Email received 08/26/13

Dear Family,

This week was such an amazing week.  We have received so many blessings.  The Branch here in Valle de Bravo has been struggling.  Last week we had 21 people in church.  But yesterday we had 47!!!!   UN MILAGRO!  There are a few things in the Branch we have to work out.  But one of the things that is such a miracle is that Elder Valero (president of the Branch) and Sister Valero are working miracles here in Valle de Bravo.  I am so blessed to be able to have the opportunity to work with them.  I have seen myself grow so much working with them.  

We have been teaching Viviana.  She is the Daughter of Pedro and Consepcion.  She has been in the middle of baptism and not baptism.  She was going to be baptized yesterday but it fell through.  We were wondering what to say to her but nothing came into mind.  But then she told us that she felt it.  She felt the spirit.  She told us last night that the more we teach her the more she has a desire to be baptized.  We were so happy to hear this.  That she really has a desire to get baptized, she and her daughters Fernanda and Fatima.  But her husband is a bit stubborn.  But we are going to work with him.  But we really saw this miracle come forth yesterday.

But this past week an amazing family was baptized.  They are a family of 5.  They are such a humble family.  I had the opportunity to get to know them.  They live like an hour away and told us they are going to go to church every week.  The best part is that even though they don't have too much money they see the blessings that will come from it.  We will work on starting a Grupo familiar out there so they don't have to come so far.  But we really saw the true desire that they had to be baptized.  I am so grateful for them and their testimonies.

I am so grateful for the blessings that we have seen from the Lord.  We have been working so hard to see these blessings.  

I love you all.  Think of the Lord always in every moment.  Pray in the morning and at night.  Read the Book of Mormon every day.  Love.  Love with every fiber in your hearts.  I love you all.  Try so hard to do these things.  By the small and simple things great things are brought to pass.  I love you all.  Good luck this week.  

Always and Forever 

Elder Hancock

Helaman 5:12