Well family, this week has been a crazy one and it just keeps
coming. I feel like sometimes I'm running with my head cut off, but that can
happen when you companion does absolutely nothing when it comes to planning,
teaching, or finding. Ha! Ha! On top of struggling missionaries in the District, Im
doing all I can to NOT kill anyone. Ha! Ha! If I do I'm counting on you to come and
bail me out of jail! ;)
This p-day we also had our golf tournament and that was
super fun, but also very hard. We had to give out snacks for hole 17, and when
your comp has ADHD it's very hard to stay in one place all day and be quiet
for the golfers. Ha! Ha! Can't complain too much though... So after that
we went to the chiropractor just to see how stressed I am with all this stuff
that has been thrown at me lately and found I'm doing much better than I thought
I'd be. He said my nerves are super solid and my muscles are great but a few are
over worked and need to relax. No doubt it's from all the service we've had !!
Waking up super early for the gym has been a huge blessing for me though
because that's my stress outlet! Ha! Ha! And this will be a shock to no one, but my
heart was my weakest part for stress. He said I'm kinda like the Grinch! Ha! Ha! I
started laughing so hard! He said though being away from your family is a huge
part of that, but I'm doing the best I can to keep my heart locked on the work
!! Dang family why do you have to be so awesome!!
Well as far as teaching this week we had a killer lesson
with Nathan. That kid is so ready, he is dragging his dad to the font! Ha! Ha! We
also did tons of finding this week when we had the ZL's up here on exchanges.
Elder Nelson and I found a super great family. She is a single mom, has 3 kids,
and her husband passed away in March. So I'm really looking forward to teaching
the plan of salvation to her. I could just feel her pain as she wept telling us
her story. At least my broken heart can still feel sympathy for others! And we
talked about the spirit world and how her husband still has a chance to turn
around and accept Jesus Christ. That doorstep has been one of my favorite of my
whole mission. It was so nice to serve with a companion that wanted to
teach and find. It just gave me this fire that I knew we would find someone that
really needed our message that day. I'm so glad we found her! :) We also were
tracting and asked this black guy if someone had lived in the house we were
about to knock and he said nobody lives there and so we walked over to talk
with him and he was like "no, I'm not hearing it. Keep on walking guy," and we tried
again and he was like "I said no !!!" So we got shutdown pretty hard. I had to cheer
Elder Nelson up after that. Then after tracting for 3 hours we had to walk back
to our car and the same guy was staring us down. So I looked him right in the eyes and
just smiled and he says "come herrre white boy." So I did and he
apologized to us and said he was going through some hard times and is mad a
everyone and he vented to us for 10 minutes and said "so what can your message
do for me?" We both shared our testimony of the Book of Mormon and how
specific scriptures have helped us through tuff times and he said "I'll read yo
book," and we left it at that. I felt like that was a huge deal though
because walking away from him I was like wow he really isn't ready and then 3
hours later he was! Ha! Ha! It just goes to show you how fast the Lord can work on
someone's heart! So don't lose hope on those who take more than the first time
you meet. The Lord will do it in his time when they are truly ready ! I love you
all!
Love Elder Christensen
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