Miracles on Miracles

First week [of this transfer] down! I can honestly say that the mission is going too fast. Weeks keep getting shorter, months fly by, and transfers feel puny. I have had quite the emotions this week as well... insanely happy, hyper, mellow, exhausted, high energy, discouraged to the point I literally wanted to go home, then like 3 hours later saying "Man I just love being a missionary". My poor companion has just seen it all. But I love her, she's so patient and chill.

This past week we have been catching up on contacting referrals. Every single morning we have been pulling up the map and biking all around town to houses of referrals. Honestly it has been really fun, and I seriously love biking so it's great.

I CAN'T REALLY SAY A LOT MORE BECAUSE ALL WE DID WAS CONTACTING!

Oh here is something... The other night our appointment fell through, and I had a ton of energy, so we decided to just bike around and street contacted for a while. Well then I had a prompting to go try "M"-- an investigator of ours that we haven't seen for a hot second. We passed by his house and someone was working on a car in front. We stopped and asked if he knew if "M" was there. He told us that he was waiting for him as well, but that he should be back shortly. Well we didn't just want to wait around so we talked to this man for a short moment and kept moving forward. Then we see some ward members driving and we knew their house was super close so we decided to race them. I am proud to say that we won. We talked to them for a bit then left back where we came from, and guess who we ran into? You betcha, it was "M". We invited him to church, got his phone number, and set up a return appointment. Miracles on miracles.

To answer some questions:
My birthday was great. We didn't really have a little party but we did play volleyball which was exactly what I wanted for my birthday.

Our investigator has a date for baptism on June 30th!

The work is wonderful, and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else, but here. Love you all and don't forget "Ye shall find the truth and the truth shall make you free."

Love,
Sister Hansen

TRANSFERS

Honestly this is so wild. I seriously cannot even believe all the changes that were made this transfer. PRACTICALLY EVERYONE TRANSFERED. Except a few obviously. Sister Petersen and I are staying here in Modesto over the 8th and 10th ward. Sister Eliason is leaving us, and going to Manteca! She really will be missed.

My Birthday Celebration!

A cake a member made for me!

I have had the struggle on Mondays with emailing. There is seriously so much that happens but then I just can't put it in words, because it is just too much. But I will say this, our investigator is doing GREAT! She is so prepared, so smart, and really taking in the lessons and now her husband is sparking as well. He has been coming to activities and he came to church and he has built up so much fellowship and loves the people in the church. It is just a matter of time with him as well.

We got asked to lead a training and so we got a little creative.
Scripture Jeopardy
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In the 10th ward we just started teaching a Brother and his son. The lesson went really well and so we are going to keep teaching them and yeah!

My awesome district!

Sorry transfer days don't have a lot of time, but know that we took the best district pictures ever. I am going to miss a lot of people. But wow. I am really overwhelmed.

Love you!
Sister Hansen

A GREAT FAMILY!

Happy Mother's Day!

NOTE FROM MOM: Loved talking to Sister Hansen on Mother's Day. She is happy, healthy, LOVING being a missionary and still a barrel of FUN! We had a great conversation with her 

and we talked so much on Sunday that there wasn't really any more information for her to 

write about on Monday. So instead of a letter, we'll put up a bunch of pictures that we took 

and some that she sent today:

SISTER HANSEN: Sorry no group email because I don't really have much to say,

 but I will send pictures!

MOM: I told the girls to go and have some sister time.
It's obvious they are happy to see each other!

Sister Hansen did mention something about the fact that
she may or may not have done a back flip on this
trampoline in a dress...I know where I'm placing my bets :)

 

Allison serving her companion.         

The word Establish

HELLO HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING??

Second M IS ON DATE FOR BAPTISM!! Yaaaayyy! She called us last week and asked us to come over because she needed to tell us something. We were so nervous, we thought she was going to drop us for sure. We went over to her house and sat down. Right away she said "I picked a day to be baptized!" We all freaked out! She is so prepared, and ready for this gospel. People literally just think she is a visiter. She comments in class, she raises her hand when we sustain people, SHE READS CONFERENCE TALKS WE DIDN'T EVEN TELL HER TO READ. Like this lady is amazing. She has already had wonderful experiences with the spirit, and to top it all off her child is the cutest.

We have another investigator who has so much desire to learn and grow and help his family recognize the blessings of the Gospel. His name is A. Hopefully he will be on date soon. Just talking to him you can just feel his sweet spirit.

Lately I have been studying and the word Establish or established. It has been popping up a lot. I decided to kinda dive into it. The definition to this word is: "Settled securely and unconditionally." "Shown to be valid beyond reasonable doubt." Really cool, I loved these. I thought to myself that Christ ESTABLISHED his church. It is perfect. It is set. We just need to live it. I was reading in Jesus the Christ this last week and came across this AWESOME quote...
"My doctrine is not mine,
but his that sent me.
If any man will do his will,
he shall know of the doctrine,
whether it be of God,
or whatever I speak of myself."

Now... Alma 26:6
"Now, seeing that I know these things, why should I desire more than to perform the work to which I have been called."

A trip to the Doctor for a weird infection in my hand, but I'm A okay now.

A couple weeks ago I was able to finish a paperback Book of Mormon and marked all the references to Christ. It was so awesome to see just how much He is a part of our life. Even when we may miss it, He is there. Let me just say I loved that so much but I have a HUGE attachment to my quad. Happy to be back into the old routine of studying, but I recommend you try this! It is really interesting.

LOVE YOU!

Love,
Sister Hansen