HEY!
OH MY GOSH! I have way too much to say. Let's see
how this goes, okay? But I'll tell you what you're all waiting to hear
first, haha don't worry. I got CHANGED :( Seriously bawled when they
called me and cried saying bye to everyone. But it's okay, I know that
it's what's supposed to happen, and Hermana Watt replaced me and she's
awesome, and I know I need to progress in other ways! But Placilla will
honestly always have my heart. I love it so so much.
BUT now I am in
Viña! So I didn't go too far haha. I'm in a sector called Chorrillos
with Hermana Evans from San Diego!!! Who I also got here with! We had
the whole Atlanta plane adventure together, we were together for the
longer Peru flight too! So it's just been SO nice to be with
someone I already know. And I love her!
I'm in a
little branch, the sector is 100% hills, half of them straight up, and
the first couple days my legs were KILLING me! It's better now, but that
was a big shock after having completely flat sectors the whole mission
haha. I don't know the sector very well yet, but I love it already! The
view is beautiful, and the investigators are great, so I am way excited. Big plus, I got changed on new year's eve. There's the 3rd best
fireworks show in the world and the biggest in South America that they
do all along the coast of Valparaiso, Viña, and Con Con, and I COULD SEE
IT FROM MY WINDOW! Dream come true! President doesn't let us go out to
see it, but he said if any missionary could see it from their house,
they could stay up to watch the show. Awesome, no? I was way happy haha.
Besides
that, the week has been great! It was sad saying bye to Hermana Page, I
just love her so much. But she's still a hermana leader, so I'll see
her at consejo next week and then once more 3 days before she goes home,
so it's okay.
Let's see, we have G here in Chorrillos, she is
going to get baptized this month si o si, she just needs to quit
smoking! She's gone from 15 a day to 1 every other day, and she really
wants to be baptized, and we have the faith she can this Saturday. Pray
for her!! Also J and C, a MARRIED young couple, so receptive,
only problem is the marijuana plant in their front yard. Bummerrr
hahaha. But it's fun.
One of my zone leaders is Elder Tinney, my old
district leader from a couple changes ago in Valpo!! So that's super
fun. Our district is all the office people, one of them Elder Huntsman
who was in Placilla with me for a bit! And Elder Brown is still
assistant and in my zone, so it's like Valpo all over again haha.
Honestly I have already seen miracles here though. Totally prepared contacts,
even a last minute new year's eve dinner! the didn't have one, but we
ran into a less active and they invited us over. Tender mercies. God
loves us! I am super excited to be here, and I am really happy to serve
in Viña in the mission Viña! I hope all is well at home, I love you all
so much! :)
love,
Hermana Hansen
PS: Also, just to reassure you, I totally embarrassed myself when I
presented myself in the branch. Instead of saying i have been out for 11
months, I said 11 years. everyone was teasing me afterwards. So don't
worry, Hermana Hansen is still embarrassing herself everywhere she goes,
just like good old Hayley hahaha. Have a good week!
*Hayley hadn't been able to send photos the past couple of weeks, so she caught up this week by sending LOTS. :) I am loving it! :)*
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| Fire in Placilla |
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| Ward Mission leader Hermano Lopez and his dog |
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| Surprise Christmas Eve dinner at the Lopez home |
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| The Elders at Christmas Dinner | |
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