There I was sitting in a hospital waiting room in Zurich Switzerland. Sister Christopher had just gone in to have it checked out when a doctor came out and said they were going in right then to take samples and that further surgery may be needed. They had found cancer. (Just sitting here brings back all those feelings and emotions again) I was terrified, sad, angry that this could happen - we were good missionaries. We were being exactly obedient and working hard. My thought was how could God let this happen.
That night at the mission home it was discussed that Sister Christoper would need to go home for surgery. Sister Christopher being head strong was not willing to let that happen. I remember sitting on the couch in the mission home next to her and just thinking this can't be happening, she can't leave, what will I do. We plead with the mission president to let her stay. After all was said and done and calls were made to Sister Christopher's family, the decision was made to keep her on her mission. But that with that said surgery would take place in the next day or so.
We spent the night in the Mission home and the next day I took Sister Robinson to Freiburg with me. It was so hard to leave.
The next time I saw Sister Christopher I was in the mission home picking up my new companion. She was on bed rest but looked good. A bit loopy but good. Her and Sister Robinson were to be companions and I was going to be training a new missionary. We would all be in Freiburg together which was a nice thought. I left with my new companion and went back to Freiburg feeling completely alone, while Sister Christopher and Robinson stayed at the mission home for another week of recovery.
It was the scariest thing I experience on my mission. It taught me that things can change in an instance. I wasn't ready for change and not until I moved to my new area did I fully except it.
Sister Christopher is cancer free to this day and doing really well.
mit freundlichen Grüßen
Jenessa Jensen
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