Christmas was so good!

Sister Bustos and I in front of our Christmas shrine!

This last week has been some of the best days on my mission. Full of testimony builders left and right and wonderful moments.

My picture wall in our apartment

This last week we had something that happened that put both of us down. In companion study that day we discussed things that we could do better as a companionship and figured out ways that we could be back to where we needed to be to receive the promptings of the spirit. Well shortly after we prayed and left the apartment we received a call from the Tracy Elders saying that they just passed by Justin's house and that he was outside. Well backup a little bit, we have been trying to contact Justin for the past week, literally knocking on his door every single day, so we seriously bike our little legs off to his house and got there in like a good two minutes. It was so good to see him again! He told us that he was planning on coming to church the next day and then we told him about Hidden Lakes ward as well and he ended up coming to both sacrament meeting with us. Anyway so when we did get to talk with him, we went over church the week before and then we also read a chapter out of the Book of Mormon. Reading with investigators has become one of my favorite things because I love seeing their eyes open to how simple this Gospel really is. He is enjoying reading and we are excited to keep working with him.

Christmas Eve we decided to put our mattresses in front of the tree, so we did.

Christmas was so good and I was SOO looking forward to talking with the family. It was so good to see you all and I hope you have an amazing week!

Please take the last day of #lighttheworld to heart!
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." -Matthew 5:16
Make some plans or goals to continue to serve throughout 2018.

LOVE YOU ALL! Hope to hear from you soon!


I would love to hear from you. Email me at:
anhansen@myldsmail.net
OR write me at:
Sister Allison Hansen
California Modesto Mission
4300 Dale Road
Modesto, CA 95356

Short and Sweet

This week has seriously been so crazy busy. Which is good. We met up with this investigator that Sister Bustos and her last companion met like a month ago and we had THREE lessons with him, Restoration, Plan of Salvation, then we read the Book of Mormon with him AND he came to church yesterday! We are so excited. He is really taking this stuff in.

My new district

We also got to help out at this event called Brighter Christmas. Which they were planning giving a Christmas to 500+ families. We sorted food and toys and it was so cool because it was all donations. I have really started to like Tracy, the first week was REALLY rough. But now I am meeting people, getting more comfortable with the area and so forth.

Mom's note: So happy that Allison got her Christmas packages!
 Jennifer never did receive hers and that still makes me sad.
Staying state-side definitely has it's perks!!

I am excited for Christmas because I GET TO TALK TO YOU FOLKS!

Sorry I am so distracted this week. Have a good week!

Sister Hansen

Email me at: anhansen@myldsmail.net
Write me at: Sister Allison Hansen
                     California Modesto Mission
                     4300 Dale Rd.
                     Modesto, CA 95356

Dang what a freaking week

Dang what a freaking week. First off saying goodbye to the people of Ione is one of the hardest things I could do. But Monday night we had dinner with lots of Ione friends. LOVE THEM ALL SO MUCH! After dinner we played catch phrase. Later figuring out that they were worried about that because "Sister Hansen is too competitive". PSSSHHHHH, where did they even get that? Anyways yeah that was one of the fondest memories I have now. We were ALL screaming by the way... not just me.

ANYWAY so transfers!!! While in the parking lot Sister Bustos came out of her car and right away I knew that she was my companion before even knowing that SHE was Sister Bustos. She is from Texas and YES she has the accent. We get our stuff moved in to the car and I say goodbye to missionaries and some members in Ione were so kind to bring us to the mission office because our car couldn't hold everything, so we said goodbye to them as well. Then headed off to Tracy! Dang Tracy is SUUUPPPER suburban, literally houses smashed in everywhere. Not used to it, just saying. There is a lot more biking in this area so my legs are FOR sure getting there work out. The people... that I have met... are GREAT! I hope to grow to love them just as I did in Ione. I am excited to get to work here.

My new companion, Sister Bustos from Texas!

Tuesday we had dinner at the Stake Presidents house with ALL the missionaries in the zone/stake. IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE! All but one Davis Darts are in this Zone. But Elder Stock (an elder in my first district) is now our ZONE LEADER! Hooray for familiar faces! Elder Palepale is our Co-District Leader with Elder Hacking. Our first district meeting was AMAZING, Elder Hacking just dropped the mic like the whole meeting. I am excited for this District.

We have had a super busy week but nothing REALLY interesting... sooo Yeah.... Oh yeah I straight up almost got hit by a car, no big deal. I seriously was thinking to myself while this car was skidding to a stop, "My dad got hit by a car 3 times on his mission and I have already accepted the fact that I will be hit, so I guess this is my time." But then miraculously I didn't get hit. YAY Miracles!!


Alright well HAVE AN AMAZING WEEK! LOVE YOU ALL AND AM SO EXCITED TO SEE [Skype] YOU IN 2 WEEKS!!

email me at: anhansen@myldsmail.net

Transfers: I will be leaving the land that I love

I don't have A LOT of time but here is the run down of our week...

[Tuesday]
We met with Kim with Sister G and covered a lot of ground again. She is SUPER nervous about church so we decided to pick her up the next day and give her a church tour! That night we had dinner with the Hoyt Sr.'s in Camanche. THEIR HORSE WAS SO CUTE. **First time on my mission I got to pet a horse, I almost cried because I was so happy**


[Wednesday]
CHURCH TOUR! Oh my goodness this went SO well. Kim loved it. The G's and Sister Busi came and everyone had such great input and we were able to share, ALL of the Plan of Salvation and ALL of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with her. Again we covered A LOT of ground. She loved the Primary room, (she has a son that is nine years old) she walked in and saw all the pictures of the children and just started to cry. That night we had dinner with E, a former investigator and shared #lighttheworld with her. She really enjoyed it.


[Thursday]
We dropped off a HUGE bible at Kim's house with "Footprints in the Sand" and a Plan of Salvation pamphlet in it. We also marked up the Gethsemane scriptures because she really loved this story.


[Friday]
We helped the Jackson Elders move out of their apartment and into their new apartment! That was a lot of fun! Their place is pretty nice, and they don't call us "The Hills" for nothing! Our dinner was awesome! We had dinner with Sister Bishop again one of my favorite people in the ward :D THEY KNOW WHO THE BAR J WRANGLERS ARE!


[Saturday]
We had a lot of fun! That morning we both felt like we needed to do some service, so we called up some youth and others in the ward and picked up some rakes and went around and raked leaves for people and then gave them #lighttheworld cards. It was an awesome opportunity to spread that word especially right here in Ione. That night we helped set up and get everything started for the CHRISTMAS PARTY! Kim and her son came to the party and REALLY enjoyed it, especially the program. Everyone was so nice to her and welcoming. I was almost brought to tears all night looking around at the goodness of this ward and these people. This ward BLOWS ME AWAY.


[Sunday]
What an emotional day! Fast and testimony meeting was so nice. I started and ended on a testimony meeting in this area. We got to watch a special video segment for light the world our 3 hour and get everyone pumped for that. We had dinner with the Hoyt's and watched the Christmas Devotional, which was AWESOME! Then Transfer calls.


[Transfers]
Yes the rumors are true, I will be leaving the land that I love. Ione has my heart. The people here have 100% changed my life. I will be finishing training someone in Tracy! I have only heard good things about this area so far and I am excited for this new adventure with the people of Tracy. Although it will/has been so hard to leave all these friendships and relationships I have made here, it isn't going to be forever, I WILL BE BACK!


Reading assignment: one of my favorite stories right now is in Luke 2:40-52 when Jesus is teaching in the temple. LOVE!


Have a wonderful week! I love you so so so much and can't wait to skype!

Sister Pam passed away peacefully and Spiritually on Sunday morning, November 26th. I cannot explain how grateful I am to this family for completely changing my life, the spirit you could feel just walking into the home was astounding. It is truly a blessing to know that she is peaceful and that her spirit dwells among the others in Heaven.