Hello Family!!!
That hymn has been my favorite this week--it's always stuck
in my head :) This week flew by! It honestly feels like it was Tuesday
YESTERDAY. WHAT is this???? My Spanish is coming along really well--we have
solo Español days almost every day now! I'm learning so much :)
We still have three investigators, but we are also starting
this thing where each one of us is an investigator and we teach each other!
It's pretty fun, although when they first introduced it, I started to feel the
stress and anxiety come back (that I haven't felt for like 2 weeks) BUT later
that night I talked with one of the hermanas in my branch and I also got a
priesthood blessing from the elders in my branch and both things helped me
soooooo much. I realized that all I need to do is shift my perspective--this
new thing isn't a stress, it's a challenge, a FUN challenge, and also an
opportunity to grow!
Something that I've learned this week is the importance of
the Book of Mormon. I've realized that I need, I need to read it every
day, or else nothing really feels right.
One other thing, on Saturday, Elder David A. Bednar was
here!! I don't know if I told you beforehand, but he gave a devotional Saturday
night and I was in the front row and he called on me!!! ( It was kind of a
Q & A type thing) It was amazing to be that close to an apostle of
the Lord.
Wow! Family! You are amazing!! I HAVE THE BEST FAMILY
EVERRRR!!!!! I am amazed every week at your accomplishments and I am so, so proud
of all of you. I wish I could give you all just a big hug right now!! (and you
know how I am about hugs ;) )
Something funny this week is that I'm starting to replace English
words with Spanish words--automatically. Like, this morning I was saying a
prayer in English and I went to say ''please'' and ''por favor'' came out! I'm
completely immersed and becoming one of the locals! ;) haha just kidding.
Our district is so amazing. We have really become like a
family. I have become so close to the other hermanas and it makes me devastated
to think of leaving each other in two weeks! :'( The other district in our
branch is amazing too, I love each one of them too! This whole experience has
been amazing! And I still have 17 months to go!
When I was reading this morning, I was in Moses 1 and in
verses 3, 4, & 6, it really hit me.
Those verses talk about God and how he is everlasting and
his power has no end, but in verse 4 he says ''Moses, thou are my son'' or
something like that, and I just replace it with my name so instead I read
''Kristina, thou are my daughter'' and it is sooo much more impactful. In verse
6, it says ''I have a work for thee to do'' and it made me think--What am I
doing?? I have a work to do!! Why am I not studying this doctrine 24/7?? It was
a really cool experience for me.
Okay, funny story time-- Hermana Russell is absolutely
hilarious. She gets words mixed up sometimes in Spanish and so our teachers
think it's hilarious, and we're all not sure what's going on,, but that
something just happened :) Today she called Elder Bednar, ''Bernard'' because
she couldn't remember his name!! XD we were laughing so hard!!
Thank you so much everyone for your emails! I really really
love em!! They make my day!
MUCHO AMOR!!!!!
XOXOXOXOXOXOX
Hermana Tycksen
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| The AMAZING Trio! |
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| Elders in their branch |
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| Sisters in their branch |
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