Nov 12th Letter

Ah man!!!! It’s good to have a very productive week and things go our way! It is a better feeling than having everything Fail on Us!

I’m going to get straight to the good stuff so Here we go!!

 Wednesday we had a specialized training with President Pingree! He talked to us about conversion in us and in our investigators. It was an answer to my prayers because I have been trying to figure out why I am in this area. Every area I find some reason why I am in here and this one it was taking a while for me to find out. God answered my prayers by this Specialized Training Its for me to be more converted to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. That is something I have been doing my whole mission but it’s a main focus in this area. I only have 3 MONTHS left and I feel the urgency, and I got to get things done and that is something I want and that is be more converted than I was before I came out. Later in the day I went on an exchange with some missionaries next to us the Brenham Elders. That was a good experience we went out tracking and we knocked on this house and the care taker answered and she told us one moment while she get the person who owns this house. Well she came out and she was about 90 yrs old and she was not happy to see us. She was very rude to us and said “can you read it says no soliciting”I said “we aren’t selling anything” she said “I don’t care that means no one knocks on my door I can’t keep coming to the door I’m 90!”. In the beginning she was rude but her heart was softened and she wished us well kinda funny experience.

 We met with Bessie Johnson one of our investigators. She is the one who likes us to come over and read with her and to have company because she has no one else to talk to. Well we are teaching her Grandkids Aubrey and Raven. On Thursday we went over there and one of the grandkids was home from school which was a surprise to us. So we took advantage of it and taught her she loves us coming over. Aubrey has this huge smile on her face when we come over we taught her how to pray and when we ask who would like to say it she always wants to say it. That is what missionary work is all about seeing the joy of learning to pray to her Father in Heaven, and seeing people be excited to do something so simple as in praying Its awesome! We met with them again on Saturday and we taught them the restoration with JENGA!! Remember that game it’s a really good tool to use to teach the restoration but you gotta be careful it can be a huge distraction as well. They want to come to church but we got to get the parents and grandma motivated to get them to come to church.

Friday was a good day as well we didn’t have anything planned from like 4pm until 6pm so I said lets go to the main street where there is stores and people and lets walk it so that is what we did! There are some really interesting stores there, but there is one that sells clothes and cowboy hats and boots. So I was like well I’m going in there and check things out. We went in and the owner was like “hey I know yall!” I said “you do” and he said “you’re the missionaries and you’re always in here looking at boots and hats”. And he also knew our p days haha that is something that we get asked a lot When our day off is?? I think it’s kinda funny but there was a girl who helped me look at stuff and she was asking us questions and we spent an hour and half talking with her. Come to found out that she lives really close to us and that she might be interested, and that we are more than welcome to come in and visit with her anytime. There is a lot of potential with her!

This week we got a referral from our Mission President and very rarely does that happen in places like this. President was up here on Wednesday like I said and he went to a Spanish restaurant to eat and he was talking to the person who was serving him and told him what he does and so forth! Needless to say he was interested. We went to his house on Friday and he is really interested in learning more! That is awesome I really have a testimony that God does provide miracles in places like this just a small branch like Navasota. He does remember us and blesses each and every one of us!!

  How is yall's reading going? Mine is going well. This week I just have a testimony that God does hear and answer our prayers. He knows us perfectly and he knows our weakness and he wants us to come unto him to become humble and teachable. I know that we are always going to have moments when we are down and that there are always trials in our lives but we have them in our lives so we can learn from them.  When we do get down that is where our faith comes into play bring us higher. I love my Savior. I love the Gospel and what it can do to people and help them become better Sons and Daughters of God.

 I love yall and I hope yall have a wonderful week

Love

Elder Kendall Christensen