Hey errbody,
Im sri tint on an iPad shift i's less than
ideal especially because its auto correcting all my english into french. So
just knowles im Alive and i looovvvve you!
Love sœur hansen
Monday, May 21, 2012
may 7, 2012
ok everybody, stop panicking. I AM STILL
ALIVE. i didn't get the chance to write last week because we had a multi-zone
conference on da big island (man who would've ever thought that i would
actually get to say that in my life? i'm so coool guys.) AND IT WAS SO GREAT.
seriously. elder zwick from the 70 came with his wife and they talked to us and
i seriously loved every second of it. it was like the spirit was repeatedly
punching me in the face AND I LIKED IT. he talked a lot about diligence and
obedience, which are always common themes in missionary meetings, but also
about having a firm foundation for not only our mission, but for our life after
the mission. it was all in all just really really awesome. wish i could say
everything that he talked about, but i can't so you'll just have to imagine i
guess.
anyway, things are moving along here. GUYS. we
have a new investigator and he is SOOO AWESOME GAAH!! i can't even stand it. he
was a reference from one of our members, which is in and of itself a miracle
because it is like pulling teeth to get our members to help us in missionary
work. anyway, this couple in our ward worked really hard to prepare this other
couple--the "wife" is an ex-communicated member and the
"husband" is interested in the church. our first lesson we talked
about the book of mormon and alma 32 about planting the seed of
faith committed him to read it and then when we went back to teach again,
HE HAD TOTALLY READ and had read the brochure for the first lesson and knew all
the scriptures. aah!! and the spirit was really strong when we taught and we
committed him to pray about joseph smith and he was like yeah i'm pretty sure i
already know that all of this is true. guys, i know you probably think i'm
using way too many exclamation marks in this paragraph, but i can't even convey
to you how awesome moments like that are for a missionary. i am so happy that i
get to teach this man and his...kind of wife. next time we go we're going to
commit him to baptism. there is real potential here and i liiiiiiiiiiike it!
and i'm really grateful too for the couple that gave us the reference. they
come with us to lessons and during the week, because they work with the wife,
they're there for a good support. this is my soap box call: BE A MEMBER LIKE
THAT. invite your friends to hear the gospel. they need it. it's your duty.
let's see...this week we did a lot of tracting
and met a lot of people and got rejected lots of times but also met some people
who wanted to hear what we are preaching. hopefully they won't go hide in their
houses when we go back to talk to them again, haha. other than that, things are
going well. still love my companion, soeur chapman. we definitely have our ups
and downs, but she is a good missionary and helps me be better. and she makes
really good crepes which is always a plus.
alright well i'm quickly running out of time
and i want to attach some photos of our baptism with olga and manihiki. (her
husband is set to get baptized in JUNE, by the way. yaaay eternal family!!)
actually let me tell you a little bit about how her husband, bryan, is awesome.
we were teachign about the word of wisdom and he was like oh yeah i was reading
my scriptures the other day and i came across this section and realized that i
shouldn't drink coffee anymore so the next day i stopped. JUST LIKE THAT. aaaaaaaaaaah.
he is seriously a future apostle or something, i don't even know. but he has a
lot of faith which allows him to be obedient. gaah. good patriarch for the
fambly. anyway, they're all in the picture with us (don't mind me looking like
a drowned rat, i had just showered before the baptism because i didn't want to
be stinky for the blessed event.)--me and soeur chapman obviously, olga is the
mom, manihiki is the daughter getting baptized, tuaine is the little one, and
bryan is the dad. and we love them! ok i gotta go now. i love you all too!
love,
soeur hansen
other photo included: spider hiding in our
dishes, notice that that is a normal sized plate and not a normal sized spider
april 23, 2012
hey
everyone,
ok let's talk about some MIRACLES that happened in my life this week. first of all, a little background. we teach this mamie (have i ever told you how you call old women "mamie" and old men "papi" here? well you do. it's cool and i enjoy it.) anyway, so we teach this mamie named antonina. she's a funny lady and we've been trying to make progress with her for forever, to get her to come to church and stuff. so this past week we were teaching her about stuff (obviously) and i was like "ok antonina. do you want to know which church is the true church?" and she was like "yeah!" and i was like "k mamie, how are you gonna know where the true church is if you don't ever go to church?" and she was like "hmm. you know you're right." and then i was like "so are you going to come to church this sunday?" and she was like "yeah, i am." and we were like COOL. so on saturday we called her to ask her if she needed a ride and she was like no no i have a car yada yada it's cool. and my companion was like man that means she's not going to come and i was like NO IT'S NOT TRUE SHE'S COMING. sunday morning comes, we show up at church, saying hi to everyone la la la. and then i look towards the gate that leads to the chapel--guess who is rolling up to the church on a BIKE--none other than mamie antonina. seriously, she's gotta be in the mid to late 60s. and the chapel is NOT close to where she lives (i would know, because we ride our bikes to and from all the time and we're just spring chickens.) i was so happy to see her! she told us about how her husband didn't want to take her to church and they had a big old fight and she was like "whatever i do what i want!" and came to church on her bike. this mamie is seriously so legit. aaaah. miracle. still have a long way to go with her, but you learn to really appreciate the smallest sign of progress that you can get.
another miracle--on saturday we had the baptism of olga and her daughter manihiki. soooo great! gotta love da baptisms. and olga was so so ready. she's already like relief society president material, and manihiki and her little sister tuaine already have all the articles of faith memorized. they are going to be PILLARS for the church in this ward, i know it. AND. guess who else wants to get baptized now? HER HUSBAND. boom bam! eternal familyyyyyy happening in approximately a year! weeeeeee! we started the lessons with him last week and committed him to baptism and he was like YEAH and we were like YEAH! so he fasted this past weekend for a date when he wants to get baptized so tomorrow when we go for our next lesson hopefully we'll be able to get the ball rolling on that. gaah this family...seriously they're just so great. they have been prepared to accept the gospel. my companion and i were just like...i don't even know. the car that got them to the chapel. that probably makes no sense to you. whatever at least i know what i mean. normally i have pictures to send but i left my camera at home and we're at another member's house doin' our mails. so next week you'll have the joy of seeing this future eternal family.
let's see...other than that, we've just been hanging out at the beach and stuff, going swimming and taking naps in dreamy hammocks followed by drinking frothy juices from a coconut. wait what? yeah none of those things ever happen. mainly because i wouldn't be caught dead at the beach--too fat. i wouldn't say no to a hammock and a cold coconut though...by the way, my arms have never been tanner, and my shoulders have never been whiter. we have been trying to work hard to find new people to teach and to help the people we are teaching move forward. not easy, quite hard actually, but always worth it.
gotta go now. write me letters and stuff! love you.
love,
soeur hansen
ok let's talk about some MIRACLES that happened in my life this week. first of all, a little background. we teach this mamie (have i ever told you how you call old women "mamie" and old men "papi" here? well you do. it's cool and i enjoy it.) anyway, so we teach this mamie named antonina. she's a funny lady and we've been trying to make progress with her for forever, to get her to come to church and stuff. so this past week we were teaching her about stuff (obviously) and i was like "ok antonina. do you want to know which church is the true church?" and she was like "yeah!" and i was like "k mamie, how are you gonna know where the true church is if you don't ever go to church?" and she was like "hmm. you know you're right." and then i was like "so are you going to come to church this sunday?" and she was like "yeah, i am." and we were like COOL. so on saturday we called her to ask her if she needed a ride and she was like no no i have a car yada yada it's cool. and my companion was like man that means she's not going to come and i was like NO IT'S NOT TRUE SHE'S COMING. sunday morning comes, we show up at church, saying hi to everyone la la la. and then i look towards the gate that leads to the chapel--guess who is rolling up to the church on a BIKE--none other than mamie antonina. seriously, she's gotta be in the mid to late 60s. and the chapel is NOT close to where she lives (i would know, because we ride our bikes to and from all the time and we're just spring chickens.) i was so happy to see her! she told us about how her husband didn't want to take her to church and they had a big old fight and she was like "whatever i do what i want!" and came to church on her bike. this mamie is seriously so legit. aaaah. miracle. still have a long way to go with her, but you learn to really appreciate the smallest sign of progress that you can get.
another miracle--on saturday we had the baptism of olga and her daughter manihiki. soooo great! gotta love da baptisms. and olga was so so ready. she's already like relief society president material, and manihiki and her little sister tuaine already have all the articles of faith memorized. they are going to be PILLARS for the church in this ward, i know it. AND. guess who else wants to get baptized now? HER HUSBAND. boom bam! eternal familyyyyyy happening in approximately a year! weeeeeee! we started the lessons with him last week and committed him to baptism and he was like YEAH and we were like YEAH! so he fasted this past weekend for a date when he wants to get baptized so tomorrow when we go for our next lesson hopefully we'll be able to get the ball rolling on that. gaah this family...seriously they're just so great. they have been prepared to accept the gospel. my companion and i were just like...i don't even know. the car that got them to the chapel. that probably makes no sense to you. whatever at least i know what i mean. normally i have pictures to send but i left my camera at home and we're at another member's house doin' our mails. so next week you'll have the joy of seeing this future eternal family.
let's see...other than that, we've just been hanging out at the beach and stuff, going swimming and taking naps in dreamy hammocks followed by drinking frothy juices from a coconut. wait what? yeah none of those things ever happen. mainly because i wouldn't be caught dead at the beach--too fat. i wouldn't say no to a hammock and a cold coconut though...by the way, my arms have never been tanner, and my shoulders have never been whiter. we have been trying to work hard to find new people to teach and to help the people we are teaching move forward. not easy, quite hard actually, but always worth it.
gotta go now. write me letters and stuff! love you.
love,
soeur hansen
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