The title literally
translated means "we are also 'thank you'" You may be thinking--that is
not correct verb use there. You would be right. But when the cutest
little Eritrean family tells you that they are also thank you, you do
not do anything but smile and possibly cry because of how unbelievably
cute they are.
This week, we met with them three times. The third one was at
church because they came to church! And they liked it! IT WAS SO GOOD.
They said they felt so good and it felt so good to have them there.
The
first time we met with them they showed us pictures of their 9 yeear
old son in the hospital. They said that the first time we met them, it
was the day that he got out of the hospital and that when we talked to
them for the first time, they knew that we had a message for them from
God. They said that in their country, there were no people that would
teach them about understanding scripture and that they were so happy
that we could help them. Then he asked a heartbreaking question of why
the Book of Mormon wasn't translated in Trigrenia.
The next appointment we apologized that the Book of Mormon wasn't
in their first language, but he said it didn't matter. That it was in
Amharic and that was good enough. and that if it wasn't in Amharic,
they'd learn it in Dutch or in English, but no matter what, they were
learning it.
Every time before we leave we thank them for being the sweetest
people in the world and letting us in their home to teach them and being
so willing to learn, but when they say it back--when they look into our
eyes and say "wij zijn ook thank you" we know that as much as we are
thankful for them, they are even more thankful for us. I've only ever
felt that few times in my mission--but it's beautiful to see that what
we are offering people is a way to eternal life. Eternal joy. And
eternal families. And it's something that they could never really repay
us for. And because they recognize this-- because they are some of the
few that realize how important this is-- I am also thank you.
xoxo
Zuster Hoff
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