Querido familia y amigos,
This week was a great one! It was very cold, but nothing compared to how cold this week will be. There is currently a "wind chill warning" here that will go until Thursday. They canceled school today because the wind chill was 30 below zero. On Wednesday the high temperature will be -17 degrees, and the low temperature is going to be -30 degrees, but including wind chill it will probably be around 50 below zero! I cannot believe how cold it is. We won't be allowed to proselyte, and we'll probably even have to cancel our appointments that we have planned. Bummer. But thankfully we can use technology to connect with people while we'll be trapped inside.
This week we had Zone Conference and it was amazing as always. It was in Sioux City, Iowa so we spent the night with Hermana Iverson and Hermana Thacker!!!! It was so good to see them both again. Hermana Esplin and I spoke briefly in Zone Conference about our experiences making a plan to "act in all diligence." We shared all of the cool miracles we saw from it and it went really well. I feel like a lot of Zone Conference was focused on how we can improve and become better/more obedient missionaries. It was a little overwhelming to be honest. I left feeling like I had a lot of things I needed to improve on. I think that is the #1 hardest thing about missionary work. Always feeling like you aren't quite good enough and that there are things you need to be better on. It's the hardest, most humbling, but also most motivating thing. There are always ways we can be better to become more like the Savior. We will always fall short. But when we put in all of our effort, Jesus Christ makes up the rest. That is what I am so thankful for.
A few other highlights that happened this week:
- We watched a guy drive into a snowbank and we helped shovel out his car and push him out. Less than 2 minutes later we watched another car get stuck in their driveway and we pushed them out too. We gave them both pass-a-long cards. Heavenly Father always seems to put us in the right place at the right time.
- We found 6 new people to teach this week. 4 of them were on the same street within like 20 minutes of each other.
- We couldn't get ahold of Yakelyn and her family for like the first half of the week and we were getting nervous. Turns out she moved to Indiana out of the blue this week and we were HEART BROKEN!!! Their family is golden. Later this week they messaged us and told us that they are coming back!!!! Miracle. Please pray for them though. She was updating us on her journey back and sounds like their car broke down in Rushmore (2.5 hours from here) and they didn't know what to do. That's the last we have heard from them, so hopefully they are safe! They have a 4-month-old baby that should not be outside in this cold!
- We had branch council for the second week in a row and planned out speakers for Spanish Sacrament meeting from now until April. Hallelujah!!!
- Crystell (11-year-old girl from less active family we are teaching) came to church for the 4th time since we started teaching her. She will be getting baptized this Saturday!
Transfers are on February 6th so I will find out in about a week if I am getting transferred, or staying here for my 6th transfer! Crazy!!!! I don't know what to expect! I love you all, thank you for the prayers and support. Que tengan una buena semana :)
-Hermana Hansen
Pictures:
1. Hermana Iverson!!!!
2. All of the Hermanas
3. All of us with Sister Ence (Mission President's wife)
4. We celebrated Hermana Esplin's 1-year-mark this week so here's a cute picture of her:)
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