Mar 11th Letter

Well this week was just a normal week nothing to fancy but nothing to boring. But I will let yall know what my week was like.

Our investigator Shawn is doing really well. We taught him on Tuesday, and we talked about the word of wisdom and he has no problem with anything that we are teaching him. I have never had anything like this before in my life Shawn is so golden and he is willing to do anything. I mean there are no faults at all its so weird but amazing. We gave him a date of April 13th to get baptized. He said that that sounds good, and warned us that he might feel like he would be ready to move it forward which is alright with us but it’s just amazing and he is involving his kids and they are loving it.

This week I went on an exchange with Elder Ririe it was fun. We spent the afternoon helping a member of his ward organize his food storage. It took forever and he had so much he really listened to the prophet in being prepared but he made us pizza so I was happy with that I can’t turn down food. haha We walked forever that day they don’t have a car or bikes. His other companion doesn’t want to bike since it’s too dangerous? I don’t know what he is thinking but we walked a lot which isn’t too bad it is nice weather. We went and taught there top investigator, we read the Book of Mormon with him and we helped him understand it. He was excited and we saw the joy he had in reading and he wants to learn more and has a desire it amazing. But all in all it was a good exchange. I love going on exchange and see how other missionaries work and learn from them.

So I want to let you know about this cool experience that happened to me on Thursday night at a dinner at a member’s house. We went over to this family named the Olsen’s. Bro Olsen is in the bishopric and is the first counselor. Bro Olsen has his dad living with them at their house and he is 92 yrs of age. He is living with them cause the dad lost his house so he is living with his son we were sitting eating at the dinner table when we were talking with them and Elder Kuila asked the dad where he is from he said that he grew up in Cache Valley. I immediately look at him and started asking questions like where did you live? And what did you do. I asked him where he lived and he said on an old town west of Logan Utah so I started naming towns and it was College Ward he lived and he had a farm there. I told him that I am from Hyrum Utah and he was oh wow ok I know where that is. So I was putting two and two together. He is older and farming. So I asked him if he knew Great Grandpa Christensen he said I don’t know sounds familiar and so I asked if he knew him by his nickname and he said YES. He knew Great Grandma Christensen. Now this is getting really weird that someone out here in Texas knows my grandparents. So I asked the ultimate question and that was if he knew Val Christensen (grandpa) and he said yeah is he the one that had the farm down by Millers. I said yeah he did. The guy’s name is Warren Olsen. He knew my grandparents and I was in a little shock at this moment and just wanted to talk with him about the life back then. He still has his farm in College Ward and a guy by the last name Jensen is running it his brothers are still out there!! Can you believe this!!!!!

Friday after district meeting we were walking to this less actives house for an appointment. And this car comes along us and asked if we parked the car and we said yeah? (now only members usually do this ask if we parked the car and where we are walking to ) so this guy I thought was a member but he asked to give us something and so I was sure I found out he was Jehovah witness. Right when I found out that he was I was like OH CRAP!! Here we go again. Here comes the bashing and that is exactly what happened. He was sitting there in his car talking to us; he said that he wasn’t trying to make us mad just wanted us to think. Honestly I was just getting pist off so I kept asking questions that he didn’t believe in like prophets and so on. But he said that he had been a missionary for his church for 18 yrs and today is his day off and he was telling us about how he does tracking. If there interested they get there personal info from a website and send them letters and call them he was like rude by saying that we have the title of Elder and that we only go by the spirit on knocking doors and blah blah BLAH! But he was just making me mad, trying to prove me wrong with the bible which is totally stupid cause there is so many versions of the bible out here. But he was quoting scripture to me and I just didn’t care so I finally asked. “So using no scripture reference what do you truly believe in?" He couldn’t give me a straight answer so he said whatever the bible teaches. I wanted to hear his testimony and he didn’t have one. So I tried to give him a mormon.org card and he wouldn’t accept it cause in their religion they can’t accept anything from anyone else. So I said well sir if you can’t accept mine I won’t accept yours. So he said alright and took his paper out of my hand and we went our ways. GRRRRRR...

So that is my week very interesting week to say the least but it sounds like yall had a blast in St George. I wish I was there but out here is a lot funnier but I hope yall have a blessed week. Stay safe Stay strong and Stay hungry.

I love Yall

Elder Kendall Christensen