Hermana M.
is the wife of Hermano P., who joined the church 3 years ago. She
listened to the discussions with her husband, but never once went to
church. She had been baptized Catholic when she was little, later got
baptized Baptist...and she was never getting baptised again and that was
that!
But
over the summer, she started praying to God. She wanted to know what she should
do, because her husband was baptized in a different church. She
knew if she wanted to be with him forever, they needed to have the same
baptism. She asked God that if the Mormon church was true, that He
would let her know through some sort of sign.
A few weeks later, her
husband lost consciousness and was in critical
condition for a few days. This experience really scared her, she thought
she was going to lose her husband. But, she felt a manifestation of the
spirit that this was her sign, that she should get baptized in the
Mormon church...now she just needed a testimony.
So,
she acted with faith. She went to church with her husband for the first
time, without us even inviting her to do so! She actually went to
church 3 times before we could even find her in her house and start
teaching her the lessons. Poco un poco, her testimony grew. She
completed all of her commitments, even the little extra reading
assignments in the back of the pamphlets!
Seriously, in the lessons she
has taught us more than we taught her, I'm sure. So, she sewed her own
baptism dress, and got baptized on Saturday.
The
only problem was, because of her health, she needed to get baptized in warm water. (Note: warm water in Tapachula IS UNHEARD OF. It
practically does not exist) So we decided maybe we could heat up a few
gallons of water in the Relief Society room and throw it in right before
her baptism. We did it... and we prayed a lot that it would work. So, Hermana M steps in the water... and starts shivering like no one's
business. Our attempts to heat up the water DID NOT WORK... not at all.
Afterwards we were apologizing, saying we did everything we could...
and she said, "Oh sisters, don't worry. I'm sure you did everything you
could do... but Jesus didn't want my water warm!"
Ha ha! I guess it's
true...a test of her faith! Although she was very cold in the moment,
miraculously the next day she wasn't sick! She said she woke up with a
cold, but by ten in the morning it was gone!!! FAITH PEOPLE. FAITH.
Right
after she was baptized, I said, "Well sister, you've been baptized
Catholic, Baptist, and now Mormon. How do you feel?"
She said, "Well
it's my last one that's for sure. It's the only true one anyways." :)
JOY.
Love
you all! Tapachula is good! We are loving the rain, and staying off of
the freeway (Since we saw a hit and run yesterday. Luckily, the ambulance
came quickly...I think. :/ Pray for him)!
Hermana Hansen
Laundry Day
We might have left the keys in the house...
(this is the house of the Hermanas de Vistahermosa...We were on intercambios!)
One hour later!!!!
