sorry i ruined your lives and stuffed 11 cookies into the vcr

Oh hi hi hi loved ones how you doin.

Sooo it was a pretty bad, jubilant week, methinks.  I started out the week super bummish and selfishly as you're all aware, BUT Heavenly Father is still so good to us.  Always always always.

Sis. Hansen (left) in her trio companionship (Washington DC, North)

Number one most important lesson from this week: Luke 2.

I was reading notes from the MTC yesterday and remembered Christmas time and realized that I can have that Spirit all the time!  And we should have that Spirit all the time because it's HIS Spirit.  It struck me in the story that no one has ever found Him seeking "greatness".  People expected Him to be born like a king but they were told they would find Him in a manger.  He was only found when they sought humble and sincere circumstances and a place where the most powerful force was love.  Life is still like that now.  If all I want is to be the best missionary ever I don't think I'll ever find Him or be the missionary He wants me to be.  But if I seek to walk with Him (Moses 6:31-34.

 31 And when Enoch had heard these words, he ^abowed himself to the earth, before the Lord, and spake before the Lord, saying:^bWhy is it that I have found favor in thy sight, and am but a lad, and all the people ^chate me; for I am ^dslow of speech; wherefore am I thy servant?

 32 And the Lord said unto Enoch: Go forth and do as I have commanded thee, and no man shall pierce thee. Open thy^amouth, and it shall be filled, and I will give thee utterance, for all flesh is in my hands, and I will do as seemeth me good.

 33 Say unto this people: ^aChoose ye ^bthis day, to serve the Lord God who made you.

 34 Behold my ^aSpirit is upon you, wherefore all thy words will I justify; and the ^bmountains shall flee before you, and the ^criversshall turn from their course; and thou shalt abide in me, and I in you; therefore ^dwalk with me.

Seriously my go-to scripture and story and everything) and to love as humbly and sincerely as He did and seek to serve and use everything I've been given for the benefit of others, then all will be well.  And that's the most beautiful thing ever.  He wants that for us and it's seriously a happy work.  A joyful work.  A work of hope.  Just like Christmas!  And it's the best.

I kind of had a change of heart this week and since then things have been wonderful.  I still have a long way to go but I know the Lord is working with me.  And I still don't understand it all and I don't know why I'm here [in Washington, D.C. North Mission] but I decided to really be here and to be involved and to care and to begin here and now to be the missionary I want to be.  It's all good.  Also, when you focus on others life seriously is SO much better.  It's the best.

Also, gratitude is a super powerful tool.  I really believe that when we have the faith to take everything the Lord is giving us IN HAPPINESS and GRATITUDE, He blesses us with more.  All good.  

Valentines was cute and happy and I got like 4 Valentines so pretty much my love life is off the chain.  There are so many good members here. 

It inspires me a lot.  Also we had a storm this weekend

Blizzard!

and President Cooke had us all stay inside and I got really sick and threw up yesterday and I'm never eating cookies again and also my calves are broken.  fun facts. 

:(

Ahhhhh I am the worst at managing email time and I have to go but I have seen miracles this week and this IS the Lord's work!  Even in DC.  They're all just people.  Just the Lord's people.  Everywhere.  And how sweet it is.  

I love you all so much.  Thank you for everything.  I hope you all have a wonderful week.  If I can do anything for you, let me know please please please.  Love you heaps and heaps.  

Love,

Sister Hansen


Soz but these are my notes from what I was going to write and I'm just going to leave them here...heh heh.

- miracles (Z, Martina,

- all about the Savior

  - people seek relief from their burdens while He ONLY sought to relieve others of their burdens

  - He is only found when seeking humility.  I get so caught up in wanting to be a great missionary that I forget that He is only only ever found and only ever has been found

  - Moses 4:1-2

1 And I, the ^aLord God, spake unto Moses, saying: That ^bSatan, whom thou hast commanded in the name of mine Only Begotten, is the same which was from the ^cbeginning, and he came before me, saying—Behold, here am I, send me, I will be thy son, and I will ^dredeem all mankind, that one soul shall not be lost, and surely ^eI will do it; wherefore ^fgive me thine honor.

 2 But, behold, my Beloved ^aSon, which was my Beloved and^bChosen from the beginning, said unto me—^cFather, thy ^dwill bedone, and the ^eglory be thine forever.

  - *********"how dare we ask for it to be easy if we really want to be called His disciples" -- find this talk

- being sick and never eating cookies ever again and also my calves are broken and we got snowed in

- we are adequate when we walk with Him--Moses 6:31-34 (posted above)

- the reminder that this work is not about how much I can attain but how I can use that to bless the lives of others

- They want us to be HAPPY!!

- I am Neville Longbottom

(Photo credit: Warner Brother Pictures and  http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131017011200/harrypotter/images/8/8b/Nevillelongbottom.png)

- this is a work about people, and it is the BEST.  The other day at the Drivers

- change of heart on Tuesday (understanding that it's all about how we can bless the lives of others and also that we should acknowledge miracles because they ARE real and they ARE happening)

- THANK YOU!!  I'm a bum and act like this is a really hard thing and I miss you all so so so much but at the end of the day I am really so so so blessed and even lucky to be here.  If there's ANYTHING I can do for you, please let me know.  Love and pray for you ALWAYS.

- because I have been given much