sorry for the lack of an email last week. HOWEVER, you should be getting a letter really really soon so hopefully that will count as the big email. feel free to type it up and post it on the blog because it's hilarious. hahah. but hello. i love you all so so so so much. i say that all the time but it's worth repeating. duh.
right now, i'm in KZ and i'm actually loving it. i miss the people i came to love in Russia and leaving them was hard but i can honestly say that i am happy to be here, good and bad and blessings and restrictions and frustrations and all. OF COURSE life is hard sometimes (or, there are things in life that are hard sometimes), but it's our choice whether we want to make it more hard or not. we have the ability to choose, always. and i think Heavenly Father wants us to live the gospel and to live in general with HAPPINESS. every day. so why not? (we bought a zoo voice)
but seriously. life is happy, and when i remember to choose to think about it that way, i find that it is true. the power of the mind is real, yo. but even moreso, the power of our Heavenly Father is real. His love is real. the light of His gospel is real. and that's something we can always find joy in. life is a good wave.
i don't have very much time but just wanted to share something i was thinking about this morning. lately, it's been easy to be afraid. i think my comp said it best--on the mission, "I've never felt God so near to me or so far from me". I feel that 100%. Sometimes I'm stoked out of my mind and full of faith and ready to go and do everything with Him and other times everything seems scary. The world, being away from you, the things about the gospel that are out of my understanding still (p.s. pretty sure Heavenly Father understands us and our ability to understand and kind of planned that we'll be beginners always. there's something really nice about that. more to come later)...it's really easy to give into fear, even as a missionary. But this morning, I read the scripture Moroni 8:16 again
" 16 Wo be unto them that shall pervert the ways of the Lord after this manner, for they shall perish except they repent. Behold, I speak with boldness, having aauthorityfrom God; and I fear not what man can do; for bperfectclove dcasteth out all fear."
and remembered that perfect love casteth out all fear. I am not capable of perfect love, but HE IS. And there is safety for the soul in that. Like Ether 12:4,
" 4 Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with asuretybhope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which chope cometh of dfaith, maketh aneanchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in fgood works, being led to gglorify God."
you know? With the Lord and focusing on Him, no matter where we live or what's happening, we have every reason to rejoice and to look to the future--as well as to live life TODAY--with hope and with joy and believing that there is good. I dunno. I just have such a testimony that there is safety and peace and happiness in every way and at any time we could need it in this gospel, in the Book of Mormon and especially in our Savior. Always in our Savior.
I love you all so much. Pray for you every day and hope all is going well. I miss yous a lot lately but I hope you're enjoying your journies as much as I'm enjoying mine. Life is good TODAY. :) D&C 123:17,
"17 Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us a cheerfullyb do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the c salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed."
ya feel?
Be good this week little homies. Talk to you soon.
All my love,
Sister Hansen
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