What a beautiful week! Crazy and very full, but very good!
Last night we got transfer calls and.... FINALLY I am....still here next transfer. :) That will make it 9 months at least in Tempe. So fun! I feel so blessed to still be here. I am so happy to continue to work among these people, to be with Hermana Taylor, and to gain as much learning as I can.
This week we were able to teach Patricio's sister and her kids. It was such a beautiful lesson! The kids were crazy, just telling us everything they knew about Jesus already and asking us so many other questions about Him. They are such little angels! Patricio's sister, Charito, was so proud of her kids and their eagerness to learn about Jesus and started crying. She really is such a sweet woman and we are really excited to see them progress in the gospel. They all really wanted to come to church for our ward's primary program this last week, but they didn't make it. Hopefully next week.
Friday night we had a lesson with Marlene and Maria. It was one powerful, Spirit-filled lesson! We were able to talk to them about the gospel of Jesus Christ and as we talked about faith, the Spirit came over them and they shared some beautiful experiences that they have had as they have had faith in God throughout their lives. It was so beautiful! Neither of them have ever found a church that they felt comfortable in, but have always had a firm belief in Jesus Christ and have tried to follow Him and they have seen miracles. Hermana Taylor and I were in shock by the things they told us. We felt like we were the ones being taught and it the things that they said, flowed so perfectly into our lesson. The whole experience was so incredible and helped me to realize the importance of being in tune with the Spirit. During the lesson I realized how much the Lord had guided our lesson plans and we felt His guiding influence throughout the lesson to know exactly what to say and what they needed to hear. We also talked to Marlene about the law of chastity a little bit. Her 'husband' and her are not married yet and we talked to her about the importance of that. She seemed a little worried about it, but at chruch on Sunday she told us that she had talked to her 'husband' and he wants to marry her. We are so excited! The Mexican culture is so against marriage sometimes, but the Lord is truly helping her and leading her so that she can be a member of His church. The quote from the subject line is something that we said when we found out how easily her 'husband' agreed to marry Marlene and we just think it's such a silly sounding quote. So this week we're going to plan the wedding and hopefully they'll be married in the next few weeks!
Yesterday was the Primary Program for our ward. As I listened and watched these precious little brown ninos I was reminded of what Jesus said to "suffer the little children to come unto me". Their testimonies were so pure and so strong! And the primary music was so much more beautiful in Spanish. I loved it!
Everyone else is doing well. Patricio's on his way to baptism and recieved a beautiful priesthood blessing this last week. Luis is so wonderful! He actually has been coming to lessons with us and helping us teach and he loves it! Last night we were teaching a lesson and the Spirit was so strong and Hermana Taylor, my cute little daughter, started to cry. I know that doesn't sound like a big deal, especially for those of you that know how much I cry, but Hermana Taylor NEVER cries, but she was just feeling it so much yesterday and I'm so proud of her. :) Sorry about the silly little side note. But overall things are just going wonderful here and I'm so excited to be able to spend Christmas time and Thanksgiving with all these people that I love. One good thing about being in the United States still and working with the Hispanics is that you get to celebrate both the Mexican and the American holidays, so this next week we have our Thanksgiving activity and we're really excited.
love you all,
Hermana Anneli Hansen
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