Mission Letter 29 "We Found Jesús"

. . . So yes, I have, on my mission, come to know my Savior so much
more deeply and personally. And in that way, I have found Jesus. But .
. . When I say "we found Jesus" I refer not to the Jesus of Nazareth,
but to the very tall, bald Jesus with a huge smile, jeans, and a
tattered Bible. And technically, we didn't find him--Sister Collins
did.

He was walking home from the store carrying a bag of groceries when
Sister Collins passed him in her car, turned around, and offered him a
ride. Jesus, in his broken English asked her, "Are you Christian?"
Sister Collins replied that she was. They got to talking a little,
Jesus in his very broken English, and Sister Collins knowing no
Spanish, and Sister Collins offered to show him our meeting house and
asked him if two sister missionaries could come talk with him.

Here's where we come into the picture :). What we found out was,
little did Sister Collins know, at the precise moment that she drove
by Jesus, exhausted from a night at work, his hands hurting from his
grocery bags, had prayed that someone would give him a ride. Hence the
question, "Are you Christian?"

Jesus has a vast knowledge of the Bible and loved church on Sunday. We
are meeting with him and a couple other members of the Spanish branch
for a Bible study at the church on Wednesday and Jesus is excited to
attend.

Other Highlights of the Week:

Ivan asked us to teach his family and we had a beautiful lesson with
them. After sharing with them the account of Joseph Smith's first
vision, we asked them how they felt about it. The mother, Alexis, who
had been very quiet the whole time said softly, "I believe it." She
proceeded to tell us of an incredible experience she'd had one night
while she was driving. She had been crying--depressed about life
circumstances and confused about how to proceed. She said a prayer and
said she saw a light as if it was projecting from her forehead and in
the light she saw an angel sitting with her in his arms. "After that,"
she said, "I felt happy and at peace. I feel that same way now."

Pearl bore her testimony with us for the first time in Sacrament
meeting today. It was a very brief but powerful testimony of how the
Book of Mormon has blessed her life and the lives of her daughters. It
was such a sweet experience!

Last Monday we had family home evening with Carmen Morse and her
husband, Roger. We read the first three sections of D&C, played a dice
game, and had chips and dip and pie. It was such a fun, wonderful
night. But the best part for me was seeing how they had brought the
Spirit into their home. It was so sweet, I cried. I know, I'm pathetic
:)

Lots of love,
Hermana Anderson

PS Sorry no pictures. I'll repent next week :)
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