Fresh Starts

just two happy sister missionaries studying :) 

HELLO!!! 

So I literally don´t have any time, so sorry in advance if this email is crazy and doesn't make any sense :) I am also starting to lose my English, so if words are mixed up, this is why!! 

SANTA CRUZ! Literally I feel at home here. As much as I can feel, surrounded by Spanish speakers and being gringa :) Pero our area is HUGE, I haven't even been to every part of our area! It´s like the size of Salt Lake, but ALL of Salt Lake. There are buses about 20 minutes out, to get to the outer parts of our area :) Also, there is a BEACH in our area, but we can't go around there because of.....well swimmers. hahaha. 

Hermana Carrillo and I are literally the best. We are just laughing all day long in the street, as we walk to our appointments :) I am literally so happy. She is 28, and yet seems so much younger. She is so happy all the time, and it helps me and raises my spirits!! 

So we are in a ward, and there are elders in our area as well! We eat lunch with them everyday, we have a member that cooks us food :) and our ward has about 85 members! There are a few gringo families, and yesterday I was talking to them in English, I realized that I have started to lose my English!!! I am like in the awkward halfway stage, I don´t know everything in Spanish, and yet I am loosing my ability to speak English!! It´s pretty cool though that I am so immersed in the culture that I am loosing it! Hermana Carrillo was a English teacher before her mission, so she knows English, which is helpful! She also helps me with my pronunciacion!! 

I GOT CALLED UP YESTERDAY IN SACRAMENT MEETING TO BEAR MY TESTIMONY AND HOLY COW IT WAS SO SCARY! But it went really good! The people here tell me that I don't even have that bad of a gringa accent!! YAY! :) 

I know with my whole heart that this church is true, and I am so happy for the privilege that I have to represent Christ and preach this gospel to others!! I also LOVE having the ability to learn Spanish!! I am so happy here and I wouldn't want to be anywhere but here!!! I love you all and THANK you for all the support! My testimony is growing each day, and I am loving it here. Know that a girl in Costa Rica is thinking of you all and praying for you!! If you aren't saying your morning and nightly prayers, DO IT!!!! 

Love you all,

Hermana Hansen!

ummmm we did service this week....:)

mi agenda!! ( it´s ok to be jealous, other missionaries :))