Have I told you all about la familia Mendez yet? La mamá,
Alejandra, was a referral from a member here in the ward. We went to visit her,
and she was very receptive, but she told us that she wanted to learn more
before we taught her family too. That was a few weeks ago. For a while we
struggled to get lessons or to get her to church. But then, last week, her
entire family came to church!!!!! And they all liked it a lot. Alejandra
invited us over to eat Tuesday, and then Thursday we had another lesson, but
this time with the entire family. And they are golden!!!! Alejandra´s husband
is named Oscar, he´s a math teacher :) They have three children, two young
women and a baby named Mateo. Alejandra has already been teaching her daughters
and husband everything that we had already taught her, and Oscar gave the
prayer at the end of our lesson, and it was so beautiful. They are the best.
So, if you didn´t already know, this Sunday is Christmas!
It is not every day that we get to celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ
by partaking of the sacrament and remembering His suffering and sacrifice for
us. I hope it makes your Christmas even more wonderful and special this
year.
I love this time of year. I love the lights and music and
trees and presents and all our
traditions, especially here in Mexico. But much much more than all that, I love
my Savior. We don´t celebrate Christmas for the presents or the commercialism
or even for the general spirit of love and giving. And we don´t celebrate it
because a baby was born either. We celebrate Christmas for who that baby was
and is, for what He did and does, and because God so loved the world that He
gave His only Begotten Son.
Ok, I don´t have any more time. Pero les deseo una feliz
navidad. Les amo muchísimo.
-Hermana Herron
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