The Life and Times of Warren Hansen

¡Feliz Navidad! It’s very hot here and there is no snow, although from what I hear, it’s hot and there is also no snow in Idaho, so I’m not missing much. Here, Christmas is celebrated the night of Christmas Eve with a large party that typically starts around 11 or so. Our curfew got extended until 10 last night so that we could “party” a little bit. We were at a member’s house just long enough for me to eat some pizza and break a glass. When I went to bed around 11, the neighbors were just starting their party. When I woke up at 7, they were still partying. Normally we don’t eat lunch […]

Time is flying by. I can’t believe that Christmas is next week. My disbelief is probably being aided by the extreme heat. Most of my mission is in the desert, but the northern finger that we are in is the fringes of the Bolivian jungle. The heat is bad, but the humidity is what really magnifies the damage to my white shirts. Last night the power of all of Northern Argentina went out. Trying to sleep reminded me of when I lived in a room without power for a week last year during Basic Training. The feeling of falling asleep dripping sweat is far from one of my favorites. There are a lot of things […]

I’m currently in a van, on my way back to Tartagal after a Christmas party with a third of my mission. We got picked up at 5 this morning, listened to President Janzen talk about Christmas for a bit, ate lunch, had a gift exchange, and left. It was fun to get to chat with other missionaries who used to work nearby. We went to Salvador Massa again this week. Elder Adaos and I were visiting one of their friends who is deciding if she wants to be baptized or not. We spent 45 minutes doing our best to put out the fires of her doubts. We’d reached a critical point when a guy walked […]

It’s been incredibly hot. Most afternoons this week were over 113 degrees. I did my laundry one morning and hung my soaking wet clothes outside to dry at 8. They were dry by 10:30 when we left our house for the day. That’s pretty hot.  Summer is also the rainy season here. The rule of thumb is that the hotter the day is, the more it’s going to rain at night. Friday night, we were about 30 minutes from our house when it started dumping rain. We were already completely soaked, so we weren’t in a huge rush to make it back to our house. We ended up having a great lesson about the blessings […]