Hermana Hensley: Baldwin Village Week 07

Well hello everyone!

**Note from Dad** There are a ton of photos this week. I will put them at the bottom of this post.

The start of a new transfer brings...CHANGES! I'm still in Baldwin Village but I'm officially TRAINING A NEW MISSIONARY! AH! Her name is Sister Morgan, she is from Pleasantview, UT and she's pretty great. She just came from 9 weeks at the MTC and is so excited and ready to learn and work and grow. Being a trainer is quite the exciting experience. it really keeps you on your toes and helps you to reflect back on your experiences as a missionary and how you can improve. She's so wonderful, I'm really blessed and the funny thing is that she's a lot like Sister Johansen! She's an opera singer too and is artsy and whatnot. My baby is like my mommy...haha but it just all goes to show that the Lord truly does match us with people that we will work the best with.

Being in the area without Sister Deskins has been difficult. She was here for so long and knew the people and the area so well and I'm still fumbling around a bit. BUT I'm recognizing my worth and potential here in the area and am finding my way around ok. Thank goodness for companions, maps and the spirit ;0)

We had some really great lessons this week, and some awesome teaching experiences together as a new companionship. One that I want to share is with an investigator named T****, who goes to USC. I don't know if I have mentioned him before, but he's wicked smart and so sincere about the gospel. He's been reading and praying about the Book of Mormon daily and is still waiting on a answer, but is still diligently searching. He takes the time to read from the Bible and compare it to the Book of Mormon and the things that we teach him. For example, he's currently praying to know if Joseph Smith was truly a prophet of God, and so he's reading in Dueteronomy about the qualifications of true prophets vs false prophets and using those combined with prayer to find his answers. He truly is an example of studying things out "in his mind and in his heart" as the Doctrine and Covenants say. His growth is truly miraculous to watch and every time we meet he has more and more light. When he receives his answer that the Book of Mormon is true and from God, nothing will be able to stop him and/or shake him. The cool experience we had in the lesson is that because Tyler is so smart, he tends to have lots and lots of questions and wants to know all the answers to them right away. But this week we really focused on having him simply focus and concentrate on the basic doctrines and then everything will fall into place. As we were teaching, there was a great pause (it felt like forever, but in reality was probably only a few seconds) and then Sister Morgan started to share an experience from her life with prayer and bore sincere, simply testimony of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. It was awesome and the spirit was so strong. I'm so blessed to have such a wonderful companion.

Well, that's all for this week. Sorry the letter is so short, but we've just been on the run and on the go! I love you all, and hope to hear from you soon!!

Sister Hensley