Good Morning Yall!!!!
Today is an awesome day. I am so excited to write you and tell you all about the week. and how i am a FATHER ( in missionary terms/slang)
So as yall have heard my companion Elder Kuila got transfered to a new area with another Poly companion. I know that he will do awesome and he is alot more happier. I got to talk to President Pingree Monday and he asked me to train. I was like well if that is what you want me to do i will obey. kinda like 1nephi 3:7 haha.
On thursday 40 New missionaries came in and our mission is huge!!!! i dont know anyone any more haha but its all good. But i got my son. ( my greenie) his Name is Elder Cornwall. He is from Palmdale California. It is about 2 hours away from LA. He is the middle child of five he has an older brother and sister. He brother came home from Indiana on his mission last year. Elder Cornwall went to BYU Idaho for a semster and came out on a mission. He is super excited to be out. Except the first day. he was totally nervous. It made me feel bad. and it brought back alot of memories. Oh yeah He loves SPIDERMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and the color RED. he has red luggage, red sheets, towels everything. so that is something we have in common. He wanted to go to Africa really bad for his mission. So while we walk around he sees alot of trees and birds so he is saying that he is serving in Africa not Texas. haha
Thursday was awesome got him back to the apt and got him unpacked. found out that he loves red and spiderman. And he is really organized and a lil OCD. sigh! :/ but that is okay we will have a really clean apartment which i wont complain about. But we got to planning and told him about the area a lil and got him out. We went to an area called Fox Run and we were walking and we walked down this one street and we got stopped by some girls who wanted to talk to us. They said that there parents are looking for a church. We found out a time that there parents would be home and drive by. Elder Cornwall was happy and said that was easy this is going to be fun. i was laughing and was like that hasnt happen in a long time and its a little harder than that. but his first dinner was a breakfast dinner. And he was able to meet Shawn Beard. So his first day was awesome.
Friday. Man right when the alarm went off at 6:30 he was out of the bed made it and was like " now what do we do" i was getting out of my bed and thinking in my head well im going to use the bathroom. but i was like work out time. so he did and he was just wired up still. got to do his full day of studies and we went to district meeting. Had a good district. Im the oldest one in the district. Everyone one else has been out 8 months or less. two new missionaries and two missionaries that have been out 6 weeks and 4 months.. So its young district and we have alot of things going for us. After district meeting we went to a BBQ resturant and had some true texan BBQ. it was amazing. loved it. Than we went and visited the bishop. Got Elder Cornwall to visit him and a lot of members. So we can get the members to know we have a new missionary out. The ward is very warming of Elder Cornwall. Elder Cornwall wanted to go visit his first contact multiple time. The one who was looking for a church. but they werent home. He was like "oh man" i was its okay man we will get them tomorrow.
Saturday it was raining. This whole week we have been walking cause we used alot of miles because of transfers so i broke him into that. We didnt have anything planned for saturday but i was like well lets take him tracting. So we went into an area expecting to tract but a less active found us so we went to his house. I was a lil nervous taking this poor Innocent new missionary to this rough member. But it turned out alot better than i expected. After we talked with him we went to another area and it was the same area that he got his first contact and said lets go visit them. i said we are seeing them tonight its alright. he said alright so we went to a members house and he connected with them very well. it was cool. We went to another area to introduce him to member, but that member wasnt home so we went to another house down the street and they came out and said that they have a referal for us. He was so happy and had that fire in him again. it was awesome. he said that this is so cool and i love it. I was like what the heck we havent had this good of a week in months. He hasnt had a bad week yet so im waiting to see how he will do. So we visited his first contact that night and we got rejected hard core. It was funny it made him sad. I was like poor guy. I knocked the door and i told him that your daughter stopped us and was telling us that yall have been looking for a church. he said my daughter? i said yes sir he was like well either you are lying through your teeth or you have the wrong house. I am postive we didnt have the wrong house but he shut the door and we walked off. So he got his first rejection.
Sunday Shawn Beard Got the Aaronic Priesthood. He was excited and we were part of the circle ordaining him. Awesome moment. couldnt ask for anything better. Sunday was just an all around good day. Elder Cornwall got comfortable with the ward and being in the area. he is starting to get less and less nervous each day. So Elder Cornwall had an awesome spiritual experience. We had a lesson with michael LeBlanc and it went alright and we got into the car after it was done and he was like man i really wanted to promise him something i was like " why didnt you"!! he was like well i dont know so we went back and he was like " i promise you that if you come to church that you wont have any pain" than all of the sudden Elder Cornwall started to cry. he was shocked and i was like if the spirit prompts you to do something do it! it was one of those promptings that was like why did i promise him that. but it was a good experience to always do what the spirit prompts you to do. Now he was a lil nervous cause he hopes he will come to church. I just simply told him. If you dont have faith he wont have faith in your promise. He was like wow who told you that. i said no one did i just made it up. he was like that was deep. haha
I know that being a trainer is going to be hard cause me and him are complete opposite but we are going to work hard and i am forgetting about myself and putting him first. I know that i am going to be good cause i know that i will have some kind of impact on his life. and im excited to teach him the ropes of being a missionary.
I love yall and it has been nice writing to yall
Elder K Christensen
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