creepers and c.... i dunno anything that starts with c. sasakyans na lang!

Well i don 't have much this week... well fine ill tell you another miracle story about sasakyans (rides) so it was mondayand our investigator told us he had a lot of questions and we should  come teach. well he lives in magacan and there are no rides at night but we went anyway. got done with the lesson mga 6:40. yeah so there's nothing up and coming. So i tell sister De La Torre right away let's pray. so we do. 

well nothing is still coming so we start walking and trying to flag down anything on wheels that we can and mean while im just desperately praying in my head that a sasakyan will come because it's the last day before the transfer and there's an fhe at 7 and we really want to see everyone before the transfer but I also prayed if no sasakyan came that I would be able to see the lesson to be learned (there are no coincidences-Pres Monson) Well we accidently flag down a scooter. it goes a ways up the road then stops. We walk up to it and it has 3 girls on it. they tell us they will walk with us because its night. so we're like no no it's all good go ahead we'll be fine. they didn't listen. they started to call their friend. we figured he was a tricee driver. so for like 20 minutes we're walking with these 3 nice girls. then their friend pulls up. he's on another scooter. so we end up getting on his scooter. 3 of us. me and sister De La Torre side saddle and we made it back mga 7:15. they were so nice. we gave the guy a book of mormon. but riding scooters with random people isn't pwede so we texted president. he said "its ok they were your angels" and i was like woooooah. they were. they literally did as Jesus commanded and walked with us the extra mile. I was inspired to be a better person

Also we had a lot of creepers call and text us this week... eh. one's name is mack mack. he said sister what if someone hurts you? we said forgive them. he said im the hurt one (well we didn't respond after that) then he asked if i had a love. then he asked why we weren't responding. then he said he hopes he dies because he has no one that loves him like a girl friend. then he said ill be gone tomorrow. (like as in dead i think... drama queen) then he called and hung up. well we saw him like 4 days later still living and being a piliwonka. i shook his hand. probably about broke it too haha. guys are odd. um. the work goes forth! so yeah we had transfers. i can NOT tell you how much i miss sis Dela. She's literally one of my best friends. we'd just call each other bagtit, balla, baliw, loco, and crazy all the time. and every time she saw a barking dog she'd say OH men women children (her version of oh man haha) she's just a goof ball and i love her. my new comp is sister sacay. she comes from a family of 7 kids. she is third and six of them are girls with the only brother being 2nd. whoa. as if that doesn't sound familiar. she's the only member though. but her dad is 57! dad that's your age! haha. she's nice obedient and quiet. but i will find her funny bone :) oh and she loves david enchilada so naturally we'll get along great. that's all for now! thanks for the pictures and updates. I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS WORK. MAY I BE SMITTEN TO SERVE FOR 14 YEARS AND NEVER RECOVER :) 

LOVE SISTER HANSEN

Just pictures

( Only pictures came through this week... so enjoy - Sister Hansen's little sister)

Paradise

true to my word im going to try to load some pictures again :) yeah hopefully those work. if so its me and sister brewer at the baptism in the river,

 

 

 

us when our jeepny almost blew up after conference and was smoking and stuff and i just say there breathing it in so the inside of my nose turned black. ever blown black goobers? yummers. hahah.

then its the monster spider we had a miner panic attack with but that picture doesn't do it justice 

and me on the steps to no where at a rest stop from here to sanchez.

i live it paradice in case you haven't noticed. beauty wise of course but even more with the people. I LOVE PINOS. i also better tell you i finally got rid of the rice cheeks (i dunno if that's right spelling. basta. im living 10000 miles away its ok) the trick is eating like a king for breakfast and queen for lunch and a peasant for dinner and not snacking on doughnuts and stuff. wooo. well we watched conference. IT WAS BETTER THAN CHRISTMAS. I AM THE PROPHET AND APOSTLES' BIGGEST FAN EVER. i really just want to read every teachings of the prophets ever written but those are bawal to read. so ill get to them on a latter date.  as for our investigators.... the ilacas family didn't have money for fare (pamasahe) to come to conference. sooo their baptisms are now in may. BUT THEY'LL get there. you could see the difference in them the week after they all came to church. i dunno what church does but people act different when they go. what else... i had an ah hah moment... so this weekend we left and went to ballesteros and slept over to watch conference so we didn't really work. and you know what. even those 2 days I MIIIIIIIISSSSSEEED. work. i love this work. before i would've been yeeeah 2 days to watch conference and not proselyte but not anymore. its kinda like what purpose do i have in life if im not sharing the gospel with others... wala. i don't know. you just feel empty when you don't work. i have this new drive to use every minute and talk to everyone i can. i can not even begin to thank the Lord enough for my mission. but at least i can try my best to. :) i love you all so much! take elder ballards advice and share the gospel!! invite 4 people a year to listen to the missionaries. pray for courage. the Lord will help you because it's His desire too!

ciao!!

sister Hansen

ps hannah don't get rabbies :)

April 6th (all caught up ;) )

k well this will be a lamish email cuz there is much I still have to do. sorry sorry in advance. to make up for it I'll commit to sending pictures of me next week ( ha as if that doesn't sound vain enough... cuz you guys of course want to see pictures of me as recompense haha) ummm... well an andaconda got into our apartment this week. we didn't really know what to do so we called the DL. then we started dumping our load of permethrin on it. lucky for us that stuff is strong and it eventually died before the elders even came. and since it was the end of the month and we were kinda low on food and funds we decided to eat it. yeah snake meat. hahahah april fools... delayed. but it makes for a great story. here's one i didn't have to make up. yeah one night I'm coming in to have a peaceful night of journaling sitting on my bed. but i glance up in the corner OH HELLO SPIDER BIGGER THAN MY FACE. IT WAS THE BIGGEST SPIDER I HAVE ever SEEN IN MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE. AND IT PARKED ITSELF RIGHT ABOVE MY BED. we did a lot of screaming and a lot of spraying (permethrin for real this time) and it did a lot of running then jumped up and down three times and died. well I almost died. I didn't know those existed here. as for the spiritual I spiritually rebuked some people for showing up to mcm late, only coming for food, and making fun of the mentally impaired. yeah I went fire and brimstone. I dunno... I think I'm really getting bold here on the mish. also we walked into a back yard on an impression and found a former investigator family that used to come to church. cool. well after we contacted them we're walking back and we walk past this chick and I say to  sister dela torre. we need to talk to her. so we turn around and talk to her. well hello ANOTHER former investigator who used to go to church. that's missionary work. the Lord puts prepared people in the path of His prepared servants. so go prepare then keep your eyes ears and hearts open and be BOLD. love ya'll

love the work

love the Lord

love sister hansen

March 30th (catching up on the emails..)

hahahah do I love my companion... if picking favorites is legal I'd probably say sister de la torre takes the cake. she just loves to laugh and giggle. she's the best I've ever met at serving and giving and she is very obedient. I love her like you wouldn't believe. that said the area is a bit rough. ha we just laugh it off. but I'm not in... kansas (almost said zion but I'm going to make it zion here eventually so I can't say that) anymore toto. it rains a lot and then its super tan (ok I just reread this... um do all my letters sound like this haha I meant to say then its really hot, hence I'm getting super tan) . I can't believe I've been here 3 weeks. transfer is half done and I feel I just got here. I'm so thankful for the opportunity to struggle though. so so grateful. because you grow WAY faster. we challenge everyone we meet to baptism and when they say no we just go well... that speeds things up for us. lets go find someone prepared. shyeah! so we find a lot. haha this week we walked into a random back yard we felt we should walk into and we didn't even have a smooth line like do you know where the agustin family lives. we just go... well HI! we're missionaries. hows it going. what cha cookin. want to hear the gospel. we're going to try to baptize them when we go back next visit. haha. so we had our ZTM and sister barrientos (shes the best) gave a little talk about how its important to look cute and stuff. you look good you feel good. so meanwhile here sister de la torre and I have been trying to wear make up and walk like models on the dirt rocky paths. we're owning it ill tell you haha ;) also im back to sleep talking. really loud. sister de la torre goes sister hansen (cuz I woke her up) sino yung mission crush mo? (who's your mission crush) and apparently I just started giggling and mumbled something unintelligble. haha thats me. this week I started a list of things I will never do and always do. thank you parents for raising me right. so far I've got 2 two personal standards/rules I've set for myself (this isn't like the I won't break the word of wisdom hubbub, that's a no brainer) anyway. I feel really good about it. I love the mission so much. my one year mark is in a week. say what? that's odd. I wish I still had a year to go. well I love you all. I love this work. I love sharing the gospel. 

love sister hansen :)

March 23

yolo.... ha. false advertising. so anyway i think i had salmonilla earlier this week... like monday i stayed in. i had a fever on and off for like a week and my stomach with on a different orbit then the rest of me. but its ooook. im all better now. and so happy for good health. well... um its rained a lot. the people here are great. but  they love to tell us SUPER AFFIRMATIVELY that they are so excited to come to church and we're all yeah yeah yeah.. oh wait. no one came. eeeeehhh. k that's a lie. renz and jessie came. they're like best friends and also friends with our rc. and they are PUMPED to be baptized. so we are PUMPED to get them there. only problem being jessie is moving in a month and renz needs permission from his dad... the same dad that ditched him and his sister when they were young so they live on their own and he gives them money only every once and a while. yup. so we'll work on it. shyeah. also i had another bold moment. it was with one of our investigators who is dating a guy in utah online and he is like building her a house there and he's coming here in mayish and they're going to meet but she will not commit to get baptized. so anyway we had a lesson. she's not reading every day, she came late to church, (keep in mind she feeds us all the time so it does not make it any easier) but we taught baptism and conformation and she's like im still not ready. well the spirit said say this so i go... ooook. "sister. we've taught you not all the lessons and we have nothing new to teach you. our purpose is to baptize those who are prepared to follow the teachings of jesus christ. our time as missionaries is extremely short and precious. we love you. so keep reading your scriptures, keep praying, keep coming to church, and when you're ready to be baptized tell us and we'll come back and teach you again and help you get baptized." yup. whoa where'd that come from. well it's just what happens when you open your mouth. the Lord helps you be bold even when you don't really want to be. yeah so so the work is good. but its hard. but hard is good. shyeah! we challenge everyone we meet to listen to the missionaries and every first lesson we invite them to baptism. man. i love missionary work. im working hard to open my mouth and see everyone in white and be BOLD. i love the work. my shoes don't love me though. ive got one pair that is almost completely detatched from the rubber sole and the other pair rubbed 5 blisters on one foot and 3 on the other. BUT I ENDURED. now i got some sweet calusus and my feet don't hurt. aw yeah. i found a brownie place today. i am my mothers daughter. i bought 60 pesos worth. PARTY IN THE ... PINES TODAY! k well i love the work. never want to stop. im working on the ilocano but it's still kuwawa. but nothing worth while ever came quickly (elder holland said something like that) go share the gospel. you'll feel empowered. 

SISTER HANSEN OVER AND OUT. 

MAHAL KO KAYO!

March 16th (cathing up on the emails..)

so here I am wondering why I still have like 30 minutes to email... oh yeah you all don't know about my life yet. pala. ok so I'm in sanchez. about 5 minutes from the beach. I've seen the beach once from one of our proselyting areas. its huge and beautiful. speaking of... YOU HAVE NOT SEEN BEAUTY TILL YOU HAVE SEEN THE DRIVE FROM DINGRAS TO SANCHEZ. smokes! I took a few pictures but due to the fact its like a frigid 60 degrees and rainy here my camera fogged up and might have broke. yayay verily yay for water proof. what else... uhhh so we only had like 2 investigators at church but we have a couple other families lined up for baptism in early april. one didn't come because their son is in a coma in the hospital. valid. and the other because walang pamasahe (no money for transportation) I told them to walk and hour and half. eh. tough tough. but people are so humble here and you can get into any house pretty much. its really kinda weird because no one stares at me here... its like I'm a pinoy. i haven't quite yet figured out why that is but i will. the people here rock. they think I'm super funny... or weird. not sure of which. (again i forgot my journal so this is just kinda basics... NEXT WEEK) OH and my  comp is sister de la torre. she's like the coolest giggliest most obedient tiny filipina you ever met. you'd love her. cept she prefers to speak tagalog so you wouldn't understand but I'm helping her use english. cuz she knows it better than she thinks. she's sooo cool. we just go around all day saying tagalog restoration quotes: ganon ba? huwag kang maging palalo hijo (its from the evil preacher. google translate it) hahah anyway. the work is good. I'm in a huge apartment again. there is 6 of us. party hardy. ill have stories for you all next week. love you all! go tell someone to go to church with you. dare you. you'll probably get rejected but its the effort that counts. ps: i can almost say a sentence in ilocano na woooo. party on (again) donkey kongs. 

sister hansen out!