Hello all,
It was so great to have the opportunity to talk with the family for a little bit yesterday (Sunday). I hope everyone had a terrific Mother's Day. We had the opportunity to celebrate Mother's Day twice in our ward because Mother's Day in Mexico is the 11th of May. Our ward had a really great activity in honor of mothers on Friday night. There was really great food and then they had a live Mariachi band come and play. It was a super fun way to celebrate the weekend. And then of course American Mother's Day on Sunday.
This week was really great. We had a lot of success and we were kept really busy. There is so much work to be done here and we really could use another set of missionaries here to help us out. We have about 70 member families in our area (so far half of which are inactive) and about 25 families in our teaching pool of investigators. That is a lot of people that we want to work with. But with just the two of us there is not enough time in the week to visit everyone. Hopefully one day we will get more missionaries but for now we'll keep working hard and seeing as many people as we can with just our companionship.
The Lord is definitely blessing us for the hard work that we are putting in. One of the big miracles that happened for us this week was a lesson we had with N..... and J....... We go over to visit with N.......'s mom, A...., every Tuesday and Thursday. When the sister missionaries started visiting about 3 months ago, N..... and J....... would always go and hide in the back room or sit outside until the sisters left. Then this past Thursday we go to visit Alma and we start talking with N...... and J...... about the baptism we are going to have this weekend. (N......'s sister is dating the older brother of the girl that is getting baptised) They expressed interest in going and then N...... out of the blue asks us if we could explain Joseph Smith. We were shocked but we said sure we can explain that for you. So we sat down and talked. They actually listened to a lesson on the Restoration! It was awesome!!! And now N..... really wants to go to church. J..... has had some bad experiences with religion in the past so she's a little more skeptical but with time we're sure that she will come around. And hopefully now that the whole family is meeting with us it will be easier for them to come to church. But it was such a great lesson and we're excited to see how everything turns out with them.
A...... came to the ward activity on Friday which was a huge step for her. She had foot surgery about the time the sisters first started going over and so hasn't been able to go anywhere for a long time. But her recovery is going really well so she was able to spend some time at the church on Friday. We're also hoping that now that she can walk around without assistance and that she's met more people from church that she'll feel more comfortable to come to the services on Sunday.
Today happens to be exactly 8 months from when I entered the MTC in September. How quickly the time flies. I feel like I've come such a long way. And I know that I still have so many things to learn, I'm excited to see what else is in store.
Thanks for all your support.
Con amor,
Hermana Hansen
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