Hello, family and friends!
Yesterday we had a Family Home Evening and I was talking with Susana, a grandma and member for 20 years who will finally get to go to the temple in February. She had set the goal to go last year but passed a lot of trials, including caring for her terminally-ill sister who passed away. She is so sweet and bore her simple testimony with all of us about how God lives and listens to every prayer. Jesus Christ is the Son of God and His gospel is restored in its fullness here on the earth. I told this faithful woman that when she enters the temple, she will feel so much peace and will know so strongly that Heavenly Father knows and loves her and that the Plan of Salvation is real. She will feel like a princess! There are other families in the Clavero ward that have saved up for years to attend the temple and they are going in caravan in February.
My companion is still a little sick, and the weather doesn’t help. (There is torrential rain out of nowhere and then blazing sun for a few days.) It is hard on her (and can be hard on anyone, for that matter). Hna. Barrios is very active and is very-well trained and teaches me a lot about missionary work. She is from Guatemala and has a love and enthusiasm for life. Together we are helping Rosa and Jose get married, which means running around town to get documents ready (a similar but simpler process than in Lima, but now we are experienced in helping couples get married).
We had interviews with President Blunck this past week and then he surprised us by taking out all the sister missionaries to dinner with him and his wife! They were grateful for us and for our labors (because apparently we keep the elders in line).
We are teaching various families (many want to listen, but there are few that will attend church) and have received a few references from the members. We are also helping activate families, through the Family Home Evenings.
That’s about it for this week!
Lots of love,
Hna. Christensen
P.S. Apparently the eagle story renovating itself (I shared it an email a few weeks ago) is an urban legend, just so you know. The moral is good, but it is not true. Sorry about that!
