

First of all I want to say Happy New Year to everyone and a special shout out to my boy Elder Templeton! Happy birthday!

Wednesday was a pretty good day. We had district council and then me and Elder Wright did tons of finding. Not much happened just a day of hard work.

Thursday was another pretty good day. We had a great lesson with Ali. She told us that she really wanted to get baptized and that she was ready so things are looking good. 

Friday was a crazy day. We had 3 solid lessons. We also did a ton of finding. We were out finding and I had this impression to go talk to this guy. I went up to him and started to casually talk. Then out of nowhere I asked him if he knew Junior. He said he did but he was at work. He told us to come back later because Junior wanted to study. I was so pumped. Well then we went back at 6 and he said Junior hadn't come back yet. It was rough but we will just keep trying. Also on Friday Elder Thomson cut my hair haha. I'll send some pics.

Saturday was a crazy day. Elder Thomson and Vaaia were supposed to go to Kwaj at 5 in the morning because they are headed back to Majuro because the outer islands are opening back up. So we all wake up at 4:30 to go see them off. Well as soon as we woke up we got a text from the Ap's saying that their flight didn't leave until 2:30. So we all just went back to sleep haha. We dropped them off at the dock later that day and now they are back in Majuro. Man I'm going to miss them. Later that day Elder Lal and Jepsen said that they talked to a guy who said he wanted to talk to the Elder's. His name is John Kabua. Well Kabua is a pretty big name here in the Marshall islands. It is basically the royal family. So we went to the Irooj (King) house and asked for John. Well turns out he didn't live there but they told us where he did live. We still haven't talked to him but now I can say I have gone finding at the Kabua's house haha. We had another lesson with Ali and told her that she had to come to church if she wanted to be baptized. 

Sunday morning we got up and went to remind Ali about church but she was asleep. She didn't show up so that was super disappointing. We will just keep trying. 

Yesterday was a weird day. Not much happened we went finding and had no success. It was a members birthday so we went to a birthday party and ate some octopus, chicken, and beef. It was pretty good. 

Overall this week was a good one! I hope you all are doing great at home, or wherever you are. I love you all! Feel free to email me whenever!

-Elder Hanson

Christmas in Ebeye!

Merry Christmas!

Iakwe aolep! 

It's been a while! Let me get you all caught up.

Wanda and Bilton got baptized! It was an awesome experience. I am super happy for them and their family.

Christmas season is crazy here. Everyone is running around trying to prepare for the holidays. 

Christmas was crazy. We woke up and opened presents then headed over to the church. We were at the church from 10 to 9:30 watching biit. I have some videos and I will try and send them. It was a long day but a super fun one.

The day after christmas I got to call my family. It was a great time. Shout out to the fam. I love them so much. 

Then it was back to normal missionary work. Everyone was so tired from Christmas that they didn't want to study. It was pretty rough. We had a couple good lessons but nothing special. Apparently other churches here biit for 3 days so the streets were empty and it was so weird. 

On Sunday it rained so no one showed up to church it was a bummer. We had a dinner and gift exchange with one of the families in our ward and it was so fun. They are definitely one of my favorite families.

Yesterday we had such a good and spiritual lesson with Ali. I have been studying with Ali for 3 transfers and she is finally ready to be baptized. She has been reading the Book of Mormon and yesterday we asked her if she was ready. She was so happy and said that she was ready, so in the next couple of weeks she will be baptized. We also had a ward family home evening. I ate some pig heart, liver, and kidney cooked in pigs blood with cabbage and onion. Oh man it was so good. It tasted like steak that my parents used to make me.

Today is New Year's Eve which is crazy! It's almost 2020. To you seniors out there... These next 6 months will fly by so enjoy it! I hope you all had a great Christmas that was filled with love and joy. Most of all I hope you all remembered Christ. I love you all! Happy New Year!

-Elder Hanson

pics!

Wanda and Bilton got baptized!

Ebeje

Iakwe aolep!

This week was a pretty good week! The work has been slow the past couple of weeks because everyone is just trying to prepare for Christmas. Everyone is trying to learn biit so whenever we go to study with someone, they are usually gone.

Wednesday was a good day. We had some solid lessons with Peter, Ali, Wanda, and Bilton. Wanda and Bilton are going to be baptized on Saturday so that is good! We had a super spiritual lesson with Peter. He told us he was going to throw away cigarettes, and that he knew this church was true and he wanted to get baptized. He is a stud. He went from 8 to 2 cigarettes in a week and then he told us he was gonna throw it away this week. 

Thursday was a pretty long day. Not much happened. We had a few lessons but most of them fell through.

Friday was a pretty rough day. Most of our lessons fell through so we were out finding. Some members invited us in for lunch and asked us if we knew how to eat fish. I thought I did so I said yes. They brought out a freshly caught fish, scaled and gut it and just put it on my plate. Hahah they thought it was so funny because I had no idea how to eat it. They just told me to pick it up and bite into it. Good times. 

Saturday it rained so nothing really happened again. We just had a lesson with Ali and read Lehi's dream.  It continued to rain all night.

Sunday it was raining so hard so no one showed up to church. Not even members. Everything seems to shut down when it rains. 

Yesterday was an okay day of work. We went to Wanda and Bilton and filled out their baptismal records and then had a good lesson with junior. Junior told us that he teaches 3 biits and that he is always so busy, but if we came to where he was teaching he would just leave and come study with us, so we will see this week. 

Every night at 8 we go and practice biit. It is so much fun. I love it. You could say I'm pretty good. Shout out coach Bullett for all the footwork drills.. hahah. 

I hope you all remember the true meaning of CHRISTmas and don't forget Christ. Please go watch the Christ Child video. It is so good! I hope you all have a great week! I love you all!

-Elder Hanson

Gospel Day in Ebeye

Iakwe Aolep!

All is well here in Ebeye! This week was pretty good. The work is starting to slow down because of the Holidays but I guess that's just how it is.

On Thursday the School we teach at had a big party because they are about to start Christmas break. They don't have school until January so I won't be able to teach until then. The new Elders also came on Thursday so there were 13 Elders on Ebeye. I'm pretty sure that's a mission record haha. 

Friday was a super stormy day so not much happened. Elder Garr, Strong, and Ence left to Majuro so that was sad. We went and dropped them off at the dock. Then we went home and basically did studies all day. 

Saturday was a pretty good day. We had a great lesson with Peter. Wanda and Bilton passed their baptismal interview so they will be baptized on the 21. We had just finished the interview with Elder Taua and Driggs and some people called us over. This guy's wife was super sick and said that she needed our help. We went and gave a blessing to her, and then to him because he was sick as well. They are both less active and said that they would come back to church. They didn't show up on Sunday though.. So we will see.

Sunday we had church. We had a lesson with Ali after church and it was rough. Elder Wright told me I was leading the lesson and he wouldn't bail me out when I didn't know what to say. It was rough and Ali thought it was so funny. Oh well haha. After that nothing really happened.

Yesterday we had so many lessons planned but they all fell through. So we went finding and there was no success. It was super hot yesterday so we were walking around and trying to talk to people but nothing was happening. We had a family home evening yesterday. We ended up giving a blessing to the girl who was having us over. She was super sick so it was a good opportunity. The spirit was so strong during the blessing. It was a super cool experience. After the family home evening we went to biit. During biit there was a huge parade going around for gospel day. They were throwing out candy, but whenever they saw the Elders they would call us over and just give us handfuls of candy. It was super funny. I'm not sure what day gospel day is but it is in celebration of the first protestant missionaries.

That's about it from this week. Not much happened. Just a week of hard work! I love you all and hope you are all doing well!

Shout out to the fam for the christmas decorations!

-Elder Hanson