Do me a favor and say thank you to everyone that takes the time to read my blog eh? It's for them that I write. :) Oh man.... If you re-read that last sentance again you'll notice that it's a bit funny.... that's because it's structured with French Grammar. It's contaminating my english. I'm doomed. :P
I'm glad to hear everyone's doing well. I'll send more in a minute. :)
Love you!
And here's his letter:
Alright, today we don't have a zone activity, we're only driving an hour
and a half north to visit an investigator, so I have a tad bit more
time. ; )
So! This week was intense.
Monday, zone activity.
Tuesday, regular work and logistics for zone conference
Wednesday,
Zone Conference and a meeting with President Cannon and our stake
president to discuss missionary work in the stake. THAT was cool. We
talked about interactions between missionaries and members, ways
missionaries could improve, ways members could improve, how we as
missionaries could help the members, and logistics of the wards and
where the work is progressing. We have a ton of less actives on the
north face of the Island of Montréal because a lot of people on the
Island don't have vehicules and there aren't any church meetinghouses in
that area, so the stake President gave us the go to pull a couple of
priesthood holders out of one of the neighbouring wards and start up a
group smack in the middle of them. Now we just have to find a building
for them, and an apartment for the new missionaries. It's exciting. :)
Thursday, Splits with one of our district leaders. Elder Umana, from Chile. I practiced my spanish. ; )
Friday, Weekly planning.
Saturday, a good old-fashioned un-interrupted day of regular missionary work. Ahh. Refreshing. :)
and Sunday, Six hours of church. There's a lady
named Taïna who just moved here from Haiti a couple of weeks ago that we
spend most of our sundays with. She was baptized in Haiti the week
before she moved here to Canada, so she's still a bit lost, but she's
great. :)
Saturdays are becoming by far my favorite days. I
feel like it's on Saturday every week that we get the most done. I mean,
we do a lot everyday, but Saturday is the day when we get out and get
our hands dirty, so to speak. I like Saturdays. :)
The best thing I learned this week was about love.
As I was running around at zone conference like a chicken with its head
cut off trying to make sure everyone was in the right place at the right
time with everything they needed, My dear friend Elder Teuira grabs me
by the shoulders, looks me in the eyes, and says "If you have an
interview with president, fine. If you have things to hand out, alright.
No matter what you have to do, and how quick you have to do it, it's
ok, as long as you do it with love. If you do anything without showing
the people around you how much you love them, it's not ok, no matter how
important it is." Ouch. Right. Thanks Boss. So, I took a deep breath,
relaxed a bit, and proceeded to have a very enjoyable zone conference
and make a bunch of new friends, while still doing everything I was
supposed to be doing. If it wasn't for Elder Teuira always getting my
back, I think I'd be a terrible missionary. ; ) The thing he told me is
true, for me and everyone else in the world. The instant we get
stressed, short-tempered, angry. As soon as we lose our patience, and
start caring more about doing whatever we're doing than about the people
we're doing it with and for, we cease to be christlike. We lose the
spirit. What we're doing is no longer a good thing, no matter how
effective, productive, or positive it looks on paper. That's what I'm
working on right now, with my investigators and all of the missionaries
around me, and I'd like to ask all of you to put a focus on that back
home to. With your children, parents, siblings, students, whatever. Show
them that you love them with everything you do, and you will improve
your relationship with them, improve your relationship with your father
in Heaven, and see His influence more fully and clearly in your lives.
I love you all, and I'm so dang glad you're all there watching my back! I keep you all in my prayers. have a great week!
Elder Christensen
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