Dear family, 4/21/2012
Another week has passed. We have now been in the field one month. In one way it seems like a year and in
another, like a week. We are working on
the veil trying to learn in Spanish. It
is difficult because we don’t know what the words mean so we are memorizing
words only. Fran is doing real well; I
am trying to learn the whole thing because I will eventually have to work on
both sides.
This
has been a rough week for me since Friday.
I have caught some kind of viral infection in my lungs and have been
laid up. It has been hard breathing and
I have been coughing a lot. I had my
first experience with typical Latin medicine.
One of Temple workers from Peru is a retired Doctor. He practiced medicine in Peru for 40 years.
He specialized in Alternative Medicine.
He treated me using German acupuncture.
He had a small vial of a clear medicine, which is produced in Germany
and with a small needle inserted small drops just under the skin all along the backbone,
neck, chest, and forehead. He wrote out
a prescription, which was relatively cheap.
I have been sleeping and resting for the last 3 days and I am getting
better. I not sure what helped most, the
Priesthood administration or the Doctor.
Fran has enjoyed the break and has given me the best TLC possible. I have finally realized added exercise isn’t
a cure for all sickness.
The
temple, like most temples during the weekend (Friday and Saturday), is the
busiest. The last two Saturdays have been record breaking. We had 12 buses several had traveled 9 hrs.
Their were 400 plus youth—we only allow 5 names and sometimes 5 names or one
sheet per two patrons (2 names for one and 3 names for the other). Of course, this weekend I was in bed
recuperating…so we part of the action.
We
enjoy the comforts of our little apartment and the friendship of the other
workers. They have been very concerned
about Hermano Christensen. We try to
communicate with each family on different weeks using Skype and the Telephone. We appreciate your prayers and our prayer is
that your prayers will be answered on our behalf.
We
love you all,
Dad and Fran
ASA Grandpa and Grandma
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