Aug 6

Dear Family,

This is not Elder Christensen. This is actually his companion, Elder Fitzgerald. I'm from Orem so we're pretty much neighbors. You're son is super slow in his emails. Probably because we have no deadline or time limit so I'm writing you for him. He might add on more information.

So to answer your questions. Chicoutimi is about 2 hours north of Quebec City or 5 hours north or Montreal. On a map it is usually called Saguenay because there are technically 3 big cities in our area: Chicoutimi, Jonquiere and La Baie. About 10 years ago they merged it all and they call it Saguenay because the river next to us is called the Saguenay. There is a little history about the area. We live in Chicoutimi though and that is where the branch is located. We have about 40 active members so it's really small. The chapel that we go to was the first chapel built in Quebec so that's a cool fact for you guys.

So for the week we just had. It went really well. We found 2 new investigators. The first is a guy named Marcel. He is really hard to understand for both of us because his accent is super hard and he has no teeth. We taught him about the Book of Mormon and invited him to be baptized but he doesn't want to yet because he thinks it isn't God's will. He also decided to come to church so we'll see if he is really committed or not. We also met a lady named Nancy. She's a mom in her 40s and she doesn't really have any belief in God but believes in good values. Your son did a really good job talking to her in French. She has 4 kids and we talked about how our message can help her with her family and she is interested so we'll see what we can do.

We also taught a recent convert named Helene. She was baptized last week and yesterday she got the gift of the Holy Ghost. She is a really cool lady and super funny. She's in her 60s and she loves to talk. She was super happy to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. That is what we taught her about. She also gave us blueberries and pineapple which are your son's least favorite fruit but that's ok it means more for me. Just joking though, your son is really great I'm excited to work with him. We're going to have lots of success.

Well, I'm not sure what else he's going to add to this. We're going to have lots of miracles. It was nice talking to you. I'll probably come see you guys when my mission is over if that's ok.

Love, Elder Christensen (through Elder Fitzgerald)