Week 3: Nutella and a Volleyball

7-7-16

Apparently I ate cow heart this past week. It was super yummy but hard

to cut. Thursday was long and tiring. We learned how to teach the Plan

of Salvation in 3 minutes. Or 1 minute. Speedy, either way.

7/8/16

Today is Friday. There were some funny quotes from today.

 I’m sick of teaching

 We need to make the classroom more homey. Maybe a disco ball or a

Chik fil a stand in the corner.

 One minute to present the Plan of Salvation pamphlet is easier

because its less time to be bad

Sometimes we all get a little stir crazy. But our teachers will take

us out and we can run around for a minute so we don’t turn into

Zombies.

7/9/16

I got totally hit in the face with a volleyball today.

7/10/16

Today was Sunday. The Spirit is so strong here. Our leaders know so

much about the doctrine and Gospel of our Church. Hermana Willardson

almost made me pee my pants during choir practice. News update, people

that have stayed at the CCM have left notes in the ceiling tiles. Its

totally awesome and I feel like I should be in a Nancy Drew Book or

something. Elder Winger is the new District Leader. He is very

responsible. He is trying to teach all the Hermanas the correct way to

do push ups. So far, I can do 9 which is more than I could do before.

Yay. President Moore and his wife know so much. They are the

sweetest things ever.

7/11/16

Today is 7/11!! That means free slurpees for those of you out West,

yeah? I wish everyone a safe and prosperous slurpee adventure.

Spiritual moment----We watched “Joseph Smith, Prophet” yesterday. The

movie depicts a brief history of the work that Joseph Smith did to

restore the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The movie is only a teeny bit

cheesy but it is mostly powerful. It is amazing to see how much the

early Mormons sacrificed to obey the Lord. I know that Joseph Smith

was a prophet of God and I know that he translated the Book of Mormon.

The Book of Mormon is SO important to our religion. We have to read it

if we hope to gain any understanding of our Gospel.

7/12/16

The last day before P-daY! We are in the middle of a transition right

now. Tonight we will be getting a ton of new Elders and Sisters. Today

was a little lonely. There were only 24 missionaries in the whole CCM

because all the 3 weekers and 6 weekers left. We have been praying for

the new arrivals. I remember how hard my first day here was but I know

that the Lord will bless them.

Our teacher brought a jar of Nutella and we each got a spoon and

passed it around and ate the whole jar in 5 minutes. It was impressive

and tasty. Tender mercy

7/13/16

I LOVE YOU ALL. I am so excited to be out in the field. I love the

people, I love the language, I love my Heavenly Father and I know that

he is sending me so many blessings right now. I know that this is

where I am supposed to be. I love going to the temple every week.  I

miss you all and I love reading your emails. They make me smile and I

think about them throughout the week.

Hermana Christensen

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Sister Madeline Christensen