Saturday, February 28, 2015

Week 6 MTC

This week was crazy busy!  So much happened!
 I cant believe in less than a week I will be flying across the world to a whole new place but I am so excited as well to have this opportunity. 
Yesterday, we had in-field orientation all day and I realized how blessed I am to only be learning Tagalog (even though I will probably learn ilongo) in the field, but to see all the different languages like Thai. The Lord knows that I could not handle that and that Tagalog is the language for me. 

Monday, Sister Blake and Sister Glick weren't feeling well and so Sister Edrington joined our companionship. It was so strange to be a trio and not just the two of us. Sister Edrington and her companions have been teaching this investigator named Leah, who is here and is being taught by multiple sets of missionaries.  We got to help teach her with Sister Edrington Monday night. This was a super helpful but hard experience for me because we had been told that she has some things that she does not want to overcome about feeling worthy and I realized that as we taught her, she really doesn't feel worthy. She told us over and over again that we don't need to do anything to be saved by the Savior. We talked about the experience in the Bible of Peter and Jesus on the water and how Peter lost his faith and the Savior reached down and saved him. She said that she didn't believe that the savior only saved him because he called out and said save me, but because he is the savior He will always reach down and save us. It was really interesting to hear her point of view on it all being someone who has heard so much about the Gospel but still be able to teach those who are trying to teach us. She really made us rethink the things that we think about the Savior and his role in our lives. He will and already has saved us but that does not mean that we are saved. We must prepare ourselves to be willing to be in His presence and to accept the gift that He has given to us. If we don't feel worthy of this gift it will be so much harder to be accepting of the gift and the things that He has done for us. This is why our works are so important, we don't work to be saved, we work to be able to look the savior in the eye and say I did everything in my power to be able to help you just as you helped me. That is the lesson that we need to recognize from the Savior and it is written all over in the scriptures.

Tuesday, we had an amazing devotional, by the first counselor in the presiding bishopric. He is from France. I loved his talk and how he spoke to all of us missionaries. He also played a piano duet with a man he met while serving elsewhere in the world and it was beautiful. After the devotionals on Tuesday we review in our districts, Sister Glick came and was shaking like she had Parkinsons disease. So after the song, I went back with her to let her lay down for a while and just rest. It was so nice to be able to talk with her and to get to know her better, and while I was there her shaking calmed down but after I left it got so bad she ended up going to the ER that night. It was really funny because she had a blessing before she left, and the Elders of the other district gave it to her. When Elder Bray found it he was like, no way she is my sister I want to give my sister's their blessings. He says he doesn't want daughters but we all know the truth. 

Wednesday, Sister Blake had the appointment with her doctor and they figured out what was wrong with her, she has a problem with her heart that they need to treat medically and so we learned that she would be going home the next morning. That was so hard because we all wanted her to be able to come with us and we really didn't want to leave without her, but she felt such peace knowing that she has a work here and that she gave everything to her mission. I thought a lot about the dates of our missions and how our calls only tell us that it is anticipated we will serve for 18 months. I realized her mission and her purpose was to be in my district and to show us all the unconditional love of Jesus Christ and the love that we can have for the Book of Mormon. And her mission was not not fulfilled because she was sent home early it instead was completely fulfilled in that she did everything she was intended to do while here in our lives. So, in all of our eyes and in the eyes of the Savior her work here is done and if she is able to at some point serve a mission elsewhere it will be for another purpose. 

Thursday, we got to teach over skype again. Only this time it was so strange because the person we were teaching was on the Trax over by Valley Fair Mall and was super close to you all. It was hard also because we kept losing him and couldn't get a hold of him for like most of the time. But it was really cool to talk with someone in Tagalog and realize how much we can say. 

Friday was a long day. We went to In-field Orientation which is just the last workshop to prepare you for the field but it is 10 hours long. We also decided that for our last sunday here we are going to sing in Sacrament meeting and Sister Blake is able to come and join us. We chose "I'll go where you want me to go" in some Tagalog and some English.  I get to accompany our district. I am super nervous because I have not played the piano in so long and I miss it. But it will be good, I just know it.

 I can't believe 6 weeks has already gone by and that I am now ready to be around the world. I can't wait to go and participate in the Lord's work. I know that we are given so many things and that the Lord is merciful to each of us in our own individual ways. I was reading yesterday in Alma 9:16 I think and it talked about how merciful the Lord was to the Lamanites that He did not take them off the earth and he did not punish them for the foolishness of their fathers and that they were never taught the gospel by their parents and He does the same with us. He knows the things that we need and He gives them to us, but if we are unwilling to accept them then that is where we are sinning. We need to accept the gifts that are given to us and we are still on this Earth because we need to learn something more to be more able to help the Lord and to be able to use all the gifts that we are given.  
Sorry, I am short on time so no Tagalog today

Mahal Kita, 
Sister Hansen




Saturday, February 21, 2015

Week 5 MTC


So much has happened this week!  I hope I can get it all into my short amount of time I have. So after emailing last week, we got to go to the temple. I did sealings for the first time. It was really cool to be in the sealing room and to hear all the blessings of a sealing. Today, we get to do another live endowment for our zone,  its so weird to be the ones who have been here the longest now. We are the oldest district here in our zone... so crazy!!! Time flies.
 So on Sunday, we got to do our usual Temple Walk and that was great, except it was the last time we got to take pictures with our group that was leaving on Thursday. It was really fun to be able to see them off, I sure will miss them though. We also got to hear from Elder Allen, this is actually the second time we got to hear from him here. It was really cool to hear from him again. He spoke on the importance of being with our Kasama (companion). He said that we are given kasamas to have as a protection and to be our protection. It was an amazing talk. He also said that we know what we know in our hearts but they(Kasama) don't always know what is in our hearts so we need to tell them all the time that we love them and that we need them and all the things we love about them. 
Monday - It was Elder Andrews birthday so we decorated the classroom with balloons and streamers and tried to keep him out so that he would be surprised when he got to class. He saw before but it turned out OK. I don't think anyone besides my kasama and I so it was all good. It was so fun and our teacher even sent donuts to us for his birthday. 
Tuesday- We sang Consider the Lilies for choir in the devotional (just for you Malia). That day we also heard from Elder Johnson and he spoke on faith. I really loved his talk and then the night just showed us how important faith is. So, the Trio in our district, took Sister Blake to the doctor.  Sister Blake just kept feeling like her heart was in her throat all the time. So they went and after the devotional we realized  they still weren't back and we were a little worried but then they walked in.  Sister Blake came in with a lot of monitors attached to her and almost on the brink of tears. It was really scary. She reported that the doctors told her she had heart palpitations (irregular heart rate). When we asked what she needed, she replied,"a blessing and that she would have the faith  that she needs to be able to heal to fly to the the Philippines when the rest of the district goes." At that moment, we were all in tears. We really don't want to go without her and we know how important it is for her to be with us. So we are all praying and fasting for her this Sunday, and if she could be included in your prayers as well I would appreciate it. We are all praying for her to get better, and want for her to be able to join us. 
Wednesday - I got to host. I actually got to host an international missionary from Tahiti. I'm pretty sure she is going to the Philippines as well,  speaking cebuano. I also helped with several other sisters. Hosting was not nearly as hard as I thought it would be. I thought to see the missionaries with their families and see them so sad be harder but it wasn't. It did help me a lot to remember how far I have come and to think that I am still doing so great. Plus we just found out we get to host again on Wednesday
Thursday - Was a pretty tough day but we got to Skype with a member who was in Quezon, Philippines, her name is Blossom. We skyped at 6:30 pm here and it was Friday morning there 9:30 am.
And Yesterday!!!! WE GOT OUR TRAVEL PLANS!!!!!!
We leave here Thursday March 5, at 3:35 am for our flight. We are flying from Salt Lake to Tokyo Japan. and then to Manila. 

Also I heard that I get to email on Wednesday March 4 and most likely when we land. I don't know the best way to call I have heard several parents are sending disposable phones that can just be trashed and that makes the most sense to me. I don't know if I will be able to call in Tokyo I hope, but we will see. 

This was the best! We have had some tough nights this week and sometimes we just laugh and sometimes we take turns rotating beds and letting each other cry about everything. Wednesday was a crying night and we just moved around and comforted each other, it was really good to see and hear from everyone. Then we just all were in such a weird mood and we were sitting in bed crying and some sister from the floor below came up and was telling us to be quiet and we were just all saying "well, we are just up here crying no big deal". Then one of the sisters in my room, sits up and says I just need to throw something and another sister replied, "well, throw your pillow and I'll throw it back", she responded, "nope, not good enough, can a throw an apple?" The other sister said, "I guess so" and the next thing we hear is crack. The sister chucked the apple at the wall by another sister's head. Then said, "that felt really good". We all busted up laughing our heads off until we heard a small knock on the door and we all turn completely silent. Luckily, we didn't get in trouble it was just Sister Snyder who was leaving the following morning to the Philippines. It is our biggest joke right now.  Sister Edrington still has a hiccup about every 20 minutes and it is hilarious when someone asks a question and as we are then thinking about the answer, she hiccups! No one can stop laughing and now one of our Guro's makes this face like a fish that is freaking out without air. So when poor Sister Edringon hiccups that's all we can think about is his face. Some say it sounds like a lamb and others a fish. 
Also do you want to hear some Filipino jokes? 
a squid is called a pusit so a backwards squid is an a-pusit (opposite)
What is too big in Tagalog? Tubig is water in tagalog so it is really confusing and funny
tuhod is knees so one knee is a onehod
Yes, these jokes are super corny but we all just laugh and laugh at them. apparently my humor will turn super corny after being in the Philippines. 
So hopefully these words aren't repeats but I don't remember the words I have sent
Kaibigan - friend
tiwala - trust
sikap - try
tagapagligtas - savior
Juan Bautista - John the Baptist
Kamusta po kayo - how are you
Also, Mahal Kita is only said to people like really close boyfriends or girlfriends or to parents so if you just want to say love you (to a group) its mahal ko kayo
Mahal Ko Kayo Pamilya ko
Sister Hansen







Saturday, February 14, 2015

Week 4 MTC

This week by far, has been the absolute slowest week of my life! 
But here we are again, a testimony that bad days come to an end and the sun will come out again. This weather has been so nice! It's hard to remember that it is February and Valentines Day! Happy Valentines Day everyone! I heard some kid walking around today saying that Jesus is his Valentine for two years. He He
 I am so glad that my letter made it home. I thought it will be fine but I didn't put a return address so I worried it would get lost and I would never see those pictures again. Also, Happy Anniversary on Wednesday to Mom and Dad!
I feel like I am finally adjusted to the schedule and life of a missionary here at the MTC but it makes it hard to remember one week from another. Not much new happened except we got an assignment this week..... HOSTING!!!! I get to help all the new missionaries that come in on Wednesday! I am super excited except I have no clue where I am going half of the time so we will see how this goes :) I got my package last night and then got busy helping a sister with some stress she was going through so I didn't get a chance to open it until this morning! It was so funny as we were laying in bed I had like 3 sisters ask if I was ever going to open my package then we talked about having a Christmas party! So I told them I would save it for Christmas morning. We laughed our heads off last night, we were talking about having a significant other back home and my companion said, the last time I was on a date was April.... so things are getting pretty serious... We could not stop laughing it was so funny! I love that we all can just laugh with each other and we laugh at pretty much anything. 
So Thursday, Thursday was an emotional roller coaster ride for most everyone. We got the absolute best advice on studying Tagalog (flashcards that are colored and have a picture... Genius!) 
Well, some of my district members were having a terrible day and that night Sister Edrington ( she gets a single hiccup just about every 20 minutes) and we were all just stressed, so she hiccups and then we all burst out laughing the mga Guro included (mga guro - teachers) No one could stop laughing. That same night we got a peptalk and people were crying and the Elders just sat there and stared at us as if they had no clue what was going on in their life. We talked about it the next day and they said they thought we were joking until tears were shed. Sister Blake was saying to them that they were going to have all daughters because of this and that they should prepare themselves. Elder Bray looked her straight in the face and said I will only put up with this for one woman (in a joking way) and we all just laughed some more.
Another mix up of Tagalog happened, some girls in the other district confused the word puso ( heart) pusa (cat) and told their investigator and their class for like a week to offer up their whole cat to the Lord. I can't even hear the word any more without laughing.
 It is so crazy to think that next Sunday I will be getting my travel plans (yata- I think it's Sunday) and then I will be off! 
Sister Gibbs and I are teaching our district on the Book of Mormon (Aklat ni Mormon) on Sunday so we will see how that goes. I am starting to think more in Tagalog which is really nice except it is usually when I am speaking to someone who doesn't know Tagalog so I forget that not everyone understands me. 

Ohh....... and last Saturday I had the coolest experience ever! Two sister are from Cerabis ( no clue how to spell that) and don't have a temple there so they got to go through for the first time ever. It really made me realize how lucky we are to have so many temples so close to us. They didn't have any family there, they were all alone and many never get another chance to go to the temple after their mission. I feel so blessed to have the opportunities I have had in my life. I am going to be so sad to leave the people in our district because we are all so close now and we love spending time together. I am so glad that I have been able to meet every single person here and I know right now is the time for me to come and serve with these specific individuals. Well, I don't know much more to say than that. But things are going really well here, some days it feels like I never lived anywhere else and other days it feels like I am never going to leave this place.
 Are there any words that people want to know or words people want to know how to say?
Plano ng Kaligtasan - Plan of Salvation
Alam ko po na sa pamamagitan ng pagbabyad-sala tayo makakabalik sa Diyos. Do you guys understand any of this? 
Salamat po - thank you
Opo (or OO) - yes
Hindi - no
Kasama ko - my companion
Pamilya ko - my family

We were singing the hymn with the word "no" we were all saying hindi instead of no except it was one note and hindi has two syllables and it was really funny to hear hindi instead of no. 
Well, I am going to send some pictures if I can from my Kasama.
Mahal Kita,
Sister Hansen 


Sister Gibbs is from Colorado and comes from a family with no sisters only brothers. She is studying Math at BYU Provo. 

Monday, February 9, 2015

Feb. 9th, Handwritten Letter

Dear Family,

First off happy late birthday Tatay(father) I forget the days while I am here. Thanks so much for the last package you sent me. I am currently eating as I write this. I just wanted to share my notes from the devotional last night. Brother Kelly Mills spoke to us. He is over all of  the International MTC's so we got to see a picture of the Manila MTC,  we get to stay for 5 days upon our arrival in the Philippines. Also, a few things I forgot in my letter we spoke with a sister from Austraila who just got home from Olongapo. She guessed where we all will be going. I will put it in here when I find where it is written down. So, back to the talks Sister Mills said from Christ walk with me, it's not so much your abilities but my works to be done. I love that! Also, how music is a universal language so we should use it. It's amazing to hear my district sing in Tagalog because at that point it doesn't matter how much we know or how well we sing the hymn, the hymn sounds absolutely beautiful and super amazingly spiritual. Then Bro Mills told us how he learned in shop class that if you sand the edges of the wood, the middle will take care of it's self, and that the edges are all of God's children around us we then will become smooth. How cool!
Quick side note, I might be learning a song on the piano to accompany a couple sisters of my district. Guess how many sisters we have in our zone now? 35 sisters and 7 elders. Crazy huh? The SD card has pictures so if you can't tell Sister Gibbs is a brunette. Sister Hamson is tall. Sister Goodman is short Sister Blake has long brown hair. Sister Edringtond has naturally curly hair and Sister Glick has medium/shoulder length black hair. Elder Bray is half Philippino and Elder Andrews is super tall. So anyway, the guesses are:
Elder Bray--Castillo Jose
Elder Andrews--Lizon
Sister Goodman---San Nariiso
Sister Gibbs--Abukay
Sister Hamson--San Torio
Sister Hansen----Lubon(She said you pronounce it Cowbell)
So we will see, right? Well, let me know if you want any more questions answered and I will give my Tagalog words for the day. Also, tell Bria and Ada that I love seeing their cute pictures and hearing that they are praying for me. I miss you all but know that I have left you in the best hands while I am away. Oh, and I almost forgot we made a declaration as a district. It is:
 I am a happy, courageous, faithful, obedient, confident, worthwhile, servant of God.
 Also, quick question to mom where are you getting pictures from? Several sisters asked if their moms could also get these pictures/talk with one another. So here is my scripture I have memorized
Moroni
Kabanata sampu bersiqulo lima at sa pamamagitan ngkapangyarihan ng espiritu santo, malalaman ninyo ang katotohanan ng lahat ng bagay. Mahal kita pamilya ko (I love you my family). Alam ko po na this is the isang totoong simbahan. Alam ko po na propeta si joseph smith. I know that with the help of God translanted the book of mormon(aklatni mormon). I see himalas every day here in the MTC and know I will see more in the field alam ko po na mga salita ng diyos ang aklat ni mormon.
Mahal Kita,
Sister Hansen
P.S. I can prepare.....Do you want me to call home from the airport? I am allowed to but I leave here around 3:30am and my flight may leave around 8:30 so it may be like 4-6am? Just let me know so I  can get a call card....so the deal with my companion was an overdose of potassium and salt both were in some acne medicine she took twice a day. She then ate like three bananas a day and also drank a ton of water so she flushed her system. She is all better now. Things are really great for both of us we have found a way to both be happy. I hope I get to see the Cherrington's as well! I love you all.
Love,
Sister Hansen

Handwritten #2 MTC

Dear Family,

First off happy late birthday tatay(father) I forget the days I am here. Thanks so much for the last package you sent me. I am currently eating as I write this. I just wanted to share my notes from the devotional last night. Brother Kelly Mills spoke to us. He is over all the International MTC's so we got to see a picture of the Manila MTC where we get to stay for 5 days. Also a few things I forgot in my letter. We spoke with a sister from Australia who just got home from Olongapo. She guessed where we all will be going.
Anyway, back to the talks. Sister Mills said from Christ with me, it's not so much your abilities but my works to be done. I love that! Also how music is a universal language so we should use it. It's amazing to hear my district sing in Tagalog because at the point it doesn't matter how much we know or how well we sing the hymn sounds spiritual. The Brother Mills told us how he learned in shop class that if you sand the edges of the wood the middle will take care of it's self. And the edges are all of God's children around us we then will become smooth. How cool! Quick side note I might be learning a song on the piano to accompany a couple sisters of my district. Guess how many sisters we have in our zone now? 35 sisters and 7 elders crazy huh? The SD card has pictures so if you can't tell Sister Gibbs is a brunette. Sister Hamson is tall. Sister Goodman is short. Sister Blake has long brown hair. Sister Edringtone has naturally curly hair and Sister Glick has medium/shoulder length black hair. Elder Bray is half Filipino and Elder Andrews is super tall. So anyway, the guesses where we will serve are as follows:
Elder Bray----Castillo Jose
Elder Andrews---Lizon
Sister Goodman----San Narliso
Sister Gibbs----Abukay
Sister Hamson-----Santorito
Sister Hansen(the coolest missionary)----Luban, pronounced Cowbell
So we will see right?
Well let me know if you want anymore questions answered and I'll give my Tagalog words for the day. Also, tell Bria and Ada I love seeing their cute pictures and hearing that they are praying for me. I miss you but know that I have left you in the best hands while I am away. ohhhh.....and I almost forgot we made a declaration as a district. It is as follows:
I am a happy, courageous, faithful, obedient, confident, worthwhile, servant of God.

Also quick question to mom. Where are are you getting pictures from? Several sisters asked if their moms could also get these pictures/talk with one another. 
So here is my scripture I have memorized Moroni Kabanata Sampu Bersiula lima (Moroni 10;5) At sa pamamagitan ng kapangyarihan ng Espiritu Santo, malalaman ninyo ang Katotohanan ng lahat ng bagay. Mahal Kita pamilya ko(I love my family) Alam ko po na this is the isang tatoong simbahan. Alam ko po na propeta si Joseph Smith I know that with help of God translated the Book of Mormon(Aklat ni Mormom). I see himalas every day here in the  MTC and know I will see more in the field. Alam ko po na mga salita ng Diyos ang Aklat ni Mormon.
Mahal Kita,
Sister Hansen

P.S.
So I can prepare.....Do you want me to call home from the airport? I am allowed to but I leave here around 3;30 am and my flight may leave around 8;30 so it may be like 4-6am. Let me know so I can get a calling card.
So the deal with my companion was an overdose of potassium and salt. Both were in some  acne medication she took twice a day the she ate like 3 bananas a day also drank a ton of water so she flushed her system. She is all better now. Things are really great for both of us. We have found a way to both be happy. I hope I get to see the Cherringtons as well. I love you all!
Love,
Sister Hansen

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Week 3 MTC

     I cannot believe I am about half way through my time in the MTC!  So much has happened this week and last week,I don't really know where to start. I guess I will share some funny experiences! Remember when we were teaching our first investigator, Ace? We tried to teach him about Adam and Eve and how they partook of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. My kasama (companion) (sorry I have to remember to use all the Tagalog I know) anyway, she started telling him that Adam and Eve partook of blindness because the word for fruit and blindness is really similar. We actually got him to break character and we all laughed for a while. 
     On another night, my companion said she would kill a teacher (Guro). She was actually trying to say she was dying but you know the same thing, right? Also that same day she also accused the Guro of feeling her up instead of saying that she felt something in her heart so you know we are doing great here! 
     Hope these help at home, they sure do make me laugh everytime. The last thing, one of our Guro's is new (Brother Cobb) well on accident we were told that his first name is Newell so we tease him all the time about being Brother Newell so then he left his scripture in the classroom and they have his middle name on them so Sister Goodman asked when he was getting married and if he would name his child Palmer (his middle name) he turned beet red and walked out of the room laughing. He is the best! It's so fun to have humor here because otherwise we just might cry all the time!!!!!
So, for my week, it was very eventful. Mostly Thursday. So my Kasama has been getting really dizzy and that day she then had chest pains which was super scary. So we went to the Doctor to have her looked at and then got to go to the health clinic, Field Trip! Can you believe what I was tempted with outside the walls of the MTC........ a television!  You know Peg+Cat and Dinosaur train is super tempting :) just kidding. 
I read a talk by Jeffery R. Holland about the blessings and costs of being a disciple of Christ in the May 2014 Ensign. I really needed to hear what he said. He talked about we must all go through so much in order to really appreciate all that Christ has given us because if it is so easy all the time we would forget about Christ and everything He had to endure in order to perform the Atonement for every one of us. I also realized why I struggled so much last week and it was because every person that spoke spoke on how we must be the absolute best we can be and I never felt that I could do all that was being asked of me.  I had the memory of Kirk's class that if we are willing to give 100% in his class then he would give 100% and we would get exactly what we need out of it. Well I never realized the same principle applies here at the MTC, for some people to hear that they need to do their best is exactly what they need to hear, but for me I need to know that I am giving it my 100% and that if that puts me at a middle level missionary than for me I am giving all that I have and that is all that the Lord is asking of me. I don't need to be the top of the group for me to be considered at the best. Right now my best is to be doing everything in my power and that is when the Lord will step in and finish all the rest. 
After realizing that, I had a lot of miracles (mga himala) this week. First was Thursday night we were teaching our investigator Polo (our teacher Brother Corry) who is pretending to be one of his investigators from his mission. We were planning on teaching him about the Plan of Salvation but instead invited him to be baptized and he accepted. We talked about repentance (pagsisisi) and he worried that he could not be clean because he had so many mistakes in his life. So I had him read D&C 18:22 and shared with him in super broken Tagalog that I knew that no matter how many problems, mistakes, sins he had that God does not look at those and every one of them will no longer be there after a full repentance. I felt the spirit so strong that night and I know that I was given help to speak as much as I possibly could in Tagalog. 
2nd Miracle was a 2 new districts of Sisters ( and 1 Elder) came in on Wednesday. It was really great to see how far I have come in just over 2 weeks compared to how I started. 
Super Excited for Nathan and Tina!!!!! Sad she will be so big when I finally get to meet her! Also I told all my roommates about Katie and Dan's baby, they all loved the name and so do I! I also got my package and am so happy I could finally not wear glasses, my ears kill me every time I put them on! The treats you sent, as hard as I try to share, no one will accept my offerings, so I will probably be huge when I leave the MTC!
 I know I am  jumping around but we are teaching 3 investigators right now. We taught our 3rd last night, he is a less active member and is hilarious (its brother Cobb) seriously there is no one like him. He also served in Olongapo so there is a very slight chance I could meet this investigator in real life. And last but not least Tagalog words I have learned or at least some of them. 
Magandang Umaga - good morning
Pugsunod- obedience
Kaloob ng mga wika - gift of tongues
Pugsubok - trials
Pugbablik-loob - conversion ( it literally means return inside) I thought that was super cool to think about
Pasienya - patience or sorry
walang anuman - your welcome or no problem
kasipagan- hard work
Diyos -God
Jesucristo- Jesus Christ
mahal kita - I love you all
makabuluhan - meaningful
Well I love to hear from everyone so feel free to write, all the time! I get Dear Elder letters during the week so I love getting to read them anytime but emails are fun as well. Also, let me know if there are any words you want to know I will happily look them up for you.
Mahal kita,
Sister Hansen


Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Happy Dance

I hijacked a photo from Facebook. Do you see  Teesh? Now to get the names of all these beautiful sister missionaries all headed to the Philippines, different missions but still the Philippines

Check out this amazing quote!

Elder Richard G. Scott. 
"Remember, the Lord has called you to succeed, not to fail. Sometimes, it may seem terribly hard, but He wants you to grow. He will not abandon you. He inspired your call. He knows who you are. He knows what you need. He knows what He wants you to become, and the mission experience is an opportunity He has given you to discover things about yourself that you never knew... capacities you never knew you had, and the capacity to love and serve which will sustain you throughout the rest of your life. Remember, you have been called, and He will fit the task to your capabilities."



Oh how it makes my heart happy to see her smile.

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Perfect Timing



Elder Richard G. Scott,
 "Remember, the Lord has called you to succeed, not to fail. Sometimes, it may seem terribly hard, but He wants you to grow. He will not abandon you. He inspired your call. He knows who you are. He knows what you need. He knows what He wants you to become, and the mission experience is an opportunity He has given you to discover things about yourself that you never knew... capacities you never knew you had, and the capacity to love and serve which will sustain you throughout the rest of your life. Remember, you have been called, and He will fit the task to your capabilities."