Christina Crum is serving in Machala, Ecuador. It’s
about 3 hours outside of the mission home in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
She has been out 2 months and is adjusting to the new
culture, the new language, and her new way of life, She’s even trying to adjust
to the food. From her letter, “This week, a sister in the ward
served us a soup called menudencia, which consists of chicken broth, noodles,
and assorted organs that I assume came from the chicken. It’s the first thing
we’ve been served here that I absolutely COULD NOT eat. I tried the
liver, and it was terrible. My problem was that I could identify the organs!
All I could think about was dissecting frogs and rats in 9th grade biology. I
couldn’t bring myself to eat it. I’m told this soup is actually pretty
standard, so at some point I’ll have to learn to eat it.”
On a more serious note, she says, “the Lord answers
our prayers through our faith, and we show our faith through our actions.
It doesn’t do any good for me to pray for the Lords help and then just
sit on my knees--if I really believe that the Lord is going to give me what I
need, then I’ll get out there and work! And that’s when he sends blessings.”
