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| Calli, Connor, and Hannah |
September 18, 2014~
Our first day without
Hannah. Both a sad and a happy day. How can
that be? you ask. Simple. I know whose hands I’ve given her over
to. The Lord’s hands. He has a special place in His heart for His
missionaries.
Well, I’ll be writing on this,
Hannah’s Blog, from now on. She’s on her
mission and isn’t allowed to use technology other than that for mission
purposes…so, with that said… Oh! But--I will be posting Hannah's letters here as well, for those of you who would like to read them and see pictures. You can also choose to 'follow' this blog, which means, you'll be notified when it is updated. On one of the sidebars, there should be that option to 'follow' her. ;)
We’re so proud of Hannah’s desire
to serve the Lord by going on a mission.
We know what this sacrifice means.
Right off the top of the list, it means that Hannah has willingly given
up 18 months of her life to serve the Lord full time. She now has a completely new routine: getting
up by 6:30 a.m. to shower, eat, and get ready for her day. Then she will dedicate an hour to her
personal study of the scriptures and prayer.
Then she will dedicate another hour to studying with her missionary
companion (since they are always in twos for their own protection), and pray
some more as they put their day’s agenda together. This requires faith in the Lord that they
will know His will on where to go and who to meet. The Lord already knows who He wants them to
meet for that day, and if they are in tune with His spirit, they will find
those whom He has already prepared.
This is beautiful, I think. Beautiful that our Father in heaven and our
Savior, Jesus Christ, know their children so well and know who has been
prepared to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ.
I am so grateful for a daughter who has prepared herself to receive
divine inspiration on the part of His children. As much as I miss her already, Hannah has
willingly sacrificed these next 18 months in order to bring the gospel message
to God’s children who might want to know His will for them. For you see, there are certain things that we
must do if we want to live with our Father again. Heaven has many levels; levels for all His
children to be happy and complete. But
not all those levels will be where our Heavenly Father dwells. I, personally, want to be with my family in
the highest degree of heaven where we can have eternal life and the full
measure of God’s blessings to his children.
He wishes to give us everything He has, and honestly, my goal is to be
with Him someday. Nowhere else would I
be as happy and productive as I want to be than there.
I believe Heaven is a very busy
place preparing for the Second Coming of our Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ. A very busy place, might I
reemphasize. I want to be a part of the beautiful
thing that is rolling forth, that stone cut without hands, rolling forth to
consume the earth—that is the gospel of Jesus Christ. And I’m grateful to have a daughter that I can
support in her endeavors to help bring this to pass during this hastening of
God’s work here on earth. I might not be
able to do a lot of things, but I am happy to raise my family unto the
Lord. They are good kids.
The time is nearing, folks. Our Savior truly will reign here upon this
earth soon. There will be one kingdom
only upon this earth. How will that
happen? By all nations bowing to
Him. There are difficult times ahead,
but through following God’s prophet on the earth today, we can be prepared and
be a help to the people of this earth.
Things are happening all around us that have been prophesied in the
scriptures. We are in the last hour. My daughter is part of the hastening of God’s
work upon the earth in these last days.
I’m grateful for her sacrifice. I
miss her terribly already, but I know she’s in good hands. I know she has a testimony of the gospel of
Jesus Christ. I know that she will be
okay. I’m grateful for her sweet spirit
and testimony. She’ll be fine. I know she will. She has much left to do upon this earth.
So, Hannah, God speed and God be
with you til we meet again!
Love,
Mom
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| 'This is the Place' Monument |
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| Salt Lake Temple |
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| Chuck-a-Rama is one of Hannah's favorite places to eat (all the kids, really...) and they gave her a free lunch because she was a missionary. Cool! :) |
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| It was very bright and very hot in front of the Provo, Utah Temple. |
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| Enjoying the last of our family time before we have to say good-bye... |
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| Saying good-bye was difficult for all of us... |
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| ...especially for the kids. This was heartbreaking, but sweet. I'm glad they love each other. |
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If you don't know what the face of sacrifice looks like, here it is...
I'm missing her already.
But Hannah's doing a very good thing. We're very proud of her sacrifice. |
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| See you in 18 months!!! |
