She needed a blessing!

This week has been really good! I just wanted to share some cool experiences I had yesterday(:So I had the chance to speak again during sacrament meeting. I spoke on the talk "Mountains to Climb" by Elder Henry B. Erying in the April 2012 session of Conference. I was able to share the story about when I broke my leg, it went very well. Everyone told me I was a natural when it comes to speaking!! ha ha yeah right!! We had an investigator there, Patricia, she is going through a really hard time in her life and she told me that my talk was exactly what she needed to hear, it was cool. Then after church, I had the chance to give a blessing. A new girl from Columbia had recently moved into the ward, she barley speaks any English, a couple of the priesthood holders in the ward were going to give her a blessing and they asked her who they wanted to do it, and she said Elder Hanks. I didn't really even know she needed a blessing, and I just got pulled in. I was very nervous.. my hands were shaking, but when I started it was like it wasn't even me giving the blessing, words were just flowing out of my mouth, it was really cool! We had zone training, it went really well. I had an interview with Pres. Millar and we basically talked about that it has been almost a year since we first met in St. George. He is a great guy! Good to hear about all the farewells! I can't believe Jentry will be here in this beautiful country, he is as almost as lucky as me(: ha ha I love you both very much. Thanks for your wonderful example! I couldn't have made it hear without you.

 I'm getting more and more excited for the warm weather.. but it never seems to come!! It has been a week of finding!  To switch up the finding this week, we did whiteboard contacting. It was great, we had a question on a whiteboard that said "Do you believe in God?" and then we had a "yes" and a "no" column. We went to a pretty busy area, and just asked people the question, and had them do a tally for their answer. It was a really good way to get people talking. We had quite a bit of discussions and one or 2 times  people came up to us and were trying to prove there is no God. I say trying because every question they had, we answered. It was very funny to see there reactions and walk away very frustrated. Isn't it great that we have all the answers to so many questions that people have about life? I think it is! So The Book of Mormon musical came out on Saturday and it was pretty intense. The front and back 2 pages of the news paper was covered it adds. You can't walk through a train station without seeing 4 or 5 adds. And the best part of it all is the looks that we get(: Everyone looks at us like were from a different planet or something! Its so funny! I just love being here! Its so great, everyday is a new adventure! How blessed we are to be part of this wonderful gospel! How blessed we are to be able to share it with those around us. I was able to use this scripture a lot this week, it's Alma 32:8-9. Remember to always be praying. Whatever it is we do.  As we listen to the Spirit and say our prayers continually throughout the day we can avoid temptation, and live happy lives(: Hope everyone has a brilliant week! Cheers!