Hello everyone!! 

I know this is a classic missionary phrase, but this week passed by so quickly!!

Hermana Espinoza is the best and I have loved being in the same ward, just a different area!! I am learning so much from her, and there are so many miracles we are seeing! Tuesday, after our pday was over, we headed to dinner, and then taught two lessons, ending the day feeling very productive. From that night I knew this transfer was gonna be good. (Even though one week has only passed lol)

It's true...I was here in Houston for the first snowfall since 2009! As we headed out the door to exercise (or just stretch on the floor...you know how it is) we saw beautiful white fluff that was about 1 inch deep. It was really a white Christmas and YES this week was so cold. I thought I was back in Utah...almost 45 degrees everyday! So crazyyy. 

Funny story this week. Yesterday when we stopped in a Chick-fil-A parking lot to use their Wi-Fi to send in our numbers, and of course it was closed, but we pull up and say "what is someone doing going through the drive thru backwards??" (See attached picture) and Hermana Espinoza just cracks up laughing, starting crying and then I realize...oh yeah. Today is Sunday. They are closed. It's the Chick-fil-A catering car. 

We had one of those so-hard-all-you-wanna-do-is-cry days this week. It was rough! We talked to SO many people and knocked as many doors. Then, at 8 pm we tried to find a referral from one of our investigators, Family Peña, and we knocked, and found a man who really is interested in our message, and a WHOLE family who we have a return appointment with. Hermana Espinoza taught me,  "we are just trying to do God's will, and if it's His will that we just plant seeds all day, that is what needs to happen!" She's so amazing. 

I've been studying the Book of Mormon, focusing and highlighting the Doctrine of Christ, and its been amazing! The Book of Mormon is really coming to life!! I also read a talk by President Monson this week titled "Seeing others as they may become" and he talks about a missionary who saw others as they could become each time he contacted someone. It was life changing, and I am trying to do that each day!! I love being a missionary, and especially during this month of December. 

Have a good week!!! And be sure to #lighttheworld this week! 
Xoxox
Hermana Hansen

Wall art in my new area!!

SNOW

Classic first day car selfie.

Chick-fil-A car lol

For day 8 of #lighttheworld we went to nursing home

 and I've never loved anything more! They totally lit up my world :) 

Day 8 of #lighttheworld.