The surprising part was the reason we won't be.
President
called us at 8:03. That was worrisome for two reasons. It's president,
and it's really early. The first calls president always makes are when
we call a new assistant (they're always called from among the current
zone leaders) and when he calls a new...... a new...... a..... oh boy.
I've been called to serve as a Zone Leader in the IDM (Isle de Montreal) zone.
Elder
Williams will be staying in Longueuil, and my new companion will be
Elder Mieville, who is from Switzerland, right on the french/swiss
border. He's actually from Elder Thia (my last companion)'s home ward!
I'm really excited to serve with him, and to serve on the Island, but
I'm really not excited to leave Elder Williams.... or Longueuil.... I
just started to love these people.
Well, no worries. The Lord knows what He's doing. :)
My
new area is La Val, which is actually it's own small Island just North
of the Island of Montreal. It's actually the area that my trainer, Elder
McLean, went to when he left me! He'll be so proud that I'm following
in his footsteps.
Oh, right, there was more week than that.
Monday
we went snowshoeing, and the rest of the week we were attacked by la
Ghrippe! The flu. Elder Williams and I have avoided catching it
ourselves, but a lot of our investigators have it, which makes it really
tough to go see people, but we got a bit done anyways.
Monday we had a lesson with Joanna. I talked about
her last week. She invited (strongly) her two daughters to come listen
to us as well. I love spanish people. She's already in love with the
young women's program, and she hasn't even been to church yet! But all
three of them have already started to read the book of Mormon. They're
amazing. :) I won't get to see them anymore. Dang it.
Wednesday we went to see a woman named Cecile
Bouchard, who is a recent convert that fell inactive shortly after being
baptized. She's also a miracle. Her testimony has been recently
rekindled.... we're not really sure by what... and she was crying as she
was telling us how much she misses the church, the peace that she had
in her life while she was there, and the spirit that's been missing
since she stopped coming. She's a sweetheart, and she's going to be an
amazing member. :) Who I won't get to spend any time with. Dang it.
Thursday we got in touch with another family we;ve
been trying to see, Tany and Danny. We spent an hour with them just
listening to them tell us about all the questions they have, and how
they're trying to raise they're children with good values, despite the
world we live in today, and all sorts of other wonderful things. They're
great parents, and they're great investigators! We're stoked to teach
them.
I mean, Elder Williams is. Dang it.
I
could go on, but I'll leave you with those three for now. Needless to
say, the Longueuil ward is in for a big happy surprise as all of these
wonderful people who are already progressing in their knowledge of the
savior, truly start to see the miracle of His restored gospel change
their lives. I'm so happy I got to be here and be a part of this, no
matter how short my time here was. :)
Also, seeing as I have to pack, I'm a bit short on
time... so I'm going to have to leave you for the week. I'll write to
you again next week, I love all of you! Thank you for the love and
support! I'm praying for you. :)
Love,
Elder Christensen
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