A Jolly Border Crossing at 14 Months!

Joyeux Noël toute le monde ! Comment ça va ? Cette semaine se passé très très bien !

First of all, time feels completely non-existent! I have already reached my 14 month mark! How crazy is that?! I seriously feel like I just got here, but holy cow, I've been out for over a year! I cannot tell you how many members I talked to this week that called me an old missionary and that time is gonna go by way faster than I think. I don't really like those conversations. 🤣 If I could stop time I seriously would. Yes, I miss my family and going to the BYU games, (watching the Cougars beat the U of U of course 🙃) but nothing compares to a mission! I have had so many moments that I want to just relive forever and ever! Choosing to serve a mission is easily the best decision of my life. I have been able to see and do so many things, as well as meet so many people that have changed my life. I love it all! It's hard, but it's a good hard, and a worth it hard! For those of you who are reading my posts and deciding whether or not to go... go! You will not regret it! It will easily become the best thing that has happened to you, just as it is for me. 😊

A lot of things happened this week, including a few goodbyes, which you already know I'm not too much a fan of the whole goodbye thing. This week was transfers so we had to say goodbye to Elder Keck, who was one of the ZLs in Lille. He is from Tahiti and completely hilarious! On Monday, to end with a bang, my équipe, the Lille Soeurs that we live with, and the Lille ZLs decided to spend pday together. We see each other every day, so we have all become good friends and wanted to end our time together with a final hurrah! We went bowling then to the Christmas Marchée in Lille! There is a giant ferris wheel set up in the city center right now that provides some pretty good views of the city.... or so I would imagine. 😉 

We then went back to the church and played some ping pong before soirée familiale started with the JA! Now, I do have to say that we are the "cool leaders" in the mission, two weeks ago we decided to introduce a zone language challenge to help all the new missionaries with their French, and of course there would be a prize for the winning équipe. The grand prize included a song we wrote along with a dance performed by the ZLs. Yup! So, our Monday night entertainment with the JA was FaceTiming with the winners, the Valencinnes Elders, so they could witness our vocal performance of a missionary spin off to the 12 days of Christmas while the Elders in our area angelically danced to it. I will say that the way these Elders danced now lives rent free in my head. Soeur Smith and I almost didn't get through the song we were laughing so hard! 🤣 

Thursday we got a new Zone Leader, Elder Lantz, and he is pretty cool! So far the four of us (my équipe and the Elders) have worked really well together and we get along great! I am so excited for this next transfer and all we will accomplish! Oh! We also finally launched the member plan we have been working on for the past two transfers! We finally shared the plan with the stake and with the other missionaries, and everyone seemed super on board with it. Sooo excited!

This week I crossed the border - on foot! Yup, I walked back to France from Belgium. Okay it actually isn't as long of a walk as it sounds. 😉 There is a little path that Google maps shows along the border of both countries so we decided to walk it and we were able to step one foot in each country, and even step in both at once! 😂 We were visiting a member in Belgium and thought she was going to drive us back across the border, but when we mentioned we had no other rendez-vous, she was kind of like, "Okay, have a good day," and we were left to walk back on our own. 😂 It was maybe about a 30 minute walk to the metro, which wasn't too bad, and it was fun to see the transition between the two countries, so it was cool! 

We visited a lot of members this week and had a fun time. We visited with one member in Belgium and also visited with the Stake President's mother, who is the cutest lady! Half of our ward is related to each other, and she is either the mother or grandmother of everyone! Ever since I've been in this area I've been trying to figure out who is who, and finally being at her house and seeing pictures of everyone on her wall helped settle the matter! Sunday we ate with the stake President for lunch, then for dinner we ate at his Brother in law's house for crêpe dimanche! (Crêpe Sunday!) Keeping it all in the family! 😂 We definitely get fed well here!

This Saturday we had a huge Christmas spectaculaire for the stake where my companion and the two other Sœurs we live with sang! It was a huge spectaculaire for the birthday of Jesus that my ward and the other ward in our area put on and it was soooo amazing! More people came to this than they did for our Stake Conference, which is pretty incredible! We also had most of the missionaries in the zone come, along with soooo many of our amis! It was incredible! Everyone from the English class we teach came, an ami we have been trying to get in contact with even came, then also came to sacrament meeting the next day! Our members also brought some of their friends! It was awesome! One of the Elders even played Joseph during the live Nativity program, which was a lot of fun.  And, of course we ended the night enjoying some brioche and hot chocolate! The spirit was incredibly strong and it will definitely be labeled as one of the top moments of my mission! 

So many miracles came from it!

The day before the spectaculaire, Soeur Smith and I set out to spend the day in Tourcoing, one of the cities which borders Belgium, to invite older members who are less active and anyone we could talk to to the celebration! Now, I have to be honest, my secteur has a lot of pretty sketchy parts in it. 😬 On the way to the church we have to pass through one of the biggest drug dealing areas in the city, where the other day we actually walked through an active police investigation. Yea... we were walking back with the Elders and the police were doing a huge sweep of the area. It was crazy! But it's okay, we just don't walk around much of our area at night. 😂 

Anyway! Tourcoing! The first member house we went to was a bit of an experience. We got to the door and saw her, but she never saw us. We heard a huge thump come from the house and we both thought she had fallen, so we were freaking out, standing there on her doorstep,  not knowing what to do! Just as we were about to call another member for help, she came to the door. The moment we tried to invite her to the spectaculaire she slammed the door in our faces! Not so much a success! 😂 At least she answered the door though, none of the other members we went to see even answered the door - we think they may have moved. No one answered in the apartment building we went to either. 😅 BUT, we did talk to some really cool people on the metro and even got a number from a lady who texted us before we could text her! So, I guess it all evens out! While there, we decided to have dinner at the Christmas Marchée in Tourcoing, and well, the market wasn't all that great. Lille's is way better! But, we did get some fries from people who thought we were Amish...so that was pretty funny, especially since both my companion and I were even wearing pants. 🤣 You just never know who you might meet! LOL 

 

Spiritual Thought  

Recently I have been doing a lot of study about joy and I wanted to share this definition of joy with you: 

**JOY**

☆ Joy is a state of great happiness stemming from a just life. The goal of this life is to allow all men to have joy. We cannot have complete joy except through the intermédiaire Jesus Christ. 

I got this definition from a French translation in the Book Mormon, but I loved how it said that complete joy comes from Christ. He is the source of all joy! Especially during this season of Noël, I hope you all may find joy in Christ! 

I love you all and hope you have an amazing week! 

Joyeux Noël ! À bientôt ! 

- Soeur Hansen 🥰

Ho Ho Hospital!

Ho Ho hello toute le monde ! Comment ça va ? Quelle semaine ! 

First of all I want to tell you all a story from last week that I didn't get a chance to write about in my update. This is to prove that missionaries do have some fun. 😉 

As I quickly mentioned at the end of my update last week, IT SNOWED! Sunday morning, during personal studies before church Soeur Smith and I looked out the window to pleasantly find that it was snowing! As I also mentioned, the snow has been something I have greatly missed, so you can probably imagine how excited I was! As soon as we got to church the Elders came running out with two other members and bombarded us with snowballs! Yup! We had a snowball fight there in the parking lot of the church right before our réunion started! It was Soeur Smith and I against the Elders and 2 members of our ward ...I think maybe we won. 🤣 Our whole ward probably saw us all having our snowball fight, but it was just too fun! 🤣 

OK now onto what happened this week! It was probably one of the craziest weeks ever! Have I said that before?? 😂 I know I say that a lot, so that might just mean that every week is crazy! #Missionarylife! 

The craziness first started on Monday night, but for chronologie et organisation sake I'm going to begin on Tuesday. 😉 Tuesday, we took the early train to Paris for MLC again! For those of you wondering, MLC is "Mission Leadership Conference" where all the mission leadership gets together on the first Tuesday of each month in Paris for a day to talk about the mission: what is going well, what we can improve, and what we can implement. It was so fun! The mission home was all decorated for Christmas, we sang carols, and we talked a lot about goals - goal setting, action plan, and following up. The emphasis of the training focused on our need to always be in a state of growing and improving, we should always be trying to stretch ourselves more each day so that we can become the people we are meant to be. I honestly felt so inspired, even more-so as I don't have too much time left on my mission. There is so much I want to accomplish, and this MLC was an answer to prayer. We also talked about the power of faith. If we want to accomplish our goals and find those who seek the Christ, we have to have the faith to do so. This next transfer I am setting the goal of exercising more faith!

Even with the spiritual high of MLC, sometimes we have to jump off cloud nine for a moment. Sadly, all good things must come to an end, including being with those you love. On the mission I have met so many extraordinary people: missionaries, members, people on the street, etc., who mean so much to me. One of the cool things as a missionary is working with other missionaries, including senior couples. Since the beginning of my mission, way back when I was in Rennes, I've been able to work with the sweet Morrises who have been the senior couple in charge of all the housing issues for the missionary apartments. They have been there to give me French advice and many mom hugs when needed. En bref, they have been there for me numerous times and I cannot express how much I love them. 

Tuesday, at MLC, I sadly had to say goodbye to them as they were returning home from their mission the next day. You know, mission goodbyes are the worst! Crazy enough, it has been harder to say goodbye to the places and people I have loved on the mission than it was before I left. I will say, I did cry as I was saying goodbye to Soeur and Elder Morris, and Elder Morris even gave me a hug. 🤧 But, I know that we will totally see each other after the mission so just one more thing to look forward to!

Wednesday was when things got really interesting! I ended up staying two days in Paris because one, I was suppose to get my titre de séjour, which allows me to stay in France for another extra year, and two, we were suppose to do exchanges with the STLs in Paris. However, we had a huge plot twist... 

Going back to Monday night: after pday Soeur Smith started not feeling very well. Long story short, we thought she had a hernia. We were on the phone with the Mission President's wife and the nurse trying to figure out what to do. We were to be in Paris the next day, so we sat tight through the night and were able to make it to our MLC safely the next day. While in Paris, we decided it would be good if we went to the ER at the American hospital there the next day. On Tuesday night we found out two more Soeurs would be joining us last minute for their titre de séjour aussi appointments as well. So many plot twists! So, there we were on Wednesday, split into trios and doing exchanges; one group going to the préfecture for our residency cards, and the other to the hospital! 😂 As soon as we were done with our appointments we made our way to the hospital to meet up with the other Sœurs while still on our exchange. 😜 

Well, the Paris STLs and I spent most of the early afternoon in the waiting room, waiting for Soeur Smith. No worries, folks, she came out alive and all was well! Turns out it was some weird virus that was just making her feel a bit funky. We finished our our day of exchanges at St. Merri, doing the studies we missed that morning and eating spicy Indian burritos! We took the train home that night and as always, it was a fun time! Craziest exchange ever, but it was definitely memorable! And by the way,  all went well with our residency papers and the location of the préfecture building was in the cutest town ever near Paris!

Christmas activities are in full swing, which means the enlistment of missionary talents! Soeur Smith and I were asked to perform a musical number at an activity in November, and have now been asked to sing at every church activity since! 😂 Friday they held a fancy Christmas dinner for those 60 and older where we helped with the decorations and were also asked to sing. We sang "What Child Is This?" with the guitar and they all loved it! We were then invited to eat with everyone and had a really great time! You will never guess what the dinner conversation was??? We talked about the one and only... John Wayne! 😂 Shout out to you, Grandpa Don! Who would have ever thought that I would be talking about John Wayne at a dinner while in France??  Um... not me! 😂 But I do think I found some of his biggest fans! After dinner, we played a Kahoot game about Christmas and the Bible, and I've never seen older people so competitive! It was hilarious! Honestly one of the best nights ever! 

This week we even had lunch at one of my favorite family's house! The Gouttin's! It is always such a party there! They were so kind and even got us a gift! Soeur Smith and I almost cried it was so so sweet! Definitely a highlight of the week! I love this family so much! As they were taking us back to the church they even let us get in touch with the real world for a second by blasting Wham's, "Last Christmas," and even Maria Carey's, "All I want for Christmas Is You!" Soeur Smith and I enjoyed that glimpse of reality a little too much, but hey, as missionaries we take what we can get! (You all know I'm going to party so hard next Christmas!) 😉

This week we even had another guy show up to church unexpectedly - but I don't think this one quite counts as a miracle since he was drunk! Yup, he was very drunk! 😂 He walked in and a member told us we had a friend show up! Soeur Smith and I were confused, as were weren't expecting anyone. We turned around to find this man sucking a lime and getting a kick out of the fact that we both were named "Soeur"....  um yea, I'm thinking he didn't mean to purposely come to the church that day.  He did join he men's class, but then disappeared quickly and we were left to explain that we had no idea who he was. 😂 Who knows what will happen! 

However, we did have a lesson with the guy that showed up last week! It went so well! He didn't come back to church but we hope to see him again soon! We also went to our friend Julian's again and had a great time! 

We got transfer news this week and I will be staying another transfer in Lille/ Vd'ascq, and I couldn't be happier! First time staying in an area for three transfers and I'm so excited! 

I LOVE it here!

Spiritual Thought

I know this was a long post, but here is a scripture for your week!

"Now when our hearts were depressed, and we were about to turn back, behold, the Lord comforted us, and said: Go amongst thy brethren, the Lamanites, and bear with patience thine afflictions, and I will give unto you success."  (Alma 26:27)

Il est là !  (He is there!)

Love you all! À bientôt ! 

- Soeur Hansen 🥰

Let It Snow

 Joyeux Noël à tous ! C'est finalement la saison de Noël et j'ai hâte !

This week has been crazy but soooo fun! We had about three district councils in a row, two exchanges back to back, lots of cheese and potatoes, lots of miracles, and an overwhelming amount of Christmas Spirit! ☃️ En bref, I just hope I can fit it all in one email! 😂

In my district, we had our in person district council! It was so fun! The ZLs even decided to join in too! (As leadership we like to do a tour of all the districts in the zone and join in on their councils, so that's why they were there, as well as why we had three in a row.) It was such a good reunion! This week we talked about The Book of Mormon, and Elder Mayfield (our district leader) had us each bare testimony of the Book of Mormon and our own conversion, which was incredibly powerful! It was so inspiring to hear the conversion stories from each of the other missionaries. 

Afterwards, we all shared some raclette! For those of you who may not remember what raclette is, it is pretty much THE winter food of France! It is boiled potatoes with melted raclette cheese (melted by using a machine) and topped with a variety of toppings, such as meat, onions etc. It was soooo fun, and although our stomachs felt a little funny after, it was well worth it! 😉 Later that evening we of course did the flan suck - and you all already know who won! To be honest, the flan suck is probably my new favorite party trick! 😜

#Miracle

This week we were also able to see SO MANY miracles! What an awesome way to kick off the Christmas season! Soeur Smith and I were invited to our Bishop's house for dinner, and wow was it fun! Buuuuut, it was a bit of a miraculous adventure getting there! The plan was to take the train to a particular stop where they would pick us up. However, when someone comes up to you to talk about the gospel and you are a missionary, you can't say no! Umm, of course! We were sitting on the train, waiting for it to get rolling and trying to send out some texts when a young man boarded the train. Soeur Smith and I both smile at him and then a few minutes later he asks if he can sit by us. Of course! Now, this train was full of people! There was actually a member sitting diagonally to our left and a Jewish man who was not too far from us listening in as well.  The man's name is Augustine and he is really cool! He lives in Valenciennes but goes to Calais often to visit family. He saw our plaques first and that is what initiated the conversation! We talked the entire train ride and he was sooooo incredibly interested! The whole conversation centered around the Book of Mormon and simply what we believe. At the end we offered him a Book of Mormon and he was so excited about it! He even asked us to sign it! 😀 Sadly, he doesn't live in our secteur so we wrote the number of the Elders in his secteur in the Book as well. He was even interested in learning English too! 

As our stop came and we said goodbye to Augustine, we moved to make our way to the door to descend. but suddenly we were stuck behind a bunch of bikes blocking the door! In the midst of not knowing where to go we saw the doors slowly closing. NOOOO! We were stuck on the train! We quickly ran to the other end but it was too late, the train had started moving. Mince ! We got off  at the next stop and immediately called the Bishop's wife. Luckily we got rescued in the Tesla! The Bishop asked us if we had seen the moon that night, and as we leaned to look out the window, the Bishop hit the accelerator, and as the car quickly shot forward we both flew back against the seat with a grunt! He got a good laugh out of that! 😂 

We shared a meal and a spiritual thought with their family regarding the Church's Light the World initiative! It was so fun, especially with their three kids! I love them! The Bishop knows English too, so every now and then he would randomly bust out a quote or a song in English and it was hilarious!

This week we did two exchanges back to back! It was a bit tiring - OK maybe a lot - but it was so fun! We started with the Lille Soeurs and Sœur Stevens and I worked in Lille for the day! We had a super tender interaction with these sweet older ladies that turned out to be sisters! We were the last ones off a train we had taken to a member's house. As we were descending, and after the smoke of the crowd died down, we found these two ladies trying to make their way down the stairs with a heavy bag and a caddie full of groceries. We stopped to ask if they needed help and they were so astonished! They told us that we were very charming! 😂 They explained that plenty of other youth had passed by, mainly young men, and no one offered to help. We helped them get to the street they were going to and they were just adorable! They asked where we were from and were shocked that we were "nice" Americans! 😂 I guess that's a stereotype? LOL They said our French was really good and they were very impressed, which was really nice! They then asked what we do and we told them about our missionary work. Sadly, they weren't too interested but we had such a cute conversation with them and they absolutely made my day! As we left they shared how much they loved talking to us, thanking us for the help, and telling us we were pretty. 😂 All four of us left smiling! Sooooo cute! 

That night Soeur Smith and I took the Soeurs to the Christmas market in Lille and it was so fun! We all got a giant corn dog with maroilles on it. Maroilles is actually a really really stinky cheese unique to the North. But once you get past the smell the cheese itself is actually really good. 😂By the way, what they say is true - the stinkier the cheese, the better it is! 😉 

The next day we took a train to Arras where I had the opportunity to work with Soeur Morgan again! We had some incredible lessons with some of their amis! Arras is doing some incredible work! Overall, both exchanges went sooo well and I absolutely love the soeurs in the zone! 

The next day we were set to take the train back to Lille.  As usual, we were running through the gare, bags in tow, only to find out our train was delayed 30 minutes! We had another train we had to take to visit some members in Belgium, and luckily had just enough time to barely run and catch the next train, which was also delayed 30 minutes! 😅 We did eventually make it to Belgium and enjoyed an incredible moment with our members.

🚨MIRACLE ALERT🚨 

Okay, so recently Vd'ascq has been in a period of waiting with our friends. We haven't had too many to teach, which has been a bit hard. Yesterday, Soeur Smith and I decided to individually fast for specific needs. Without telling each other, we both ended up fasting to find a friend, and for a miracle in our area. 5 minutes before church started on Sunday a man walked into church, came straight to us and asked us when the reunion started. We said in 5 minutes and he said, "Oh great! I am looking to prepare myself for baptism!" Soeur Smith and I were dumbfounded! We replied with a "That is incredible," and introduced who we were. We invited him to sit with us during the meeting and he did! It was fast and testimony meeting, which meant that members could go to the front as they felt so inclined to bare testimony of Christ. The testimonies shared were incredible! In the middle our visiter, Hervé, leaned over and whispered that he had some questions and would love to talk after. The reunion ended and we asked what his thoughts were and he said he absolutely loved it! He said he couldn't fully explain what he was feeling and that he loved being there and he wants to come again! He then told us that he was originally looking for the Catholic church, but found himself in front of our building with something pushing him forward and telling him he needed to go in! How incredible is that! We explained again who we were as missionaries and that we offer free lessons to help prepare those interested for baptism and he enthusiastically showed interest! We exchanged numbers and we plan to teach him this week! Soeur Smith and I had no idea that we had each individually fasted and prayed for this miracle! 

GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS!

This week it even snowed! I can't explain to you how much I have missed the snow! 

Spiritual Thought

This week I read this scripture in John that I want you all to ponder: 

"And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us"  ( 1 John 5:14)

I love you all ! À bientôt ! ❤️

-Soeur Hansen

Dunkirk

Bonjour mes amis ! En forme ? 

This week was kind of crazy and a bit out of the ordinaire how everything took place! We didn't do any exchanges this week, which was weird,  but don't worry! They are on the list for next week! 

I had the incredible experience of spending a day in Dunkirk! Yes, the very beaches of a significant battle during WW2, and the setting of the movie depicting that event. I was able to spend the whole day there while visiting another district for their district council! 

We all met at the church for training on Revelation and read a talk from the late President Ballard. We also celebrated one of the Zone Leader's birthday, (Elder Keck from Tahiti) which was so fun! We all then enjoyed some Kebab for lunch! It was pretty funny because there was about 12 of us squished into the corner between two tables. 😂 Then off we all went to talk to people! Soeur Smith and I took this opportunity to go to THE beaches! WOW! If you remember from months ago, I was able to visit the battle stricken beaches in Normandy, and to now also be able to visit the beaches of Dunkirk was just as amazing! It felt even a bit sacred. Soeur Smith and I met a group of 5 older people (who happened to be from Lille ) and we asked them what brought them to Dunkirk. They happened to be visiting for the day, and have some history there from during the war. They told us their story, which was pretty incredible to hear. They of course then asked us why we were there, and we were able to have a wonderful conversation with them about what we do as missionaries and why we are here in France. They were very interested! 

The rest of the day we continued talking to everyone there, asking if they had connections to the city, or even if they were willing to share their own stories.  It was so inspiring to hear the individual experiences from everyone! Before leaving, Souer Smith and I even took a moment to run across the beach and leave with water bottles full of sand.🤭 It was really cool to visit the city as well, because you could still see evidence of the war in various areas of the city, as some buildings were very old and run down, and others very newly developed. It is so crazy to see the transformation of history upon the town with all of its cause and effects! One of the people in the group of 5 we talked with even told us that he remembered how once it was a very beautiful city, but got destroyed by war and is now very modernized. Wow!

This week I had the feeling again. I was ON FIRE! Remember the less active member, Julian from a few updates ago? We went back to his house and, WOW! What an incredible experience we had! That morning we planned a very simple spiritual thought. One where we focused on the Book of Mormon and on Jesus Christ, completely unaware of the miracle we were about to see. All day we had been trying to find another female member to join us, but none were available. So we texted Julian asking if we could do our rendez-vous outside, or by video call. He said yes, of course, and that actually his daughter would be there! So we said we would love to meet her and that we were happy to do the rendez-vous (rdv) with them both! The rdv began as we all gathered around the table with hot chocolate in hand and enjoyed getting to know each other. Julian then said, "OK, let's talk about the serious stuff now," and we took that as our cue to start the spiritual thought. 😂 We each took a turn reading a paragraph from the introduction of the Book of Mormon and the spirit was immediately sooooo strong. At the end we asked what their thoughts and feelings were, and Julian's daughter expressed how she loved the introduction because it expressed what the book is and why it is important. She seemed to be really touched by what we had read. It is always so incredible to see people become more and more open to the spirit just through the small and simple things - such as reading the scriptures. We then read from Doctrine and Covenants 76 verses 22-24 (the scriptures I shared last week) and the spirit enveloped the ENTIRE room and Sœur Smith and I literally felt as though we where on fire! We began testifying of Christ and it became a moment in which I have no idea what I was saying, but words were flowing easily out of my mouth. I know that I was truly speaking by and through the Spirit. Julian and his daughter were listening to us so intently, and you could see their spirits connecting more and more to what we were testifying to them. You could physically see the light brighten in their eyes, and their spirits lift as they yearned to know more. 

Julian's daughter explained to us that she and her father have never been closed off to religion and have always been fairly open. Having placed a Book of Mormon in front of her, at the beginning of our lesson so she could follow along with us, we then invited her to start reading The Book of Mormon, and invited Julian to restart. We told her that the book in front of her was hers to keep. She looked at us with wide eyes and accepted the invitation and the book with eagerness! Incredible! We then sang a musical number we were going to perform later that night at a Relief Society activity and they loved it! In turn, Julian played some traditional Bolivian music on a flute and also on a pan flute he made himself! WOW! It was truly an amazing night! They kept trying to get us to stay for dinner, but we had to go and instead left with a promise to come back for dinner another time. We truly believe the key for Julian in regaining his testimony will be his daughter. 😊

As we all just recently celebrated Thanksgiving, I want to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to you all! 🦃 I hope it was a good one! Even though I wasn't able to spend it around the table with my own family, I was able to spend it around the table with one of my favorite ward families! We had spaghetti with a yummy beet sauce! Not your traditional turkey and mashed potatoes, but it sure was good! They asked us what we do for Thanksgiving and we talked about our traditions and they then began playing Christmas music! YEEES! IT HAS BEGUN! They are such a darling family and it took me back to what it all is about...Family! Cherish them! 

Well, the Christmas markets have officially began and I am taken back to my five year old self with dreams of lights, nutcrackers, and Christmas music everywhere! I am so excited for joy and magic of this time of year!  

Spiritual Thought

"Neither take ye thought beforehand what ye shall say; but treasure up in your minds continually the words of life, and it shall be given you in the very hour that portion that shall be meted unto every man." ( D/C 84:88) 

The Lord knows you and what you need. Trust in Him and He will help you know what to do in those moments of need.

Love you all! À bientôt ! 

- Soeur Hansen ❤️