Mar. 7, 2015

 Daiana´s baptism, us with her and her parents! They´re next :) haha

We cooked a ton of pancakes last week for a meeting with all the zone leaders!!

Hey all! 

So good to hear from you all this week! Como pasa el tiempo! Seriously the weeks feel like days out here in the mission field, so glad to hear that you are all doing great though and just living up life! It really is the best isn't it? We are so blessed to be here, especially as members of the church. I love it! Sounds like ball is crazy intense, so excited for Carter! that video was unreal! I would be lying if I said I only watched it once... haha. I am impressed. I was almost sure that hoop was only 9 feet, what hops! Sounds like life is great though, makes me happy.

It's crazy I have already been back in the office for a transfer! Next Wednesday we have transfers again! So wild. I'm excited though, we have a pretty awesome part in the transfers. We get to be with all the missionaries as they finish their missions, hear them share their testimonies and everything. Then we get to pick up the new missionaries on Tuesday morning and spend the day with them doing trainings, and then we are going to go out with them and do contacts in the afternoon! Give away Book of Mormons. I'm sure its going to bring back a rush of memories haha, back to the days when I didn't speak any Spanish. The best, I'm more than excited.

This week was super incredible. First off because Daiana got baptized last weekend! It was awesome. She is such an awesome young girl. Her family is incredible too, I really do have such a special place in my heart for them It was a really cool experience though, because her uncle came and baptized and confirmed her! He also baptized Daiana´s older brother who is now in the mission. On Saturday and Sunday there was also a bunch of family members that went, and Daiana´s parents went which was awesome! Luz (Daiana´s mom) shared her testimony with us after by simply expressing her feelings. She said she knew this would help her daughter become a good person and grow up with good standards and values. It was incredible. We are working really hard with her now, so that she can get baptized as well as her husband.

As far as other people to baptize we have been blessed to find a ton of great people in these past weeks! We have Ruben who is progressing well, he went to church 2 weeks ago and has a baptismal for the 21st of this month. The other day we had a great lesson with him and he committed to live the Word of Wisdom. He has a testimony, he feels good every time he prays, reads, and every time we go over. He just doubts himself sometimes, so we just need to help him recognize the stuff he does know and not think so much about what he doesn´t know.

We also have a man named Walter who has a fecha for the 28th of this month. He is probably one of the nicest guys I´ve ever met, just has such a good heart and is such a simple man. He sends us texts often asking how we are, and when we call he always asks us how our day was and what we did. He struggles a little bit when it comes to understanding the Gospel, especially the scriptures, but it will come with time. I just know he´s prepared by the way he receives us, you can tell he is a person that already lives the type of life that the Savior asks of us.

 We also have a couple great young couples as well. Gabriel and Camila first off. Gabriel is a member and Camila isn´t. Its funny though, because she wants to get married and baptized really bad, and he is a little hesitant right now with getting married. But last Saturday we had a ward activity and they talked about marriage. The best part is that Camila raised her hand and asked "I want to get married but he doesn´t, what should I do?" it was super funny but also very powerful to see her desire. So this week he went by with a young guy named Jose who just got married and he shared his testimony. Before Gabriel said he would get married in 2-3 years, but the other day he said 3 or 4 months! So we are seeing some serious progress, and we know they will be a special part of the church. 

We also have Martin and Yesica. The other day Martin´s dad (The Elders Quorom President) blessed Martin and Yesica´s baby in church, it was super special! It's cool to see how their testimonies are growing, and that moment definitely helped them even though they aren't members yet. We also did a service project for them on Wednesday.. we helped them move so that was a lot of fun! They are pretty much members just need to get married and baptized, but they are right there! We are super excited. We also saw a ton of new miracles this week, the Lord blessed us to find like 10 news in our first 3 days of working and one is an incredible family! The dad is an inactive member and he lives with his wife and 3 kids (14 and 11 years old and one of 5 months). Im more then excited for church tomorrow, I love seeing new people come to church and get to know it. I also love the feeling that their is here, the members in our ward are incredible with the way they treat the people visiting,

We also have one other miracle. We were walking in the street on Tuesday and we felt the impression to knock this one door. This man about 50 years old came out and after talking a bit he invited us to talk to him. So we sat down and he started telling us about his life, and I can tell you it hasn't been easy. He has spent time in prison and has really had some tough times, but he is so prepared. Just 2 years ago his mom passed away. So the other day we were talking about how he could live with his mom again in God´s presence if he prepares now. But we also said how he needs to be clean to live with God.. and he said "it´s true, that´s why I want to be baptized". It was INCREDIBLE! We didn´t even mention it, he just said it himself. It was such a powerful moment, and then we invited him to a baptismal date. He also read like all the introduction of the Book of Mormon, The 3 and 8 witnesses, and the first 10 chapters of the Book of Mormon in like 3 days! He was telling us by memory too, it was super cool! Their are so many prepared people we just have to find them!

Well out of time, so many things to do but I love you guys! Thanks for all you do. I love this work so much, and love my Savior more then I can explain. I know that when we are obedient we are blessed. Last week we talked about this to the whole mission, and since apply what we taught the Lord truly has poured us with blessings, more then I can explain. I know without doubt that the Lord is aware of your struggles and also your desires, and as you put out a constant effort everyday to be a good person He will bless you. 

Have a great week. All the best.

Love, Elder Hansen!

Mar. 2, 2015

Hey all!

Thanks a ton for the letters this week they were awesome! Sounds like life is pretty exciting up there! First off dad bought a new truck!? super crazy, I didn't even know you were looking for one.. you were missing "White Lightning" or something? Now we can take another road trip out to Regina.. but this time at least with some AC haha. And sounds like Carter is still just ripping it up in sports thats so cool, the man! Crazy how fast the time goes by no, and that the basketball days are almost over. But I'm super excited that I will be able to watch you next year! Will be so cool. Also congrats on your talk bro I heard it was awesome.. can you send me a copy I would love to read it! Thanks so much for your testimony mom, I appreciate the strong person you are and for all you have done for me! You guys are just the best.

So this was another week of absolute miracles. The Lord is so extremely merciful, I can't even explain it. We have been so blessed. So last Sunday we saw a bunch of sweet miracles in church. Daiana went to church with her dad (it was his first time) and then Martin and Yesica went, Karina as well, and then we had 2 new investigators named Ruben and Walter who both went! So it was such a special day! 

During the week we saw some pretty special miracles with some of these people as well.

On Tuesday we had a lesson with Ruben and we taught him about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and it was super spiritual, and as we got to the part about baptism he said "I have never been baptized before, but I have been thinking it would be pretty important" wow I was seriously left in shock. We then invited him to be baptized on the 21st of March and he accepted! He feels like it could be a little fast and wants to be prepared but we promised him that the Lord will help him feel ready, wow it was incredible!

Right after that lesson we went to teach Martin and Yesica, and we had a super lesson planned out. They aren't married.. yet, that is haha. So we planned to teach a mixture of eternal families and how baptism is the gate to being able to live with God and our families again. We invited a member family with us which was super awesome, they shared their testimonies and it was super powerful! So as we talked about families they said all they desired was to live together forever, and to have peace in their lives. We then shared a scripture and invited them to be baptized and they accepted! it was super awesome! Then we explained the importance of marriage talking about the temple, and we invited them to get married as well! haha. They said they want to, but they need to think about it a bit.. so that is super exciting! We have some super awesome investigators.

Daiana is also going to get baptized TODAY!  We are super excited, its going to be tonight at about 7:30.. and we have a ward activity today at 6:30, so its going to be an awesome night! All of Daiana's family is going to be there and lots of her family that are members are going to participate in the program! I don't know if I told you that her brother is serving a mission in Peru right now, but anyways he is super excited and sent the family a letter last week. Also they have a family friend who baptized Daiana's brother who is going to baptize her today! So its gonna be sweet, Ill try to send you some pics when I get the chance!

Sorry I'm out of time we have to go fill the font! But yesterday we went to dinner with President Catron, it was super cool to be able to go there again, such a special family!

Hope you guys have a great week, love you all a ton, thanks for everything you do for me and for your great examples!

Love, Elder Hansen.

Feb. 21, 2015

Elder Collins and I at the Llerenas

With Brother Llerena

With Sister Llerena

The church during our activity. Our breakfast burritos on the left.

Hey Fam!

Things continue to go great here in the office! Glad things went well back home for you all as well this week, always good to see the family so happy! How blessed we are to have the Gospel eh, sometimes I don't even realise that all the happiness that we have comes from it. Thanks a ton for all the cool stories you shared with me! I know that I often don't respond to them but that doesn't mean that I don't appreciate them! It is always awesome to hear the inspirational stories and little miracles that happen daily!

That's so awesome about Uncle Robin and Aunt Melanie! Would you mind sending me their email address so I can send them something one of these days. They have always been a great support to me and I'm super excited for them.. they are gonna love it for sure! 

So this week has been a blast and has gone by just as fast as usual, but it was super great. Last Monday we had a big ward activity. We have a bunch of families from different countries so each family was assigned to bring food from their home country! And we were assigned to bring something from North America! So we cooked breakfast burritos! The cheapest and quickest haha, but they actually turned out pretty good. I'll send some pics. We fried up about 60 tortillas and then cooked the meat, eggs, potatoes, onions, peppers.. and then of course some hot sauce! There was food from so many different countries. Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia. It was definitely a success! I ate so much.. had a little bit of every flavor in my stomach. It went super well as far as investigators and less active members as well. We saw a ton of people we invited show up so that was super cool, it's awesome how activities like that can bring everyone together so well! Its so crucial in the conversion of a new member.

On Tuesday and Thursday we did splits with a couple different Zones, and on Wednesday and Friday we had Zone Conferences. So to say the week was busy would be an understatement haha but it was super fun. It has been a blast for me to get to know so many great missionaries and to learn from so many different people. Its also awesome to make so many life long friends. Its amazing how Heavenly Father has given each one of us so many different talents, and I love learning from the talents of others. I love doing splits. It has become one of my favorite things to do. The other day I was with an Elder from Argentina, Elder Manzano. We had a great day but it was also super interesting.. I usually don't tell these kind of things so be prepared mom haha. So we were leaving a members house and walking in the street when we heard a bang and then we heard this loud whizzing sound pass our ears... and then something drilled the tree in front of us. I was super shocked. As we came to our senses we realised that somebody had shot some kind of pellet or BB at us! haha crazy kids. Seriously hey! But what can you do right? Right after this the Lord blessed us and we found and taught an awesome new family! It's true when they say that the trial (or the moment of doubt) always comes before the blessing.. and that we always have to show our faith!

This same night Elder Collins and Elder Young had a family home evening with our bishop and 2 young couples that we are teaching! I was sad that I couldn't be there but Elder Collins said it went really well and that the 2 couples really enjoyed it! He said they really opened up and loved seeing how the Gospel has blessed our bishops family and how happy they are thanks to the church. They are both progressing really well, but we are working a full to try to get them married! Its looking really good though, just need a little more faith right!

So I'm not sure if I told you too much about it but we are teaching another family and the little girl should be getting baptised next Saturday! She is going to have her interview today. They are cousins of a member family, which is super nice. The little girl is named Daiana, she is super funny and is super kapa! Her parents are progressing too but they need a little more work to be able to be baptised, so we are hoping that Daiana's example will help her parents make the next steps that they need too! So ya I'm super excited about that, it will be awesome!

Also Elder Emry my old companion told me a couple days ago that a couple of the investigators we were teaching in Catan should be getting baptized today.... so I'm hoping to hear good news!

It's amazing how everyone has their time. The other day when I was in Lujan I heard that a kid named Juan that I was teaching while I was there (he's a cousin of the Alvarez family) got baptised just a couple weeks ago! I was so happy to hear it. I learned the importance of the scripture in D&C 64:33 .. that we should never get tired of doing our best, working hard, and being good people because we really are "laying a foundation of a great work" I hope you guys always can have the faith and the attitude to continue even when things get hard, and know that the Lord WILL and HAS to bless us as we are obedient, but He doesn't have to bless us now. I have learned that everything has it's time and that He knows when we will really need the blessings... but we need to be diligent right now to receive them.

Well life's good. The mission is great. My comp is a stud I learn a ton from him everyday. We have such an awesome staff here and I'm so happy to be around them all everyday. Hope you all are great and just changing lives and stuff.

The other day President Robertson shared a cool story. About how he used to have to meet with a general authority like twice a week to talk about some church issues. He said that EVERY TIME that he met with this general authority he asked him "what did you do to change a life today?" It's such a simple question, but so powerful.. and I have been putting a lot of thought into it lately. I want to invite you all to think about it too, I know if we can come to understand it and live up to the invitation that we can changes lives daily.

Love you all!

Elder Hansen.

Elder Bustamante and I 

Dear Fam,

I am just going to apologise before I ever start this letter, its gonna be super short haha. We traveled home from Chivilcoy today so we are super short on P-day time, we have a couple important appointments tonight.

So ya this week has been super great and amazingly satisfying. Just has been such a blessing to be able to work everyday in whatever it may be. This week was definitely highlighted by the Zone Conferences and the splits we did. On Tuesday we did splits with Catan, Elder Collins went there and I stayed here with Elder Van Liew. It was super awesome. The absolute best part of being a missionary is being able to learn from others through splits, it is such a great opportunity to learn about others and see what they do to be successful. Its amazing how God has given us all so many gifts and talents, but how all these gifts and talents are different.

Then Wednesday we had Zone Conferences here with a couple zones. Yesterday we had Zone Conferences in Chivilcoy so we had to drive out there (like 2 hours) so not to bad. Then after we did splits with them as well. I went out to Bragado which is a small little town with Elder Bustamante and Elder Vargas, they are super sweet. We had to borrow a 3rd bike and the person who we borrowed it from didn't have another bike helmet.. and it's a rule to use a helmet. So Elder Bustamante ended up riding with a motorcyle helmet! It was the funniest thing ever.. below I put in a picture! It was a great split and we so a ton of miracles!

Elder Collins and I continue to work hard and have success in our own area as well. The other day we contacted this guy named Ruben. He is super awesome. His kid lives with his mom who is a member so he knows a lot about the church, but never really was super interested. So we asked him if we could share a message with him and he accepted, and we talked a lot about the family and the importance the church plays in helping us become closer to our families for this life and the next. It was a pretty good lesson, but seriously nothing out of this world. But at the end we invited him to pray and he was super hesitant, but we kind of insisted because we knew it could help him.. and he said ok. As he finished the prayer he just broke out in tears, and as we asked him what he felt he said "I don't know, I have never felt this way in my whole life" it was seriously one of the most powerful spiritual experiences I have witnessed in my mission. It was so amazing to see the power of prayer in action, and just how big of a difference it can make in ones life.. and just how close one can feel to God if they pray with a sincere heart.

It seriously is such a great time to be a missionary and I feel so blessed! We have this Sister in our ward named Sister Horna, she is super awesome. The other day she gave us like 4 referrals of her friends and her neighbors and we have visited and taught a few.. it is so amazing to see the importance of members in missionary work. Because we contacted one of her neighbors named Ermenia.. and she said she was busy and didn't have time to receive us, and wasn't to interested.. and when we went 2 days later with Sister Horna, this lady Ermenia just let us right in and we had a great lesson! It really is like night and day. Letting in 2 random strangers, or letting in your friend who tells you they have 2 people who can help you out. I want to thank you guys for all the support you give to the missionaries, and encourage you to keep helping them out because you guys can make the difference! And I hope Carter can go out with them one day.. seriously would be so cool :)

Hey I gotta run, we are going to go teach Ruben right now I'm super excited!

Have a great week, love you all!

Elder Hansen.

Elder Collins and I at the Robertson's house

Feb 7, 2015

Hey everyone! Thanks so much for the letters of support this week, it has been an amazing week for sure! Glad to hear that things back there are going good and that everyone is doing well! Glad you were able to party a little bit for moms birthday haha. This week has been crazy but I have loved learning my new responsibilities here in the office!

Just to answer some of your questions. First off I do have another pair of shoes that are good so don't worry haha. What happened is a missionary left those shoes behind when he went home and they were in pretty good condition so I decided to use them.. but one day we were running home from an appointment and they just completely ripped open haha.. so now I am using my other ones.

My new companion is named Elder Collins (I don't remember if I put that in my other letter) below I attached a photo. He is from Wyoming, a small town boy as well so we have lots in common. He's an american football superstar haha, but actually.. he's super cool and we get along really well.

As far as the responsibilities here in the office its a lot different than before, it's super great. We pretty much take care of the spiritual side of the mission. For example this month we have Zone Conferences so Elder Collins and I had to plan what we wanted to talk about with all the mission in general. Pretty much just thought of our strengths and weaknesses as a mission and then planned something out. I definitely was nervous the first time, I am not a good public speaker but I'm learning haha. It's an awesome experience though I'm learning a lot from the missionaries here, they are all such great people with such unique talents!

Besides that we are in the office just in the morning usually. We take care of planning for the meetings and conferences and then we also have other little jobs we do. We usually leave to our area around 2 or 3 o clock which is super nice, gives us lots of time to get out and work!!

I don't think I told you but my ward is Caseros 2. So I'm in the same chapel as I was before in Caseros when I was secretary but now I just am in a different ward.. it's super weird! Last Sunday I was sitting in the chapel and all the kids from Caseros 1 kept staring inside the glass and waving at me, it was super cool to see everyone again though and nice that I will be able to see them every week.

But this week was seriously so filled with miracles I don't know where to start. Probably one of the most spiritually uplifting weeks of my mission. Last Saturday night we went to visit one of our investigator families, and as we walked in the first question the little girl asked us was "when can I get baptized?" We were a little shocked but she asked us again.. haha it was so cool. We are teaching her parents as well and her cousins live right next door and are members so there is a great support system. She went to church with her cousins last Sunday and loved it, she has a baptismal date for the 28th of this month!

On Monday we had some really good plans but literally none of our investigators that we had planned to visit were home.. for like an hour we just walked around but nobody was home. And as we were walking in the street a powerful feeling overcame us to talk to this guy who was walking in the street with his little kid. As we started talking to him and testifying of the importance of the Restored Gospel and how it has made us truly happy he just started bawling. We asked him what was wrong and he began to explain how he had made so many mistakes in his life and how he hadn't felt that kind of happiness in a long time. We asked him if we could pass by his house later that night, and he accepted.. and we went by and taught the Restoration and how a living day prophet could bless his family and help him be a better person! His name is Horacio and he's a super stud!

We also saw some pretty awesome miracles with members as well. We have been working a lot with less active members and this week we started teaching three new investigators who are family of less active members. Such miracles. It is amazing how important members in missionary work. If someone investigating the church has a good support system it is so much more likely that they will be baptised and stay active in the church. Those are just a few of the miracles that we saw this week, it truly is so incredible to see how merciful the Lord is. Sometimes I just feel so humbled to see the things He can do, if only we have the faith to see these miracles.

So in the Zone Conferences we are showing the movie "Meet the Mormons". I don't know if you guys have seen it or not, but if you haven't you need too! It is seriously so amazing, it just displays how simple and normal mormon families are. But I got 2 main points out of the movie. First is that a lot of people really have no idea who we are, so it's sooo important we always represent the church in a good way. The 2nd is that being a member of the church is such a blessing, and being a member is a happy thing! It just helps us realise how big of blessings we have in our lives. I hope you guys are able to watch it, it truly is incredible.

Well that's just a quick update on my quick. I have a million other things I'd love to share but the time is short. Life is great though. I love being able to work closely with President Robertson again, he is a true leader and example to me. He has helped me develop a true desire to serve the Lord and be a person who is filled with charity. I feel so blessed. Hope you guys always remember just how blessed we are and just how much the Lord loves us!

And how much I love you all!

Take care,
Elder Hansen.

Last P-day in Catan eating watermelon with the some other missionaries

Shoes are hammered.

Well hey all!

So this week has been something else.. I don't even know where to start. So like I told you they called me on Sunday and told me they were going to change me! I was more than shocked. But we worked a full the last 2 days I had in Catan it was great we saw so many miracles! We found a complete family that the parents are married and they have 9 kids! Pretty much every age from 2 till 21. They are unreal! We taught them the Restoration and the Spirit was so powerful I can't even explain it! They are seriously so prepared. As we shared the first vision the Spirit was present in such a special way and they were left amazed and wanting to know more. We invited them to read the Book of Mormon and to go to church and they said they would.. although I won't be there I hope they progress they are such a special family and it was such a miracle!

So Wednesday I was definitely all over the place as far as my thoughts and my feelings about what was going to happen. Right before the meeting I was feeling super sick to my stomach and there was a million things going through my mind haha.. I definitely was feeling the nerves. I don't even know what to say to tell you the truth, I feel super humbled about what has happened and where I have been called. Just as you can probably tell I am writing on Saturday again... which means that I am in the office once again haha. Crazy no. But this time I have a lot different responsibility.. I have been called to be Assistant.. and I definitely feel so blessed.. and definitely very under qualified for the job... But If I have learned one thing on the mission is that the Lord calls us in our weaknesses and if we learn to rely on Him that we will be made strong. When I saw where I was getting called, a scripture from Exodus came into my mind... in Exodus 3:11-12 when Moses says to the Lord that he is under qualified or not capable enough to be able to do such a big task.. and the Lord responds that He will be with him through it all. I love this part, and I have to be honest is that I feel like I will be depending on the Lord more then ever in my life, but I think that is one of the greatest blessing I could have. I'm super excited for the things I will be able to learn here!

My companion is Elder Collins. He has 18 months in the mission as well, he is super awesome. He is from Wyoming and we already know each other really well so we get along great and it's a lot of fun. It's also going to be awesome to work with President and Hermana Robertson again. They are incredible people, the other day we sat down with President and talked about the Zone Conferences that we are going to be having in February and I'm super excited! It's crazy though. I think before my mission my biggest fear was having to speak in front of people about church doctrine. I was always terrified to speak out in seminary or give a class in talk. And now that's what my job is haha. We are going to be travelling around the mission and doing special conferences when we talk about the strengths and weaknesses of the mission and what we can do to get better. I'm stoked!

Our area is also great too! Yesterday we saw 2 incredible miracles and 2 people committed themselves to being baptised. One lady her name is Norma, she is so awesome! She has been talking to missionaries for over 15 years and she just never understood one thing.. mostly about what happens to good people who never get / got the chance to be baptised or know the truth. We truly did feel guided by the Lord and as we answered her doubt she just felt full of happiness and relief. She wants to read the whole Book of Mormon before she gets baptised and her goal is to do it in like 3 weeks! She's so awesome.

Well I don't really know what else to say. I feel like my time here in the office will be flying by again like crazy. It's amazing what the Lord has in store for us, and it's amazing how he tries to use us to bless the lives of others. I was reading today in 2 Nephi 26:27 today and it really showed me that our Heavenly Father desires that we all receive salvation.. every single one of us. And that the way he does this is through us, we are his people that he commands to share the Gospel and preach repentance to others. I hope we can always be obedient and try to magnify whatever calling we have or whatever the Lord has in store for us.. He knows everything and as we humbly ourselves He will work miracles in us. 

Love you all, thanks for being such great examples and such an important part of my mission.

Have a great week!!

Love, Elder Hansen.

Baptism of Itaty

Monday, Jan. 26

Hey Fam!

Thanks for the letters they were great this week, sounds like life is great up there! Thanks for always taking time to share your experiences with me I definitely appreciate it! I definitely am a proud missionary after reading your story mom! So cool that you were able to have that experience, and that you were able to share some time. I sometimes think it's not always such a bad thing to share with others and let them in our houses. I am sure that you did just great and that they left with the desire to go to church :) haha. I definitely have realised in the mission that their never is an end when it comes to the amount of knowledge that we can and should obtain in this life. I love having every morning to just study. These past weeks I have been studying a ton when it comes to the Restoration and the how scriptures in the Bible support the Restoration, its super fascinating! Glad to hear that you all had a good week and hope that Jo enjoys her vacation and that Carter does well in his exams!

Well the baptism of Itaty was great! She definitely had an interesting but cool experience that showed her desires. She used to go to an Evangelical church and twice she almost got baptised there, but both times she just couldn't do it.. she told us every time it got close she just felt something telling her she shouldn't.  On Saturday she got baptised right.. but she told us that right before she left her house she was seriously considering not going. That she felt that same feeling telling her not to go and that she shouldn't do it.. but what was awesome is that she shared how this time she felt like it was something that she needed to do and that she stayed strong to her decision and her testimony. It was awesome to see how she could resist the temptation of Satan and go through and take this big step in her life! And then yesterday she received the Holy Ghost, it was awesome! Yesterday was her birthday too! She turned 22.. so we went to her house and cooked her and her family a cake! Put my cake boss skills to work haha. It was definitely a good weekend though and a good experience for her! Sorry that I can't send pictures still but hopefully one of these days I'll be able too!

Our English class went good this week as well! We had about 15-20 people show up which was pretty good for the first week, we are hoping that we get more and more every week as the word gets out! We just taught basic stuff. How to present yourself more than anything, very simple. We used the book that they gave us in the MTC to learn Spanish. It's super simple and it helped me a ton, you guys will have to study it up one day and we can all just speak in Spanish!

Speaking of that.. it could be next week. haha. So the mission decided to change how they announce the changes. Normally they did it Monday night.. but yesterday they called us and let us know! And I'm leaving Catan! Ahh man I was actually sooo shocked and surprised when they told me, I thought they were just messing with me for sure. But turns oot it is true, so this Wednesday I will be going to another area again and we will see what the Lord has in store for me! I definitely will miss Catan and was not expecting to leave, but I have learned that what the Lord wants is absolutely the most important and that if we really do humble ourselves and do His will that He will never let us fall. I am excited and know that it will be a change for the better!

So on that note I don't have too much else to share.. I will be trying to keep in contact with Elder Emry to see how the investigators go here in Catan and maybe will be able to come back if some of them get baptised. There are a couple that should be getting baptised her in February! 

So that's about it for me this week, it was a great week and this week will be one of changes but change is good right!? I hope you guys have a great week! And Mom I hope you have a GREAT BIRTHDAY! Don't you worry after all this time I still haven't forgot :) Hope you have a great day and that dad spoils you a ton. Thanks so much for being such an amazing example and for being willing to ask God for a witness that the Book of Mormon is true. I admire your courage. Thanks for always being so loving and understanding with me, and for all the times that you showed so much patience. You and Dad are going to be great missionaries one day :) hahah.

Love you all! Have a great week.. next week I shall be writing from who knows where.... :) 

Besos, Elder Hansen.