June 16, 2014
Buenas,
Yes I got your letter and that's good you got
the package. Haha -- yea that's a funny shirt, Lindsay sent it to me in the MTC,
I think. (Note: t-shirt says “Don’t mess
with Texas girls!” sent by college friend, Linsday, who’s from Texas.) I
just had way too many shirts so I sent some home. Yea I got some pictures from
Dad in China, too, that’s crazy awesome!! And Vandy is in the College Word Series!!!!!!!!!
Man, now that la copa mundial (“the World
Cup”) has started its like nuts here when Mexico plays, every single person
is watching the game. Ty (note: college
friend serving mission in Fortaleza, Brazil) emailed me today and I guess
Brazil is playing Mexico tonight or tomorrow,? so hope Mexico pulls it out –
haha. That's also super cool about Trot and Evan, good for them. (note: other missionary friends) Yea,
everyone here is excited about the Spurs as well. Also, I hope the Texas
Rangers do well in baseball this year, that's my new team!!
Yep, Silvia and Janet's letter was super nice,
I’m going to write them back. Let's see…so we got the transfer news and I am
staying! And I'm staying with Elder Brain! (I'm excited about both of those
things!). I’m going to be in the hottest part of the mission for the hottest
part of the year, too, haha, so that's exciting. I don’t have any new pictures
from this week but I’ll send more next week.
We are getting fed so much, and last week I
think I hit my limit. We had two food appointments last Friday, and that's
nothing new, we get fed a lot. But the first one was at 3 p.m. and it was just
rice and meat and like the usual. And I had two plates. Then we had a dinner
appointment at 7 p.m., and I was going into it super, super full. So we get
there and this is what we ate: I had two strawberry milkshakes, two plates of lasagna,
a couple pieces of bread and then a giant piece of cheesecake and two scoops of
ice cream. The house where we were eating – the mom is one who,
literally, right when you finish something she is already there giving you more,
no questions asked if we wanted more, just eat! And this happens a lot and I normally
shoulder the load because I’m a little bit more...*cough cough* …husky and Elder
Brian is more thin-boned. But this time, I was just too full and my stomach was
making weird noises and about to revolt. So, we just wrap up the visit with
prayer, leave and get to the bikes (it was a bike day, of course) and we start
riding home. And I was flying, like I don’t even think Lance Armstrong would
have kept up with me and then I hear Elder Brian yell at me:
"Elder!!!!" so I come to a screaming halt (almost flipped at this
point, and had I done that it would have just been game over), but thankfully I
didn’t and I look back and he is running towards me and he just goes, "I’m
so sorry but my tire just popped." And I look down and his tire was just
wrecked. He hit a glass piece and there was no air in it at all. So we then
walk 20 minutes home – probably good for us after such a big meal! We eventually
made it home and all was well. But it was so funny, and stressful, at the time.
We also had Zone Conference this week, too, and
it was super good. Presidente Maluenda talked a lot about 5 major things: Love,
Obedience, Hard Work, a Good Attitude, and Animo (“Cheer?” not sure if that’s correct – Google Translate) (I don't know how
to say that in English). It was awesome though, it was just the best. He then
talked about Peter and about the Savior and their conversation: "do you
love me?" The Savior taught that if we love Him, we will feed His sheep
and become disciples. It was so good. It reminded me of Elder Holland’s talk in
General Conference about discipleship (note: you can read the talk here).
All is well – I love the mission and I
love this Gospel.
Con Amor (“with
love”),
Elder Christiansen
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