The Life and Times of Warren Hansen

We were taking it easy this week while Elder Miller’s foot recovered from getting his ingrown toenail cut out. Despite that, we still had some awesome experiences this week. Our friend Maria has 4 adult kids who have been baptized recently. She has gone to church almost every week for months, but never wanted to talk with the missionaries. On Monday, we gave her a Book of Mormon. She read part of it and then wanted to meet with us. We were able to help her learn more about Jesus Christ during the week and now she is planning to get baptized this weekend. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is real and it changes lives! […]

We’re making a lot of progress here in Cafayate! Yesterday, some members received the priesthood, meaning that they can now help run certain aspects of the church. This is the first time that members here have received the priesthood in 5 years. It might not seem like much, but it is a big step forward in helping the church in Cafayate be self sufficient. We had a fun adventure this week when Elder Miller realized he had an infected ingrown toenail. After trying to find a clinic that would accept our insurance all weekend, we bit the bullet and paid $45 out of pocket to get it cut out this morning. Unfortunately, I’m getting very […]

Getting to experience a second Christmas in Argentina was awesome. On Christmas Eve everyone gets with family to celebrate the “Good Night.” Most families have nativity sets. Some are just small figures on a table inside, while other families have huge models of Bethlehem that cover their whole front patio. At midnight on the “Good Night”, the baby Jesus gets put in the manger of the nativity and food is served. We spent the “Good Night” with the Diaz family.  Our friend Josue got baptized on Saturday. There isn’t a baptismal font here in Cafayate, so we do baptisms here in a small irrigation water control pool. While it is cool to have baptized someone […]

This week we got to travel to Salta for a Christmas conference. After a devotional focused on Jesus Christ’s birth, we had lunch and a small gift exchange. It was fun to chat with people I hadn’t seen in 5 months. Due to bus schedules, we left Cafayate at 4am to arrive in Salta on time. We had some extra time, so we got breakfast and took some pictures in the main plaza in downtown Salta. In a lesson with our friend Marcos, he told us he works 2 full-time jobs and is working on earning a teaching degree so that he can better provide for his family. After what I felt to be a […]

After 3 days of traveling by plane and bus, I finally got to my area, Cafayate. Cafayate is a small tourist town in the province of Salta a 4-hour bus ride to the southwest of the capital city. I actually came out here in July as the missionaries were first getting started to bring chairs and other supplies for their Sunday meetings. My companion is Elder Miller. He first arrived in Salta after I had gone home, but he is already great at teaching in Spanish. The other companionship here is Elder Shelley and Elder Kinghorn. Elder Shelley and I served right next to each other in Tartagal, so we are already good friends. Elder […]