The MTC Drop Off and Run

Well, we dropped Curtis off at the MTC in Provo today at 12:45 pm and it was every bit as quick and effecient as we were warned it would be. Curtis was bouncing off the walls of the truck as we drove down. I think he is a bit excited. Jim and Lisa are working on the "excited" part but it was an emotional, good day.

Elder Curtis Hanson's Mission Scripture

Doctrine and Covenants 84: 80

"And any man that shall go and preach this gospel of the kingdom and fail not to continue faithful in all things, shall not be weary in mind, neither darkened, neither in body, limb, nor joint; and a hair of his head shall not fall to the ground unnoticed. And they shall not go hungry, neither athirst"

Curtis' thoughts:

This scripture gives me both a promise and a call. A promise that I can be a super hero in the Lord's work, a promise that I will not be saddened, a promise that I will not be wearied, and a promise that my honest seeking investigators will "not go hungry, neither athirst". It is also a call and it comes in the first part of the scripture: "go and preach this gospel...fail not to continue faithful in all things". I need more faith.

The Call

Another Gringo In Mexico!!!!

Hey Family,

So I found a Gringo in Mexico the other day. He came up to me and asked haaabla engles? so naturally I said yes....in spanish. ha ha. It turns out that he is trying to teach Spanish here in Mexico. I gave him a few tips for when I was trying to do the same thing in my first sector. I then conected it somehow to the Apostacy of the church and we talked about the bible. It turns out that he has been interested in the Mormons for quite sometime and was actually trying to find God. It was really cool but as we left I didnt expect what happened at church a few days later...

We showed up at church and found that our members we had asked to pick up our investigators... didn´t find them. So we were a little bummed. We left church early to go contact people in the street. When we returned one of the sisters told me that some gringo was trying to find me and couldn´t speak spanish. I literally jumped up and down. We later found him in a christian home where he is staying and talked about the Apostacy some more. It´s a really good thing that I had been reading Jesus the Christ because I used alot of James E. Talmage. He is really excited and interested in his really quiet sort of way. When I asked him if he would be baptized when he feels that this message is true he said...irrmaaaakeeee....or in other words he doesn´t know BUT I have alot of hope for him because he absorbed James E. Talmage like a sponge and seems like he is spiritually intune. We will see him Tuesday so I will try to keep you guys updated. My companion is also learning spanish and said I like to preach about Jesus Christ....I was proud (=

That´s all for now,

Elder Hanson