TRANSFERS.....

BAUTISMO DE ELEN!!!! 

Christmas day at church

MERRY CHRISTMAS!! 

I hope everyone had a great week! I sure enjoyed the Skype sesh with my family :) and Christmas here was CRAZY! It was a day that started at 5:00 am! We had to get everything all set up at the church for Elen and Deivin's baptism!! And so we filled the font, set up the chairs and went to go pick them up. We picked them up, helped them get ready, and then arrived. There were like 50 gringos here for Christmas! We got everything ready, but it was late, so we just had a prayer, the baptism service, and then she changed for sacrament meeting. BOY, when she came out of the water, I could just see her smiling, shining face, and I knew that I came here in Santa Cruz for her. :) I have such a testimony in the Lord´s perfect timing. 

Sooooo, right after Skype yesterday the AP's called us, because today is transfers! AND I AM GOING TO BE A TRAINER!! I am SO nervous, and I didn't think it was really real. I thought for a second that he was confused. Everyone has been telling me that I am going to be a trainer this transfer, but I think deep down I didn't want to believe them! So I am going to receive her in Wednesday! I am so excited for this wonderful calling that I have to have a daughter :) I feel really nervous because I only have four and a half months here. I had my training, and a transfer with Hermana Carrillo and now I am a trainer!! I feel really honored and I know that the Lord will help me, just as he has done in the past :) 

We went to San Jose on Thursday afternoon, which means a five and a half hour bus ride!! We got to San Jose around 9:00 pm, and then the next day, Friday, we had a meeting with three other zones! It´s a big deal here when we get together as a mission, because it doesn't happen often!! And then after we went into the cultural hall and there was SANTA and trees and a whole bunch of presents and music and food. I felt like I was living in the Capitol (Hunger Games reference for Hannah my bff) because normally we NEVER eat like this. It was way funny!! And then we walked around San Jose, and then took the five hour bus ride home! 

I love you all. Thanks for all the support and love and prayers that you send me way! I am so happy here. I told my family on Skype, that this is so hard, but I love it. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. Time is going by so fast and I feel like I just wanna pause and enjoy EVERY second. :) Also THANK you to everyone who sent me something in the mail, or an email, you made my Christmas even better :) 

Hermana Hansen :)

ps Think of me Wednesday when I meet my daughter!! YAY! 
ps One of my STL cut my hair for me last week, a couple of inches

lol my dad from Honduras :) 

SANTA, I KNOW HIM I KNOW HIM 

My compi, I love her to death

I saw Hermana Henao because we had cambios this morning!!!

Hair cut

TOTALLY AWESOME CHRISTMAS DAY SKYPE WITH HERMANA HANSEN

FELIZ NAVIDAD!!

We went caroling with our whole zone!! :)

Elen and her daughter and niece!! :) yo la amo. 

THE VIEW FROM OUR PORCH!! 

Hi everyone :) 

Wow another week went by!! Each week comes with it´s own ups and downs and adventures. If anyone thinks that the mission is only a certain schedule and the same thing everyday is WRONG!! 

So this week was the monthly week of miracles! You all know and are familiar with it, that it is basically a week just dedicated to finding!! It was a really different week though, because we just focused on basically spreading the Christmas spirit. We went singing in the hospital, visited an old folk´s home and went caroling. It was so fun, and nice to have a change of pace, although we didn´t find a whole bunch of new people!! 

We had our ward Christmas party this week! It was NOTHING like one in Utah, but still way good!! We had a good turnout and we had a lot of investigators show up!! We had dinner, watched a video about Christmas and had karaoke and dancing!! It was so fun. We just set up outside of the church. Ticos are so so so joyful, it´s the best. Everyone is so happy. Plus FREE DINNER! And we never eat dinner, so it was a win win :) 

Elen and her son, Deivin are gonna get baptized this week!! I am so happy for them. They love the church and really truly have a desire to be baptized, which is the most important. I am just so grateful that God let us find them and get know them and help them :) 

It literally doesn´t feel like Christmas here! I feel normal, and the only time I feel like it´s Christmas is when we sing hymns of Christmas!! But, I truly am grateful for this time that we have to reflect and think about Christ, His birth and His life here. 

I love you all, and I love being a missionary!! :) I hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas, and a happy new year!! I will be here, happy with a sunburnt neck and a smile :) Thanks for all the support and prayers!! 


Hermana Hansen

The crazy statue here in Santa Cruz :) 

WE SAW MONKEYS!!! 

Miracles and Sunshine

HI MY FAVORITES!!!

This week was crazy! Time is a weird thing, I feel like it has been forever since I wrote you all, but then again it was just pday, I don't understand it haha.

On Tuesday we had Zone Meeting in Liberia, like a two hour bus ride! It was really nice and we learned a TON about unity and love. We also have goal of 100 souls that we are giving o the Lord, like baptisms, as a mission this month!! After the meeting, we had divisiones with the STLs :) I went to their area with Hermana Buckles. She is a gringa also and it was so fun! I learned so much from her, and it was so fun to switch things up a bit :) She is so increíble, and we had some REALLY powerful lessons. Its so cool to see that even when you are just companions for a day, we had so much unity.

So we have an investigator named Elen, and she is the sister of a recent convert. She is livng with her sister right now, because she had a really abusive boyfriend. She has three little kids, and its quite the time when we go over. They are both single moms with five kids total. Hahah it gets a little crazy :) She investigated the church like four years ago, but never got baptized. But we were in our second lesson with her on Wednesday, and I felt like I needed to challenge her to be baptized, and I felt like the 22 of Dec was right. I challenged her, and she started to cry. She said that that was her exact date for her baptism four years ago. She said that she didn't go to her baptism because her boyfriend had hit her, and she had a bruise around her eye! But that she loves the church and has been WAITING. Man, isn't God and His timing just perfect? :) She came to church with all of her kids and said that she felt at peace in the church, and her kids loved Primary. We are just working with her to prepare her for her date :)

I gave a talk in Church yesterday. Of course I talked about missionary work :) I had like two days notice, and so I just had like 20 minutes to plan it! Welcome to the life of a missionary :) and I talked for like 15 minutes! #giftoftounges :)

Mom, I eat american cheese now. I mean when its cheap and my mom likes it, I eat it. lol :)

I had an amazing personal study today, I was reading in Hebrews 12. It says in verse 2 that Christ is the Author and Finisher of our faith. I was pondering on that, and realized that really, when we have faith in Christ, He is our Author, He is why we have faith. We have faith in him, His plan, and His timing. He is the finisher because sometimes our faith isnt totally perfect, and sometimes we have doubts, but that He is there to help us and finish our unperfect faith :)

I know that my Savior lives  and loves us, even in times of dificulty or when we feel alone. I am so happy for this time of year we have to celebrate Him and His birth :) I love you all! Have a great week and enjoy the snow :)


Hermana Hansen

5 meses

The little girl in primary :) 

The only day we actually get ready is for district meeting!!

HI MY LOVED ONES!!! 

So literally does not feel like Christmas AT ALL here! Yeah, people have trees and lights, but without the cold and snow and Christmas music, it feels missing! Oh, and the fact that I am a missionary :) That makes Christmas season a little bit different :) 

So this week we were walking away from lunch, and I looked up to the trees, and there was a monkey!!! We were like three feet away from it! Then I looked up even more and THERE WAS A WHOLE FAMILY OF MONKEYS! I am talking like 15 monkeys! And of course I didn't bring my camera that day, because we went to a kinda stetchy part of Santa Cruz! But we stopped for a few minutes and took it in, because we had to remember it only in our heads! I have def only seen monkeys in a zoo. Such a cool experience :) 

On Sunday morning it was raining WAY hard here! The whole presidency of the primary was sick, so we got to sub for them and help out another sister!!! IT WAS THE BEST THING EVER. It just made my decision even firmer that I want to be a teacher when I am older. There is a family from the US in our ward, and there are three kids! So I took them aside and taught them about Jesus and it was the best thing ever. It is SO hard to not be able to hold the kids!! 

So I have discovered the two hardest parts of my mission: accepting the agency of others, and having constant faith. Sometimes it's HARD to accept that people don't accept the gospel, or don't come to church, or don't want to hear more. BUT faith is KEY. I learned this week that really, faith is a belief in something that we can't see, but we believe. For example, we need to have faith that we can have three baptisms this month, even though we can't see the outcome yet!! So I have been focused on faith this week. 

We have a few SOLID investigators and we are just fasting a praying for them!! And having FAITH that we will be able to see our efforts :) Pray for Michael and Martha :) 

I love you all!!! Have a good Christmas and listen to lots of Christmas music for me!!! :) Remember the real reason we celebrate Christmas, Christ. All that He did for us, and because He was born, we can have such a happy life and happiness in life. 


Hermana Hansen :) 

My zone and three other comps of the other zone! 

We played volleyball and made sandwiches today! Super awesome :) 

Our DL bought us dinner. It was sweet! Def not gonna turn down free food :) 

But we walk like 10 miles a day, so I am not getting fat don't worry ;)