how is everything going for yall?
Man i love mondays. i look forward to these days all the time now not just because its P-Day but it the chance that i get to sit down and email yall. i love it.
Well as many of yall know it was my 11th month mark this week. HOLY CRAP!! I cant believe it has flown by so fast. Im surprised each day how fast it goes. It is alot different than when you first get out. At first you think that i goes so slow and that you are going to be out here forever. Some days its true but i know for a fact that if you stay busy and stay focus that time flies when you are having fun. I know for a fact that this has happened to me. I can barely remember things that has gone on at home. Member always ask question about home and stuff. and i cant remember. i look stupid sometime but they always say well elder thats good. That means that you are focused on your work and you have nothing that is holding you back. So its awesome being lost in the work. i never believe that i would be able to do it but it just come naturally and just by working hard.
Wednesday we had our zone conference. It was a good conference. President Pingree hit on some thing that kinda hit me strong. he was talking about how when he first came out he was wondering which missionary can go with another. and he was help by the Assistants. and he remembers that they would always say. that this missionary would be awesome if they were with a good missionary. he mentioned to us that we need to be that good missionary that other missionaries can be with. And also he gave us an analogy of a cargo ship. He showed us a picture of a boat at dock and how it was staying there because of some ropes that was holding it there. He mentioned that we as missionaries have some ropes that are holding us docked. Do everything that we can to have those ropes loosed so we can go full steam ahead and to the lords work. not one rope can hold us back. so he was mentioning how be a hard working missionary and lose your self in the work.
This week was amazing week. So many things happened to us that i cant even explain. So many miracles. It was a shock to us because it seemed that we were just in a stand still but nope god has some other plans for us instead.
One miracle was that thursday our bishop called us up and said hey do yall wanna come with me and visit some families in the ward. We said of course. it was a good chance to get to know some more less actives and fill up our teaching pools. Well we visited this elderly couple who the husband is less active some reason. But when we were talking he was telling us alot about history. he lives in a house full of old radios and the first radios to communicate and this guy is an expert at morris code. man it was so awesome just sitting there and he telling us about the history of all this. And everything that he has still runs and he knows how to use it. Than he was telling us about family history and how he is direct descendant of brigham young. This guy is amazing. im glad we came to get a foot in the door and have something come of it. That night we visited with a in active family whose mother is in town. she wanted us to come by and visit with them. it was funny she wants the home teachers, missionaries, and visiting sisters come by asap. you can definatly tell that she has a plot of bringing back her daughter active before she leaves haha its funny to see.
Friday My companion had a strong prompting that we needed to be in this certain area. he said that we needed to be there cause someone needs us he said i dont know who but we need to go to this area. Well we go to this members hosue to ask when they wanted us to come by this week for some service. She was doing some when we got there so we helped her out. Well her neighbor came by and drop something off and the member introduced us to her neighbor. They sat there and talk and went inside. she came back out a little while later and pulled us aside. She said that her neighbor was so impressed in what we do, and how good of young men we are. that she said that we can come by anytime to stop by and visit. It was amazing we found our person who needs us. And talking to the member it was obvious that she does need us so we are excited to eventually work with her soon and see what comes out of it.
Now for the biggest miracle of them all came sunday!!!!!!!! So we were in church and before sacrament meeting started we go around and shake others hands and welcome them to church. i noticed this one person who look new. i felt like i need to go up and talk with her. So i went up and ask her how she was and introduced my self and ask her if she was visiting today. she said that this was her very first time coming to this church. She later told me that she saw this church every time she would drive the street and wondered what this church was all about. So she decided to come by today. ( now this has been my dream to have some one come to church on there own ) I sat next to her during church and after the talks were over she leaned over to me and said that she wants to learn more about this joseph smith guy. I was like ah yeah gotcha ya!!!! so i ask if she had time to talk about him right after and she said no not today but when i come next week than we talk about him after church. So she she is a solid person and wants to know more. even though she is out of our area its amazing. Later in church a member came up to us and said that her daughter has a friend that has been coming to church alot and seminary once in a while. and the member says that she is ready for the disscussions. So i go up to this girl and talk to her and introduced ourselfs and ask if she wanted to take the discussions and she answered YES!!! she is 15 yrs old and has friends who are mormon and she seems really solid.
As i said earlier i thought god didnt have anymore miracle for us. But sure enough i was wrong. I always have this doubt in my mind which is. i work so hard but am i really getting blessed for it ? I can tell you for a fact that every work and effort is a blessing in gods eyes. he does bless us for all that we do. It might not be this month, year, or lifetime but everything that im doing im going to be blessed for all my righteous actions. I love my savior and find joy in serving in the work. just how camille said it to me this week. Its going to be hard for me to come home in a year i love my mission im so glad that im out here. i swear i say this every week, but im so glad for the trials that i get and are facing i love the blessing and the miracles cause it brings me so much joy to my life and there isnt anything else that i wouldnt want to do.
I love yall so much that you again for all yalls support in me.
Love
Elder Christensen
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