Last monday we took off from our little town of Chicoutimi at 9 a.m. to
take a beautiful canyon drive the back way down to the city of Quebec. It took
three hours. :P When we finally got there, I walked into the Quebec chapel and
got surprise hugged by....... Elder Ian Mariott!!! One of my companions from the
MTC who went to Tahiti on his mission. His shoulder injury acted up again in
Tahiti and he was reassigned HERE! To my mission! He's now serving in my zone.
:) That was the best day of my life. Next we had a bbq and played volleyball
(inside) with other missionaries! I'd almost forgotten what it felt like to be
around other missionaries, it was crazy! The next day we had a zone conference
with the mission president. We cut his hair as part of a demonstration for how
Elders should keep their hair cut (super funny) and Sister Cannon gave a talk
about.... fiber. And all the...... health benefirts... that come with it.
Bahaha. Then they talked about love, and how to get to know your investigators.
It was AMAZING! I love my mission president so much! Ah, I was so spiritually
uplifted! But wait, there's more! The next day we went to a zone study, which is
basically the same thing, but without President. So we spent a whole day talking
about how to work with members, how to help less actives, and what our purpose
is as missionaries. It was incredible. I've got some pretty boss Zone Leaders as
well. :) Finally, after days of conference, we hit the road again for the three
hour drive back up to..... Rimouski! For our Exchange up their. I split with
Elder Pehrson during the ride up, (he's from Utah) and we had a great time
talking and laughing together. I love Elder Thia, but theire's something to be
said for spending time talking with an Anglophone. ; )
We got to Rimouski late, so we did the actual split the next day, when I
got to spend half the day out knocking with Elder Pehrson, and the other half
out knocking with his trainee Elder Pihatarioe (he's from Tahiti). I. Love.
Tahitians. All polenysians. They're great. We basically just spent the whole day
laughing together. Elder Pihatarioe has really developed his missionary skills.
Last time I split with these two he wouldn't even open his mouth at a door, this
time He was running almost all the contacts! I was so proud. :)
The next morning we were up at six to be out the door before seven to be to
riviere-du-loup by eight so we could catch a ferry across the river. We were out
the door by six fourty, but we forgot we had Elder Pehrsons GPS in the truck, so
we had to go back. We pulled up to the Ferry parking lot in Rivere-du-loup just
in time to watch the car-loading doors close as the Ferry pulled away from the
dock. I snapped a picture while Elder Thia waved goodbye, and then we set out
for the now EXTRA long road-trip down to Quebec and then back up to
Chicoutimi.
We hit our area again at about one on Friday. THAT is a long week. :P I was
dead from driving, so we splurged and went out to A&W's for lunch (Did you
know that place is NOT always in a KFC?! They sell burgers and stuff, it's like
McDonalds!) Then we got to spend our week-end doing the things we love, in the
place we love doing it. :) It was quite the rewarding week. The thing that
stuck out to me the most this week was love. All of our conferences were about
love. For me, that's the essence of the gospel. God is Love. That's a scripture
in 1 John somewhere. :P It's what we're all doing here. My momma sent me an
e-mail today talking about the talk from conference "do you love me? Then feed
my sheep" It brings to mind the other quote "If you love me, keep my
commandments." I don't know, it seems pretty clear to me that Love is the most
important thing we're supposed to learn here on earth, and not just loving those
that love us, but loving EVERYONE. "That ye may be [children] of your Father in
Heaven; for he maketh his [son] to rise on wicked as well as the
righteous."
I love all of you. Thanks for the support. :)
Love,
--
Elder Christensen
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