Hola familia y amigos!!!!
My subject line is a little rhyme they say when you hit the piñata at parties (they did it at our branch cinco de mayo party). Transfers already happened!!!! This was the fastest 6 weeks of my life. I am muy muy scared that time is going by so fast. When I first got out 6 weeks felt like a lifetime and now it feels like a day. But Hermana Jorgensen and I are safe and we are staying together :)
Tuesday was like the best day of my life. ALL OF THE HERMANAS CAME DOWN FROM THE BOONIES!! 2 of them are going home and 2 of them are training so they drove down for the training meeting and slept at our tiny apartment. I almost cried how happy I was to see all my old companions. I was so excited my whole body was like shaking. I LOVE THEM. We ate popcorn and pan from Borys together and laughed the night away (until 10:30 and then we went to sleep lol).
This week we had a lesson with Griselda (we are teaching her and her family in Council Bluffs, Iowa). I just wanted to tell you a little about them/how we found them. A Spanish member that lives there called us and told us she had a friend she's known for years that was interested in the gospel. We started teaching them a few weeks ago and WOW they are so prepared. They told us they used to meet with Jehova's Witnesses and they told us that it is different with us. They feel happy and calm and it feels right. THE SPIRIT! Griselda told us that she will never cancel an appointment with us because she knows that meeting with us is the right thing. Her and her husband read the Book of Mormon together and they said that it just feels right. There is a quote in Preach My Gospel from Boyd K. Packer that sums it up perfectly. It says: "The Holy Ghost can work through the Light of Christ. A teacher of gospel truths is not planting something foreign or even new into an adult or a child. Rather, the missionary or teacher is making contact with the Spirit of Christ already there. The gospel will have a familiar ‘ring’ to them.” That is exactly what is happening with this family. The Spirit has been making contact with the light of Christ in them, and they are recognizing truth. I am so blessed to be a missionary so I can witness the changes the Spirit makes in people. Please pray for Griselda and her family!
I think cinco de Mayo is my new favorite holiday!!! We went to a festival they had in our area and passed out a bunch of English class cards. Oh I forgot to mention that we had english class this week and it was a SUCCESS!!!! Thank you if you prayed for us haha. We had 5 whole students there and it was awesome. We also had a branch fiesta with a lot of Mexican food and it was iluminada. Pictures attatched.
The best part of this week though was that BORYS CAME TO CHURCH! He randomly got the day off of work and came. Even though he didn't mostly anything, he had the most spiritual uplifting experience. It was such a blessing that he got that day off, because now he knows how important coming to church is and it will give him more motivation to talk to his boss. We had an amazing lesson with him over Facebook messenger this week. We literally just had a straight lesson with him over chat. He had people over and couldn't leave but he said he could message, so that's what we did! He promised us that he would talk to his boss before the end of this week. He fasted with us and quite a few others in the branch that his boss will react well :) Thanks for all those praying for him. He is so close and ready for baptism!
I loving being a representative of Jesus Christ. We see so many miracles and blessings every day. Something I really reflected on this week was Christlike love. I understand it now. I feel like my ability to see people as Christ does has immensely increased since the beginning of my mission. When people tell us about the hardships they are going through it hurts my heart in a way that it didn't before. I want to help them. I can't relate to them and their problems, but the Savior can. And I can help them turn to Him. He is the source to all relief and to all peace. I love Him!!!
Que tengan una buena semana,
-Hermana Hansen
Pictures (they probably won't send in order):
1. English class! Look at all of our students!
2. Some sister missionaries that moved into our apartment. We hangout with them every night now!
3. Hermana Jorgensen and I at our branch fiesta!
4. The Hermanas that came down to spend the night!!!! I love them so much
5. Hermana Espinosa came out with us for a day while her companion Hermana Iverson was in training meetings/the temple. We went and saw Borys and he gave us more pan from his panaderia! Blessed.
6. Me with some ice cream a member bought us :)
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