Week 5: Last Week in the CCM, Second in Command, Sister Leader

Next week I will be done with my time sentence at the CCM. But really though, I only one week left here, and I feel like I am in a prison!! Buts at least they have flowers, to make it look like a nice prison!!! Haha. or how people spell, ha!!!

How is everyone? I feel like I haven't heard a lot from family lately. Tell me whats going on!! Thanks for the letters I have received so far! If I didn't respond I'm sorry. I promise I read them. I take pictures of all my emails to read later as well! I just didn{t have time to respond in my 1 hour of emailing time!!! Mom tell me how the ward is!? Kadin, talk to all the basketball girls and see how they are doing!!! How are all my nephews and niece doing?!?!

It is defiantly summer here. I have gotten sunburned twice already, and I only sat in the sun for 20 mins... I PROMISE!!!! The flowers are all out, and there are bugs and birds everywhere. Today, while we were in the city, there were so many people EVERYWHERE!!!! It was nice to actually see so many people but it made everything a little bit more difficult to do. There is a nest here, that's in these trees that don't get any bigger then me, but there is a lot of them in one place. So its like a mini jungle for the animals. Anyway, We have had the opportunity to watch 3 or 4 baby birds hatch this week. They are so cute!!!

Yesterday, my district started writing in each others transfer journals. A transfer journal is a journal that every transfer on your mission, the missionaries in your district or area can write quotes or inspiring messages in. Or they can write their personal email in it and tell you how much they have enjoy being are you and they want to meet up with you. So it's really sad that we started writing those yesterday, because I'm not really ready to say goodbye to my little "Familia" here. I love the elders like brothers. It's so sad!

This Sunday, we have the opportunity to have a guest speaker from Sacrament meeting. Elder Evans is coming. He is on the Church Board of Missionaries. He is second in command, under the two prophets that are on the comity so its kind of a big deal. All week we have been practicing "I Need the Every Hour," in Spanish. It's going to be a really pretty song, and I can't wait to preform it when he comes.

I hope that I don't have to speak with him. One hermaña and one Elder are most likely going to speak with him. And our Presidente told us that it will most likely be one of the sister leaders and one of the zone leaders. So I have a 50% chance of speaking. And I know very little Spanish. Oh, and we are all combined, latinos and all. Usually, we have sacrament and sunday school separate, and then Relief Society we are combined with the latinos. So it will be interesting.

Today was my last Wednesday P-day. I spent a lot more money then I thought I was going to... sorry mom. I NEEDED everything that I got though, so don't be to upset.

My hair has grown like an inch or maybe even two since I've been here. I was looking at pictures we took in the airport, the last time I had straight hair, and when I pull a curl straight, my hair is longer now then in the picture!!! Guys, my hair is growing.... My hair NEVER grows. It made me happy. Also I cut my nails every week. I should cut them more for how fast they grow, but I don't because I just don't have time. I cut my nails every P day. It's so weird!!! But I love it.

Being a sister leader is fun. Hermaña Gonzales has only gotten mad at us once for someone not following the rules. So it's way good. It has its perks, but the main one is that I have to carry my Sister Leader Binder where ever I go.... No Joking. But really it's an awesome experience!!! We have to interview all the girls, and just talking to a few of them, my eyes have been opened. Some districts are REALLY WIERD... I won't go into details, but it has made me be a lot more grateful that my district liked each other from the very beginning and that we have never had any problems. I just love my district even more now!!!

I wanted to share a quote with all of you that my companion shared during our district testimony meeting on sunday. Im not sure if she made it up, but I still love it. And I love her for sharing it. "Jesus Christ was born a carpenter so he would know how to fix broken things. We are broken people, we all have broken lives. BUT, through the Atonement we can all be fixed." This quote is verdad(true). I LOVE IT!!!

Okay, so here is how my next week is going to go down. I fly out Tuesday morning, really early in the morning. I think I leave the CCM at like 3 AM! So that's this coming Tuesday. I heard that I might be able to send a quick email to you when I get to the mission home, but I would't quote me or the person that told me on that. So don't get your hopes up... Sorry. I won't be able to email you until the next Monday. So I won't hear from you for a 1.5 weeks. Sorry. But once I have my first P-day in the actual field, I will be able to send you photos. So If you didn't get the ones I sent last week, you will get them again. Last week the computer was struggling sending pictures out, and then my time ran out, so I wan't to resend some. So sorry. I really hope that you got them because It is so pretty here!!!

I love you all. I know that I am supposed to be here right now!! I know that Christ lives, I know that we will be with him again. I know that the gospel is restored on this earth again. I know that the Book of mormon is another testament of Jesucristo. I know all of these things to be true and correct!!!

I love you all. I miss seeing you. Look on the bright side. Only 17 month left, and then I get to ride on 3 really long airplane rides and see you again! I won't ever leave again, so don't worry. Soon it will be 16 and .5 months left and before you know it Christmas will be here and we can hopefully Skype!!!! That's going to be fun! I Love you, again. I love hearing from you and seeing the pictures you send! ILOVEYOU!!!

Con Amor(with love)

Hermaña Hansen

P.s.- I don't remember if I wrote this already, but we are no longer aloud to send pictures out from the CCM, so sorry. But soon. Again love you!!

Week 4: Humbled, Rainy Days and the Smells of Home

I am way happy that you will be able to see my life in pictures. Its been a weird 4 weeks and the time flew by! Please enjoy the pictures. The CCM is BEAUTIFUL!!!! I really enjoy it here. In less then 2 weeks I will be out in the real world speaking spanish with my new companion!!! It's so crazy to think that I only have 2 more weeks here. I am kind of ready to leave because we do the same thing everyday and I've gained weight with all the sitting we do in class. But I defiantly need more time here, language wise... 

Every P-day I am humbled. I think I can speak spanish because my week has been muy bueno... But then we go to the temple. You know how people LOVE missionaries in the US?... Well shocker they love them here too. So of course people try to talk to me. And of course my brain freezes up at that exact minute as well, so I have no clue what they are saying. NONE!!!! No intende!!! No, I do not understand.... At least I am humbled.

It actually rained a few times this week. And when it rains, you can never see the actual rain drops, because you are in the clouds.... You just walk outside and everything is a little damp. Just a little.. 

This week goes as follows: My district Elders all made a rap about everyone and then rapped them to the whole district. Don't worry, "all good things, all good things"... Please say that last sentence as Olof from Frozen... haha. 

We had halloween. But not really.. because halloween is a worldly holiday, so we just ate candy during class. It was nice. 

On Sunday, it was fast Sunday. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to share my testimony. I shared a quote I found in my scriptures.... God doesn't call the qualified....He qualifies the called. I LOVE THIS QUOTE because I am worthy to serve a mission, but I don't think that I am qualified enough to do it justice. So I am very grateful He is there to help me in every step of the way.

In class we are learning about Perfect vs. Imperfect. All I have to say is that my mind is blown and I still don't understand it. This is not very good. All you spanish speaking people that will read this will understand. Thank you. 

I am now an advancado, and I disliked saying goodbye to the last group of sisters. It was hard. Oh I am also one of the Sister leaders now. My companion and I are. It's a nice little thing we do here. I am basically everyones mom, and all I REALLY have to do is interview every sister at least once during two weeks. I already love it. Yesterday I made little signs for the 14 new hermana's that got here this morning. We also gave them some casinos, which a cookies that are delicious!!! SO GOOD!!!

The only thing that I miss are the smells of home and hugs. No one is tall here, and I can't hug Elders that are tall... so I am hug less... Which kind of sucks. Yesterday they mowed the lawn in the CCM and the smell of fresh cut grass took me back to living in AMERICAN FORK UTAH!!! Oh how I miss those days. I am loving life!!!

In class we talk about the atonement a lot. Which might surprise you but it's true. There is a clip that I want to try and find. Title: The atonement and missionary work by Elder Holland and Elder Eyring... Holy crap I cannot spell... My English gets worst everyday... which might be a good thing. But anyway, It is such a good clip, and I cry every time we watch it.

I am very grateful for the love of Jesus Christo. I am even more grateful for the atonement and his life and example that he is to me each and everyday! I love this gospel! I am so very grateful for the opportunity I am having out here in Peru! I feel Gods love out here and the love you send from home. I know this Church is true! The Book of Mormon is true! READ IT and Heavenly Father will speak to you! I know he does. I love this gospel and the Church is true! If you don't believe me pray about it for your self. I love every single one of you! I miss every single one of you. I pray for you every night, and think about you during the day!

-Hermana Hansen

P.s. Pictures are going to be in a different email!