The MTC

I'm doing great! After I was dropped off they took all of us new missionaries through pretty much a maze of rooms picking up things, getting our badges, receiving papers, etc. It was so awesome when I put my missionary badge on for the first time! All the new missionaries have a red sticker on their name tag on the first day, so everyone sees that and is friendly because they know it's your first day :) That night we had three long classes where we were in big groups and talked to fake investigators. The spirit in the room was SO strong. It's the strongest I've ever felt the spirit before, and it was only my first day!!!

My companion is sister Le Baron. Seriously this is funny, but she is Taylor Brown's cousin from work... crazy! She's nice and fun to be with! She has red, curly hair and glasses! We both want to be obedient, so we get along well :) All day every day we're CONSTANTLY working. We're either studying, praying, in class, being taught doctrines, etc. Even though there are times when my body and eyes get tired, I'm loving it. It's like college, but TEN MILLION times better because I'm learning about a subject that I absolutely LOVE :) I love it here and am happy, but role playing with fake investigators and with sisters or elders is still scary for me. I'm getting a lot better at teaching, but I still get a little nervous.

Here are just some random things that I want to write down. I know this paragraph will be random and jumbled haha. The food is pretty good here. I've been eating mostly salads and have been staying away from the sweets... I'm proud of myself because they have some DANG good looking treats haha :) A lot of girls have the same luggage bags as I do! So I'm glad that I put little pieces of zebra tape on the top handles. I still love my luggage though Mom and Dad :) Thank you sooo much! I've seen most of the elders and sisters that are from Morgan. That's been fun to see familiar faces! We've only been able to talk for a few seconds though. We're constantly on our way to classes, or needing to be somewhere. I like being busy with the Lord's work though! Oh (to Dad and Kallin) the classroom next to us started singing for their opening hymn, "Lead Though Me On." I almost started laughing, and had to keep my cool hahaha :)

Our district is really fun! We're in our classroom for a minimum of 5 hours a day, so we've gotten close even though it's only been a couple days. Everyone's testimonies are really strong, and the discussions we have are absolutely AMAZING. The spirit is just so tangible ALL THE TIME. It's great :) I've been able to sleep pretty well, so that's awesome. Of course I'm a little tired, but I know that the Lord is blessing me to be able to sleep at night, even though my mind is racing from the rush of a normal MTC day.

I love all of you and hope that everyone is doing well. I can't wait to hear about Fallon and Lindsay's little babies :) Hopefully I can get an e-mail soon? I'm wanting to hear from you. I'm always praying for everyone and thanks for being such an amazing family. Thanks for giving me something great to miss ;) I don't have much time, so this is all I can write. PLEASE BE SAFE! I know the gospel is true, and I'm happy to be serving the Lord :)


Love, Sister Hansen! <3