Hola familia!
All's well here at the old Provo
MTC. Still just waiting for news about visa and/or reassignment. I had heard
that we should have gotten them yesterday, but now I hear that it will likely
be tomorrow. But that is just fine. Still wait on a phone call from me hopefully
this week sometime. It is like waiting for a mission call all over again! Crazy
times. But at least I can focus on working hard here to prepare for wherever
the Lord decides to put me. I will be right where I am needed to be. It's not
my mission after all :).
Momma- Happy Mother's day. We walked
up to the temple that day and there was a whole bunch of mommas with little
kids there just enjoying a Sunday at the temple. If I was close enough to any
of them I wished them a Happy Mother's day. It was fun. I am really excited
that you don't have too many more days of school left. That stinks that you
have to do the court thing again for another kid. But I'm glad that your
principle is being really nice about everything. I think you deserve a nice
long break. Maybe fly up to Cali or something. Yeah that sounds great! Oh wait!
you already are! That will be a relief to not have to worry about your kids
anymore for a while. Bridger sounds like he's just the cutest little baby in
the whole world. He gets it from my side of the family. Those pics that you
sent me were so darn precious. I just ate them up. Tractor ride with Mckay.
Presh. Dale I'm glad that you've got a nice little deal with Lance going on.
That should take a little bit of the pressure off of the water problems but it
stinks about what happened to the well on BD. The crops sound like they're
coming along well. I got a letter from Tommy Boy today. It was nice to know
that he wasn't dead yet from working too hard. Good work Dale you're the best
boss ever! I wish I could be there now to see the fields and spend some time
working in the tractor cultivating or furrowing. Some days I go to bed feeling
like I have been digging corrugates all day. Thank goodness for all of the
practice. That was really good for me. I hope that Matt and Kat's house thing
can work out. OH, and congrats on the news! woot woot 3 nephews being born
while I am on a mission. I love it so much. The Lord has really blessed me
while I am here.
We have been so luck here! On Sunday
in Relief Society we had a guest speaker. None other than Janice Kapp Perry. It
was so awesome. I knew that she was like a legend and that I love her music,
but what I didn't realize that my testimony was built on some of her primary
songs. Namely, "I love to see the temple", "I belong to the
Church of Jesus Christ" "A Child's prayer" and about 8 others.
And also "as Sisters in Zion". Well, she just finished writing more
lyrics to that song which she has entitled "the sisters IN Zion". It
is all about sister missionaries. She put up the lyrics and we all sang it
together. It was BEAUTIFUL. There wasn't a dry eye in the entire place. We were
the first ones to be able to sing that song. Wow we're lucky. She's putting out
a new album next month that is all about sister missionaries. Apparently it is
just going to be super awesome. I went up and chatted with her for a moment
after relief society. She had been on a mission in Chile and knew Spanish, so i
spoke to her in Spanish. Yeah, I talked with Janice Kapp Perry in Spanish. What
is the world coming to?
The next thing was that night we
watched a video of a devotional with Elder Holland. Wow. I felt so spiritually
uplifted. He shared a beautiful little poem with us.
"Come to the edge" he said
"No, I'll fall."
"Come to the edge" he said
"No, I'll fall."
"Come to the edge" he said
so I came to the edge. And he pushed
me.....
Then, I flew.
It came to the fact that we need to
be in a place where the Lord can push us. We need to be in a place where we can
see miracles. The next thing he said was in Mosiah 27:11. After reading that he
said simply, "ASTONISH PEOPLE. Get your power and authority up and running
then act like you're a servant of God." I am so happy to be a missionary
for the Church.
Then the next coolest thing happened
yesterday. We went into devotional and the speaker of that day was none other
than Russell M. Nelson. WHAT?! This place is crawling with amazing
people!!!! He and his wife said amazing things. They talked about the
importance of Family History work in Missionary work. He said that our
ancestors and investigator's ancestors are working together to help an
investigator understand how important the Gospel is. They want their work done
as well. When you convert someone, you are the link between them and their
ancestors who also need their work done. Something else that was said that I
should pray fro help from angels to be around me. I should pray for them by
name and by attribute. That they might be with me when I teach. Wow! I never
thought about any of this stuff before. One other thing that he mentioned was
that first ask someone for their name. If you don't hear it the first time ask
again. If you don't understand then ask them to spell it for you. Then ask
where it is from and get into who they are and where they are from. And do the
same for myself. To share my name and where I am from. Interesting right? He
promised me all kinds of blessings from those instructions, so I had better try
the virtue of the word of God.
Spanish is coming along great. It is
hard, sure, but I understand almost everything right now. I just have a hard
time figuring out how to say stuff. Don't worry, it doesn't usually keep me too
quiet. I try real hard to get my point across and to answer questions to my
investigators.
I gave a talk in church about 3
weeks ago in Spanish. It was super scary but I think it went pretty well. It
was on the Book of Mormon (thank goodness). I love talking about the Book of
Mormon. The Gospel is so true and so applicable to everyone. I have been saying
my prayers only in Spanish ever since I got here. I'm glad that Heavenly Father
understands the desires of my heart because I am sure that my Spanish is not
all that pretty right now. But I am glad to be here learning a new language to
teach to whoever needs the saving words of life. I love you all so much.
Les Quiero
Hermana Christensen
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