Barn Talk in the MTC

I miss you guys so much! But don't worry I'm not super homesick! Im just fine actually, I'm doing the Lord's work so why wouldn't I be. Well I'm emailing early cause we did sealings today and we were done early so I figured I'd burn up the half hour before study with email. So this week has been great, it's really flown by. The older district is getting ready to leave on Monday which is sad cause I've became good friends with all of them. Now we will be the oldest district in our zone! Pretty crazy. Yeah the zone leaders are leaving so they will call new ones and we are pretty sure it's between Elder Hale and I or Elders Richins and Nicol. I say its Elder Richins and Nicol cause Elder Richins is like the patriarch of our district family. Sealings were so amazing, the temple is truly what this church is about. Getting people there is truly what missionary work is about. It was such a special experience that I will not forget. Our sealer served in the mission presidency in Santiago, he said we will love the people. I can't wait to get to Chile! Spanish is coming along. I have to teach the first lesson in TRC tonight in Spanish and its actually not that bad and I like it a lot. We as missionaries need to simplify the lessons to make the investigators better understand them... this works out so great with Spanish since we dont really know that much all we can say are the simple things, so it makes teaching a lot easier. We practiced contacting yesterday and usually when I got to share a scripture I will write down what I want to say and try to memorize it. This time I just shared and the words just flowed out of my mouth. It was so cool. Nothing can be done here by ourselves, that for sure was done with the Spirit cause I dont speak spanish that good. In gym we've gotten into volleyball and we have given ourselves nicknames like in topgun. It's pretty sweet and of course my nickname is cowboy. We pretty much rock the court during gym.

Just go ahead and get me a dufflebag carry on because I don't need a huge backpack, my little one I bought here works great for walking around with. Plus I heard in south america people like to come up behind you with a knife and cut your straps off and run away with your back pack, so i dont wanna be carrying around a super expensive one if that happens. But I'd probably smite the thief before he ever got away with that. Doesn't Kate have a rodeo coming up soon? Let me know how that goes and Kate I expect a full report of the boys you are hitting on, its my duty as your older brother to watch out for you. Gosh what else has happened this week.... its gone by so fast. The lords time is so much different than our own I swear. It goes by so fast that you have to make every moment count. Oh we get to host this week, ha it will be so great to see all the new kids. Hopefully I can console them as they walk back to their rooms sick to their stomachs. I know I was, but all is well now with the Lord on my side! I'm so excited to go, Im really wanting to get out there. Even tho I know I won't understand a single word they say. I'm already mentally, physically, and emotionally preparing for that one. Not that I'm setting myself up for failure or anything, I just know its gonna happen. Oh I heard an Austrailian Elder say A-hole this week. It was so funny, we were singing disney songs in the shower and a elder came in and yelled at us for being too loud and how we took away the spirit so i told him he did cause he had the spirit of contention. Well it turns out he was just joking and trying to scare us, but he didn't scare me, in fact i could have ate him and not been that fat. Anyways his comp said I know it was just a joke but you did still act like an Ahole! In an austrailian accent. It was hilarious. Nothing like barn talk in the MTC! Well my time is running short. Ill write as many as I can. I hope to hear from ya soon. The church is true, our father in heaven loves us, he really does he gave us the temple and eternity with him and our families.

Love you all so much,

Elder Hansen