Translation

Actually, it is not for 1000 days. It is just that 3 years times 365 days plus June 27 through June 30, 2008 equals 1098 days, and that is way too cumbersome to convert into a blog headline. Futhermore, our release date will not be determined until May or June of 2011. Therefore, 1000 Days sounded just about right, more or less. Having noted all that, we are humbled and thrilled (Pres. Uchtdorf would refer to the feeling as "joyfully overwhelmed") about having this marvelous opportunity to serve in La Mision Mexico Veracruz.

Con amor,
Pdte. y Hna. Pete and JoElla Hansen

Sunday, July 26, 2009


So, the Swine Flu scare continued. All schools were ordered closed by the government. All public gathering places were closed--museums, libraries, tourist stops, government offices, most other office buildings and businesses. Cathedrals were closed. They even closed the bars and pool halls there, and those guys are all sterilized by alcohol! Our friends in Mexico City said that it was a ghost town. It was not taken so seriously in Veracruz, but still the Church, Mexico-wide, respected the law of the land. This is the oldest chapel in the State of Veracruz. It sits across the street from the mission offices. The sign says, "In attention to the bulletin emitted by the Presidency of the Republic the chapel remains closed until May 6th and there will not be any type of activity." So, no one went to church in all of Mexico on May 6th.

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