Hello, family and friends!
Happy Dia de Amistad (Valentine’s Day). The highlights of
the week include the marriage of Rosa and Jose. They were
married, along with 10 other couples, in the church. Our
zone leaders, Elder Angulo and Elder Crum, organized the
massive wedding. After the wedding, the couples had a dance
to celebrate. The Latins sure know how to party! Hna. Rodriguez
and I had to leave because the music was too tempting. (We did
dance a little merengue in the bathroom when no one was
looking.) My whole mission I have wanted to write Mack
Wilberg. When will MOTAB (Mormon Tabernacle Choir) come out
with a CD of Latin hits for all the missionaries to enjoy?
Even more special was seeing Rosa and Jose in church the next
day with their son, Juan Carlos. The whole ward accepted and
fellowshipped them, and they are preparing a party for her
baptism this Saturday. Our ward is becoming much more united
recently, all working together. On Friday they threw a bash for
the 50 year anniversary of the stake patriarch and his wife. My
companion cut their hair (she has salon experience) as a service
and I took photos of the event. The ward is working together to
do an amazing musical program on the Savior for Easter (here
Easter is celebrated the whole week, Holy Week) and an excellent
Public Affairs opportunity.
My companion and I still continue to be nerds and it is so much
fun. We have 6 days of consecutive coordinating outfits. (I don’t
know how it’s possible, but we even do the same hairstyle). Now,
we have promotional weeks where we focus on different goals we
have. For example, this week is Word of Wisdom week. No, we don’t
have a problem with drugs or beer, but we are drinking milk twice
a day, eating more fruits and vegetables, cutting back on fat,
drinking more water, and doing more exercise. It’s the best. The
idea is that after the promotional week, we continue with the same
habits. And, we have goals to put Christlike attributes in practice
every week. Last week was faith and this week is obedience. We
work hard and have so much fun.
Have a great week! Gotta run!
Love, Hermana Christensen
