Week 17: Why is it always about food??

Hi family! 

I hope everyone is doing great! Sorry for last week not writing anyone. It will probably not happen again hopefully.

This week we ate some goooood food. On the night before we found out about changes, Hermana Lopez and I were feeling very anxious. At almost the same time, we turned to each other, and said, ``Do you want to get sushi?`` it was awesome and very delicious. 


On sunday we had a baptism!! Her name is Erika. She has a lot of health problems, but she is amazing! She has so much faith in God and Jesus Christ. 

Tomorrow we have changes. I will stay in Curicó, and my new companion is name Sister Tatuaña (not sure on the spelling yet). Hermana Lopez is going to Buin, so she was saying good bye to everyone. We went to the house of one of recent converts, Ricardo. It was awesome because all of our Hatian friends were there. They are so generous. They gave us HUGE plates of food. Even though they dont have a lot, they give their best to us. And when we left their house, they gave us a bunch of apples too. Super nice. This is a terrible photo....but yeah, Here is the gang. And the mountain of food. So delicious


Last food thing for this week hahaha. Hermana Lopez and I celebrated our last day together by getting Chorillanas together. Basically fajitas on top of french fries. Delish. 

I am really terrible at selfies. oops. 

Now the more serious part of the email. I think everyone on this email list knows that I have been struggling a little bit in the mission. It has been pretty hard for me to speak the language, connect with the members and to teach. There are a lot of days where I know that it is good to be a missionary and to share the gospel, but sometimes my feelings say something different. Satan is working really hard to stop people from sharing the gospel. He wants us to feel lonely and feel like we are not capable of being good missionaries. But we can do it! I was talking with my mission president and he told me to read Ether 12:27. He told me that as we become more like Christ, we will be able to see our weaknesses. But God gives us these weaknesses so we will rely on him and the atonement of Jesus Christ, and become stronger. I know that God can help us with whatever we need help with. I am learning this and strengthening my testimony of this right now haha. I want you to know that I have a testimony of this gospel. I know that God loves us, and that he wants the best for us. I know that the Book of Mormon is true. I love it with all of my heart. I could read it all day. I am scared, but excited to grow and change in the mission.

I love you all soo much! I am so grateful for your advice and help. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 
Lots of love,
Hermana Christensen








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