Last PDAY

Hey everybody this last week was really cool and really eye opening. Last p-day we went hiking in our area and it was super cool. The mountains out in our area are beautiful and the air out there is sooooo clean! Out there we found a few owoo and shrines, which was super cool. Then we had a few appointments planned, however most of them burned us, but its no big deal. Then we had an appointment with a pi named uulanbayar.  She was a referral given to us by our ward mission leader, she has been hearing about the church for a long  time and has been really curious about the church for a long time. We met with her and introduced the book of mormon and the restoration to her, and she loved it! She was extremely willing to read the book of mormon and to learn more about the restoration. It was a really amazing thing to her countenance change when she heard us talking about 3 nephi and that its about christ coming to the nephites. She realy loved the book of mormon and had such a desire to learn. This is, of course, my final p-day on my mission, in one week i will be back in america. It's really crazy to think about going home so soon and being a normal person again. I'm really thankful for everyone of you guys for emailing me and for talking to me on my mission. This week really made me think a lot about how the work continues always no matter where you are or if you're a missionary. It was really amazing to see that uulanbayar will continue to meet with the missionaries in jargalant, even after i'm gone. I know that the gospel is truly powerful and can change peoples lives for better. I also know that christ is our savior and he saves us. And i know that we have a father in heaven who loves us and wants us to live with him. Thanks for everything guys, love you all. This is the final email.

Elder Griffin Hansen

July 29, 2018

This week was really good we did a lot of service and met with a lot of members. We met with tsetsgee and her family. Tsetsgee served i Logan when i was there, Elder Udall and I actually road the train with her from the MTC to Orem and then to logan. It was really cool to see her family and eat dinner with them. Elders Udall and Stoney came with us to the appointment. We also introduced her family to siracha sauce. Then on saturday we had a ward activity where we went to a park in our area and played games and then played soccer... in the rain! This week was really amazing and super fun. And now the count down begins, I now have less than 2 weeks left on my mission! I plan on enjoy the next 2 weeks as much as possible.

Elder Griffin Hansen

Naadam -2 July 15

This week was awesome! We had Naadam on Wednesday and through out this week. To start we went to the opening ceremony, which was awesome! Then after that I got my new tsamts. Then I went the carnival that surrounds the stadium. It was super cool and everybody there was just so happy and excited. It was an honestly amazing thing to see so many people together and happy. Then on Saturday Altansukh was baptized in Tuul! Elder Ogden and I were the first missionaries to teach him. He has ahd a super cool life and knows a bunch. It was awesome to see him get baptizedand become a member of the church. Here are some pictures of Naadam and the baptism. And to cap this week off we made cinnamon pita bread yesterday, it was good.

Elder Griffin Hansen

July 8 2018

Hey everyone this week was pretty slow but really good. We mostly just prepared for naadam, which is this week. Elder Jesperson and I are getting along really well and we have a lot in common. Jargalant is an awesome ward! The members in the jargalant ward are super cool! Also last week elder Davidson finished his mission, it's super crazy because when I was in the MTC I met him. It really puts it all into perspective. Another thing I realized is that this week 2 years ago I opened my mission call! It's crazy! 

Elder Griffin Hansen

 This happened 2years ago on July 7th

July 1

Hey everyone this week was crazy! I started my last transfer this week and I got moved to jargalant! I don't know if any of you remember tsetsgee who served in logan, but she a sister who I met with logan. She's in my ward now so I get to hang out with her a lot. Now I'm with elder Jesperson , he's from Iowa, and he's pretty cool. We get along pretty well. This week we also had a baptism which was awesome! I really like Jargalant and the members here. Also on friday we had service, we helped a ward member build a shed. This also marks my last transfer on my mission which is CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!

Elder Griffin Hansen

June 24

This is the final week of this transfer and it's scary. My final transfer is coming up in a few days. I'm now down to my last 6 weeks! sorry I didn't get a chance to email yesterday sister harper was doing apartment checks, so i was stuck in my house all day 😰.  This passed week has been really good we got a new investigator named altansuh. He used to live in Ireland for 5 years! He's super cool!

Elder Griffin Hansen

June 17, 2018
Hey everyone! this week was amazing! We got a couple new investigators and an investigator on date! It was a very spiritually up lifting week. Last p-day we went to this historical site called Gandan. Gandan is a giant monastery complex at the center of the city. It was super cool and has a bunch of building with religious artifacts, statues, and places for rituals. It also has this enormous statue of a buddha (I think) and other smaller statues and statuettes. Afterwards we went to a owoo nearby that was a large land mark for the city of UB. Also we had this experience where we were looking for a ward member and we went to his apartment building where we met a little boy. The little kid asked who we were looking for and he helped us look for the member. We did find him, but as we left the little kid looked up at us and asked, "Will I ever see you again?" I looked at him and said. "Eventually we'll meet again." As we walked away I thought of that scene on the iron giant where he flies away. It was a very touching moment. It was a very good week with a lot of exciting stuff happening.  

Elder Griffin Hansen