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

Saturday, December 26, 2009





This series of pictures tell the story. I don't know the name of the 81 year old man. I like him, though. He sat alone on the beach looking anxiously into the surf, cane in hand flip-flops near the chair which had been borrowed from a local meetinghouse. He was obviously nervous as he watched what was going on knowing that he would soon be next. I talked with him for a minute and then asked, "¿Listo?" (Ready?) He smiled and answered, ¡"Siempre"! (Always!) So, pretty soon his turn came. He was the next to last to be baptized that day. Elders DeGroff from Mesa, AZ and Rojo from Mexico City carried him out into the sea. There he was gently instructed on the procedure by Elder Hernandez and was baptized. Afterwards, sitting on that church chair on the beach, backed by Elders Morales, DeGroff and Hernandez, he smiled again.

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