9 Investigators at Church!

HEY FAMILIA!!

 

Ok, so it sounds like it's getting kind of busy at home for you guys! That's good. Ok, so I´m going to have to send some good pictures next week because I don´t have any, but don´t worry there will be lots more to come! 

 

Ya about the package, thats really crazy! Don´t worry about sending me stuff on a regular basis. Chile is basically like an American-wanna-be and I have everything I could possibly need and more. But I'm not going to lie, I´m really excited to get the package. I got your letters today too! That was really fun to go to the mission office and have something waiting for you. I even got a letter from an Elder who was in the MTC with me, but I´m pretty sure I know who he is, but I don´t ever remember giving an Elder my mission address outside of my zone, but thats ok! Haha random.

 

Anyways, so Grandpa I heard that you want to know what the temperature is like here. Well, basically it's like Montana in the summertime. The sun is always shinning and there is usually a nice little breeze to cool things down which is so nice. It's probably in the high 80s or low 90s.  So, I'm sweating all the time and the breeze is definitely appreciated. 

 

Dad I wish I could tell you where I live in Graneros but I´m not sure myself. We live on Pedro Lidro, that's the street name and the house is at the very end on the right side. I think the house is yellow. Maybe. 

 

Oh and the chocolate here is definitely not as good as american chocolate but some things are pretty good. The factory just makes the town smell better!!

 

So this week was pretty good. We teach a lot of lessons and have lots of people to go and see all the time. We still have two people with baptismal dates and we were supposed to have a baptism this weekend but we couldn´t find times this week to meet with our investigator, Miguel, to get all the lessons in that he needs. But now we have it planned for this next weekend and he is starting to get cold feet. We have to try and meet with him as much as possible and just keep him excited. This is a time for Satan to work really hard on him since this is one the most important decisions of his life. But can I just tell you that we had 9 investigators in Church yesterday!!! That is amazing!! 

 

Actually that morning I was kind of dreading church since it makes for a quiet day for me, not being able to understand everything and not being able to talk to anyone besides my companion, but we went and picked up one of our investigators to walk to church that morning. I just love her and she just smiles and laughs when I can´t understand what she is saying to me, haha, but I love the fact that she still tries to communicate with me!

 

Anyways, we walk to church with Mari (investigator) and her brother who I had never met before. Turns out he is really inactive because he does drugs and drinks a lot, but he was dressed in a suit and came with us. Actually I think he was a little drunk still, but I figure the place he needs to be is with us in the Church. 

 

But while we were walking to church and I´m still thinking of myself and how I want to talk but can´t.  When we arrived at church we saw one of our other investigators with her little boy and further down the street is a part member family we had been trying to get to come to church since I have been here! In that moment all my stupid feelings I was feeling about myself melted and it was all I could do not to cry right there on the street. It was sooooo cool to see them happy and walking in through the church doors. Then we had 9 investigators in church and it was soo amazing! I love the moments when the Lord reminds me why I am here.

 

Ok, so after that good uplift I want to tell you another incident we had this week that wasn´t so uplifting. Well, we had an appointment with this little old couple we pass by everyday on our way home. It turns out that they are Evangelicals and have really strong feelings about their religion. I knew right away that they wanted to hear nothing of our message and just wanted to argue. My companion was trying to explain some of the things they had confused about our church and share some doctrine with them, but it kind of turned into this big argument. Anyways the spirit was totally not there and she kept telling me in English to testify but everytime they quit talking she would jump right in and say something, I have no idea what because when the Spirit isn´t there I really can´t understand a thing. My whole self just wanted to leave the situation because nothing was happening spiritually and they were not willing to listen at all. So when there was a pause in the converstaion I stuck my hand out and was like, Gracias por su tiempo, chow! (Thanks for your time, bye). And I turned and we left the situation. Well, my comp was not happy about that at all. So maybe it wasn´t the best ending to a lesson but we needed to get out of there. I felt bad that she was upset, because it's true we just can´t leave them with that alone, but truly I didn´t feel bad for ending the "conversation" or argument. I know we are here to preach and teach, but that does not happen when the Spirit is gone. 

 

Anywhoo, it was a good learning opportunity for everyone I think. 

 

Oh I almost forgot! In my last letter I told you that it cost $100 dollars for that package not 100 entonces. Entonces is a filler word like "so." So.......or Entonces.....make sense? My bad for the confusion.  But I have to go! 

 

Know that I miss and love everyone of you!!!!!!

 

Hermana Thacker

 

(Recieved February 15, 2012)

Falling Asleep the the Music

Hey mom!!

 

 

I am so glad that I got a letter from you today. I´m not going to lie but this morning when I checked I was a little sad that you still hand´t written me yet. But now I am feeling much better! 

 

 

Anyways, about packages, my trainer told me that the only carrier you should NOT send through is FedEx. She said that her mom sent it through Fedex and she had to pay like $100, entonces, you can just send it through normal mail and it should be fine. Probably just more expensive for you. Oh and don´t worry about filling it full of treats and sweets because Chile is definitely not like Mexico and all the treats are really good. If you do send treats make them small ones that I could share with like kids of my investigators and things like that. Remember to put pictures on it of Christ también!

 

 

Ok, so my week was pretty good! We have a baptism coming up hopefully this weekend. I say hopefully because our investigator´s brother will be out of town and he might want to change the date for that.  We also have not taught him the law of chastity yet, but I´m pretty sure he doesn´t have any problems like that either since he doesn´t have a girlfriend. 

 

 

Actually this whole week has been one big tender mercy for Miguel(the investigator) because he and his brother have been living in Rancagua and they work in Graneros in the fruit fields. This past week they have been looking for a house to be closer to work. Their contract, I guess, was expiring and they didn´t have a place to live. So, the only way to find a house is to walk around the town and hope to find signs and phone numbers of vacant places. Well, with a lot of prayers and the help of one of our other investigators they found a house in our sector (area) and we get to continue to teach them both. Miguel´s brother wants to hear the lessons as well. 

 

 

We have so many people to teach, we are literally running from place to place. The hardest thing is knowing what each of our investigators needs, and how we can help them. Another hard part is trying to get them to come to church, but last week we had 5 investigators last week and 3 this week. It´s also hard because it is summer time here and everyone wants to go on vacation on the weekends. 

 

 

I´m not going to lie but this week was a little difficult for me. Everyday I have to constantly fight off the feelings of doubt that come from not being able to communicate with the people we are teaching. I want to talk to them so bad and say more but sometimes when I open my mouth it comes out jumbled and awkward and not really what I am feeling in my heart. The thing is it is really hard to not think of myself at those times. I know everyone told me to lose myself and go to work but that is so much harder that it sounds. I am trying to be grateful for the struggles though, because I know that in our struggles we learn the most, and we learn to completely rely on the Lord. 

 

 

My companion told me to cherish these moments, which is really good advice. I have to completely rely on the Spirit when we are in a lesson because I can´t understand what they are saying most of the time. Bits and pieces make sense but I´m never 100% sure of exactly what they are talking about. But when I open my mouth, in those moments I have to have complete faith that the words coming into my mind are what they need. 

 

 

Anyways, I also feel like we are not doing enough. I feel like the only way to combat my feelings of doubt are to work harder. But my comp has a year into the mission and sometimes I feel like she is a little trunky (anxious to be done with her mission), but she also strives to get our mission goals every week so hopefully doing stats each week will keep her going. Don't get me wrong, I love her and I am learning so much from her. People just love and adore her and hopefully that will rub off onto me. Right now people just look at me and smile and then talk to her, haha but thats ok. They try to talk to me and I have to constantly tell people to speak slower and to use simpler words, but some people are patient with me and try to have a little conversation! :D They just speak so soo fast!

 

 

It is so nice here. I love Chile! My favorite part is that music is always playing and on the weekends we lay in bed falling asleep to the music from all the fiestas! It is really fun and is a constant reminder that I am definitely not in Montana!! I had my first mate (maw-tay) this week and I actually kind of liked it. It tasted like oranges and grass in hot water! haha! Oh and empanadas are sooo good. Don´t worry about me being fed!! Well I love you guys! 

 

 

I hope to hear from you next Monday! wink wink! I´m glad that everyone is doing well. Sounds like Shelby will be a little different by the time I get home! I love you Dad! I love you Grandma! I love you Grandpa! I love you Mama! I love all you people who read this! I love you Jules! I love you Brooke! I love you ALL! ¡Cuidense mucho! Chow Chow

 

 

Love, 

  Hermana Thackekr

 

 

 

 My zone. One of the Elders that was in my District from the MTC is in my district here. haha The really tall one in the back.

 My comp and I in a colectivo (cab) going to Rancagua I think on p-day.

My first empanada made from this little house in Graneros. Super good is was filled with meat and onions.

 

(Received February 6, 2012)

Investigators Teaching Investigators

¡Hola po!

 

 

Hey there loved ones! So this week has been amazing and I want to tell you about everything! So I'm not sure what I told you in the last email, but I hope that you got the pictures I sent along with it. 

 

 

It is so pretty here--it kind of reminds me of Utah and Arizona! Anyways, I live in the best place ever. Really, I'm not sure how Heavenly Father blesses me so much but everthing is just perfect. The little apartment I live in is great.  It has a working shower and everything. It's funny, in order to have hot water in the morning we have to go out and turn on the gas. But I don't care I get hot water so basically that's amazing! 

 

 

I want to tell you about all the people that we have been teaching and all the new peeps that we keep finding that are falling into our laps.

Entonces, primero es Miguel! He is like straight out of an Ensign article! Tell the missionaries that this kid has two church attendances in one week of meeting the missionaries! That is like amazing. So, my trainer met him on the street the Saturday before I got here. They invited him to church the next day and he came. This is the first church that he has ever attended and he loved it! His first lesson was with me and we invited him to be baptized. A baptism date on my first day is basically amazing. He is twenty years old and he lives in Rancagua but comes to Graneros, just north of Rancagua, for work. We have met with him every two days and he just eats up the Gospel. 

 

 

We also have this other couple who are progressing investigators, and they are basically members. I'll tell you about them later, but they came with us to one of Miguel's lessons.  Rodrigo just testified of everything and the Spirit was so strong--it was all I could do to hold back the ocean of tears in my eyes!

 

 

Rodrigo and Maribel (the couple I mentioned before) are not members, yet.  But they just love the Gospel as well! We went and visited them this week--I swear they could teach us the lessons. Their Book of Mormons are marked up and they are just awesome. The only reason they are not baptized is because they are not married. It is actually a big problem down here because people don't get married, they just live with each other for years and have a family and act like they are married. This couple is soo good though.  I just hope that I get to be here for their wedding and their baptism. They are so good that we can count them as members when they come with us to teach other investigators. Investigators teaching investigators.

 

 

We have so many investigators it is crazy fun and I love it. We are so busy everyday running from house to house or lining people up in the church waiting for their appointments. People just keep coming out of the wood works as well. We got 12 new investigators this week even! WOW so crazy cool. 

 

 

My Spanish is still really bad, but I do try and teach and testify as much as possible. When I testify the Spirit is so strong though, it definitely reassures me that words don't matter. Everyday I feel like I can understand a little bit more but they speak so fast and they drop the 's' off of almost all of their words which makes it even more difficult. For example, instead of saying maso menos, so-so, they say mao meno. And I'm dumfounded, "Huh??"  Ya, anyways, I wish I could speak more and get to know more people, but a lot of the times I just sit there. 

 

 

I know I said that I wished I had a native companion but the Lord knows that I would have gone crazy not knowing what was going on and just following my trainer like a puppy. At least this way she can explain important things to me and tell me about the investigators and their needs.

 

 

I learned this week that the MOST important thing I need to do as a missionary is have the Spirit. I don't teach anything. Even if I could talk to them, without the Holy Ghost you cannot understand or learn anything! It is so important to do everything to keep the Spírit and bring it into the homes of those we teach. I just love being a missionary already. It rocks!

 

 

Mom, I know you probably want to know what I have been eating. Well, actually it's pretty normal stuff. We ate at a members house, the Relief Society President, and I'm not sure what it was. At first it was just this pile of stuff with potatoes on top, but it was actually really good. Then another time we were eating at another members house and I guess they think that if you eat cold things when you body is hot it isn't good, so we eat lots of hot foods in the summertime. But we had this potato and chicken soup and I was just sitting at the end of the table sweating hard core, but it was good and I didn't prepare it so I loved it. I also ate almost an entire plate full of tomatoes. Ya, just let the record show!

 

 

Anyhoo, I couldn't upload any pictures but I will try again next week and show you more of my zone and my companion! I love you all and I hope everything is going well! Write me back, I missed getting an email from you guys!



Hermana Thacker


(Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012) 

Gone Chile!!

Hola Familia!

Well, today is totally awesome! We made it from Atlanta to Santiago and arrived in Chile this morning around 9:30. We made it through customs, finally, and met up with the Elders who drove us to Rancagua! It is beautiful and no one speaks English! Haha, not really, we got to the mission home where there were 10 Latino missionaries who were also new today. I tried speaking with the other three Hermanas and we got our points across most of the time!

My president is awesome and so is his wife. They are the sweetest people. The first thing my Mission President did before he interviewed me was give me a big hug! I love them already. We ate lunch at the mission home but first we were given our trainers. I was able to talk to all the trainers before we found which one was my companina and I loved them all! They had us all blind fold each other out in the front yard of the mission home and gave us all animals. We had to make the animal noise and wander around and find the person who was making the same noise. That person was our trainer. I love my trainer!

I counldn't have asked for anyone better than her! Her name is Hermana Dutton and she is from Utah! She has been in the field for almost one year and she is just so sweet and awesome! I think that we are going to accomplish some great things!

We just got done teaching my first investigator, Miguel. It turns out this was his first lesson as well. It was awesome! I even contributed some and of course I recited Jose Smith's First Vision in Spanish! The spirit was so strong, it was amazing! The thing is, I can't understand anything Miguel or his member friend who was there, were saying at all. When my trainer speaks in Spanish I can understand but they mesh all the words together and speak so fast, so i just look at my trainer and she fills me in on whats going on! 

I love it, though it was a beautiful day with no rain, I have an amazing trainer and our new investigator now has a baptismal date!!! So, what I'm trying to say is I love being in Chile and I love that I get to be a missionary.

The house I live in is this little two story house, but I get a shower with a tub and even a washing machine! My trainer said that they just barely got it and before she was here she washed her unders by hand, but we still have a member doing the rest of our clothes! Haha, just kidding. The Lord provided a way for me do my own laundry. I live with two other Hermanas. MY area is called Graneros it is just north of Rancagua and it always smells like chocolate and sweets because there is a chocolate factory in the middle of the town.

Here are some pictures. I will tell you more later! love you all have a good week!

                                   This is my trainer Hermana Dutton!!

                               This is the group of missionaries I traveled with.

(Received: January 25, 2012)
 

About to Lose Myself in the Lord's Work: Rancagua, Chile Here I Come

Hey Familia,

Sorry that this email is so late again, I couldn't get a letter out last week because I had problems with my emial. Well, today again I had some problems and had to go and get my email unlocked. Don't ask me why it was locked, I have no idea. But, I was upset for a little while today because of it.

Anyways, it has been kind of crazy around here for a while. Since we got our travel plans it seems like time has sped up even more than usual. I can't believe that it is finally here, but I am so ready to get out into the field and do some real work. I won't be able to understand a single thing they are saying but I don't care. It will be scary for a second, but I'm really trying to tell myself "to get lost in the work and have fun with it along the way".  My companions and I are just ready to go. I will definitely miss them though.

I'm glad you got my letter, I was wondering if it was going to make it to you since I got your DearElder letters twice and you said you hadn't heard anything from me. I sent it out on Friday, I guess you got it today. So, I'm wondering too if my package will get to me before I leave. Hopefully tomorrow! That will have given it four days.

Today was just such a good day. We started out by going to the Temple this morning as a District and then we ate in the Temple. Which was awesome since it's just something different from the same old same old. And then when we came back.  (I swear we haven't stopped going.) We packed some today and we are all wondering if we are going to make the weight limit or not. I'm sending a box home with some things in it. For sure, I am sending home my blow dryer and a book for Ariel. Tell her sorry that is has taken me so long, but since I have to send that home I might as well send the things I know are not going to make the packing cut. But other than that, my time is dwindling and I have so much to do. I just keep thinking that by next Tuesday I will be out in the real world, walking the dusty roads of Rancagua and hoping that someone will be willing to listen to my incredibly horrendous Spanish! :D

I'm excited! My goal is to talk to everyone and then when I can't understand what they are saying I will turn to my companion and make her answer whatever question they might have. I figure the best thing to do is try and smile and someone is bound to stop and listen to what we have to say. Today we talked a lot about the Spirit. It was really good for me more as learning why it is so important to have the Spirit and the blessings that come from the Spirit. This experience in the MTC has been difficult, and everytime I try to be more obedient I feel like I continually fall short. But, with the comfort of the Holy Ghost I know that my effort is worth something. And hopefully someone will be blessed for my efforts.

As I was laying in bed talking to my companions this week I just had the thought that being missionary is coolest job I could ever have for the next 16 months. What is better than meeting new people and teaching them how they can have eternal joy!?!

My favorite scripture of the week is in Alma 27:17, I think, where it is talking about Ammon and his exceeding joy.

"Now the joy of Ammon was so great even that he was full; yea, he was swallowed up in the joy of his God, even to the exhausting of his strength; and he fell again to the earth." Alma 28:17 (It's really good).

The best part of this scripture is knowing Ammon's struggles before he could ever get to this point of life. IF anything I have learned that the struggles in life can bring about our greatest joy, if we heed the commandments and continually put our trust in God. I know I can do nothing without Him. A small town girl from Montana with little experience in life, not much to work with, but I know that if I'm obedient and willing, God will work mighty miracles through me. My struggle in the MTC, and probably the whole of my mission, will be losing myself. I constantly have to fight with the selfishness inside and focus on others. But this is also something I cannot learn overnight, and it's going to be a long hard process. But I say, " Bring it on! It will be more beneficial to me and others!!"

Well, I have to get going! I am so excited to call you when I am the airport! Hopefully we will get a good amount of time! I love you all sooooooo MUCH! And all those who are reading this! You mean the world to me and I know without a shadow of a doubt that Heavenly Father loves me because He has sent me to you guys!!!!!!!

Hasta Lunes!!

ALL MY LOVE AND SO MUCH MORE!!

Hermana Thacker

(Received January 19, 2012)

You Live for Moments Like Those

Hey Guys!

Thanks for the letter and the email Mom and Dad. I really loved hearing about everyone and was soo excited, and shocked, to hear that Brooke and Dak have made their plans official and public. That is so crazy to me. 

Happy New year.  (I can't remember if I said that to you guys yet or not.) 

So, sorry about last week's letter. I was kind of in a 7 week slump or something (that is just what I have decided to call it).  Since last Thursday, and up until Tuesday, I was in such a weird mood. I wasn't happy but I wasn't sad, I just wasn't excited to be in the MTC anymore I guess. Things just become normal everyday and it is easy to forget how much of a blessing it is to be here for this time. Finally on Tuesday we had a devotional by Elder Haleck, one of the  Quorum of the Seventy, and one thing he said that really stuck out to me was something like, "The Lord knows your true potential."   I learned that I was not living up to my potential those last couple of days and I only have 2 1/2 weeks to kick it in gear and study so I'm that much more prepared in the field.

Our departure date is the January 23, but I still am not sure exactly about the details. I think we were supposed to get our departure info today but it looks like that might happen next week instead. My district and I are getting excited and nervous for the day to leave, but I think the thing we are most looking forward to is starting to go to work. There is really only so much I can do for a pretend investigator, but it amazes me how difficult missionary work really is. I used to think that I knew a lot about the gospel and how it can bless people's lives, and although I do know this it is difficult to to discover the needs of the investigator and then apply the principles and doctrines to them personally.

Yesterday my companions and I had a really good experience with a practice door greet. We were given 10 minutes to knock the door and get inside and teach one doctrine. I thought it went really well and applied a lot of the things we had learned the day before about getting to know the investigator and "teaching that investigator and not the lesson", if that makes sense. It is kinda difficult to go in with a game plan and teach the investigator and not just spit out the words we had prepared before we came in. All three of us felt really good about it though and were really happy with our progress.  You live for moments like those here.

When you are learning so much and trying to apply it in lessons, there are definitely times when you feel like you have failed, but then there are moments where the spirit is teaching the lesson and everyone feels so peaceful and happy. I LOVE IT!!

I take comfort from teachers as well because some of them have told us that they are impressed with our Spanish. Well, all I can say is I feel I don't know much, and when I get to Chile I will probably not have a clue what anyone is saying to me, even my companion but it doesn't matter. The Lord created the earth out of unorganized matter, he can create a Spanish speaking missionary out of unorganized information. :D This I know and testifiy of. Really the only thing I have to do is be willing to put in the time and willing to open my mouth.

I'm excited that you are sending another box, and I really have no idea what I want you to send me. Oh, I do know, can you send me a couple more pairs of those footy socks, you know that ones that you wear with flats. For some reason I only have one pair. I swore that I packed more than that. And maybe like 2 more shirts from my closet that I could wear with a skirt and not a sweater. I hear that Chile is not going to be as cold as I thought and I packed a lot of sweaters and not as many just nice blouses. I don't know which ones but  trust your judgement Mom. I might be sending back some things though from my suitcase in case my luggage is overweight. (Which I am thinking i will be. But that's ok.) My companions and I decided to start packing a week in advance so we can send things home that wont make the cut.

My companions and I are doing well though. I love them. I don't know why we were put together but I think that I have learned so much more from them than they could have possibly learned from me. I came in here thinking that I had so much to teach. Little did I know that I have soooo much more to learn!!

Oh today was sooo good. We got to go to the temple this morning because my companion Hermana Latham has a doctor appointment. But we went to the 7:00 session and then we went and ate breakfast in the temple. I was soo happy. No more MTC food! :D It was good, just to let you know mom I had quische with  some sausage. But then for my comapions doctor appointment we get to go off the MTC campus and go out into the reall world!! YAY for field. Oh the things you get excited for after being here for so long!

I love you guys and tell everyone hello for me. You have no idea how much support and love I feel from everyone! I am truly blessed by a loving Heavenly Father! IT is so evident to me because of all the wonderful people in my life. Especially my family! I couldn't do it without you guys!  I'm so excited that you're starting to read the Book of Mormon! I can't wait to hear all of your wonderful insights!

Love you guys a ton!

Hermana Thacker!

(Sent Thursday, January 5, 2012) 

MTC Cafeteria -- Ain't My Mom's Cookin'

Que Tal Familia?

 

Another week down! Next week we get our travel plans which means I only have 3 weeks left here. I´m excited to go, but I am also a little nervous about being thrown out into the big world. Basically they allow you to get comfortable for a few weeks and then send you into another shock-mode when you reach the field. 

 

I got your letters!! Thank you so much! I loved hearing aobut the party and how everyone was sick from the amount of food present. Way to be family! Way to represent the Thacker name! So, Mom you wanted to know about the MTC food. Well, I was kind of holding off because I didn't want you to worry about me and send me food that I really didn't need to eat, but I have to say that eating in the MTC can be a little sketchy. The food is just highly processed and I learned my first couple of weeks here that I had to choose wisely what I could and could not consume. They do have a wrap line that allows you to create your own wrap, and I have been eating wraps everyday for most of my meals. Needless to say I have become sick of wraps and now no longer know what to eat. It´s like walking into the same restaruant everyday and realizing that your favorite dish isn't good anymore, but you don´t like anything else they have to offer. But that's ok with me. The Elders in my district have been talking a lot lately about how much weight they have gained here. I know that your treats Mom have not helped their situation! One elder has gained 15 or 16 pounds!! We´ve been here for 6 weeks. Haha, I just laugh.  He´s like 6´7´´ and can handle it!

 

This week was kind of strange, but still good. I just deleted half of my letter because I wrote out all the things that happened but they just sounded so negative so please understand that I only have 5 minutes left and that's why this letter is so short. We got a new district in our zone and we got 3 new hermanas. They are super fun and they are all serving in South America. The funny thing is that they are going to the MTC in Peru and they will leave the MTC before we do! 

 

This week we also had to say goodbye to two sisters in our zone. They both left super early in the morning but we always get up to help them finish packing and send them on their way. However one of the sisters was supposed to go to the travel office at 5 in the moroing yesterday. Well, her alarm didn't go off and the front desk paged our residence to find out where she was. Talk about your worst nightmare coming true. Well, we ended up getting her out the door in fifteen minutes and luckily the bus waited for her. I hope she made her flight! WE will be setting three alarm clocks on the day of our departure that is for sure!

 

Oh, so the new sisters in our zone got here yesterday and they speak better Spanish than I do. One of the sisters asked me a questions and I was like, "What!!"  I told her I could only talk to her about gospel related principles since that is all we study. It was kind of funny! 

 

So anyway, my time is up but I love you! I know the gospel is true. Jesus Christ is the center of it!

 

Hermana Thacker

 

(Written Dec. 29, 2011)