Alma 29:9

I know that which the Lord hath commanded me, and I glory in it. I do not glory of myself, but I glory in that which the Lord hath commanded me; yea, and this is my glory, that perhaps I may be an instrument in the hands of God to bring some soul to repentance; and this is my joy.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

1.20.14

Hey Everyone!
 In case anyone was wondering, it is really really hot here. I ask what the temperature is and immidiately regret it everytime because the only thing that they have here is celsius. And those numbers dont mean anything to me. Ooooh so its 35 one day... okay, but in my house that means that its a tiny bit more than freezing, and I can tell you that its more than barely above freezing. It sure is toasty here.
 
Mom I am attaching some fotos of me with some niños. I will take some more this week with the kids to show to your kindergardeners. And don´t worry, several niños of the ward are proudly wearing their HLJ (CTR) rings and show me them when they come to church. I have been corresponding a little bit with the ward mission leader in Washington DC with regards to some of the investigators that we had and he just told me that the missionaries there are on facebook and are having a lot of success with that. I think that it will be a while yet before we are using facebook, but maybe soonish hahahaha. Are  the missionaries there using facebook?

Well we are preparing for transfers this week. The mission president told us that it was our time to get transferred, but who knows what will actually happen. I am perfectly willing to do whatever the Lord tells my president what to do. I love my area and my companion. So we will see what happens next week.

We are teaching an investigator named Cesar. Hes pretty rad. He wants to learn more about the church to help his kids with their problems (the kids are alcholoics but he isn´t). We had a pretty powerful lesson with him recently where he agreed to be baptized in February, but hasn´t come to church yet because he has to watch his grandkids in the morning. It is the biggest challenge in the world to have church at 8 on Sundays. No one can wake up in time to go to church. We had 5 people who committed to come to church with us this week and about 5 less actives who also agreed to come, and only 2 less actives came out of all of those people. We were pretty disappointed about that. All of them said that they were out late the night before and couldn´t wake up, or that they had to go to the market in the morning. But alls well. 
 
I have been reading Nuestro Legaltad (I think that it is called "our Heritage" in English). It is super fantastic. I am amazed -yet again- at the sacrifices and the faith of the early pioneers and members of the church. I am so proud to be a part of this church with such an awesome legacy of faith and devotion.
 
Mom, Thank you so much for your letter. It really gave me a boost. It is my only desire to make you and dad and the Lord proud of my efforts. Even though things are hard, I have all of my faith in my Father in Heaven. Thank you all for all your support I love you

Hermana Christensen

ps. no i havent gotten Claires package yet. and I will think for a week about what I want for my birthday. Love  you


 

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