Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Dec 10th Letter


How is Everything Going for yall? Staying warm? Or Yall Still Freezing????

Here is how my week went!!!!!!

On Tuesday we did a lot of driving. It was our zone's opportunity to go to the temple and it was awesome. I am so grateful for the temple being in my mission and having the opportunity to go every 6 weeks. I love the feeling that I get when I go and the peace that comes from attending the temple. I have come to a better appreciation of the temple! On our way back we stop at a hair salon where I could get my hair cut for free! It’s nice having it short haha, but while we were there the person that cuts my hair for free as missionaries even if he is not a member but his wife is. He was talking to me about how much he respects us and what we do. He told me that he is expecting his first child and he wants his child to go on a mission. I think that is so awesome even though he isn’t part of our faith ( yet ) He loves how people are dedicated in serving the Lord for 2 years and he wants that for his children.We come home and changed and went to our Less actives members house where we put limbs into a fire!!! It was really fun this time and after we went to Sister Kirby’s where we helped her and her children decorate their Christmas tree! I understand why I don’t decorate trees I am horrible at it and have no clue what I am doing!! Hopefully one day I’ll learn.

 Wednesday was a full day of service. We went back to sister Wiatrak's home the whole reason why we have been going over to her place and clearing all the trees and putting them in a fire is to be able to create a spot for a cabin to come in for her sister that she is going to care for! Well we had a member of our branch come to help us and he has a landscaping business and he brought his John Deere front loader with a blade on the back to help us get the area cleared out. It was awesome just seeing trees fall down and seeing him hall butt. At one point he got his truck stuck in the wet mud and needed some further help getting it out. So he told me to drive and operate his tractor! IT WAS SO AWESOME. I was having a blast. But then he cut it short when he got everything taken care of but still I drove a John Deere tractor. Ah YEAH YA!!

 Saturday was another good day we went to a Christmas concert at our Stake Center. It was a multi faith concert and It was really good. Hearing Christmas music, and seeing people’s musical talents It made me think of the Stake Christmas concert we would go to when Mom and Amanda would sing.  Afterwards was the best part we got a ride from a member and her nonmember dad and we went through a neighborhood and saw Christmas lights! One house had it going with music which was really cool to watch.

 As I was preparing district meeting this week. It was about how we can find people through church activities and while I was studying I found these quotes.

 

" In Any community of saints we all work to serve each other in the best way we know how, Our work has a higher purpose because it is work to bless others and to build the kingdom of God" - Elder L Tom Perry.

"We need your help, brothers and sisters, to support and assist our missionaries in finding and baptizing many more of our Heavenly Father’s children. We need you to watch over, protect, and inspire the missionaries, who are servants of the Lord. If the standard is to be raised, it is raised for all of us. We must be more faithful. We must be more spiritually in tune. We must prepare ourselves to assist the missionaries in finding those of our Heavenly Father’s children who will embrace the message of the Restoration."- Elder M Russell Ballard

 "We are not asking everyone to do everything. We are simply asking all members to pray, knowing that if every member, young and old, will reach out to just “one” between now and Christmas, millions will feel the love of the Lord Jesus Christ. And what a wonderful gift to the Savior." Elder M Russell Ballard

 If we can just help just one person this year and feel the Christmas spirit, that would be millions feeling the love of Christ. So remember this year “who can we touch and give the spirit of Christmas to?”

 I love Yall Stay safe and talk with yall in 3 weeks

  Elder Kendall Christensen
 
Buddy the Elf quote of the week:
"Have you seen these toilets? They're GINORMOUS!"

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