02/07/2011

Hola family. This week was very interesting. We first started our week off by having to move to another area. We also had to move stuff out of old missionaries apartments because they were no longer able to be used. I hurt my back a little bit, but not too bad. So it's all good. My P- day is Monday, just FYI. We had a conference the next day with our Misssion President and all the other areas close to mine. I saw my old companion again and we had like an 8 hour conference, and still need to finish 5 more points this week. Then the next day we moved in to our new house. It's way big for just 4 missionaries. The other two living there are both natives and they're very nice. Later that night I got pretty sick, and was still sick in the morning. My companion called the Mission President's wife and she got me some medicine. It took about 2 days to get better. I'm doing a lot better now, and I finally got back to working in the field. It rained pretty good this week and made it a lot cooler, thank goodness! My companion says that in May and June it gets cold, so I will see if it's cold for me. He is from Equador, so he gets cold a lot easier. The new area I'm in is pretty cool. The ward is very good and people are willing to talk. We are working hard to get some good progressing investigators. It's pretty hard to understand what they are saying a lot of the time, so I need to have a lot of patience and work harder. It's coming, but slowly. This is definitely hard work, but I know it will pay off. President Calderon came to our ward this Sunday. It was very shocking when we walked in and he was sitting on the stand. We had a testimony meeting, and I bore my testimony. It felt really good. We then went with the President to a couple houses to talk with investigators. He is a very good teacher and missionary. Our house is big! There are 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a kitchen and big living room area downstairs. Upstairs there is room for studying for the other missionaries, but we study downstairs in a room. The showers have heaters so they are pretty nice, and we sleep on beds that are pretty decent. I am very blessed with these living arrangements right now. I'll send the media card home when I get the other one back. I love you tons and cant wait to write you next week. I loved your emails and you guys mean the world to me! Love, Elder Christoffersen