Week 11

November 19, 2012

HEYYOOOHHH!!!!

Buenos Dias Mi Familia! 

I hope you are all having a wonderful Monday morning! I am because plus its Pday! Well this week has been a better one! Not so much with finding people to teach, this little North Hollywood is really making us work for it, but its all good (right Adam ;)) However we did find many moments to laugh this week.

We had our ward Thanksgiving party this week and dang, Latinos are so much better at parties. They had a man on the stage with all his DJ equipment and everything. After the dinner they had a talent show and asked us missionaries to participate. (Our district has 6 of us in it and we all cover this one ward) Sadly none of us have talents, so that was interesting but it turned out pretty good. I don't know how to explain this but we did the thing where we look like little people and I was Hna Clayton's arms and I couldn't see what was going on, you know what I'm sayin? I got to hide behind a sheet the whole time and the kids thought we were funny. The Jovenes in the ward did a dance; they did the gangnam style dance (I don't know how to spell that, awkward missionary moment!). It was pretty funny. There were a lot of non-members there that really had a good time and we got a couple referrals from the night so it was a success.

Also this week we had some RAIN. It got serious. It was raining all day off and on, on Saturday but we were determined to get out there so we did. We were probably like 2 minutes from our apartment when we came to a GIANT puddle. Hna Clayton started through it like it was nada, I was a bit more reluctant and decided I would hang back to see how she did. Well she was about half way through the puddle (the water was half way up her tires) when a really nice man in a really big truck decided to swerve into the puddle causing a giant wave coming right for poor Hna Clayton. The wave was taller than her. I screamed and she just trekked on and made it to the other side DRENTCHED! We were falling off our bikes, we were laughing so hard! We kept going and by the time we got anywhere we were completely soaked through, we were dripping like fools. This did not encourage people to let us in. We did stop by and see Juana Eva though!! She was really sick but she was really excited to see us! We are going to go over again this week to see her. It was a pretty great day! We didn't get to teach any lessons because people mostly just thought we were crazy but it was fun anyway!

We are learning and growing a lot together. We are really trying hard to be good missionaries and doing whatever Heavenly Father wants us to do. We sometimes have a hard time figuring out what that is, but we carry on and do our best. I have such a strong testimony of this gospel! I KNOW it is true and I KNOW it can bless everybody's lives! I love my Savior so much. I am so grateful that I always have Him to lean on. This world is super crazy and very dark and lonely sometimes but that is the beautiful thing about the gospel, it won't completely solve ALL your probably or magically make everything better but it shines light on everything. Suddenly is doesn't seem so dark and lonely! There is light and peace instead! That is what's up! :) I love you all! Happy Thanksgiving! Eat hard!

Hermana Hansen

                                                       Sis Clayton on a Rainy Day!

                                                       
                                                     Our Serious Faces!