Our Week and the Lord Works Through Small Things

I want to give you a taste of our weeks here in Mexico. Our primary responsibility is to support and help our beloved missionaries and Mission President.

Monday’s are always very busy. It is the missionaries’ “dia de campo” and the day that they come to the office to take care of many things. Basically we spend much of the day answering their questions and helping to solve their problems. It’s hard to even take a break to eat, but we don’t begrudge that. These young people that are so wonderful that we love helping them.  In the evening we gave a family home evening to a less active family whom we’ve working with for some time.

Elder Anderson and me at the Airport

Tuesday we were up at 4am to take a missionary to the airport. We could have sent him in a taxi, but Chrise and I wanted him to have a pleasant, last experience in the mission. The hug he gave me when we departed told me that he really appreciated what we had done. We were back in the office working by 9am and pretty bushed by the end of the day.

Wednesday, we took three missionaries to Mexico City to take care of visas. We were up early and did not make it back to the office until 9pm. Gratefully, the next day Thursday was our day of rest.

Friday, I spent most of the day buying phones for the missionaries in a neighboring town. We practiced a nativity scene that we are preparing for the mission Christmas Program, and after that we gave our second discussion of the week to Sandra, Saturday after another full day at the office, we went to visit a family giving a Christmas party in a close by town, and then we had a baptism.

Perhaps what we do doesn’t sound all that exciting. But Chrise and I constantly feel the Lord’s approbation as we serve him. So much so that we feel energetic and happy every day. The service we provide is essential.

Yesterday, we baptized a young woman named Sandra, whom we have been teaching. At her baptism, I noted what a simple ceremony it was. The room was not beautiful, having plain grey walls and a pale tile floor. Music was provided by my wife using a rather flat sounding keyboard, and everyone sat on the standard portable chairs. The baptism prayer took only a few seconds. But with this simple ceremony we changed a young woman’s life forever. In those plain surroundings, the heavens and earth joined, opening a door for Sandra. It is through these small things that Father in Heaven works mighty miracles.

Sandra and her brother, who baptized her