Hola Familia~!
10 extra credit points for Dan and Claire for writing me 2 times this week.
I LOVED the pictures from the little kids. Those are sooooo
awesome. Mom- what on Earth do you think you are doing swimming around like a
teenager :). Black rock sure looks like fun, as usual. That is definitely one of
my favorite places to go camping. I'll bet the fishing was stinky as usual, but
it is still fun anyway. Dale, you and Uncle sure are cute out there harvesting
the wheat. I am just glad that we have a wheat harvest without all the wheat
getting burned up. That is always a good thing. Brooks and Granite sure are
troopers out there topping corn. I was trying to explain why we top corn to a
woman in spanish- but I ended up just telling her in English, which
she understood waaaaay better in English than my failed attempts in
Spanish. She asked ME about it. It was actually kind of funny I mentioned that I
was from Idaho and she asked me if I lived on a "granja". To which
I said yes. Then she asked me why we are mean to the corn plants to pull off
their tassels..... hmmmm. I have no idea how she learned about that
in the first place, but I am just glad I didn't have to get into branding cows
and stuff. Well just another day being a farm kid amongst the city folk (yes
even amongst the hispanic city folk). Buggy is having a baby! I
just want to know the name real bad. I am praying like crazy for them because it
is Pday and I can think about my family a little more today. I love
you guys! and Congrats! Oh and mom, I am sorry, I forgot to tell you but I did
get the package a few weeks ago and I LOVED it so much. Thank you thank
you thank you!
Last week we got to go to Arlington Cemetery. That was definitely awesome.
We only had a little over an hour to see all of it, but we treked
up those crazy "mountains" (people here are a little confused about what a
"mountain" is. Here they just have cute little hills.) and got a good chunk of
it. It was really interesting being a tourist/missionary. I know that we are not
supposed to look like tourists, but it was really really tough not to.
Occasionally an obviously Mormon family would walk past us and say "Hi Sisters!"
and some other people would walk past and whisper to each other
"psssst those are the Mormon missionaries". odd, but awesome.
I was always jealous of the Indians because people know exactly what their
culture and beliefs were just by looking at their clothing. I didn't
realize that I had that same effect. It was kind of cool. We chatted with some
people about the Church, but we could have definitely been a little bolder in
sharing. So NEXT week we are planning on going to Washington DC (as in
downtown), so we know how we need to be acting when we go there next week.
We had exchanges this week and they were SO AWESOME! I went to Alexandria
this time. We went on exchanges with the Sister Training leaders. We also had an
additional 5 hours of training from them as requested by the mission president.
But the best part about it was seeing the way that the sister training leader
that I was with (Her name is Hermana Dopp) carried
herself around the members and investigators. She was so confident and totally
knew her role in helping others come unto Christ and completely solid in her
Spanish. It was cool to kind of catch that vision at this point so that I could
see my potential.
It has been so hot and so humid here this past week. Insanely hot and
humid. We are talking like 100 degrees with 88% humidity. We were given a severe
weather warning for the heat. Luckily everyone here knows how miserable it is to
be outside so they are really willing to let us into their houses to cool off.
It is also a golden opportunity to share the Gospel! I love being a missionary
and can do that kind of thing every single day. But for our physical well-being,
luckily I hear that the high temperature this week will be about 80.
Relief-
Spanish is coming along. I get better every day. Granted- I am still not
awesome, but I really enjoy speaking to people, especially to the members who
are a little more patient with me.
Send Noelle my love and congrats. I wish I could have known about the
wedding a little sooner so I could send her a card, but I am so so happy for
her. That is so exciting.
Love Hermana Christensen
No hay noticias sobre mi visa, pero
estoy muy feliz aquí en
los estados en Virginia. Pienso
cada día que es un
buen milagro que estoy
aquí. La obra misional es vale la
pena y estoy agradecida por
cada oportunidad a compartir mi
testimonio a los otros
personas aquí en los Estados
Unidos.
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