So
on Sunday we watched Meet the Mormons. It was my first time seeing it
and it wasnt what I expected! It was super good though! As I was
watching it, I realized how amazing it is that people all over the world
are influenced by the message of El evangelio de Jesucristo (the gospel
of Jesus Christ). Watching how the gospel has changed people made me
super pumped and excited to go out and share it!! Wooo! Yay for
missionarys!
Let me tell you something I
learned this week.. So the whole time I have been here I have thought
that my Spanish has been pretty fantastic! Until this last week.. I have
no idea what was up but for some reason this week, the language was
just really hard! I had a humbling experience when after a lesson, my
teacher told me my Spanish seemed really basic. It made me kinda sad at
first because I thought I was doing super good! But then I decided that
there was no point in getting all sad about it! We are given correction
so that we can learn and grow. And learn and grow I did! I decided to
fast for help with learning the language! I fasted and have been pouring
out my soul every day to the Lord for help! I have learned that there
are a few things we need in order to qualify for the gift of tongues.
First, we need to pray, pray, pray, and pray some more! Next we need to
be actively working to receive the promised blessings! I have been
speaking the language as much as possible and have been studying my
little buns off and holy cow the blessings have come! By the end of this
last week, I knew more vocab and phrases then ever before! And the
lessons started to come a whole lot easier! I feel like a switch was
just turned on in my brain because the Spanish is starting to really
click! During our lesson we had with our investigator yesterday, I was
able to share personal experiences as well as doctrine for the first
time ever! Every thing just flowed together! So moral of the story... If
you are struggling with anything in your life, forget yourself and get
to work! :)
So I decided I haven't really told
you much about my lovely comp! So here we go.. Hermana Jorgensen is from
Gilbert Arizona and is pretty much my soul sister. She likes space cat
shirts, movie quotes, and of course the gospel! I love her to death! She
is such a blessing! And the great thing is that she is going to Houston
with me! We have two other Hermanas that we hang out with pretty much
24/7! They are in our room with us and in our district and are going to
Houston too! Their names are Hermana George and Hermana Gaylor! They are
both super funny and we all get along smashingly! I really got blessed
to have such amazing girls!
We decided that
our casa is in the ghetto of the CCM. Literally, our house is a dump.
There are these massive spiders and cucarachas. It is quite nasty! None
of the other houses have this problem! All our grass is dead and our
lights are always flickering! It is so fantastic! The bathroom is..
well.. nevermind.. And I have all ready told you all about the
mysterious sounds of the city we hear all night! Haha! And for some
reason.. Every night our casa phone rings at precisely 11:16pm and wakes
us all up. I guess it is just all part of the CCM experience! Haha! It
is just funny because all the other Hermanas have these lovely clean
homes with flowers and cute yards. Not that I am bitter or anything!
Living in the ghetto just builds character!
Let
me tell you the story of my mango addiction. The comidor has had fresh
mangos for us every single day! It has been so wonderful! I have been
eating mangos like they are going out of style! Until Saturday.. Hermana
George was cutting open her mango and it was filled with MAGGOTS. I was
disturbed for days. So just as soon as it started, the addiction has
ended, and I will never eat another mango again. So theres that. We have
also been getting so much helado from our friend, David. I will send a
picture of him! Haha! We have a meeting place outside the comidor where
he deals us the ice cream! It is so funny! Also.. In other news, It has
been about 80 degrees every day here! I have gotten pretty tan. I think I
could be considered a native. Just in case you were wondering!
Well
my loves, I hope all is going well in the states! I miss you all and am
sending lots of love! Thank you so much for all the emails!! You are
all the best!! LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hermana Christensen
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