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

Thursday, February 11, 2010


Elders Carter and Courtright in Santiago Tuxtla were teaching a young lady named Flor who wanted to be baptized. She and her family are Catholic. When she told them that she was going to be baptized Saturday her mother quipped, "Oh. I have heard about those Mormons. They teach you for two weeks, say you are prepared, and want to to be baptized. You need more time to prepare." (For the record, we actually prefer three weeks.)

"Oh yeah?" the young woman replied. "How much did you prepare me when I was baptized as a baby?"

Here she is preparing to take her baptism in the river near the base of a prominent hill. The missionaries like to call it the Rio Cumorah.

1 comment:

McCallisters said...

I've driven through that river! It's a beauty! (And a beautiful girl getting baptized. Congratulations and bienvenido!)