Life is looking really good - 09/17/12

This week was amazing. On Wednesday we had transfers, but we didn´t change. I'm still in Bulevar B with Elder "M". What did change was my district. I got 4 more Elders added to my District, and 2 of them are ex-companions, so that's pretty cool. Now we have the areas of Carrizal and Jardines de Carrizal in our district, so we went from one of the smallest districts to one of the largest. I'm really excited to be here and work with these great guys. Life is looking really good.

Our mix of Elders is pretty funny. We have two greenies in Bulevar A that have had 2 and 3 changes (transfers) in the mission. Then we have the old dogs in Carrizal. This is the last and second to last changes (transfers) for those Elders. My ex comp, Elder "L", is training a new elder in Jardines, and he will finish his mission training his new elder.

We have 2 baptisms planned for this week. Hopefully everything works out. Sorry that this letter is a little short. I had to run a lot of errands during my internet time. The ZL's (zone leaders) left for a service project on the Temple Grounds, so I was left in charge of the keys. I don't like having to do all of these errands, so being a ZL doesn't really interest me all that much.

Thanks for all of the prayers and support. I love you all and I hope that you guys have a great week!

Elder Hansen

Another transfer together - 09/11/12

This one came a day late:

I´m not sure what I´m going to write about this week, but I´ll give it a shot.

First off, I´m writing on Tuesday because on Monday we had to go and do some paperwork for my companion. He´s legal now, I´m still waiting for my residence card..... He´s got 7 months and I´ve got 14..... I´m not quite sure whats taking so long. Last time I asked they said that in the system it says I´m from Columbia. I´m hoping that the office elders will actually do something besides playing solitaire on the computer.

Saturday we had the baptism of "NB". He´s a pretty cool guy. He´s 15 years old, and he went to church all by himself. He´s been looking for God, and he found Him in our church. We taught him and it was picture perfect -- three straight assistances, all of the lessons in order and the baptism to finish it off. We´re working with his brothers and sisters right now. There are 12 of them, so its a little interesting. Most of them aren´t interested, but we´re trying to help them out. We´ll see how it goes.

Today we found out that my companion and I will be staying together for another transfer. Wooo hooo! Hopefully we won´t kill each other before the transfer ends. Ha ha ha ha, I´m just kidding, I love Elder "M"! He´s the best. Maybe my district will be a little larger after this transfer. They are putting sisters in another district in our zone, so they might be changing around the district boundaries, meaning that I could have four more elders in my zone, including one of my ex companions, Elder "L". I´m hoping that we can be together again, but we will just have to wait and see.

Its cool to hear how great you guys are doing. I got the letters from the reunion, and I´ll try and put together an organized letter this week.

Love you guys. Take it easy

Elder Hansen

It's a girl - 09/03/12

Here is Elder Brett's week in a nutshell:

This week was pretty cool. We´ve had our fair share of trials for the week. We woke up today to find out that all of the power outlets don´t work. It made cooking breakfast interesting. We also didn´t have any toilet paper, so that made my morning even better. And then there wasn´t any water. I love Honduras. I was really happy that I was able to laugh it off and not get too stressed out over it.

In other news, our recent convert, "GA", had her baby girl this week. She headed in last Monday and had a C section. Thankfully everything went great! They have a healthy happy little girl. They named her Alma Valentia, and she is the cutest little thing.

My companion and I have been waking up at 5:30 to go and run. I actually feel a lot better now, and it sure beats the heck out of situps and pushups. And, it hasn´t affected my studies, and I´m not sleeping during the day, which is a big relief. Just another testimony to me of the importance of taking good care of our bodies. There is so much more to the Word of Wisdom than not drinking beer or coffee.

We have two baptisms planned for this Saturday. We are planning on baptizing Sisters' "F" and "N". Hopefully everything turns out great and we can finish this transfer with baptisms.

Oh yeah, this is the last full week of this transfer! Time is going by way, way, way, too fast. I remember starting this transfer and feeling overwhelmed and inadequate. Now here we are 6 weeks later, and I feel like a completely different person. But I feel like this past 6 weeks went by in the blink of an eye.

I love you guys a ton, and I hope the best for everyone who is starting up school. Take care!

Elder Hansen