As you may have figured out by now, yes - I have been transferred to the Athens zone! I'm serving in the city of Hawthorne and I cover 2 wards, an English speaking Ward and a Tongan speaking ward Sunday was a very interesting experience for sure. First, I'm attend church from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM and then have a correlation meeting from 5:00 to 6 PM. Yeah! That's a lot of church to adjust to! Plus, the Tongan ward is all in Tongan (which I don't speak...surprise!) In the Tongan ward we go to a small English speaking Relief Society class (there's 5 of us) and then to an English speaking Sunday School class (there's about 7 of us because the Elders join us haha) and then we go to Sacrament meeting and get fancy headsets and listen to a translator make it all understnadable English for us. Unfortunately, the headsets weren't working this Sunday so I listened to some very lovely testimonies in Tongan. I'm sure that they were very beautiful, since I felt the Spirit, but oh how I wish I knew who they were or what they actually said. *sigh* But its alright I have 6 whole weeks (at least) to figure it out!
Transfers also means a new companion! yeah! But you'll never guess who it is....that's right! I've been reunited with my mother! Sister Johansen and I are companions again only now we're about 15 minutes north of where we were before isn't that ironic? It's actually super strange because it is almost unheard of to be put back a with former companion, but here we are. Apparently the Lord still thinks that we have things to learn from each other! It's crazy! It is definitely a blessing for me to only have to adjust to a new area, not to a new companion too. The Lord knows us individually and will meet our needs if we let Him!
Since coming to Hawthorne there have been quite a few....adventures! First of all, our Zone Leaders had their car stolen Thursday! yeah! Apparently they left the keys in the Watts church building on the desk in the clerks office and someone just walked off the street, took the keys and drove off with the car! Yeah! Some people....anyway the only real sad thing about it was that all of our mail for the week was in the trunk! But, we were all relived that nothing else of real value was lost. The Elders had their phone and backpacks with them, but their house keys were attached to their car keys. They had to bunk with another set of Elders for a few days until their landlady could make them another key. ON THE BRIGHT SIDE the car was found!!! The zone leaders told us today that the car had been found, and that it probably still has all of our mail in it. Apparently the perpetrator was apprehended about 2 blocks from the church building that same night. He wasn't able to get very far, or take anything from the vehicle and the police have had it in impound since then. So, hopefully I'll be getting a double dosage of mail this upcoming Friday! Exciting! haha, that was adventure #1.
Adventure #2 happened today as we were pulling out of the car wash. First of all, it was the most epic car wash I have ever experienced. It was a rain forest. YUP, a themed car wash with everything including monkeys and a giraffe with leaves for towels - and it was only $5! Oh the joys of serving in....Hawthorne. Anyway, there was a LOT of construction right on the road around the entrance/exit to this car wash. There was quite a bit of traffic. So, I pull out around all of the cars and things, trying to be super careful and finally I think "I'm clear!" then right as I start to go Sister Jo yells "CONE!" ....but it was too late. So today, we're holding a funeral service for Ernie, the traffic cone who was brutally murdered by a hit and run grey Toyota Corolla at approx 1:28 PM....on the bright side - the car is ok! YAY for no mission car damage fines!
As for the missionary work in this area....it's different! We have some
investigators, but mostly we're still finding those whom the Lord has
prepared. I know they're out there!! I have faith and
hope and am looking forward to finding them and enjoying the rest of the week here in Hawthorne!
The Gospel is true!!
Love, Hna Hensley
PS - this is proof that sister missionaries do make it rideing bikes in skirts. Sister Malani and I biked all day on Tuesday, right before transfers.
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