This is my LAST WEEK at the CCM. Seems like just yesterday I was getting off the plane, and on Monday morning I'm headed back to the states. Wow. Do I know Spanish yet? No. Am I terrified? A little. But through Jesus Christ, TODO LE ES POSIBLE!
On Thursday we had our last TRC, teaching volunteer members from Mexico City. Wow. It was incredible, sometimes I pinch myself when I talk to Latinos and they UNDERSTAND me, I still can't believe it. Side note, like 2 months ago when I was in California with my mom and sisters, an elderly Latina lady looked at me and said "Baño?" The poor lady just wanted to know where the bathroom was, but I was so clueless I just stared at her wide-eyed until my sister came and saved me with directions for her. But now by some miracle called the Spirit and the gift of tongues, my Spanish is sufficient enough for them to understand. Anyway, we gave a simple message about Christ and His Atonement and the hermana we taught was in tears, the spirit was so strong. It's amazing how even through very broken, simple Spanish, the spirit testifies of truth, and our message was exactly what she needed to hear.
This week was so fun because one of my roommates, Hermana Braun. We literally had 4 PARTIES because the Latinas love fiestas. The BEST part is that she shares a birthday with Hermana Bennett, the president's wife!!! That night I was taking a shower at about 9:30, when my roommates started pounding on the door and yelling, "HERMANA HANSEN GET OUT OF THE SHOWER WE'RE GOING TO THE BENNETT'S!!!!" Sister Bennett had knocked on our door and invited us over for CAKE! They live right across the street from us so I threw on some pjs as fast as I could and we ran over. We shared a DELICIOUS multi-layer, homemade, chocolate fudge cake made by President Bennett himself. They told us story after story and showed us a lot of pictures. I feel so so blessed to have gotten to know them, what AMAZING people. While we were eating cake, President Bennett goes, "Hermana Hansen, if you were in the Provo MTC do you think you'd be eating cake at the president's house right now?" And I was like, "There's NO WAY!" I KNOW I was sent to the Mexico CCM at that specific time for a reason, and a big part of that was so I could get to know the Bennetts personally. Also, at the end of the night they invited us over for green smoothies for P-day!!! We enjoyed those at their house this morning.
A few other funny things from this week:
We've been getting to know one of the new districts in our zone pretty well and we challenged them to a game of kickball for gym time on Saturday. There's a rule here that you can't keep score if you play sports during gym so it won't get "competitive." I always thought that rule was kind of lame, but it all made sense after this. It was literally the most INTENSE game I've ever experienced. Our entire district is really unathletic, and the one we were playing against is like straight out of Olympic training. I wish I could describe better what went down during this game. But I'll just put it this way: it's a good thing we aren't allowed to keep score because I don't think I could have counted how many runs the other team had on us. Also, I don't think trash talk is allowed in the CCM but there was definitely some of that goin on. And to tie it all together this kid pinched a nerve in his back because someone bodyslammed him sliding into 1st base, so that wasn't good. Yup. Last time we're ever playing kickball.
Another funny thing that happened was one day me and my comp were in a rush for breakfast, and half way through our meal this girl looks at me funny and goes, "Hermana Iverson?" And I looked down and sure enough I was wearing Hermana Iverson's NAME TAG. She was still getting her food so in the midst of my laughter I ran up to see if she was wearing her other nametag, but SHE WAS WEARING MINE!!!!! We couldn't stop laughing because we both had adjusted our name tags in the mirror that morning and NEITHER of us noticed.
Missionary brain, it's real.
This week has been rough on my brain because it's been "solo Español." It definitely has taken a toll on me. On Monday our brains were FRIED, so inbetween classes my companion and I decided to lay in the grass and take a few minutes to soak everything in. We sprawled out on the grass and 3 other girls decided to join us. Everyone that walked by busted out laughing and a worker pulled out his camera and took a picture. Apparently it's a sight to see 5 missionaries sprawled out like dead women in the grass. The CCM will do it to ya!
I can't believe on Monday I'll finally be in Omaha. I can't wait to finally start this crazy adventure and to find the people the Lord called me to find. I love this work!
Happy 4th of July everyone,
--Hermana Hansen
This week has been rough on my brain because it's been "solo Español." It definitely has taken a toll on me. On Monday our brains were FRIED, so inbetween classes my companion and I decided to lay in the grass and take a few minutes to soak everything in. We sprawled out on the grass and 3 other girls decided to join us. Everyone that walked by busted out laughing and a worker pulled out his camera and took a picture. Apparently it's a sight to see 5 missionaries sprawled out like dead women in the grass. The CCM will do it to ya!
I can't believe on Monday I'll finally be in Omaha. I can't wait to finally start this crazy adventure and to find the people the Lord called me to find. I love this work!
Happy 4th of July everyone,
--Hermana Hansen
Pictures: Sorry if these get mixed up, it's because I have to send them from my phone.
1. Our district at of the parties for Hermana Braun
2. This morning when we had green smoothies at the Bennett's house!
3. Last week with the President
4. Our favorite worker, Juan! When we have service projects we rake the grass with him. Good times.
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