Well this week was pretty great. Got in some super good memories and really bonded with Elder Maldonado. I love the mission because in just a few short weeks you can become such good friends. But anyway into the highlights, or what I can remember.
On Monday we had pretty normal pday and when we went to go buy groceries we ran into the family from Meet the Mormons! Elder Adams has the picture but I´ll get it from him soon. But it was super cool and they were super nice. And then that same day Elder Adams got the movie in a package so we watched it and naturally freaked out when we saw them again haha.
Tuesday we had some awesome visits and all that good stuff.
Wednesday we had zone conference and that was super fun as always. But while we were there, President came and told us an Elder had passed away that morning. I didn´t know him all that well but he was Elder Duran´s cousin and I know that was tough for him. President was pretty shaken up but he really took control of everything and got us all inspired again. The man is just amazing.
[Click here for an article on the passing of Elder Magdaleno]
Thursday I went on divisions with Elder Olson again for more baptismal interviews. They ended up falling through, but it was fun to spend more time with him. I made the worst mistake of my mission though. So they have this little tiny toy suction cup thing and I found out it sticks to your face. So being the mature and grown-up missionary that I am, I stuck it to my forehead. And then forgot about it. And after about ten minutes it had left a fat purple mark right in the center of my forehead. And it´s still there as I´m typing this.
Friday I got to suffer through a ton on comments about it. Eventually we had to go home and put a bandaid on it because it was drawing too much attention from people. One person asked me what it meant, as if it was some kind of religious symbol. Yeah. It was a long day haha
Saturday was a good day too, not too much happened but hey I´m loving it.
Sunday we had church and then went to the memorial service of the elder that passed away. It was a pretty sad service, his family was pretty shaken up, but they were really loving to all of us and just told us to keep moving forward. His companion came with us that night and I was really impressed by how well he was doing. He wasn´t sad or depressed, he was just hopeful for the future.
Oh and we had changes today. After just a short six weeks in La Loma, I´m taking off again for guess where?? haha Siquirres!! Got a call from President last night and he said he´s gonna send me back to Siquirres, this time as zone leader. Another one of the big surprises of my mission haha. The crazy part is that I´ll be companions with my old zone leader Elder Macias from Mexico, and I´ll be neighbors with Elder Hernandez and Elder Sandoval haha I had a feeling I was going to be heading back to Siquirres at some point in my mission, I just didn´t know how soon haha. But I´m excited, it's a lot of pressure, but it's gonna be a really good learning experience.
Well that´s about it but just want you guys to know I love you a ton and I hope you have an awesome week!
Elder Hansen
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