Elder William Hansen

Dear all,
We had two miracles this week.
one answered many prayers. Bang eka, who previously said he had no
desire to learn, recontacted us, said he missed something from the
lessons, and wanted to continue preparing for baptism, even if he
parents will freak out, he is starting to gain a testimony, and
realized what he needs to do, he is still a little lazy and scared,
but itsw a miracle he wants to learn and make the commitment again!
second miracle.....elder barlow didnt die! he was rideing his bike in
front of me through traffic like usual, and then suddenly a car door
swung open at the perfect time, hit his handle bars, flipped him
completely upside down, his bike stopped in place, he landed on his
back (which was also good) and skidded for a bit. no other cars or
scooters hit him and he got up and even though he was furious, acted
very calm to the man who had hit him. (perhaps a third miracle eh?)
got some more news: two possible three new followers on instagram.
bang eka and another investigator bang jesse followed me haha. if you
want to go stalk them or something. it was weird to go look at it when
i pulled it up for him. like a completely different life that im not
even a part of anymore! so crazy!
theres super bad smoke in the air this week from a huge fire, and
because of it the sun is an awesome red all day. id send a pic but, my
computer is not working with that right now.
heres a funny story. the other elders (pujianto/zollinger) are
teaching a guy who has recieved consent from his parents to be
baptized into our church....but only in jerusalem in the river jordan.
which is a noble efoort, and they say its cuz if he does that he'll be
saved no matter what, but ya...kinda described christians around here.
kinda believe whatever and only listen to their pendeta ( pastors who
are usually freaking crazy gila)
SPeaking of which. we met a pendeta this week, who said we could be
freinds and hang out and lend each other money and sleep over at each
others houses, but NO SHARING CHURCH MESSAGES. yaaaa so we didnt go
back to visit him.
not much else happened this week. does anyone have any questions about
indonesia? i cant say we eat cool stuff cuz we cook french toast or
noodles for sunday then eat on the street every other day. fried rice,
normal rice with chicken. fried noodles (pretty much only time in my
mission i will eat noodles lots of chinese here hence noodle shops)
apparently food here is boring so im excited to try some new kinds in
a few months. something that will shock my parents, is that ive eaten
like every kind of fruit i wouldnt eat at home. and more. im branching
out, the rice is getting to me.
haha so im chilling here on the ground, in my little email cubicle (no
chair is normal) and some indonesian school kids come up look look at
my screen, and im like hey what do you want im emailing my family and
they like freaked out cuz i spoke indonesian, people here definitely
dont excpect white guys to speak any indonesian!
ok everyboyd. have a super good week! stay safe, good luck with everything!
Love
Elder Hansen
ps #rainyseasonhasbegun