Really good week this week. Got to go on divisions to Limon to do some baptismal interviews. Limon is interesting because it's built for tourists but at the same time one of the more dangerous cities in Costa Rica. You've got a ton of stores and attractions and the beach right there, but some of the sketchiest people you'll meet in Costa Rica. It's not all that hot just incrediby humid, but it was cool to be close to the beach for the first time in a long time.
Monday wasn't too special, just had a family home evening with some recent converts and a few other lessons.
Tuesday I was in Limon and I don't really remember a lot of what happened, but it was a good day. I remember that.
Wednesday, more divisions. We went to go do some interviews and on our way back we stopped to get something to drink. When we were leaving this guy stops us and asks/demands that we buy him something. We both didn't have enough money so we had to turn him down, but then he just got upset and half threatened to rob us, but we explained to him that we're just missionaries and that he didn't really want to do that (jedi mind trick style). After that he calmed down and started telling us his life story about how he lost his job and family and everything to drugs, so we shared a scripture with him and then took off. Gotta love Limon.
Thursday I did divisions with another area in Limon and it was me and Elder Greene, the only other gringo in the zone. It was super weird to be with a gringo companion for the day, but it was fun because he understood all my jokes and references which is something that doesn't happen a lot haha.
Friday I headed back to Siquirres and had a great day.
Saturday we had a conference with President Nelson. He was in Honduras and they transmitted it to us. He shared a really good message on how to treat our investigators and just made us all feel super special.
Sunday we had church, but they were working on the power lines outside so they had to cut the power and that was the worst. No air conditioning on one of the hottest days. It was rough haha. We had some great lessons during the day, but one of the best was our last one. We had just finished a lesson at about 8:30 pm so we wanted to squeeze in one more. There were a few people close by but we felt like we needed to go visit one of the families that had come to church that day. We stopped by and when we had sat down the wife told us that she had been praying we would stop by. She and her husband told us how happy and peaceful they feel whenever we come by to teach them. It was so heartfelt and kind of them to say because they're really making an effort to change and to hear that we were helping them just made me feel like I'm really making a difference here. It's one of the greatest opportunities I've had in my life to come here and to see people really change and see the differences in their lives. I was thinking a lot about that, about how much my Heavenly Father loves me to give me this chance to be here, teaching the gospel and helping people come closer to Christ. It's pretty special when you think about it.
Today for pday we went to Limon again to go to the beach. Played some soccer and drank some pipas (I think that's how you spell it). [Pipas frias - coconut water] I took a lot of pictures, but of course this computer doesn't want to wrk with me today so it'll have to wait until next week. Sorry, dad. But hey love you guys! Have an awesome week!
Elder Hansen
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