Hermana Hansen in Houston TX

more or less than a dollar store

HELLO FROM HOUSTON 👋

Life of a trio is just the best. We've been having a blast and enjoying every moment :) Yes that store is in my area. There are also men with carts selling raspas and chips who wander around. It's the best!! Also, just to give a perspective of how many Hispanics are here - there are two Spanish wards are one English ward in the same geographical area! And, there are six companionships of Spanish spilt up between the two wards and only two companionships of English! Super crazy. That's how highly populated this area is with Hispanics.

We have something called Hour of Power. For a hour on Thursdays, while the general authorities are praying in the Salt Lake Temple, we focus specifically on finding and teaching someone. So this week we had a cool Hour of Power miracle: we were leaving a terrible lesson with our progressing investigator family, and my companion said that we still had 20 minutes of hour of power, and we prayed for strength, walked down the street, and found a lady who was sitting outside. We sat down and taught her and then got a return appointment! I learned a lot about courage and the importance to keep going even after hard situations. I know the Lord puts us with our comps for a reason!!

CONFERENCE WAS AWESOME. This was the most amazing one ever. How cool was it that after each change, the spirit testified to me how true and necessary each change was! No more visiting teaching?? Sorry mom, you know don't have a calling anymore!! But for real, especially as a missionary trying to help the ward, it's going to be great to have those active members in the ward actually help and minister to those who need it!!! I am totally on board for this. Also, temples in Russia and India??? SO COOL. Also, I couldn't help but think of my Costa Rica peeps, from when I served near the coast and boarder of Nicaragua, how they are going to benefit from a temple closer, because the Costa Rica one is like 6 hours away in a bus!!

We also started to make a deal with our invs: if they can sit through the lessons quietly, Hermana Jacobs will make them balloon animals. Super fun and a slightly terrible idea, it turned into chaos haha

Something that I've learned (yes it's taken 16 months of being a missionary and 21 years of life) is that God can only teach us when we are humble. And if we aren't humble enough, He will surely do everything to humble us. He loves us SO much and wants us to become better disciples of Him. And the only way we can do that is by humbling ourselves to Him.

I love being a missionary and sharing this gospel with everyone here in hot Texas!! Its crazy to think that it's been one year since I returned home from Costa Rica. It's been the craziest, hardest, most fun year of my life. I've learned so much and grown closer to my Savior than I ever thought possible!! Because of Him, the sting death is swallowed up. We can find comfort in the resurrection, that we will see them again.

Xoxox

Hermana Hansen