so my dad's no siskel, but he makes a good point.

i like hanging out with my dad. this was a conversation we had tonight while watching harry potter 7, part 2 (which came out about a week after i went into the MTC):

dad: you know what i didn't like about this movie? it's too dark.
me: yeah, well the seventh book has some heavy stuff that happens.
dad: no. I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING. it's TOO DARK.
me: (laugh)

later...

dad: see, like this scene. WHY couldn't they have light here?? they must just have bad sets or something.
me: iiiiiii don't know about that...i feel like with the bajillion dollars they spent on this movie, they probably could've afforded at least a couple candles.
dad: i'm sure there was just some intellectual that was like 'oooooh it was a darrrrk time so it has to be darrrrk' and i'm like 'I JUST WANNA SEE THE MOVIE!!'
me: (laugh more)

i'm still weird.

conversation on the way to church this morning:

dad: well amy, do you know what today is?

me: FAST AND TESTIMONY MEETING?!!

dad: umm...yes. but maybe something that the REST of the world knows about...

me: (confused now as to what could possibly be more important than fast and testimony meeting)

pause

dad: it's superbowl sunday.

me: oh...so do you think people will still come to church today??

te fenua herehia

this was my name.

 this is where i served.

this is what i did.

 and i loved it.

hello?

this is scary. i have this automatic guilt-reflex for getting on the computer when it's not pday...

a little anecdote to recount my return to technology:

i turn on my computer, wanting to plug in my phone to put some music on it. (probably motab, let's be honest.)

computer: "you need to download the newest version of itunes."
me: "ok computer i will do that."

la la la, apple site, download. whew!
 PROBLEM.

computer: "hey what are you doing?! you can't download the newest version of itunes unless you have mac os x 10.6.8! dummy!"
me: "whaaa??"

la la la apple site, search whatever that thing that computer told me to get, download. whew.
PROBLEM.

computer: "nope! gotcha again! you gotta download version 10.6 before you can download version 10.6.8! haha!"
me: "THIS IS LIKE A RUSSIAN NESTING DOLL AHHHHHHH!!"

search search search on the internet. find mac software for leopards, snow leopards, mountain lions...

i just want a computer for humans.

welcome back to technology, sister hansen. 

january 30, 2013

amy is home today, y'all!! i'm signing off! kiss kiss amy!

-alison

january 21, 2013

jan. 21

t-minus 8 days, everyone.

This week was good. we had some good lessons and found a couple new investigators, so that's good. i'm trying to like...set up a bunch of stuff so that soeur cook won't be like left out to dry when she has to show a new companion the sector. We might have a surprise baptism on Saturday...we're just waiting for the parents' ok and then it's all systems go, which would be AWESOME. it's been really rainy, so i'm hoping the weather will be nice before I leave. ummmmm...this is the last week of my mission. WEIRD. i don't know what else to say. everybody wants to feed me more than normal before i leave. 

welp, i really don't have too much to say. because really, i kind of just want to save all the cool stories and stuff for when i'm going to SEE YOU and be able to tell you face to face!! weeee!! have a good week, errbody! 

love,

soeur hansen

p.s. last week when we went with the sister, this little kid's case just happened to be next to me in the car. we couldn't resist taking a picture. 

january 14, 2013

herroooo

we just got back from a little outing to a botanical garden. it was cool except it started raining about halfway through and we got soaked. let's talk about something sad/something that made me mad (yeah i still get mad sometimes even though i'm a missionary). so i had asked my mission president if on my last day before leaving i could go on a tour of the island and he was like yeah ok and i was like yaaay happy. then this week in our interviews he was like you know, i changed my mind. i don't think it would be a good idea  for you to do that, so you can forget about it. and i was like uhhhhh whaaa?? and i was sad. aaand kind of mad. so anyway, the sister that took us to the gardens today was asking us about that and i told her that i couldn't go anymore, and then soeur cook and i were just joking around with her like "well you know if you want to kidnap us or whatever, you could just force us to go on the tour of the island..." ALL IN JEST. but i guess she thought it was a good idea and whoosh! off she drove and i was like aaah where are we going?! so then we were like uhh...we would LOVE to do the tour of the island buuuuut we feel too guilty soo can we go back now? so then we went to eat at mcdonalds and everything was fine. haha! i was sorely tempted though. i just wanna see the whole island! baah. oh well. someday...

anyway. THIS WEEK WE HAD A BAPTISM AND IT WAS AWESOME! loved it. it was a little boy named vaireva. his mom is an excommunicated member and his dad is not a member, but the baptism was great and everyone was really touched. the dad even cried. and OK FINE i cried too. i've turned into a big fat baby lately and it's actually kind of funny. 

welp guys. let's just get it out there. i have two weeks left AND IT IS WEIRD. soeur cook has started keeping a tally of how many people ask me about leaving a day. saturday's count was 13. and i have a feeling it's going to go up exponentially. and people wanting to feed me massive amounts of food is also going up exponentially. so there goes my plans to try and lose weight before i came home. haa what was i thinking?! foolish. 

ok well soeur cook is waiting for the computer and i'm gonna see y'all in 2 weeks anyway, so i'm gonna cut this short. love you!!!

love,

soeur hansen