My apologies for this being late! Totally my
fault!
Also, by way of "How fun is that?!", I came home
from a meeting Tuesday night and there was an Elder Christensen magnet tag on my
marker board. 'Huh. Where did that come from?' So I asked my daughter. She was
being all enigmatic, "I told you, and I'll tell you in a minute." Well she had
texted me but the text didn't send, so I had no clue what she was talking about
and she wasn't being helpful. I finally dragged out of her that she was home
alone and the phone rang. She answered and the person said, "Is this the
Christensens?" She's thinking, "Oh, great. A sales call." But no, it was someone
who actually knew us, sort of. And they were standing on the front porch. She
had her music up "a little" loud and hadn't heard them knock. Which they of
course, knew, being able to hear the music where they were standing. (I thought
that part was really funny.)
So this strange person delivered this name tag from
Justin. He had been a missionary in Canada, recently released, had served in
Justin's current area, and had gone back just days ago for a visit (and to do
splits, I think). So Justin had given him this name tag to deliver to us. And my
daughter couldn't remember his name. I was so sad I had missed him. So I got his
phone number off our caller ID and called him. (But I called a wrong number
first and those poor people think I'm very weird.)
I had a lovely chat with one Chance Cherry. He says
Justin is doing well, doesn't act like a greenie missionary at all, the ward
loves him and he's just being a wonderful missionary. Had 13 people at church
last Sunday, which I guess is a lot more than they usually have.
Just thought I'd share that little story with
you.
"Mom"
Hey everyone!
My week was AWESOME. Nothing boring about it, don't even worry. :)
I did get my box! Thank you for everything. And for Grandma's note! I'm
glad she's doing well. :)
This week taught me a lot. We've been spending a lot of time going through
our Area book and looking up old investigators. Many of them have notes on them
about how they're "eternal" or how they have problems that they can't seem to
get over. We contacted one of them this week named Kona. We actually brought an
old missionary that used to teach him, because he happened to be in the area. :P
We spent a good hour chatting with Kona, and by the end of it we were ready to
walk away and not come back. He's an active member of a different church and we
didn't seem to be able to make any progress. The spirit wasn't there and it
seemed pretty hopeless. Right before we asked to say the closing prayer, his
brother chimed in out of nowhere and started asking questions about baptism and
why it was necessary. We set up a return appointment with the brother of the man
we were going to meet. At times it can be easy to make judgements, to decide
that it wouldn't be worth your time to go see someone because they'll never
change. It's not ours to judge. All of the sucess we've had this week has come
from our area book, not from the people in it, but from people we've met while
trying to find them. You never know what God has in mind, that's why the spirit
is so important. Because we don't see what God sees, and we don't know what God
knows. All we can do is humble ourselves and try to follow the Lord's guidance.
I don't have a bunch of time today, so I'll leave it at that. Remember to
pray. Remember to keep yourselves in a state of mind where you can hear what the
Lord is trying to tell you. Remember to ACT when you recieve a prompting.The
Lord will stop talking to us if we don't have the faith to do what He asks.
I love you guys! All of you. Family, Friends, and anyone else reading this.
I love you, and so does your Father.
Love,
-Elder Christensen
