Hey Yall!!

yes i did get in a swimming pool no it didn't have any water in it! it was pretty funny! anywho! 

This week was a good week we had so many miracles happen and we have plenty more to go!! 

Monday night we had FHE with the Blounts. it was hilarious!! it reminds me of home the way that they do FHE. we played a fun game that you pass around booklets and you have to draw on them. lets just say im not the least talented drawer! it was hilarious! we also watched as all the Blounts tried to put spoons on their faces! their youngest just turned twelve could put three spoons on his face! it was amazing!! 

Tuesday we went over and had amazing lesson with our Investigator!.we got out of there and had three missed phone calls from Jimmy.So we called him back, he asked us how long he thought it would take him to come back to the church. i said 6 months! he said no sucker! im getting baptized tomorrow! oh and im getting the holy ghost and the aaronic priesthood too! we could not believe it!! we litereally screamed and ran around the room with joy! it was very good news to us! this month has been the Parkers month. Heather was baptized on the 1st, jimmy on the 19th and tristan on the 29th its awesome! We got out family!! 

we have been trying to talk to Tristan about Serving a mission lately! we know he is going to be an amazing missionary so we are trying to get him to serve one. any 

as i said jimmy got baptized Wednesday night. it was amazing the spirit was so strong. it was awesome! then they took us all out to O'Charly's that night. O'charlys has free pie wednesday!! its so awesome!! its not as good as village in free pie night but hey! free pie! ill take it any time! 

Thursday was an eventful time! we were riding to go tracting and i wasn't wearing the best skirt i have no idea what i was thinking, but anyways i was ridingh a long when all of the sudeen my back tire stopped going and i almost flew off my bike. Pretty much my entire skirt was wrapped around my bike and i was stuck! sister arbon was pretty much a 700 feet away and could hear me yelling at her to stop. haha she says she was about to cross the light and she said "ready hanks? " she turned around and i wasn't there. she had to come back and save me! i felt bad for all the cars passing because im pretty sure everyone could see my garments. note to future sisters: ride a bike with your skirts and make sure they don't get caught. 

Saturday we had a baptism! 

we went to a church called 12 Stone on saturday as well. its really cool! and strange! they have a live band that plays songs for the first 30 mins of the service, kinda like a rock concert. and then they have a pastor who talks to them. we stuck out so bad too because no one wears church clothes they all come in jeans and tshirts and anything really. haha its so strange but hey! people go to church right?? 

Bahaha there is a little girl next to me right now, and she just said Spider Monkey's are so cute aren't they? haha nope they aren't. 

so spiritual thought for the week! i have doing a study on the Holy Ghost because i am giving the talk on it at Tristan's baptism. I found Three steps that help you recieve inspiration from the Holy Ghost. 1. Have Faith 2. Be Clean 3. Have Pure Motive ~ President Erying. 

if you do these three steps the Holy Ghost will always be there with you! 

Have a fabulous week! Remeber that God loves you and so do I!! 

Love Sister Hanks

~ Sister kafu  and I we hit up the mall together this morning and found some awesome deals!! 

~ we had to pick up our bikes and they only fit in the car with all of the seats down! so i rode in the back with them. 

~ This is the definition of Sister Arbon and I's relationship. we are always laughing! 

~ I am in a swimming pool! 

~ close to swimmers open to missionaries!!