Elder Noah Hoskins Hanson West Virginia Charleston Mission : Week 77 - January 22, 2018

New Mission Home Address:

West Virginia Charleston Mission
839 Chestnut Street
South Charleston, West Virginia 25309

Noah's Mailing address:

Elder Noah Hanson
2754 Maple Ave, Apt E20
Buena Vista, Virginia 84416

Hey y'all!! What a week it has been holy cow. We drove to Charleston for MLC (mission leadership council) on Wednesday and that's like 500 miles there and back to Buena Vista. It was a good meeting though! Also, the weather here is super bipolar. Like Utah. It was 15 degrees on Friday and then it shot up to 60 degrees yesterday. It's been an adventure let me tell ya haha.
Heck Yeah the PATRIOTS are in the Super Bowl! People are gonna hate me but whatever right? haha. I am sure I'll hear all about it!

Something very important that I learned from a member and a couple of missionaries this week: Don't relive sins. What I mean by that is don't constantly think of the mistakes you've made in the past. Because if you do that, then you won't be able to truly move on. Yes, use them as a reminder of what you learned from that experience but move on. You don't live there anymore. The Atonement can have a much bigger impact on you if you let things go and forgive yourself.

UPDATE ON INVESTIGATORS:

Buck & Sue. They're new investigators and they're an older couple. They've been taught by missionaries in the past and they were VERY grateful that we came by and taught them again. They said they're very set in their ways but they are willing to do anything we ask them to do...so we'll see how that goes! :)

CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK:

So I've done this one before but the challenge this week is to list ALL the strengths that you think you have. And then ask someone else what your strengths are too. Because we always focus so much on what we need to improve on but take a moment to think about what your strengths currently are! That way you can bless someone else's life with those strengths.

FUNNY MOMENT:

So basically, the funny moment this week is just an Elder Garrett quote because this kid is freaking hilarious with everything he says. So every night, after we say our prayers, Elder Garrett and I do something called "pillow talk" for those that don't know what that is, we just lay in our beds and talk about anything and everything for a good while before we say "goodnight and love you" and go to bed. Haha weird I know. But we always regret it in the morning cuz we're so tired haha! So a couple nights ago we get in our beds and I prepare for the pillow talk session and I hear him go "Well we should probably say goodnight and love you before we keep talking." And that was the end of the conversation hahaha!

I sure do love all of y'all! Keep on keepin' on! Stay safe and stay true!

D&C 121: 7-9

- Elder Noah Hanson