Merry Christmas to all!

Hola amigos y familia!

Welp this week was terrific!  The first few days were hard but it was all worth it because of a neat experience we had on Sunday. A young couple walked into sacrament meeting. The hermana, Jessica, ran up to us and said, ¨Hermanas, I want to get baptized. I've been taking the lessons in Mexico City. The only problem is that I'm not married.¨ Our mission leader ¨knows a guy¨and they were able to tie the knot Chrtistmas day.  What a blessing!  #bestchristmaspresentever 

This will also be the last time I'll be writing from Mexico. I head home next week on the second. I want to thank all of you for your support and love. I have loved my mission and I'm so grateful that I had the opportunity to serve. It's been an amazing experience that I'm sure ¨if you ask me¨ I could talk for hours about. 

I read a quote that I think is so true. ¨The Lord strengthens our backs to support our trials.¨ -Elder Holland. Its so true, when I look back in the darkest hardest moments I can always see the hand of the Lord. It is so rewarding to know that when we are in the service of God, He will help and lift us up. He will not let us fail. We just need to keep the big picture. 

I love you all and I'm sending muchos abrazos y besos from Tlaxcala, Mexico! 

Hermana Herrera 

Family picture for the Christmas card.
Have a great luchador Christmas!

When you spend Christmas at the mission home

When your investigators get married!

Jessicaaaaa

Happy couple

Tis the season

Here are some pics of what we've been up to these past few weeks. We are really applying ilumina el mundo (light the world) with all the members here in Tezoquipan! 

1. Be a good samaritan... the Delgado family had a great idea of making home made goods, DOUGHNUTS, to share with the rest of their gigantic family. There are so many of them that they all live in a privada that's named ¨Zarahemla.¨  I'm literally living in the mormon colonies.

 

2. Celebrating this Christmas with amazing sombrereros  # vivamexico

 

3. We had our ward Christmas party... which means that the Relief Society preps their skirts and dance their feet off. Hermana Ruiz and I were trying to copy their moves in the back . Mama Irma loves having her picture taken. She´s the hermana that lives upstairs from us. 

4.Got to say goodbye to this chica Hermana Rosa! She was baptized in June and still going strong! 

As we are going into this week I feel really grateful that I can have another Christmas here on the mish. We have been able to do the light the world project every day and enjoy the sweet spirit. I love how this ward is so united. Hermana Ruiz and I are running around like crazy trying to finish these 2 weeks we have left. 

I love you all and thanks for your support! 

Hermana Herrera

 

It's all worth it

Hola amigos y familia! 

So sorry about last week! This email is going to be a mix of what's been happening these past 2 weeks and what I've learned. To tell you guys the truth, last week was a little rough. We had to face some pretty big obstacles Hermana Ruiz and I. But we learned a lot and we were greatly protected! 

I´LL EXPLAIN. One day we decided to go tracting in an area that we haven't been to before. We decided to go the extra mile and go to the last house. But as we were walking, 2 huge really angry dogs started freaking out. Not a second flew by when I realized I forgot to teach my compa something really important: not to run when there are really mad dogs. But it was too late, my companion took off down the hill. Knowing that there would be no way to catch up to her I realized I was dead meat. I honestly stood there and prayed as these dogs came charging. But right before they came to bite me alive, their owner came running out of the house and saved me. 

There is a point to this story and I'm going to head to the scriptures. In the Joseph Smith History we can read Joseph´s experience of the first vision. In verse 15 and 16 we read about a thick darkness that seemed to be his destruction but as he prayed, Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father came to him. 

I know that before the most spiritual experiences, satan will do his best to interfere. I said that these past 2 weeks have been a little rough but in the end Hermana Ruiz and I were able to have some experiences that made it all worth it. 

here are just 2: 

Our mission leader and his family hadn't had the courage to teach dear friends about the plan of salvation after the death of their only son but finally decided to do it ( it's actually the same family where we gave service husking corn a few weeks ago).  With a carefully planned lesson and sincere testimonies this family was comforted and hopefully in the future will be able to go to the temple. For now, they want to keep hearing from us. 

A member gave us a reference of 2 little girls who were taken out of their house by the government. They now live with their grandparents. As we are teaching them, we are helping them understand who they are and the worth that they have. 

I feel very grateful that Heavenly Father trusts me to help teach His children. And I know that trust comes from going through trials to prove my faith! We are very happy! 

Also check out light the world! I'll talk about what we are doing for Christmas next week! 

Hermana Herrera