4 month mark!

Hello my favorite people in the world! 

How are you all? This week was CRAZY, so many things happened out of the blue, and I learned and grew SO much. Literally everyday I was out of my comfort zone, (even more than usual haha) but this week was definitely a week of growth and humility. :) 

So this week was the week of miracles, and we had a different activity each day. We worked together as a district each day, spending a day in each of our areas. SO two days in San Ramon, one in Naranjo, and one aqui in Grecia! We would contact in the park in each city, and then have lunch, and go out tracting for the rest of the day! It was super fun to have a change of pace, and be able to work and help out our district! We also had a lot of success finding new people, and we have a TON of referrals, so we are way excited about that! One day we were in San Ramon, and one of the hermanas was sick, so Hermana Henao stayed in with her, and I went out teaching with her comp, who only has a transfer more than me! But she is Latina, so that was a blessing :) It was SO fun to see different teaching styles and be able to learn to how become a better teacher!!

So Hermana Henao has a sickness called gastrities, and it´s like little holes or scars in her stomach, and she is super dizzy all the time. SO we did splits twice this week! She stayed with a member, and I went out with a member named Katherine, and she is 19, getting ready to serve a mission! IT WAS SO HARD BUT SO FUN! I basically just carried all of the lessons, and it was tough, but I learned SO much! Yesterday we did splits, and we taught some pretty incredible lessons and everyone was SUPER receptive. :) I am ALWAYS learning how I can become a better missionary. Hermana Henao is teaching me every day, lots of times a day, how I can improve my Spanish and as missionary. Talk about ¨refiner´s fire¨ I am definitely in the middle of it, and it is humbling me like crazy! :) 

Everyone is talking about their fun things they are doing, and their fun vacations and everything, and so I am going to share an exciting piece of news - WE ARE GOING TO SAN JOSE TODAY! yaya! We are headed to the doctor for Hermana Henao! So everyone,   it´s ok to be jealous of my luxurious life :) It´s about an hour and a half bus ride, and you bet I am gonna take a nice nap :) 

We didn´t have ANY investigators in the chapel yesterday. It was pretty embarrassing and devastating to say the least! We were thinking, ok, we have sufficient faith, we have called, texted and went by people´s houses, but no one came! WHY? I learned that we just need to trust in God´s timing, as hard as it is sometime. We need to have the faith, that He knows better. However, we can have a mountain of faith, but God cannot violate another person´s agency. No matter how hard we try. So this week, I learned the importance of faith, and how really, God´s timing is perfect, and we need to trust in Him with our whole heart, as hard as it may be. 

I AM LOVING IT! The mission is SO hard, and there are like a million things to do, but it´s so fun! I get to teach others the gospel, and represent Jesus Christ. I am so lucky! Also, we have a fridge full of fresh fruit and veggies, so I mean what could be better? Spanish is COMING. :) a poco a poco. 

I love you all! Thank you SO much for your support and prayers and emails! I would not be here if it wasn´t for the support, and I wouldn´t be here without my family, and to share and declare to others that they can receive the blessings of the gospel in their lives too! i love it :) 

all my love,

hermana hansen