Konnichiwa mina san!!!!
Made it 10 months on my mission!!! survived! jk not surviving actually
enjoying every second!!! but i did get some kind of sickness this week
and managed to survive that one! hallelujah! second time around! and
really i have no idea what it was from.. anyways...
so wednesday we went to do a little exploring! we looked for different
parks because the weather was wonderful and the sakura flowers were
just gorgeous! of course always after being lost for a while we found
the first park we had mapped out. well we thought it was a park.
turned out to be a cemetery! hahah! thats not what we want! i mean a
great time in peoples lives to talk about the gospel but.. so we left
to find the next one. The new park we found was amazing!!!! a huge
park with sakura flowers around the entire thing and moms and little
kids running around everywhere!! oh my heavens it felt like heaven!!!
perfect place to talk to people!! and we did! talked to lots of great
people! lots of cute families! sadly no one willing to meet again or
give contact info but it was a great day! so many happy families!!!
such a sweet sight to see!
after we went and visited a less active member who had previously told
me on the phone that she wants nothing to do with the church and wont
talk about church things ever again. ouch. so we decided to just stop
by and leave her a treat. We made her a pretty card and gave her some
cookies. she was so surprised?? she kept saying "why? its not even my
birthday?" hahah! so cute! but she was very thankful! although we
didnt get to talk with her about the gospel we showed her love. and
she felt it. And guess what honey.. that love inside uss comes
directly through our Heavenly Father and savior Jesus Christ. I know
she felt their love as well! i was so happy with our meeting! all you
need is love!!!
at eikaiwa our students again brought us more treats! they are so good
to us! bread and desserts from a bakery and fresh picked flowers! they
love us :)
thursday it rained all day long (maybe why i got sick??) we went with
our relief society to a park to look at the sakura flowers again!!
they are still the most gorgeous things ive ever seen! they just fill
the whole sky every where you look!! after we went to a members house
for lunch. Sister Requilamn played the ukelele and we all sang songs!
so fun! i love those ladies! we went there with a cute couple from our
ward. The lady is american and guess what.. her name is JANET!!!!
hahahah! i keep finding more and more of them! i love it! i love
janets! she a sweet old lady and loves to talk to us sisters! her
husband is the cutest thing of my life! he reminds me of grandpa
christensen :) after the party he drove us around for like an hour
showing us around and different members houses hahah! his wife kept
telling him to quit it and take us home but he wasnt done hahaha! i
love them!
after we hoped on our bikes to do some finding. we stopped at a large
apartment complex and did some housing. didnt see much success until
the the last door.. its always the last door! hahah! a man opened his
door and goes "mormons!" hahah we were shocked! he said hes buddhist
but is interested in learning about the mormon church! wow!!!! sweet!
yet again another referral for the elders.. where are our
investigators?? goodness! weve done lots of finding this transfer but
still somehow no investigators. we have lots of potential and lots of
new friends but no one super interested.. but luckily i dont think my
companion and i will transfer so weve got plenty of time to find some
real ones!!!
coming home for the night we just got sprayed by every car that passed
us on our bikes. so gross but so funny! couldnt stop laughing! mouth
open the entire way home cause of laughing and nastiness in our mouths
(again maybe another cause to my sickness hahaha)
friday morning i woke up feeling achy but didnt think much of it. we
hopped on a train and went to another area for district meeting.
halfway through however i got the worst chills ever. felt bad but
couldnt pay attention to anything. then my head got super hot. i felt
like dying. the end. hahah! so we rushed home and i went to sleep. i
thought i would be ok after a nap but it only got worse from there.
saturday was about the same. felt awful so we stayed inside all day.
my poor companion! i was bored she must have been out of her mind! she
was so good to me though! i told her that i just wished i had my mommy
to be there with me so she said she would be temporary mommy! haha! i
love her and am so grateful for all her help and concern! didnt get
much sleep friday or saturday night. Worried my mission president and
his wife out a little bit so they made me go to the hospital.. that
was quite the experience... ive never been to a hospital for myself
before.. but president and sister budge live far away so we were on
our own. we found an international clinic a few stations away but by
the time we got there they were closed... president budge calls and
says he on his way to come pick us up!!! hahah! so sweet! but i would
have felt so bad! so we called some members and word got out fast! we
had every member in the ward calling trying to help! two sweet sisters
came to the rescue! picked us up and stayed with us at the hospital.
waited there for a few hours and then got an IV. dont remember much
cause i was sleeping there everything! hahaha! then again went home
and slept.. they gave me some medication and today i am feeling much
much better!!!! thank heavens!
lesson learned this week, do whatever you can to not get sick! i hate
it!!! being sick as a missionary is probably the worst thing in the
world!!!! no tv, no music, no mommies, and all we have are funtons.
good times!
but i am so grateful for the love of so many people around me! my
companion! shes been so patient and so kind! the budges! so worried
and always checking up on me! and the ward members! everyone willing
to help! they brought over easy food for me to eat today :)
sweathearts! none of these people ive known for very long. so why do
they love me so much? same reason we love that less active so much.
Because Our loving Heavenly Father and savior love us! how grateful i
am for that love that can be felt around us all the time! Sick or
healthy! its there!!! <3
love you all! dont catch a cold!
Sister christensen
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