Buenas tardes!!!!
THIS WEEK WAS FUEGO. The first big news is I am in another TRIO!!!! Our new companion is also named Hermana Hansen. She is from Seattle, Washington and she has been out about 6 months. She's super fun and smart and great at spanish, she adds a lot to this companionship!!!! A huge perk about being in a trio is that normally we can't go inside to a single man's house unless we have another woman with us. But with 3, you can go inside ANYWHERE. We feel invincible. It's been so nice, especially with the cold weather we're getting. It snowed for 2 days straight this week!
I'll share a few funny/epic fail experiences we had this week:
One night we were knocking doors in this apartment complex, and this lady answers the door, swears at us and yells at us to go away, and then opens the door up as wide as she possibly can just to get a big windup to SLAM it right in our faces. It gets better though... we went to go knock the next door and the walls are thin so she could hear us knocking, so she continues to YELL at us at the top of her lungs, through her door, every swearword you could possibly imagine. "GET OUT OF THIS #@#$ APARTMENT! NO ONE #@#$$ WANTS YOUR $#$@$#!!!!" You get the picture. We ran out of the apartment laughing hysterically. It's those moments where that is the only thing you can do. Ahh... so entertaining. Gotta love being a missionary.
On Tuesday we went to go help a member move into their new house. She asked if we could carry her clothes downstairs and put them all on the top rack of her closet. I think she had more clothes than she anticipated... The plastic support holding up the pole in the closet SNAPPED and all of the clothes fell. It was so embarrassing and we felt so bad. But yet again, we found ourselves laughing hysterically. Hahaha. All that work for nothing.
On another rainy/snow day this week we went to go visit a referral that the elders sent us. They were a Hispanic family and they couldn't communicate with them so we went and knocked their door. A teenage kid opens the door and then watches in horror as his gigantic dog escapes outside and runs out the fence that we foolishly forgot to close..."OTRA VEZ?" He says ("again?"). We felt so bad that we stupidly volunteer to run after it and bring it back. So we continue to chase this GIANT and very fast dog all throughout this giant neighborhood... We realizing that it had no collar or leash and it probably the size of one of us. So we eventually gave up, and made the walk of shame back to the house and told them we couldn't find their dog. Later that evening we saw the elders that referred them to us, and we tell them about our experience, and they say, "YOU LET THE DOG OUT TOO???" and bust up laughing. Whoops... Hopefully they let us come back to teach them. We'll close the fence next time. Hahaha.
This week we were tracting in this trailer park and this Hispanic guy opens the door and he's literally wearing a Utah hat. Like the Utes. I was like "you've been to Utah???" And he's like "What's Utah?" And I was like "uhhh... your hat says Utah!" And he was like "Oh yeah no I just found it at the store so I bought it." Hahahah. Classic.
Okay sorry I know this email is already super long. But just 2 more cool experiences. This week one on of the freezing cold days we decided to contact some less active members that we wanted to meet. We emailed/called/texted/messaged on Facebook. It was like the most successful hour of my life! Pretty much everyone responded, many had moved, and the ones that had moved told us that they've been wanting to get back in contact with the church!! One of them literally said, "Can you help me?" Ummm YES!!! We sent missionaries to like 3 of them! It was so awesome! So much more successful than if we went out and knocked on their doors. Technology works people! It was given to us to spread the gospel! Use it!
This week we had some awesome lessons with Roberto. We had to push back his baptismal date to November because he still has to overcome some Word of Wisdom issues. But he is sooo determined and even got a priesthood blessing when he came to church this week. It was one of the most spiritual experiences ever. After the blessing he just thanked everyone for helping him and motivating him on this journey he's on to get baptized and change his life. Later he texted us saying how happy and special that blessing made him feel. The Holy Spirit is so real and so strong!!! I love being a missionary and being able to be part of these awesome changes people are making in their lives... please keep praying for Roberto!
Love you all!!! Thanks for all your support! <3
-Hermana Hansen
Pictures:
Not sure what order this will send in. But:
1. Breaking the pole in the closet...
2. Celebrating my birthday again with Sister Homer (mission birthdays are the best because you celebrate it like 5 times)
3. Me in the SNOW!!!
4-7: Us at the pumpkin patch
4-7: Us at the pumpkin patch
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