Milagros de Navidad!

Dec 17, 2018

Hola Familia y Amigos!!!

Prophecies Fulfilled:
"And it shall come to pass that the Lord God shall commence his work among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, to bring about the restoration of his people upon the earth." (2 Nephi 30:8) 

This prophecy really came true for us this week. I have almost been in Worthington, Minnesota for 6 months now, and it really hit me this week how diverse this area is. We taught lessons in 5 different languages this week!!!! Lao, Karen (pronounced like Korin), Spanish, English, and I even got to do a little ASL this week!!!! Of course I don't speak Lao and Korin, but there is a less active Lao family that we visit and use Google translate to communicate and show videos that they have in Lao. And we phone-called the Karen Elders in our mission to help with a Karen family that we met! We got an ASL referral that is in a different area in Iowa, and we sent a video to her in ASL introducing ourselves. 

Zone Conference:

This week we had Christmas Zone conference and it really was such a faith builder and the motivation that we needed to work even harder and have more faith. We also had a talent show in our Zone and Hermana Esplin and I performed a spoof song that we called "I'll Make a Missionary Out of You" (instead of "I'll Make a Man Out of You" from Mulan). It was so fun! I'll try to send the video if it works. 

Discouragement and Miracles:

The work here has definitely slowed down since I was here in the summer. There was a point that we were teaching so many people I couldn't even keep track. Now we could count them on one hand. We officially stopped teaching Dora because she had completely stopped keeping all of her commitments and started to dodge our appointments and hasn't been at church in weeks. When we stopped teaching her I was so sad. She was doing so well, and I just didn't understand what happened. But I know that the Lord has timing, and that it just isn't her time right now. People also just haven't been accepting return appointments or showing interest. We were pretty discouraged at the beginning of the week, but our discouragement didn't last long. 

Miracle 1: 

On Thursday we went to try a less active member named Ferdinand who lives in Windom. He lives in a locked apartment and his buzzer wasn't working. We knocked on the glass, and an old man told us he couldn't let us in because we didn't live there. We were about to leave, when another old man came by and opened the door for us and said, "Come on in!" Miracle. We went to his apartment and a girl answered and let us right in. She told us that Ferdinand moved, but she was his ex-girlfriend and she was a member!!! Apparently she moved here a few months ago from Washington and got baptized 2 years ago. She told us she wanted to come to church so we got a ride for her!!! We were so thankful that we were able to find a lost sheep. She is so sweet!

Miracle 2:

On Saturday morning we woke up, did our studies, prayed a LOT, and went to WORK. We car fasted for almost 4 hours. We knocked door after door. As we were knocking, a big Ford truck pulls up and I kid you not, SANTA CLAUS get out and comes up to us! He said, "I saw you guys working out here and had to come with you a Merry Christmas!!!" And he gave us candy canes and thanked us for the work we do!!!! We were so happy we literally almost cried tears of joy. We gave him a light the world card too. Yeah that's right, we just might convert Santa Claus!!!! 

Miracle 3:

We kept knocking doors and a cute Guatemalan family let us right in. They fed us a huge dinner of mole (kind of like beans and chicken) and were SO kind. It fills my heart to know there are people out there kind enough to let strangers into their house and feed them. We were able to teach them and get a return appointment! Such humble and amazing people. 

Miracle 4:

On Sunday morning we gathered to have Spanish Sacrament meeting, and it was about 15 minutes after the meeting should have started and NO one had showed up that only spoke Spanish. We wondered if we should just cancel the meeting and go join the English sacrament meeting. But one of the members said, "Let's just start the meeting just in case people show up." We started the meeting, and about 15 minutes later 10 Spanish speakers showed up all at once. No one cared that they were late, we were just SO filled with joy that they came. The meeting was so spirit-filled. What an amazing day!

I really learned that when we have faith, discouragement disappears, and miracles happen. The Lord's hand is with us in every moment, we just have to look for it! Sorry this email is so long, I just had so much to say! I love you ALL so much and am so thankful for your support and love!!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! 

Con Amor,

Hermana Hansen  

Pictures:

1-2: Zone conference with the Hermanas! So nice to be reunited with every companion I've ever had all at once. I love them SO MUCH!

3: Santa Claus!!!!

4: Christmas Party with Sonia

5: Church with Alexis!

Light the World!

Dec 10, 2018 

Hola Familia y Amigos!!!

This week we had exchanges in Omaha, a Christmas party in our District Meeting, and we did a lot of finding and lighting the world! The work has been moving kind of slowly, but we have been so happy. And I know that is because we are putting in ALL of our effort to find people who are ready for this gospel and doing our best to make a difference here. And I know that Heavenly Father consecrates our efforts and time!

A big miracle we saw this week was on Thursday. We had just gotten back from exchanges in Omaha the evening before, and we had zero appointments. We looked at our open schedule, gulped, and decided we were going to make the BEST out of our time. We brainstormed ideas about how we could spread the word about the Light the World initiative. We cut snowflakes and went and Snowflake attacked a few people's doors that we are working with. We talked to everyone we saw on the street and showed them the Light the World video from Lds.org. We knocked on doors and showed it. We had about an hour and a half left in the day, and we wanted to use our time to the best of our ability. We prayed for direction, and went and tried a few of the potential people we have in our area books. There is a 14-year-old girl named Dulcy that we met a couple weeks ago, but the past few times we have tried seeing her she hasn't been home. We decided to knock on her door one last time. We knocked, saw a shadow look through the peep hole, and no one answered. We decided to knock her neighbors door that lived in the apartment upstairs. As we walked up the stairs, we heard the door open and we looked and Dulcy was standing there!!! She waved us down and we went inside to talk to her. I don't know what changed her mind, but her heart was softened and she opened the door for us. Definitely the Spirit! We taught her the Restoration, and it was one of the strongest times I have felt the spirit on my mission. She understood all of it and had amazing questions. What an amazing tender mercy from the Lord that we were able to find her!

Later this week we were trying to find more ways that we could use Light the World to find people. We made a Light the World facebook page for the area, and every time we meet someone we are adding them to the page and having them post about how they are going to light the world! This is just a start, but we know that Technology will really help people be connected to the gospel and they will desire to learn more as they see the community reaching out to each other and serving. I am so thankful to be part of a technology mission. We have learned that our phones are really like the Liahona. With the digitized area book, with Facebook (when it's used wisely/correctly), and with text messaging/calling - we are able to reach out to SO many and shared the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. Just like the Liahona, if we are obedient and faithful, the Lord leads us to those who are ready through technology! That is WHY we have it! To spread His gospel in the last dispensation!!!! 

I love this gospel so much! I am so happy to be a missionary. I love my companion. I love my area! I think I might be in Worthington, Minnesota for a while! A member from the High Counsel came and visited and sat in on part of the Spanish Sacrament meeting that we have been having. Afterward he asked if he could send our mission president an email and ask if I can stay in this area for longer to help the Spanish members stay strong in the branch while this Spanish Sacrament meeting is starting out. I guess we will see what happens, it is in the Lord's hands! 

I hope you all have an amazing week and find ways to serve others and light your community this week!!!! Remember: "when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God." (Mosiah 2:17)

-Hermana Hansen-

Failures and Successes

Dec 3, 2018

Hola Familia y Amigos!!!

WHAT A WEEK!!!! Let's just say you have SO many ups and downs on a mission it's crazy. At the beginning of this week, I hit a low point. After Leanor and her family dropped us, and Dora fell off date, I was having a really rough time. I was feeling inadequate and like I wasn't a good enough missionary or teacher. On Monday night I literally broke down and started crying in the car with Hermana Esplin because I was just having such a rough time. But on Tuesday, we had interviews with our mission President. I was able to tell him how I was feeling, and he helped me change my outlook and see how I can improve. He reminded me of the realness of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. That only through Him we can get back on our feet and start over again. I was reminded that through the grace of Christ, He will consecrate my efforts and I am not alone in this work. I am here to be an instrument, and through His Holy Spirit He can work through me and help His children come to the covenant path! 

A huge miracle happened this week with a member named Alexis. She is 25 and her mom is our branch mission leader. We are with them quite a bit. Alexis came out with us this week to go find a less active member and to do a little bit of contacting. The next time we saw her, she told us that she is going on a mission!!!!! We were shocked. She had never wanted to go on a mission before, and was set on moving to Utah next May. We asked her what changed her mind, and she said she said she realized she wanted to when she came out with us!!!! She told us that we were the reason she decided to go. We were so happy. Her mom told us, "You may have not had the baptism that you thought would happen (Dora), but you helped someone go on a mission!" This experience made me so happy and really lifted my spirits, it was exactly what I needed this week.

Saturday, December 1st was the "World Wide Day of Service" but we hadn't had anything planned. All of the members in the area were at the temple, and there aren't any food banks or anything in the area where other missionaries normally do service. So we were determined to set out and find some service! When all of a sudden a BLIZZARD hit. We were hesitant to drive, and we had an appointment that wasn't too far away. We decided to walk to her house and do some spontaneous service if we saw anyone outside on the way. We started walking and the snow was just pelting us right in the face. Our mascara was dramatically smeared all over the place! But we were determined to find someone to serve. We kept trudging along in the snow storm, when a car pulls up and the driver asked if we wanted a ride somewhere. We awkwardly looked at each other not knowing what to say, because we aren't allowed to ride with non-members. We kind of shrugged and said, "Oh, no, that's okay!" And before we were able to say more they drove off. We felt so embarrassed, because we were desperately trying to find people to serve, and people felt so bad for us that they were trying to serve us! It was so funny and sad. The worst part was, when we got to our appointment, she wasn't home! It took us a half hour to get there when normally it would take like 8 minutes. By the time we got home, we had found no one to serve. 

There was a member who's 8-year-old son was going to baptized that night. Because everyone in the area was at a temple trip together and they live far away, they asked us if we would mind filling up the baptismal font. When we got there, we didn't have a key to open the baptismal font from the bathrooms. We opened it from the front side and I jumped over the glass and Hermana Esplin lowered me into the font so I could unlock the door. To our surprise, it was full of BUGS! We swept out the whole font, and filled it (it takes a few hours and you have to stay in the building while it fills up). However, our efforts were again all for nothing, because the baptism got canceled due to the weather. 

When we got home on Saturday we felt a bit like failures. We prayed to Heavenly Father to help us find some service the next day. On Sunday morning we were driving to church, and we saw the car in front of us skid on the snow and did a 360 turn into a huge mound of snow. Luckily, we were prepared and had snow shovels in the back of our car! We helped dig out his car and he was on his way. After church, there was another guy whose car was literally boxed in with snow from when the snow plow came through. Yet again, we were able to help him get his car out! Our hearts were full of gratitude because Heavenly Father gave us opportunities to help others in need and share a bit of His gospel and light with them. I know with my whole heart that Heavenly Father placed us in the right place at the right time so that we could have helped these people. He knew we truly wanted to find service, and He guided us to it. He listens to our prayers and truly guides us with His hand! He loves us so dearly! 

Although this week started out hard, it completely turned over. We worked so hard and saw so many miracles. It was such a refresher to be able to take the Sacrament on Sunday and listen to the testimonies of the 20 person congregation (we lacked members due to snow). But although we were small in numbers, the Holy Ghost radiated throughout the room. I was able to feel this again during the Christmas Devotional when we got to hear our beloved prophet and I was able to see my mom in the choir!!! 

I know that Heavenly Father loves us SO MUCH! He hears our prayers and answers them. He wants to bless us and will if we are obedient. I love you all so much! Find a way to LIGHT THE WORLD this week! 

Con Amor, 

Hermana Hansen 

Pictures:

1-2: The snowstorm! Me trying to see in the snow haha

3: Hermana Esplin and I

4: My mom in the choir!!!!

Thanksgiving, Hard week!

Nov 26, 2018

Hola Familia y Amigos!!!

First of all, I want to make you all aware of the new email policy change on my mission! In our mission President's words: "You now have the approval to email as long as you want (from 8AM-6PM on Preparation Day), in concert with you companion's desires." Life is good!!!! So from now on I will be able to reply on my phone throughout the day on Mondays.

This week definitely had its ups and downs! Thanksgiving was amazing. We pretty much spent the day at member's homes and ate a LOT of good food! I was so thankful for the chance to focus on the amazing blessing Heavenly Father has given us. 

This week we were getting really nervous that Dora wouldn't be ready for her baptism date. We prayed about it a lot, and talked to our mission leader, Sonia. She suggested that we have a lesson together in Sonia's home to see if Dora was ready. We were able to help Dora open up about how she has been feeling about her baptism, and she explained that she has been kind of been feeling pressured and isn't really sure if she knows that the church is true yet. We were so thankful that she opened up, and know that she will be ready in the future! Please pray for her! 

For quite a while now we have been working with a family that has been progressing so well. The mom is named Leanor, and her two sons are Jose (age 12) and Juan (age 9). They have come to church twice now, and came to the halloween party not too long ago! They all loved church. They read the Book of Mormon very diligently and told us that they know it is true. When we asked Jose why he likes to go to church, he said because he know that this is the only church with the authority of God. Juan said he knows it is the only true church. Leanor has been having a harder time accepting it. She has still been going to her old church that she's grown up in, and told us that she just wants to be able to go to both. We lovingly helped her see that she can't choose both churches, that she will have to prayerfully make decision about whether or not this church is true and if she needs to be baptized. After we explained that to her, she told us she would pray about it and think about it. Just this last week she texted us and told us that she can't be in both churches at the same time, so she is choosing the church she grew up in. A few minutes later we got texts from both Juan and Jose from her phone, telling us thank you and that they love us, and they thanked us for teaching them how to pray. I was so heart broken. I literally read the texts they sent and started crying. I realized that over this time that we have spent teaching them the Restored Gospel, I felt so much love from them. I felt a portion of the love that Heavenly Father has felt for them. I had true hopes that they would be baptized. I still think that the boys will eventually be baptized, when they are old enough to make that decision. I prayed so hard for this family that night, and suddenly felt comforted. I know that Jesus Christ knows EXACTLY how we have been feeling. He knows what it feels like to be rejected, He knows what it feels like when people turn him away. I only hope and pray that this family will realize the joy that this gospel can bring, and come back! 

Although sometimes we experience set backs, I know we can always get back up through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. He will help us stay strong. I want to be as Jacob and Joseph were in the scriptures when they said this:

"And we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon us the responsibility, answering the sins of the people upon our own heads if we did not teach them the word of God with all diligence; wherefore, by laboring with our might their blood might not come upon our garments; otherwise their blood would come upon our garments, and we would not be found spotless at the last day." (Jacob 1:19)

This gives me so much courage and motivation to do the Lord's work, even when people will turn us away. We have truth that the rest of the world needs and lacks, and I will not hesitate to share it!!!! I love you all!!! Have an amazing week!!!!

Con Amor,
Hermana Hansen

1-2: Hermana Esplin and I

3: Hermana Esplin and I with Dominique, a member who is moving! We helped her pack up and get rid of some of the things in her house. 

4: We tried to take some pictures on thanksgiving but failed because it was so windy so they failed. Enjoy.

5: Thanksgiving dinner!!!

6: A picture from a dinner we had at a members home with the Zebas! We had a missionary lesson and we made them all badges! Love that family. 

Transfers and a Baptism :)

Nov 19, 2018

Hola familia y amigos!!!!

Transfers happened this week and I am still in Worthington, Minnesota and I am now with Hermana Esplin! Hermana Thacker is now in Sioux City with Hermana Iverson. She is from Alaska so she is very used to the cold weather that we have here. Fun fact: she was also trained by Hermana Thacker 4 transfers ago. This is only her second area and she has been out for 10 months! I already love her so much. She's really helped me get out of my shell and helped me rediscover humor. She makes missionary work so fun and has helped me see that we can laugh and have fun while still working hard! 

The day after transfers, I felt this enormous weight on my shoulders. I felt inadequate in leading out the area, and it felt very burdening to have to remember everything on my own, since Hermana Esplin doesn't know anyone in the area yet. I opened up the scriptures for personal study that morning, hopeful that the Book of Mormon would enlighten me and take away some stress. I looked down and of course I had just reached the Isaiah chapters in 2nd Nephi. But to my surprise, I was able to understand some of it, and it was exactly what I needed to hear. 

2 Nephi 8:3 

"For the Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody."

It made me realize that when we are in our "waste places" and having a hard time, he will comfort us. We can have "joy and gladness" and still be thankful even when we are struggling. It helped me realize that I am not alone in this. Heavenly Father is there every step of the way to help me. This became so true this week. Although I had the responsibility of explaining everyone's background and remembering who we needed to go visit, we were able to work together in unity and Christ made up for the rest. 

Yesterday Jocelia, Jolene, and Joseph were finally baptized!!!! It was so amazing to see how excited and nervous they were to make this sacred covenant with Heavenly Father. Although their mother is not yet a member, she was beaming and so thrilled and supportive of her children's decision. It was such an amazing and spirit-filled experience!!!! 

Love you all, thank you for your prayers and support! Take some time to thank someone you love and appreciate this week! Hope you have an amazing Thanksgiving!!!

Con Amor,

Hermana Hansen 

It's cold!!!! Testigos Jehova, Spanish Sacrament Meeting

Nov 12, 2018

Hola familia!!!!
This week I am typing on my phone because the library is closed because of Veteran's day. All those years of texting before my mission are finally coming to good use (haha).

This week was COLD!!!! In our district we have been focusing a lot on having the "faith to find" even when it's freezing outside. We put that to good use this week! When it's cold, it is easy to lose motivation. Less people are on the streets, and it's a lot harder to get yourself to get out the door when you know you'll freeze outside. Tuesday was our "car fast" day, and it was about 20 degrees with strong, COLD wind. I was very thankful for the coat my mom sent a few weeks ago. We started knocking. Only an hour later we had found 3 new people to teach and got a referral. It was such a huge miracle! We found more people than we have found in the past 2 weeks in ONE HOUR of hard work. We really learned that even though it's cold, people have warm hearts. I think they could tell that the message we carried must have been important, because who else would be crazy enough to walk around knocking doors in that freezing weather? More people let you in when it's cold too, so that has been such a blessing. I love missionary work, even when it's freezing!!!! Little did we know that apparently we don't have to do car fasts anymore because it's so cold now. Hahaha. It was definetly worth it though, especially in Heavenly Father's eyes!

This week we had a lesson with a couple named Alicia and Ricardo. They have been taught the lessons for YEARS by the missionaries and have never shown progress. They recently just got home from a long trip and reached out to us and invited us over. We went over to establish our purpose and to make sure they understood the importance of keeping their commitments, or else we won't be able to come back anymore. Half way through our lesson there was a knock at the door, and Alicia opened it and it was 2 girl Jehova's Witnesses!!! They gave her a big hug and laughed and chatted for a minute. We were sitting there so awkwardly trying not to bust out laughing. THEY ARE TAKING LESSONS FROM THE JEHOVA'S WITNESSES TOO!!!! I think both of us missionaries realized that our efforts with Alicia and her husband weren't going too far. Hahaha. We will have to stop teaching her, but hopefully she will be ready in the future!

Our biggest miracle this week happened on Sunday. We had our first Spanish sacrament meeting in the Primary room during the same hour as English sacrament meeting!!!! It was such an amazing experience. We were small in numbers, but it felt like a close family as we all huddled into the little room together! Dora and her two sons, and Leanor and her 2 sons all came! I think I mentioned Leanor before, but if not, she has been being taught for a while and recently has been showing so much progress. They have come to church twice now and read the Book of Mormon very diligently! She isn't quite ready to let go of her old Religion yet, but she knows the Book of Mormon is true! We have high hopes for her and her family. It is just so amazing to see our little branch growing in numbers poco a poco!

I love the gospel so much. I'm so thankful to be a missionary! There are people ready to hear this gospel no matter the weather. The truth is we couldn't do it without the members! My invitation to you all is to find a way to be a missionary this week! Share a scripture with a friend. Invite a less active member to church. Go rake someone's leaves. No matter how big or small the act, it counts in Heavenly Father's eyes! He loves you!!!! And I love you!!!!! Have an amazing week!

Con amor, Hermana Hansen

Pictures:

1. Some of our favorite members, the Dickman's and their cute granddaughter!

2. The Zeba family (our recent converts) bought us sweatshirts that say ZEBA on the back and Z on the front. So we're basically members of the family now!!!! I love them so much.

3. Me and the snow! 

Zone Conference, Missionary Spirit, Prayers Answered!

Nov 5, 2018

Hola Familia y Amigos!!!!

WHAT A WEEK!!!!!! On Tuesday we had Zone Conference and it was amazing and so uplifting. It was held in Sioux City, Iowa, so we drove down the night before and stayed the night with HERMANA IVERSON!!!!! It's always so exciting when I get to see her. There will always be something so special about your first companion in the MTC, I just know we will be amigas para siempre! 

Zone Conference

At Zone Conference the biggest thing that stuck out to me was how our President emphasized that during the time we have on our mission, we belong to the Lord. Every time we wake up, we need to think, "I belong to the Lord today," and get up and do His work. He promised us that if we give His work all of our energy, have faith, and work a little harder, we will have the "spirit of a missionary." Wow. I really needed that promise. Lately, missionary work has been a little bit harder than usual. Finding people to teach has been hard, waking up in morning has been hard, and when I get home lately, I'm so worn out and exhausted. It had been harder for me to be motivated and excited to go out and knock doors lately too. Yes, I could blame the weather, but in reality, I needed that extra motivation that our inspired President gave us! 

The Spirit of a Missionary 

The entire rest of the week after Zone Conference, Hermana Thacker and I zipped up our coats and went out the door each morning feeling like we were wearing the Armor of God. We knocked door after door, and talked to EVERYONE that we saw. We worked so hard from sun up to sun down every single day. And the most amazing part about it was, I was SO HAPPY every single day. It didn't matter whether people accepted us or not. I knew we were doing everything we could to bring the Restored Gospel to everyone we saw, and I knew that Heavenly Father was pleased with our work this week. It also became a lot easier to wake up, and I even had energy when I got home. I can honestly say that I have had missionary spirit all week, and it's been such a blessing!

I truly felt like Nephi this entire week when he said:

"Wherefore, I, Nephi, did exhort them to give heed unto the word of the Lord;yea, I did exhort them with all the energies of my soul, and with all the 

faculty which I possessed, that they would give heed to the word of God and remember to keep his commandments always in all things."

(1 Nephi 15:25) 

Heavenly Father Answers Prayers

For this entire transfer Hermana Thacker and I have been praying very hard for unity within our mixed-language branch. Normally on Sundays, Hermana Thacker and I translate during Sacrament meeting with headsets. It's never easy, and the headsets don't work too well. I feel so bad for our Spanish members that have to bear with our live-translation in broken Spanish through fuzzy headphones. Especially because Heavenly Father has promised us that there will be a time when the gospel will go forth to every language, kindred, tongue, and people. There has been a plea from the Spanish members lately to start doing sacrament meeting in Spanish every week. Our Branch Council has been working hard to get it approved with the stake and area 70 for us to start splitting sacrament meetings so that the Spanish members will have more opportunities to speak and to nourish each other in their own language. After much prayer and fasting, the idea got approved this week!!!! We will start having Spanish Sacrament meeting next week in the primary room during the same time that English Sacrament meeting is happening. We were overjoyed when we got the news. You know the part in the Book of Mormon where Ammon reunites with his brethren after years of not seeing each other, and he was so happy that he passed out? 

Alma 27:17: "Now the joy of Ammon was so great even that he was full; yea, he was swallowed up in the joy of his God, even to the exhausting of his strength; and he fell again to the earth."

I didn't pass out, but that's exactly how I felt when we got the news. This is huge for our Spanish members and for the people we are teaching!!!! 

Our prayers were also answered for this past Sunday. We had a Regional Conference broadcast and President Holland spoke!!! We were very nervous about translating for that conference. We prayed so hard and asked a lot of people if there would be someone translating for that meeting. We hadn't heard anything back, so on Saturday we were planning on translating for the meeting. But on Saturday afternoon we got a phone call from one of the members and they told us there would be a Spanish translation! They were able to have a TV in the other room in Spanish and we were so thrilled. Especially because one of the families who speak Spanish that we are teaching came to church for the first time yesterday!!! Huge miracle and answer to prayer. 

Update on Dora:

We were able to move her baptismal date back to November 24th! We knelt down to pray with her the other day and told her to ask Heavenly Father if she was making the right choice to be baptized. She told us, "Look I already prayed and asked if I should be baptized and I got my answer. I know I need to be baptized!" She went on to tell us that she had a dream that the Savior came to her and told her she needs to be baptized. Isn't that so awesome?!?! She committed to live the Word of Wisdom yesterday without a problem too. We are so proud of her. She is such a precious daughter of God! 

I hope you all had an amazing Halloween and got a good extra hour of sleep during day light savings! Getting that extra hour of sleep was like the best day of my life haha.

Love you all!!! Have a great week :)

Con amor, Hermana Hansen

Pictures:

1-2: Hermana Iverson, Gubler, Thacker, and I after zone conference! They were about to go to a service project so that's why they're wearing street clothes.

3-6: Hermana Thacker and I celebrated on Halloween night after 9:00 by carving pumpkins and making cupcakes! It was also her 1 year mark :) My pumpkin is supposed to be a cat but it honestly just looks like Fin the Human from Adventure Time haha.