Happy birthday to some of my favorite people of all time!
Christian, Benny, and Hyrum. I am so excited for all ya'll. Imagine me
singing feliz cumpleaños right now. I hope you have a good one. The
sibling reunion sure looks like a lot of fun. Dang mom,
you sure are looking good. You too dad. You two just don't stop do you?
Hahaha.
I am officially in my new area of California. It is FANTASTIC! I
was not really all that excited to be in a trio for the rest of my
mission, but I just really like my companions a lot. I thought it would
be really uncomfortable, but actually I really appreciate
them a whole lot. Hermana Calle is the missionary doctor for the other
missionaries. When they have problems they call her. She is always
recieving phone calls day and night from sickies and she treats them all
with love and compassion. Sometimes she has special
meetings and stuff which makes the trio necessary. But seriously
everything is just peachy. Hermana Calle is from Bolivia and Hermana
Bills is from South Jordan, Utah. They are sooooo cool. I really did get
lucky. We are sharing the apartment and the pension
(the lady who makes our food) with the other hermanas who work in the
ward. They are also a load of fun, but even though it is fun, we sure
are working hard. Wowweee. Our area has a lot of rich people, but
they're actually a lot more receptive than I thought
they would be.
There aren't really a whole lot of members in our half of the ward
so most of our work now is with investigators. In my other area, I was
working mainly with less actives. It has been an interesting change, and
I admit that I am grateful to be able to
better my investigator teaching skills. I thought that I was losing it,
but I am glad that my companions sure are good at it hahaha. The ward is
full of returned missionaries who are just dying to come out with us.
What a blessing. I went from being in a branch
with about 60 to 70 people each week to a huge ward with 180 people each
week. I don't even know what to do with myself. There were 7 deacons
passing the sacrament!!!!! In Villa del Mar there was 1, and he was less
active. But I admit that I miss the branch
like crazy!!!! I only had 1 day to say goodbye to everyone, it sure
wasn't enough. I have never put all of my heart into anything like it
before. But I came knowing I'd leave. I am so grateful for the
experiences that I had and am so grateful to now be serving
here in California. What a blessing.
Momma, I haven't yet recieved the package because they hold all the
mail during transfers for a couple of weeks, so I might have to wait
another week. But I should be seeing Hermana Grow before too long, don't
worry. :).
Dad, I would LOVE to see Machu Picchu with ya'll. I just want about
2 days here or so that you can meet some members and hit up at least
one or two fun cultural things here. Don't worry, I have actually got my
head skrewed on pretty tight. I feel very
calm and not overly trunky. It is amazing, and truly a blessing. I
really am going to appreciate ALL the time on my mission that I have.
Love you all and Happy Happy Birthday to Benny, Hyrum, and Christian.
Hermana Christensen
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| Me, Hermana Calle, hermana Bills (my companions) and Hermana Gonzalez and hermana Paiva. The other Hermanas in our ward. (they live with us too. its awesome!) |
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| Me and my new companions (plus one) crammed in the back of a taxi |
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