Dear family and friends,
It has been a very crazy
week! It was hard to say goodbye to Sister Hirro but I know that she will do a
great work in Salt Lake City. Tuesday was our last day together. She left early
on Wednesday morning to catch her plane back. Sister Dumont was able to stay
with us starting on Tuesday, so I was companions with her up until Friday
morning. We had a great time together! It was interesting planning how to do
everything, because we were covering both of our areas. We decided that we
didn't want to cancel any of our appointments so we ended up going on member
splits for most of the evenings. It was so weird being without a companion!
Especially during the dinner appointments! During the lessons, I would look to
the side expecting my companion to take it from there, but then I'd realize
that she wasn't there and I had to keep talking:) haha it was odd! So I am very
glad that I have a full-time companion again!
I got the information on
Thursday around 10 that I was getting transferred to York Nebraska. It's about
2 hours west of Omaha. It's very small! I live in a tiny town called McCool
Junction and there are about 400 people that live here! I live on a farm! We
have 2 horses, 3 dogs (Sam who is blind and deaf, peanut, and ) 4 cats,
geese, ducks, chickens, and 3 goats. I can't remember if there is any other
animals.
York is part of the
Aurora Branch and it is very large geographically! It is about 2-3 hours across
in all directions. It is part of the 2nd largest stake in the continental
United States. The Stake covers about 2/3 of Nebraska and a good part of Kansas
as well. So it is a lot different than Omaha or Utah:) But it is a good
different:) The members here are very strong! There was about 40 people at
church yesterday. They said that on a good week, they have about 60 members
come.
We have a ton of mice and
bugs here, since we live on a farm. In the last 3 days that I have been here,
we have caught 5 mice! Gross! I am able to overcome all of my fears here of
those things so that is a plus! One morning we went to the mouse trap and it
was gone! We found it in a vent trying to escape! Crazy stuff! haha:)
We had our Branch
Christmas party on Friday night and it was good to meet all of the members:)
They are so strong! I will send pictures next week! I forgot my cord to send
stuff this time.. whoops!
I am serving with Sister
Wrubell. I am "Killing her off" in mission terms:) This is her last
transfer. She is a very good missionary. She is very obedient and happy all of
the time. I know that I can learn so much from her. The members here are very
great! I love them already. There seems to be a lot of work here to do so I am
excited to be here.We are pink-washing the area. (We are both new sisters
coming into the area) The 2 sisters that were here both got transferred out.It
was very hard leaving Fairview. I really grew to love them so much! I didn't
think that I was going to be leaving, but I do know that the Lord has a plan
for me and for the people here. Change will bring continual growth and help me
continue to rely on the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
I hope that you have a wonderful
week! I love you so much!
Sister Christensen
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