Hermana Hensley: Birthday Week

Just like Christmas, birthday's on the mission are the best! My lovely companion arranged for a surprise district/zone lunch at the chapel with balloons and tacos and a cake. It was very sweet of all the Elders (and my companion), we had a nice time. Members and investigators wishing me happy birthday all day - it was great. Plus all of the cards I received in the mail and the birthday wishes from everyone around, my it was lovely. It truly was a special day - and now I'm 22! It's going to be a good year for me, I can feel it.

Mini-Miss She came on my birthday and is such a beautiful girl.

But the greatest thing about my birthday weekend was that we had a mini missionary! Her name was Sister E------- and she is amazing! She stayed out with us from Friday night to Sunday night and she was, like, our 3rd companion. She was a little shy at first, but definitely sensitive to the Spirit and ready to follow through with the promptings that the Holy Ghost was giving her. It was a really beautiful thing to watch her grow everyday and every hour just a little bit more! She taught me so many things about patience and love. I love having mini missionaries, and when she turns 21 she's going to be the best missionary - EVER. She's only got great things ahead of her in life. PLUS she was a total vintage girl and she was thinking about getting her degree in makeup for film. WHAT?! The Lord truly matched us together for reasons haha

We had a cool experience last night that I'd like to share with y'all. We had dropped off Sister E------- (sad!) and headed back to our area to work. We had had an appointment and planned to go to this one part of our area later that night. But as we were looking through our mobile area book 2 names stood out to me that were close to our appointment. The mobile area book is a binder we keep in the car that has the names, addresses, and phone numbers of people who have contacted the missionaries and have shown some interest in the past but have faded or we have lost contact. This is very helpful when plans and backup plans fall through. After feeling impressed by these two names we decided to go over to that area early and try and contact these people before our appointment. The first person we knocked - not home. So we walk over to the other door and knock and this man opens the door. We were a little surprised because the person we had on record was a woman so we asked him politely if he knew her. He said he did and that she lived there but wasn't home. We then started to share our message with him and he listened very intently to us and asked us many questions. He's from the Philippines and is Pentecostal. He kept talking and talking to us. We had to make our appointment so we set a return appointment. He thanked us for coming to his door and knocking on it and we'll be seeing him again this week! It'll be an interesting meeting for sure, since we're not quite sure of his intentions. But if he's really sincerely looking for the truth, he doesn't know what he's in for! haha :) It's going to be a great experience either way.

The Princes baloons are from
my zone and the other is from
a dear friend, is says 16 + 6.

From another dear friend
who will make a great
missionary.

Well family and friends, I'm off to a doctors appointment in a few minutes. Know that I love you all dearly and that I pray for you often. The lord is keenly aware of each one of us and is always waiting and willing to bless us. When we do our part, live worthily and ask Him. He will provide a way. :) I love my Savior, Jesus Christ, with all my heart <3 have a wonderful week!

-Hna Hensley