Salut toute le monde ! Comment vous allez ?
This week was crazy for sooo many reasons, but it was so fun because I was able to spend half the week with either the whole zone or district! Plus I finally got to meet the new mission President, his wife, and his family! I know, my mind was exploding from excitement too! 😁
Monday night we had interviews with President Munns and his wife in Nancy, then on Tuesday we had Zone Conference with everyone! Zone Conference is always à transfer highlight for missionaries because we get to be with a bunch of our mission friends, with the mission President, and have a huge devotional together with different workshops! It's really fun being with other missionaries because we all become like each other's family! The Lord's work has a way of bringing people together and it's been pretty evident in the friendships I've made during my mission. Ah! I just love it all so much! 🤣
For this Zone Conference we talked a lot about becoming a disciple, staying a disciple, what it really means to be a disciple of Christ, and how it translates into our service. Along with that, we talked about prayerfully planning with a purpose and really putting the Lord first in the work. I loved it because as missionaries we wear Christ's name daily and in doing His work we should always be remembering Him and keeping Him central to all we are doing. By putting our trust in the Lord and keeping Him central in the work, we can see and expect miracles. Miracles also happen through our consistent and diligent efforts and we are more likely to progress in the work. I truly believe this idea and way of thinking can be applied to everything we do - not just in missionary efforts! We can see and expect miracles in every aspect of our lives, if and when we involve the Lord.
I loved the things I learned from this Zone Conference and I left feeling so rejuvenated and excited to apply everything I learned!
Friday we had a district blitz here in Toul! We began the day with our district council meeting at the church. (By the way, - a district council is when our district gets together once a week to see how everyone is doing, etc) At the end of our council meeting we usually have a role play among the équipes to practice teaching, but this time because we were in person (we are usually on zoom) we asked some members of the branch to join us for the role play! It was so fun! At the end the members gave us some great advice and it was really beneficial to hear their feedback!
Afterward we all went for lunch for some kebab and then went....BLITZING! Blitizing is when a bunch of missionaries from different areas all gather together in one area and we all focus and work within one area together for a few hours! It's so fun! It's kind-of a finding party.🤣 The Elders in our district stayed in Toul, and because we have à car, my équipe and the STLS went to a nearby little town and did some good old fashioned door knocking! We were also on exchanges that day, so I was able to work with Soeur Weed, who was the other trainer for Soeur Thurgood! We had an absolute blast! We talked to some pretty amazing people and even got à few phone numbers. We did that for about 3 hours before we had to get back for some rendez-vous we had scheduled. Towards the end of our blitzing period we were finishing down a line of town homes on what seemed to be a pretty popular street. We started talking to a lady who was seriously the cutest ever! I swear, we probably laughed more than we talked with her AND we got her number! It was so cute, Soeur Weed then asked if we could get a selfie with her and being the cute lady she was, she said yes! Then the windows behind us opened and a guy pops out and says don't forget me! Soeur Weed and I were just dying! It was too funny! He and the lady chatted for a bit, we chatted with him, then we continued to chat with both of them. In the end, we left with the guy taking our card and us having the number from the lady. It was so awesome! We all ended the day by going out to dinner with our Branch President! Remember his deal about us teaching at least 24 lessons and earning dinner? Well, we got 31 lessons the week before! Score!
Overall, this week was a bit if a slower week with rendez-vous, but it was okay because we had some fun finding opportunities and had some amazing learning opportunities through our Zone Conference and our exchanges.
Spiritual Thought:
One lesson from this week in particular though, that has stood out à lot to me recently is the principle of patience. Particularly Christlike patience. In the Book of Mormon it always talks about bearing our afflictions with patience, enduring our trials with patience, and as we do so, we will be blessed. So, for my spiritual thought this week I want to put my focus on patience! In the new edition of Preach my Gospel there are some quotes that I absolutely love about patience:
"Patience is the capacity to trust God as you face delay, opposition, or suffering. Through your faith, you trust God’s timing for His promised blessings to be fulfilled. When you are patient, you look at life from an eternal perspective. You do not expect immediate blessings or outcomes. Your righteous desires will usually be realized “line upon line, … here a little and there a little” (2 Nephi 28:30).
Some righteous desires may not be realized until after this life....Patience also means that when something cannot be changed, you come to accept it with courage, grace, and faith."
Over the course of my mission so far, I think one of the greatest lessons I have learned is patience; and through patience developing trust. Patience and trust with my amis, God's timing, my companions, etc. I can't always see the results immediately, and I can't always help every situation, but I can take it as it comes and work little by little and try to be 1% better every day and learn what He wants me to learn - and do it in His timing.
"All these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good" (D&C 122:7)
Everything happens for a reason, the question is what do we need to learn. I love you all so much!
Have an amazing week! À bientôt! 🥰
-Soeur Hansen
This week was crazy for sooo many reasons, but it was so fun because I was able to spend half the week with either the whole zone or district! Plus I finally got to meet the new mission President, his wife, and his family! I know, my mind was exploding from excitement too! 😁 
For this Zone Conference we talked a lot about becoming a disciple, staying a disciple, what it really means to be a disciple of Christ, and how it translates into our service. Along with that, we talked about prayerfully planning with a purpose and really putting the Lord first in the work. I loved it because as missionaries we wear Christ's name daily and in doing His work we should always be remembering Him and keeping Him central to all we are doing. By putting our trust in the Lord and keeping Him central in the work, we can see and expect miracles. Miracles also happen through our consistent and diligent efforts and we are more likely to progress in the work. I truly believe this idea and way of thinking can be applied to everything we do - not just in missionary efforts! We can see and expect miracles in every aspect of our lives, if and when we involve the Lord. 
I loved the things I learned from this Zone Conference and I left feeling so rejuvenated and excited to apply everything I learned! 
Afterward we all went for lunch for some kebab and then went....BLITZING! Blitizing is when a bunch of missionaries from different areas all gather together in one area and we all focus and work within one area together for a few hours! It's so fun! It's kind-of a finding party.🤣 The Elders in our district stayed in Toul, and because we have à car, my équipe and the STLS went to a nearby little town and did some good old fashioned door knocking! We were also on exchanges that day, so I was able to work with Soeur Weed, who was the other trainer for Soeur Thurgood! We had an absolute blast! We talked to some pretty amazing people and even got à few phone numbers. We did that for about 3 hours before we had to get back for some rendez-vous we had scheduled. 
Overall, this week was a bit if a slower week with rendez-vous, but it was okay because we had some fun finding opportunities and had some amazing learning opportunities through our Zone 
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