Week one as a mom

We were in a trio while we were waiting to receive our hijas!! 

Best 2 days EVER!

Temple trip with the trainers and the babies!!! 

What an incredible experience.

MI HIJIA! Yes this is serious. She is literally 4 feet tall. 

Yes we get really weird looks everywhere we go! Yes I love her.

Hi everyone!! 

This week was absolutely NUTS, so bear with me as I spill ALL THE DEETS. 

The news that everyone (my mom) was waiting for....my hija is Hermana Chub from Guatemala! She is LITERALLY 4 feet tall (there is a picture to prove it) but she is so awesome. I mean we definitely have our differences, with the culture and all BUT it's so fun. It's been fun to learn about the culture of Guate because I have only had comps from Columbia! The stress of being a mom, teaching her everything, and managing the area has been A LOT! It's been a long week of constant prayers and lots of silent crying in the shower moments (moms don't cry in front of their kids) BUT I love it. I get the chance to help her become a missionary, and hopefully a missionary viva y dinámica :) 

SO we got to go to the temple as trainers and the new missionaries! It was incredible because I understood SO much, and because the spirit was so strong. There is something about the Celestial Room in each temple that just takes my breath away. It is also the last time I will go to the temple in my mission unless I train again, so I took every second in :) 

We are doing good here in Santa Cruz! I have really amazing leaders that help me so much. I am really just getting lost in the work, thinking less about my needs and more about my investigators and the members and mas que todo, my hija :) 

One last thing, I got a blessing on Sunday night, because I was feeling an IMMENSE amount of stress, and it said basically that my mission will not be easy, but that I will grow a love for it and it will always hold a place in my heart. OH NO. I mean I knew that it wouldn't be easy but now I know for sure....*panic face* so here we go :) I am really ready. The blessing helped me a TON and I know that the power of the Priesthood is real. WE have the authority and power to work miracles and baptized and be sealed in the temple, because Jose Smith was foreordained to restore the church! I LOVE THIS GOSPEL AND I LOVE COSTA RICA

I am so stressed and tired and my body is so tired each day at the end of the day but I am so happy and I love it here more than anything!! It's hard but I wouldn't want to be anywhere else :) 

all my love 

Hermana Hansen 

New year, new comp y soy una mama!!  

I had a friend in my shower the other day. 

I learned later that if he bites you, your tongue goes numb and your arms too. GREAT