Week 31: Week 2 in Temple

All this week I had the opportunity to be in the temple!! My feet sometimes hurt, but is the best blessing that I have. It truly is a blessing to be in the temple everyday. The Peru, Trujillo temple is Huge for south America  and it is really pretty! As sisters we have the opportunity to talk to people before and after the tour. The change is huge! :) Everyone is amazing and EVERYONE can feel the Spirit that is there. This time will be the highlight of my mission. :) I am so grateful! 

The members are awesome here. President Marler came to our sacrament meeting and spoke during the 3rd hour to all the adults. She talked about being united. He shared D&C 38:27. 

 27  He aquí, esto os lo he dado por parábola, y es como yo soy. Yo os digo: Sed uno; y si no sois uno, no sois míos.(Spanish)

The only thing my ward is missing is to work together. President himself said that the ward has A LOT of potential, if we could just be united! And if we aren't together, Heavenly Father will not claim us as his. 

Time is flying by. I cant believe that I only have 3 weeks left with my new companion.... Only 3. And today she got her flight plans. WOW! Before I know it, it will be christmas time and I will be talking to All of you guys again. :) 

I want you all to know that I am going good. That God loves each and every one of us. That really, we came to this life to follow Christ example. And to go to the temple and to have promises with the Lord. I have seen the blessing that this temple is already making here in Peru. Everyone knows that the church is on the earth now, because they can see the temple. EVERYONE wants to go in and see what we have to offer. And what we have to offer is Eternal Life, with your husband and family. Happiness and Joy for forever... I love sharing this message with people. Im not here to baptize people, I'm out here to take them to the temple. So the can feel the LOvE and can know the importance of this life. Ah. I am so happy for this temple! It is amazing, and I love being a missionary right now. I want to know what I did to deserve to be here. :) It is amazing!  

 The weather update.... It's starting to get cold. And I mean really cold. Just about everyday I get a call from the missionary saying that they are sick. It's really bad. But I'm doing good! :) Life is GREAT and I will see you all in 10.5 months. WOW!!!! Time is flying! 

LOVE YOU ALL!!!   REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE. A child of God!

Les amo Mucho,

Hermana Hansen

Week 30: Week 1 in Temple

Okay, First of all it was amazing to see all of my family! I was happy that I didn't cry this time, but I was also really sad that the time few by! I remember looking at the clock and since I had 45mis left, 30 mins left. And then an hour went by! Ah1 It wasn't long enough! But is was amazing that I had the opportunity to talk to everyone yesterday, and see that you all are doing good! :) 

Well, the topics for this week are the Temple and Sister leaders.... 

All this past week we were at the temple. Before the public came in on Friday and Saturday, we had VIP's come. It was really interesting to see how many people came. The temple is amazing. I was able to enter Monday afternoon, and it felt like home. And the paintings and EVERYTHING is amazing! Ah. I feel so blessed that I am a missionary right now, and that the people have a temple so close now! They have been waiting for so long for this temple!! It is amazing! :) Today was my first day in charge with my companion and it was interesting to be in charge. Kindly asking people to do things differently, or kindly correcting an error. All in all, it was a good week and a good day! :) After the temple we went to the Mall and all I bought was the different kinds of bread. They are so many different kinds, and they all taste different. It is amazing. But I will be glad to go back to the states and only have the difficult question of white of wheat bread! :) ha.

Sister leaders: My companion is the sister leader for the zone. EVERYONE this week either thought that I was a new sister leader, or said that I am in training because my companion will go back to her home this transfer and their has to be a sister leader....Also, my letter from President Marler this week said, "Learn everything that I can from my companion as a sister leader this change." So I guess I am in training, and there is a bet going on that I will be the next sister leader. 

Being in Trujillo is a lot different. I don't really know my area because I am in the temple almost all day, so that is stressing me out a little. But my companion is from Peru and is amazing. She just loves life and is always happy. These 6 weeks will be interesting with the temple and her going home and everything! :) 

Life is good. I am happy, and the whether is cooling down, so I don't sweat as much. I live on the 3rd floor, and my penchanista lives on the 2nd floor. The ward members are great and I cant wait to start working with these people. I am way happy and grateful to be here, on my mission and the fact that I get to know all these great sisters and missionaries is amazing! :) I love my life, and all is Great in the world. 

I am the only Hermana From the states in my zone, so I don't have anyone to speak english to here. But the 3 hermanas that I eat with all promised to try to speak english during lunch. So we will see how that goes. One of the hermanas knows english and she loves that I talk to her in english, because I help her all the time. :) She TAUGHT her self english... I don't know how she did it, but she Taught herself ENGLISH!!! And the way she says the words is really good too. She doesn't have a latin accent. 

  Bueno, Life is good. And I don't know what else you want to know about my life as a missionary for the Lord, Jesus Christ!? :) Maybe next week I will have a funny story of something to tell you. 

LOVE YOU ALL!!! And truly, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. YOU ALL ARE AMAZING!!!! I am so happy and glad that I get to call you my family and friends! 

Les Amo Mucho,

Hermana Hansen

Week 29

Okay! This week was a roller coster! Holy cow! :) 

First Wednesday I got a call from the zone leaders. They happily said that my area was going to close. So My comp. and I BOTH had a combio this week! I am going to Trujillo. In the center and most beautiful part of Trujillo. My new companion is a Hermana Leader, and she has a lot of responsibility with the Temple, so I will be in the temple a lot with her.! Today I have a meeting with people about the open house. All the sisters in the mission are going to Trujillo for 3 days, full of meeting and trainings for the open house. It is going to be way fun! Ah, this week and month is going to be crazy!!! 

Friday we started telling everyone that we were both leaving Bellamar. The zone leaders will be taking are place there and are really happy about it! I am leaving a little kid that is going to be baptized 16 May. Ah! I am so mad! My first baptism and I have to give him up! 

No one believed us when we told them that we were leaving. But Sunday, the Bishop announced that we were leaving, and gave us the opportunity to bear our testimonies one last time in the ward. It was so sad! 

After church we had ward counsel and that was even sadder... not a word but I don't care. The members are going to miss us so much. They haven't had elders there for 3 years. It will take some time to get used to the elders... :)

After church we visited a few members and then went to eat dinner and spend our last hours with our penchinista. To our "surprise" all the members were in her house to say goodbye. Here, they go around the room and everyone gets to say something to the missionaries. All the members wished us well, and all want us to return after our missions. Ah! I love this ward. All I kept thinking was that I have 1 year in my mission, and then after that, I have to work and get money to come back. The earliest that I can return is in 2 years. In two years I will see these people again. Ah! Thats such a long time!!!! :( Really, these people are my family. I can feel the love and hope that they have for us. And the members LOVE us! It was so hard to say goodbye! I will miss them. 

Well, I got my wish, to go to Trujillo!!! :) I am really excited. But I hear that my area is building and intercoms to talk to people. The work will be very different there. VERY Different. :) But I am ready. I can see the strength and confidence that I have to speak Spanish and teach the gospel. I know I can do it! 

The weather is good. It's starting to not be so hot, but no matter what I will always be sweating buckets. I was able to find the perfect clothes here for the temple open house, and I didn't spend a lot of money either. In Trujillo I will be able to find a lot more clothes and stuff, so that will be nice! :) 

Mother, thank you for the photos from the baby blessing of Jett! The family looks amazing and grows every time I see photos. I love you all and I am so happy that we are family! Thank you for the letters and the love! :) I pray that all will be well this week and all the things you people have to do, you can do them! :) 

LOVE YOU ALL! And the church is true! 

Love Hermana Hansen

7 Months

Hello family and friends!!! :) 

How is everyone? I want photos... :) 

First: Next week I have a meeting with all the sisters in the mission. We are getting trained from general presidents for the temple open house. So I have no clue if I will be able to write you, and if I do it will be in the afternoon, like before dinner... :) but know that I love you and that I hope and pray that all is well! :) 

Well, the only downside to being a missionary is that your body is tired all the time. Im sleeping like a rock every night, but I wake up tired. People say its part of the mission life. So don't worry to much. 

Mission work is getting better. These people think I am from Spain. :) hhaha... Which is always really funny! I don't have that many funny stories this week. 

I do want to say to read the temple book before you go to the temple... I thought that I read the book, but I've been reading it.... And I didn't read the book... :) It's amazing and would have helped me a lot before I went through!!! :) But I have been reading it to know what things I can share with people during the open house! I am so excited!!! In 1.5 weeks I will be able to enter the temple and see EVERYTHING!!!! 

Pray for me.  LOVE YOU ALL!!! My time is up.... Haha. Sorry!!! Have a great week! 

Love Hermana Hansen

Ps. I will have photos for you next week!!! :) ha.

PSS. Next week is combios... :( Pray that president will keep me or put me where I need to go! 

Week 27

I wanted to be cool and know how many weeks I have out in the field, but I don't know, nor can I remember. Haha  I guess I'm not as cool as I thought....

How is everyone back at home?! I haven't heard much from people lately!!!  

This week was interviews with President Marler and Hemana Marler. They are amazing. The challenge this time was: They gave us a Book of mormon in our native language, and told us to read it. But the only thing that we are highlighting is the words; Dios, Lord, Jesus Christ, I, ect. By doing this I will gain a testimony that the Book of Mormon talks and testifies of Christ, and Heavenly Father. I learned that truly our main purpose is to testify and talk of Christ, our Savior. To help these people understand the importance of Him, and how his example and life was(and is) for us! We are hear for a reason. We have this life to grow and follow the commandments of God. :)  

I am doing good. I'm completely healthy, and the weather is the same, but we have a nice cool breeze. I am really starting to LOVE this people and this area.... Transfers are in two weeks... And  have the feeling that I will be leaving. I don't want to leave.... :( This is the down side to missionary life, we have amazing friendships and we meet all these people, and then we have to leave... because your time is up in that area, and you are needed somewhere else... 

Room update: I still don't have a bathroom door, and we killed all the bugs. We are still living with spiders, because they are everywhere.... but they don't really do anything so usually Peruvians just leave them be... 

TODAY: The reason that I am writing earlier this week is because we have a special activity today. Because we are helping with the Open House of the Peru Trujillo Temple, we have to dress very professional.... SO today all of the Hermana's in Chimbote(my City that I am in) are going shopping. Mainly because a lot of us don't have nice clothes, and only a few nice clothes. So we get to go shopping and find clothes to wear that are nice and professional. It should be fun! We don't know how many days of the month we will be able to help in the open house, but we were guaranteed 3 days. But most likely we will help for more. I am so excited!!! I cant wait. We get to be the tour guides and help in the beginning tent part. It is going to be amazing!!!

This week I had my first ALMA RISCATADA( saved soul)... But this is a person that was inactive, and we taught them all the lessons and they came back to church. They have the same requirements as a investigator, but they are members already, so we just save their soul.... But It was my first, and im really proud. This women is so strong in the church now, and LOVES TO SERVE!!!! She reminds me a lot of my mother. So of course I love spending time in her house with her family. 

This week a lot happened, but I can't put it all into words in a email. I will just have to wait and tell you when I get home. 

Life is amazing, and I am doings all right. Im growing and learning A LOT!!! :)

Love you all, and I hope life is treating you well! :)Miss you like crazy!

Love, 

Hermana Hansen

Ps. My companion says hi. 

Week 26

Well.... A lot of crazy things happened and this week is going to be even crazier.

Tuesday we got told that all the hermana's in the mission are going to have the opportunity to help with the open house of the Trujillo Temple in May. I AM SO EXCITED!!!! This week we have a training to help us know exactly what we are going and for how many days we will be able to help. It's so Awesome! 

Monday and Tuesday I got some medicine from the mission, and I am doing a lot better. I don't have a cough and everything is a lot better, s don't worry mom!! :) 

This week I have my training to be a Nurse for the mission, so I can start helping people... :) It's going to be amazing! Also at the end of this week on Saturday, I have my interview with President Marler. We have interviews every 3 months. 

We MOVED!!! And our landlady is AMAZING!!! She lives on the 2nd floor and we live on the 1st. Our room is really big, and is nice too. I did have to kill 4 cockroaches and spiders the first few days, but now I don't think we will find any more. The only down fall to our room is that we don't have a bathroom door.... For now. We have a rule that if someone is in the bathroom the other has to be on their bed... because it's the farthest point from the "door". Hahah. the first day, I always had to tell my companion to stay put and then run into the bathroom. Haha. She would just laugh and laugh. 

The weather here is really hot still. But some night I need a cardigan or something because the wind is strong and cold. But I still sweat and enjoy getting sunburned.

My last P day we went shopping but everything was way to expensive. Its cheeper in Trujillo. So I am going to wait until the mission splits and see what mission I am in. If I will ever have the chance to go to Trujillo or no. 

My companion is awesome, and we are doing great. She told me that last night I taught lesson 1 all my myself and with perfect Spanish during my dreams. She was very surprised and now knows that I have the capacity to speak Spanish perfectly. Haha. At first she thought that I was talking on the phone to someone, but then she turned on the light I was sound asleep... :) I never knew how much I slept talked until I had someone in my room that I can wake up and listen to me! Haha. 

Today for my P day I am going to clean our room and finally put all my clothes away, so I can stop living out of my suitcase... And then we are going to make french toast in our kitchen with our landlord. She has a lot of questions and her little girl LOVES me. Her Son just stops crying and stares at me... :) But we are slowly going to teach her about the gospel and hopefully she will be my converso!!! :) AH! She is amazing!!! :) 

Life is good. I am reading a lot in the Bible about the life of Jesus Christ and I am learning a lot and LOVING IT! It's amazing the things you can learn when you put your mind to it! :) 

Im enjoying life, missing all of you guys. I cant wait for Mother's day, so I can Skype all of you. Thank you for your letters and prayers! LOVE YOU ALL!!!! And I really do miss you. But I know that I am where I am suppose to be, so I'm not coming home for another year! Enjoy the smells of spring and have a picnic with your families sometime soon. 

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IS TRUE!!! 

Love Hermana Hansen

Week 25: Moving (again), Fainting, Rules

Haha... Life this week was terrible.... In all aspects... :) haha. But what made it better was general conference this weekend. What AMAZING talks... Yeah? I love that I know that Thomas S. Monson is a Prophet of Heavenly Father, and that we have the opportunity to listen and receive revelation every 6 months. 

My week:

Monday: I spent all day packing. My entire P day packing... It was awesome.

Tuesday We had our district meeting, and we found out about our lost phone, and everything.... It wasn't the best interview that i have had with the elders.... :(

WED: We moved, and my Compton fainted because she is kind of really sick. So that was really }y fun......our new room was terribly small. Our beds were right next to each other.... And there was a bird in our room, because the lady left to window open for 4 days.... So the little feller decided to live there. 

While we were moving, the elders saw that two men were living right next to us.. Which is against the rules... So we knew that we would have to move again sometime in the future. When we went in for the night, 15 min. later, I hear someone calling my name from the window. The Elders. We didn't sleep there that night. I spent the night with Hernama Jolley and her Compton, and slept on an air mattress.

Thursday. We went to talk to the lady to see if men were going to be living near us, and she said yes. So We took our suitcases and left to live with the Hermana Leaders. We live on the 4th floor. And there is hardly any space. We also found out this day that our pencenista{s husband is going to live in chile to work in may.... and that was really hard to hear. He will be gone for one year.... 

Friday: We spent all day looking for a new room to live in. And we found one, Its just not very close to the center of our area.... :) But it is nice and Amazing and the lady we will be living with is Amazing as well. Also Hermana Marler found out that I was sick and sent me vitamins to take to help my health. Now the Hermana Leaders are like hawks with my health.... :/ 

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY!!!! were amazing... We didn't have time to really preach during the day because of GC. But it was amazing to hear the prophet and recieve revelation. And I got to watch all of it in English... so that was nice as well... :)

HOY(today: We are going to the center of chimbote and shopping around. So it will really be a good lazy day.I will put on a lot of sunscreen and sweat a lot, and buy a lot of things to take home with me. :) 

Tomorrow we are moving into our new apartment. And after that is taken care of, I will be able to relax. Haha... Oh the life is great. I really have no clue what each day holds. But the ward is amazing and I am really enjoying my new companion. I see Hermana Jolley every week at our reunions, and it's a little weird, but its great to see her. My comp is amazing and I am learning a lot. In 2 weeks my Spanish has improved A LOT!!!! 

Love you all. 

Happy BIRTHDAY to Walter this past week, And McKay and Zoey This week!!!!! :) Ah our family is getting so big!!

LOVE YOU ALL. The church is true! 

Hermana Hansen

NOTICE: in one year from today, i will be on a plane on my way to see my family. And tomorrow I complete 6 months as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. What a blessing!?!? 

LOVE YOU!!!! Say your prays and read your scriptures!!! :)

Until next week Family and friends