My time comes Early😭

 Wassup everyone,

No actually I am not coming home early haha, however I got some unfortunate news this last week. In case you haven't noticed last email I was informing you all of transfers where I got to move to this beautiful new area called Pak Chong. Well, that was 2 weeks ago and this last week at zone conference I found out the news that when I got back I would need to pack and head out to Chaiyaphum. Soooo, basically  the Thai Elder in Chaiyaphum has got to do the draft and they're just going to keep him in bangkok even if he doesn't get drafted to be a soldier. This means I will now have my fastest area of 2 weeks and my shortest time with a comp too😢 Sad to be leaving for sure, especially since I haven't even got to go to Khao Yai which is the big national park. I am fortunate to be comps with elder  Freedman in Chaiyaphum, he's the Branch President and he is an absolute Goat. Def gonna learn a lot these next 4 weeks.

Now that I've shared the real crazy news I'll finish out the rest of the stuff that's happened these last 2 weeks. 

First was exchanges in 🔥Buriram🔥

This is an area that I served for 1 transfer in last July. I was super fortunate to go back and do exchanges with the ZLs there as they  have made Buriram the ZL area. I got the chance to see all of the YSA and to visit some members I haven't seen in a sec. Then to finish off the exchange we got to watch the Elder Kearon Devotional!!!! 

He came to Thailand and originally all the missionaries in Thailand were going to come together to hear from him. Sadly, his wife is having some pretty bad health problems so they ended up just having to have one meeting for members and missionaries and broadcasting it to everyone. Super fun tho that we got to have watch party in Buriram tho. Miss that place a lot and there was much Nostalgia. Also crazy how fast places change because they have a new church now and lets jus say it is wayyyyyyyy Boujier. 

Next is a lit story of how we got to know this great family and I got free CinnamonRoll/CinnamonBread typebeat. 

Me and elder Baltimore were doing finding by this big market in Pak Chong. We prayed and I had Elder Baltimore lead us to where he thought would be best. He decided we would go to  the wet market so  we started off walking. When we were going down one of the alleys there was this old Pa I was talking to who was def not having it. After a few  attempts of my go to conversation starters to no avail I figured he was not interested. However, his daughter/Relative came out who sells bread and other goodies and we started talking to her. She was super nice and ended up giving us one of her goodies for free😋 Then she called her son out to talk to us. He's around 13-14 but he spoke great English. We invited  them to English class and they totally said they would go. I may have also dropped in our conversation how it was super cool she has an oven and maybe some point we would need her help making Cinnamon rolls.

Fast Forward to Tuesday, they come and she gives me this loaf of cinnamon roll bread that she either made herself or bought and it was Gas. They also brought like 4 or 5 other relatives that are visiting so our english class was popping. We had a fun class and I think they enjoyed it. The really good thing was  the finisher about Easter. We watched a video about Easter and it just invited the spirit so well.  We got the chance to explain about Palm Sunday and why Easter is important. I felt like  most people at English were really locked in for the video. I have hope that it'll start a desire for them to learn more.🙏🙏

Finalllyyyy, 

We had zone conference. This was one of the better zone conferences I've had on my mission for sure. Every training was super applicable and the spirit was super strong. For our zone finding activity I got to exchange with an Elder from my district named Elder Nelson. He's a goat and we saw some super cool miracles. 

Final thing of Zone Conference was on our way their actually I got new Basketball Shoes, Yayyyyyy

They're a pair of GT-Cuts like Academy version or some biz like that. They're soooo nice tho and 10x better than the other shoes  I  destroyed. Imma be balling now hopefully

Spiritual Thought

My spiritual thought this week is a cool scripture Elder Kearon shared that I had actually just shared that morning so I was surprised to hear it from his Devo the same day. 

It's Alma 7:11-12

11 And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people.

12 And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities

I know he understands our pains and because  he understands all our infirmities we can always find comfort from him.

Love you all and sorry  for a bit of a long one 🫶

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🏔To The Mountains🏔

 Hey everyone,

Sending this a little later in the week because we had transfers. I'll just start of with the main transfer news, I'm moving 😭😭

Have to say goodbye to my beautiful spot on the river. My new area is going to be Pak Chong and from what I hear it has MOUNTAINS, yayy. It also has only been open for a year and they just got a new church building. 

These last 2 weeks have been super hectic tho as we've been trying to finish up the last things transfers. One cool miracle we saw last week was we decided to do some หมูบ้าน (Neighborhood) finding where we walk/bike through and talk to anyone that's out. When we got to the end of the first one we started talking to this Pa who was a straightchiller. Him and his wife were saying that there son has coached up some elders before for muay thai. Then not too long after, he showed up after just finishing work. He has a wife and 2 kids. He said before he talked with the elders but he wanted to see them again but he wasn't super free then. Now that English Class is on Tuesdays tho he wants to take his kifs and we were able to leave him with a BOM and explain a lil about it. Hopefully they'll have time to show up to church in the near future 🤞

Last Sunday was super fortunate to have แม่บอม Ma Bom come to church. We've visited and taught her for a week or 2 now and last week she said she couldn't find the church so she went home. She was able to come to all of Sacrament meeting tho and said she'll try and make it for at least the sacrament every Sunday. 

Last thing was this monday I decided I wanted to give a bunch if New members we have pictures of the temple and Jesus to have in their homes so I went over to the trusty DiY and got picture frames for supwr cheap and then we went and got the photos printed which was surprisingly more expensive then the frames haha. They turned out pretty good but i was kind of hustling last second tuesday to get all of them done haha. 

Overall, last weeks been pretty good. It is a little surreal tho. I'm sitting a nice 5 transfers left so this could be my second last area which is kinda sad. Def gotta make the most of the time here🔥

Moroni 9:6

6 And now, my beloved son, notwithstanding their hardness, let us labor diligently; for if we should cease to labor, we should be brought under condemnation; for we have a labor to perform whilst in this tabernacle of clay, that we may conquer the enemy of all righteousness, and rest our souls in the kingdom of God

Love 

Elder Hansen

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