Habichuelas Con Dulce

Happy Easter! 

To celebrate the occasion, hermana manalo and I had eggs for breakfast. It made me think about Jim Gaffigan: 

"What do eggs have to do with Easter?" 

"Ok, we'll hide em." 

"I don't follow your logic." 

"Don't worry. There's a bunny." 

Here, they celebrate the semana santa  during the week leading up to Easter. its really more like spring break because everyone goes to the beach. 

Also, a tradition here is to make habichuelas con dulce for Easter. This consists of beans, condensed milk, sweet potatoes, raisins, coconut and lots of sugar. It's different but yummy! Add enough sugar to anything and it tastes good. 

One night we got a call that we had to stay home because the streets can get pretty dangerous. What did we do? We made treats and watched Legacy. Then we painted each others nails and jammed out to efY songs. It was girls night-in; missionary style. 

The sun is getting stronger and stronger. I always walk with an umbrella but i was still getting terrible squinting headaches. There were a few mornings I couldn't study because my head hurt so bad. President gave me permission to use sunglasses. So now i walk around with shades #missionarywithsyle. Some people here already thing that missionaries are spies. I feel pretty ridiculous but it's worth it. 

We really tried to focus all our lessons on Christ this past week. He truly is the center of our message. I thought a lot about Elder Holland's talk about the days leading up to his crucifixion. His apostles betrayed him; his closest friend denied him; and the father had to take the spirit from him. He was completely alone. I wonder if he had doubts or second thoughts. Nonetheless, he fulfilled his mission and gave us the greatest gift. Everything in this world has a price and that which holds more value has a greater price. I am so grateful that he paid that price for us and that he had the strength to do what he came here to do. I love my savior and am grateful that I can testify of him everyday. 

Good job Cate on the marathon!!! so proud of you. I love you all so much and am so grateful to have you in my life. 

xoxo

Hermana Christensen

"It's great to have your feet on the ground - but keep them moving. Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind. Thinking without constructive action becomes a disease."

                          - henry ford

"you cannot control the length of your life, but you can control its breadth, depth and height."