DJ Hansen

Not to make any of you jealous or anything... but the weather here is quite nice now... It's about the perfect weather. At least for my Utah acclimated body. Actually, it's really interesting how much the weather dictates what happens in the day here. It was simply windy in the

Well-- This will simply be a short one since we had transfer calls tonight. It's always an interesting time in the transfer. I've always felt from the other missionaries the anticipation is very high. It is valid since, it will be affecting, at least, the next 6 weeks of your

It's remarkable how much can happen in a week, and you struggle to remember where to even begin. I was originally planning to do an email every other week, but it seems it is just as hard to write anything at all even with the gap. It's never a lack

"Seek and expect miracles" is a quote often restated in the last few months in this mission. The premise is if we act in faith, we can expect God to do marvelous things in the work and in our lives. Well, this is certainly something I have been trying to

If you had told me that I would be traveling this much while I was on a mission, I probably would have laughed. Well, currently I am writing this flying to Cyprus for two days for exchanges. We had to drive up to Thessaloniki for about five hours last week

I love this time of year. Quite frankly, it's difficult to find someone who doesn't. It's alright if they don't, but this season has a particular ability to touch the hearts of people around the world. Currently, we are up in Thessalonki doing exchanges and there are lights everywhere. I

Well. It's been a couple weeks since I've been able to write an email. I could explain why, but honestly, I don't really feel a need! Things happen as a missionary, and I gotta say, we get busy. Maybe as I explain the events of the last few weeks, you'll

I'm starting this email late-- so I apologise in advance-- it's gonna be alllllll over the place so get ready. We posted a lot of Ads for our Facebook page the last few weeks. A lot of people calling us heresies, which is pretty common. However, I began to wonder

It's pretty difficult to not feel frustrated when being spoken over in a conversation. It's remarkable how quickly it can turn into an argument, and quicker to someone (typically the native or the most confident in the language) creating a narcissism conversation. It makes it nearly impossible to share our

"Oh, Mormons-- you guys are Mormons!" one of the two people at the university said to us as we spoke to them. Elder Jenkins has had an idea of walking through a university, since folks of there tend to be more open to new ideas. Little did we know, we

Well, if there is a will, there is a way. I say that because I'm crazy enough to have brought a film camera on mission and got my first roll back this week from a local shop--of which--we stumbled across. They did a decent job considering I had thought no

I made an unofficial promise that I would try to write an email home every P-day on my mission, but I gotta be honest-- I haven't been holding myself to it. Last week was pretty rough, to be frank, and it was difficult to convince myself to take the time

Let me start off with this-- what a flipping week. I guess two, because I wasn't able to write an email last week. Broke a current mission record last week. "Longest time spent on finding Parking", coming out to 2 consecutive hours. Pretty legendary. I'll tell you, we prayed pretty

The man holds up the phone in the air, pointing the speaker towards us with a big grin on his face, "You know the music?" as a rock song plays as the ringtone. I knew it. I had to, but I just couldn't remember the name! I stepped back and

I feel that Elder Jenkins and I live on an island by ourselves, kinda just hit me this week. Yes, there are thousands of people that live on this island, and there is a couple member families across it, but... we're alone. We are the only people that have covenanted

This week, I've felt like I wanted to spend more time talking with family. So that means.... Picture email! I will travel to Athens Thursday, then Crete Friday with Elder Jenkins. We went and visited a monastery today, and it was very cool! Very interesting to see the different representations

We got rear ended this week. That was... interesting. An adventure, to say the least. With the division between the North and South of Cyprus and in order to drive on the North side, we have to buy insurance for the vehicles fairly regularly. Which in itself is something I

Often when I either went into the field or a new area, someone would always say, "Sorry, you are being thrown into the deep-end!" I think this is, kinda, the first time that I have ever felt really, "thrown into the deep-end" as a missionary. It feels like going into

"My name is Elder Dylan John Hansen. I was set apart as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and for 6 months I was the one and only Elders Hansen in the ASM. I think you already know the rest. I was honored to serve

Have you heard of squash? I had as well, but I guess it means a little different here. It's not just a vegetable. I can't remember the exact day, but I and Elder Koch were grocery shopping and I was wanting some lemonade. I couldn't find the stuff I was

Preparing talks has always been a little difficult for me, and honestly, I think I have done it a different way almost every single time I’ve written one. I really enjoy teaching lessons because they are usually done in a different sort of setting, but talks are fun if

We were walking down to Solomon Square(the center of Nicosia) and a man just kept double taking as he looked at us. "What is he looking at?" I kept wondering as we were about to cross the street. Finially, he walks over to us and put his phone into

Every time I think we're gonna get a slow week, it becomes an adventure. From transfers, to mission-wide zoom calls about big news out of nowhere, to general conference, to learning how to sew, too intense... Let's start with the most interesting things... I've learned how to sew! To reiterate,

Honestly-- I never thought I'd travel to 3 different countries in a single day, let alone on my mission, but yet I guess here we are! This week has been on of the biggest adventures of my life, and I've felt quite honored to have experienced it, even in it's