Dec 3rd Letter

DECEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello from the Great State of Texas!

How is everything going with my people in the great state of Utah and the awesome city of Hyrum UT????

This week was a pretty good week we stayed way busy which was good because the week goes a lot faster when it’s busy. So let me tell you about my week here in Spring Texas.

So on Tuesday we met with Kelsey Hodson she is doing really well whenever we go over we sit down with her and read the Book of Mormon (the kids version ) but she doesn't want us to do that she get bored really easy so she wants us to do object lessons with her. So now I got to think of some ideas to teach her and have fun. We helped our other recent convert Leticia Banos, her sister moved in with her and their mom so we helped with her stuff from her old place and move it back in Leticia’s house. It was good serving people today not a lot going on today.

This week we met with Elena Kent twice Wednesday and Friday and both times we had a really good lesson with her. On Wednesday we taught her the Gospel of Jesus Christ she accepted the lesson really well I love teaching this lesson because it’s very powerful. We focused the lesson on baptism because it has been 2 weeks since the last time we have met with her so in those 2 weeks things could be either bad or good because she has been away from the gospel. So you could say I was a little nervous but when we got there she was so happy to see us I was so glad she is still good for the 22nd of December. We met with her on Friday and we taught her about the Word of Wisdom which I thought wouldn't be an issue for her but she had an issue of having wine because she explained well Jesus had wine and what not and she likes to have an occasional glass of wine here and there. But when we explained to her what it means she said that she will follow it to her best ability.

Thursday I was on exchanges with my district leader Elder Wilstead its funny because whenever you are on exchanges miracles happen I don't know what it is but miracles happen. Well that was the case when we were on this exchange we started out going to Wal-Mart picking stuff up and as we were doing so we met with a member there and talk to them. After visiting with them we got hungry so I ask my comp where do you wanna go for lunch? He said lets go to Wendy's so we went to Wendy's and got some food. We sat there talking and we noticed some guy sitting close by us and didn't think of anything. He leaned over and asks if we were LDS we said yes sir we are he said what that big white building down the street. We said that is our temple we got into a discussion about the gospel and the temple. He had questions about our MAGIC UNDERWEAR!!!! haha We were there for about an hour and a half talking to him he had a lot of questions he said he has always had questions but couldn't find anyone to answer them for him. So I’m glad he had confidence to ask us and it made me think that god wanted us to go to Wendy's that day and talk with him.

We met with Jonathan Barnes. It is usually crazy when we are there he acts really crazy and weird like sometimes I think he is drunk or high but this time he was normal. He invited us in and said sorry I haven't been able to meet with yall for a couple weeks I have been sick, my grandma died and I got locked up on warrants for my arrest. (For traffic tickets). When he mention about his grandma we taught him the plan of salvation again and he understood it. It was amazing when we said that we can have families forever and that there is waiting period after this life. He said I never heard about this and he really liked it so now he progressing and he is interested again.

Monica and Justin are doing awesome. They came to church this week again and Justin is opening up to us he is one of those guys that is content with everything and just follows along but when he is asking us sincere questions it’s awesome. He asked us what makes our church different from any other ones you say your Church is true how do you know. I’m glad that he asked that they called us last night with a list of questions for us to answer so we have a dinner appointment with them on Wednesday and we will answer their questions for them.

Saturday was a day of service we first helped the community in setting up tents and tables and get things ready for their chili cook-off we helped all morning with that than we went and helped our member in our ward put up Christmas lights, we then went back and cleaned up everything at the chili cook-off and take down everything it was one of those exhausting days.

Alright here is something that was funny that I did this week: So we were at a members house to eat, we got on the subject of peppers and hot things and I told them my story about eating a whole habanero and it was horrible so they told me to eat this pepper so I took half and my comp took half and it was so freaking hot it’s just right below the habanero pepper I have a video of it I’ll send it sometime so yeah I’m really stupid.

Mormon Moment:

So this Sunday was fast Sunday and this week I bore my testimony. This week I have been thinking a lot about Troy and Rachel* going through the temple for the first time I bore them my testimony about Temples. I have realized what means the most to me is my family and the other is the gospel. Those are the only two things that I need and those are the only things that we will have in heaven our families and the knowledge of the gospel. I have a strong testimony of that.

I wanna wish yall a very good week. I hope everything goes well for Troy and Rachel I will be praying for them; I wish I would be there. But I know I will go to the temple with them when I get home. I love you guys and thank you for everything.

Love

Elder Christensen

P.S. Here is my weekly ELF quote: The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear. hahahaha

(* Troy and Rachel is our aunt and uncle, our dad's younger brother and his wife, who will be going through the Logan Temple for the first time to be sealed this saturday the 8th.)