Whaaasssssssuuuuuuupppp?!

Whaaasssssssuuuuuuupppp?!

Holy smokes mom and dad! You guys are quite the daredevils. Seriously! a Hot air balloon ride?! That is so rad! What a cool experience. People keep asking me what the weather is like in my home and I try to tell them about how the trees change colors and how pretty it is in the fall, but they don't quite seem to get it. Oh well. Homecoming looked like a ton of fun. How great is that. And might I add that Ben´s "eggplant" tie was rather dashing. Those pics sure are presh. I was a little disappointed that Ben didn´t make his own corsage. But Liz did a fantastic job. Tons of love to Sarah and Jonathan and their fam. Hopefully Buggy heals up real fast so that she can take good care of Hyrum for me. :)

Well, this week had a tiny bump in the road. Yolanda got anti-ed by her nonmember daughter. She told us that she didn´t want to be baptized because of tithing, but We knew that something else was up. She didn´t give us any details at first, but we went back a few days later and she had some crazy idea that if you get baptized then you have to pay the tithing for all of you ancestors who didnt´pay their tithing. We corrected that and she seemed to be fine with the gospel again. We went back again a few days later and she confessed that she really wanted to be baptized but that her sister and her daughter support her financially and that they would cut her off if she got baptized. So now we´re a little bit stuck because Yolanda has about 76 or 77 years and cant work or anything. We are doing what we can to teach her sister, but she isn´t overly interested in listening to us. All hope is not lost however. We will continue to work with her.

Dad has got some of the greatest questions. I love them. Ines is doing well. She and her daughter Jenifer(pronounced yenifer) accepted the invitation to be baptized, but there´s always a hitch. They work on Sunday. They really really want to come to church, but they cant. Ines sells chicken on all the days of the week and sells maybe 3 every day, but on Sunday she sells 15 or 20. That supports her for the entire week. She is trying to sort out what she can do, but it is tough. She has got some real desires to change her life by turning to the Gospel. We sure love them.

As for finding methods, we are not allowed to knock on doors for several reasons. 1. is that the Jehova´s witnesses and the Evangelistas knock doors and we want to distinguish ourselves from them. 2. because we are hermanas, it is a little bit dangerous if we don´t know who is behind the door. If we have a name and an address we can go knock, but other than that, no. I actually miss knocking doors like we used to in DC. What we do is street contacting. A whole lot of street contacting. People usually hear us out and like it when we give them pictures of Jesus. Members occasionally give us referrals as well. I actually gave a talk yesterday in church about helping the missionaries. During Relief society, about 8 Hermanas agreed to accompany us during the week in our visits. Something worked. :)

One of the pics I sent was the fish we ate for dinner. I ate that thing scales and all. I have learned that if you don't like something- too bad. You don't like it, you don't eat. Brown bananas and bruised apples are also something that I have learned to accept with gratitude. The other day we cleaned all the stones out of a bowl of wheat. It was literally like doing seed trays for the Agronomy contest, except this was real life, with real rocks and real bugs. We were picking them out and my companion whispered "this is stupid. There are machines for this!" I just laughed. Peruvians are sure humble and wonderful people. They are even willing to pick out all the rocks of their wheat before they grind it to make their own bread. Bless them

I am happy and doing very well. I love you guys a whole lot. Thanks for all the prayers and support.

Love Hermanita Christensen

Mom- I know you just sent me a package, but in the next package, could you send me a leaf from the hill cummorah? I think that the Members would really love to see it. No rush. Love you!