April 21, 2014

Family and Friends! 
What a beautiful Easter we have all experienced! Easter has put in a new meaning for me being out in the mission field. It is amazing how much our perspectives change as we serve our Savior. This last 3 months as a mission have been life changing. We were given an Easter invitation to Come unto Christ, to learn of His Atonement. Before and still now I saw the Atonement working in other peoples lives and what miracles those experiences have been. Something changed these last couple of weeks. Beginning to see how the Atonement has changed me. I am no where near where I want to be but I know it is because of the Savior where I am now. LOVE has been the motive, the SPIRIT the key and CHRIST has been the reason for why I choose to continue to serve. I love the spirit and the peace that Christ's brings. I love my brother, Jesus Christ. His love is unfailing and He is always there. We can Stand TALL because He stands with us. Grateful for new beginnings. Grateful for Bev and her decision to be baptized. Can't wait to see her in white this weekend. I love you all!

Love

Sister Hancock

Prayer list: Bev, Buddy, Janette, Cynthia, Jennifer, Thomas, Ray, Amy 

April 14, 2014

 This week was a busy one! Every week is ha but we went on back to back exchanges and another on Saturday. One of the miracles that happened this week was with Buddy! We have been teaching him since December. He has such a good heart and is so sincere. He is one that really desires to do good but he has been struggling to commit to baptism. He had some fears about it and needed to get through those fears. This week he made his decision! He is getting baptized on May 24th! So happy because he made that decision on his own. Some people just take more time than others but it is always worth the wait. Bev is doing amazing!! She is on the rode to quitting smoking and loves church! Really getting involved with the ward. Something that you probably haven't heard is that people here think I am from the midwest haha I guess I have an accent to some people. I have heard that more than once... kinda funny. Well it is the last week of the transfer. Can't believe that time is here already. My sweet companion Sister Clive received her visa a couple of weeks ago. She has been waiting for 9 months and it finally has arrived. I knew she was getting it and knew we need to be together with Sister Ungerman as well this transfer. The days get better and better. Really am so blessed and so grateful. 
Keep praying for the people we are teaching :) I know it is helping. They need all the prayers they can get. 

xoxo

Sister Hancock

April 7, 2014

Family and Friends! 
     Grateful that we could listen to our wonderful inspired Prophets and Apostles! Their words were truly inspiring. This whole week for me has been very inspiring,motivating and with lot of change occurring. Yesterday, watching the choir sing, I couldn't help but think how grateful I am to be a member of this church. Two of our investigators watched the Sunday morning session and I loved looking over at them seeing their expressions. They were like little kids in a candy store! This is something they have never seen or experienced in their life. They loved their experience and grateful we could be a part of it with them. 
     What really stood out to me with conference was the message of being a disciple of Christ and what that really means. That this life on earth is really short and what we do with our lives matters.One of my favorite quotes that was said was by Dieter F. Uchtdorf, He says "How much do we miss of life waiting for the rainbow, when we could be grateful for the rain.... Endings are not our destiny... There are never endings, just everlastings." I love those words so much. I have been thinking a lot of how I can be a better missionary. What more I can do. This brought me a lot of comfort in knowing that this mission I am serving is not just a beginning or ending. That I can follow the words of our beloved Prophet "May we resolve to do a little better." The more I can do is to be a little better each day and strive to do as the Savior would. One of my companions, Sister Clive said to me last night, "We are representing Christ." I am grateful for that calling that I have to be His representative. Love you all so much!!

Love,

Sister Hancock

April 6, 2014

March 24, 2014

Lots is going on and lots is going on here! We are working in both areas and so far has worked out! Sundays is a little difficult because we have to miss out on some things in the 4th ward and still figuring out how to work all that out. We will be going on splits a lot! I don't have much time to write more! Caitie came down to visit me!! So we are all gonna go out to lunch!! So happy she is here! Love being able to see her again! 

Some things that happened this week!

Dinner with the Simpsons with my companions Sister Ungerman and Clive

 

Stake Relief Society Activity and the sister missionaries were the flight attendance. 

March 10, 2014

This week was really good! Our investigators are doing really well.

We found out transfers on Saturday and Sister Bohannon is leaving me to Roseburg. It is about 2 hours away from here. Can't believe transfers are here again... My new Companion is Sister Fisher and she is from Salt Lake! She is great! Excited to be her companion! We have a great week ahead! 

Here are a few pics! This is our Zone. The Central Point Zone! and The other night we were going to the stake center to have a lesson. There was just one car there and we were going to ask them to unlock the church for us and I turn and look and Sister Barton and Hollingshead were in the back!! It was crazy seeing them! They came back to visit some of their areas and happen to be there at the same time! It was a great surprise:) 

March 3, 2014

Family and Friends!!  

The work is moving forward! The night Sister Lesueur and I drove to Eugene, our companions, Sister Bohannon and Ugerman were able to commit Brad to baptism! They had a powerful lesson with him and he accepted the invitation to follow Christ. Brad is excited about the gospel and kept his commitment to come to church yesterday! Grateful great testimonies were given by the ward for his first experience at church. 

We had another amazing miracle that came from going teaching. We were talking to a man, when a woman pulled up in a white car. He didn't know who it was and as she got out, recognized that it was one of our potentials, Nicole. She saw us somewhere and wanted to give us her new phone number! Earlier, we stopped by at her home but we were not able to talk to her. We don't know where she saw us because we were nowhere near her home. It was amazing!

A few weeks ago we committed a grandma, mom and her 2 kids to give out a mormon.org card to someone. The 6-year-old son, Josh, already knew who he was going to invite to church. He invited his neighbors the next day and they said they would come! They were not able to attend that following Sunday but they came yesterday! What a great example Josh was to his family and to the ward. He got his 2 little friends there and their mom. Next step will be inviting them to take the lessons. The primary knows how to doubt not, fear not! 

Love you all so much!!! 

Xoxo

Sister Hancock