And what a week it was! Elder Ellis, my new companion, is from Pleasant Grove Utah, and he's a ball of fun. I haven't had this much fun, while seeing this many miracles, with this much snow, since last winter!
What a good life we lead, we missionaries.
So,
the big exciting news from this week would be the baptism of Théophile
Irie (tay-oh-fill ee-dee-ay) this Saturday at 4 (2, your time) We're
stoked to help yet another child of God come closer to his Father in
Heaven. Théophile is a cool story, because he was actually taught almost
a year ago by my dear friend Elder Williams, and it just never clicked
for him. He was dropped by the missionaries because he wasn't willing to
do what he needed to, namely read the Book of Mormon and Pray.
Fast forward to Elder Christensen and Elder
Messinger, we stumbled across dear Théophile again, and he was so
surprised to see us come back that he decided to actually read the book
this time!
That seems to have made all the difference. He's already sent
missionaries to his family, and even though he's moving away to
saskatchewan at the end of the month, he's already located the church
he'll be attending over there. The Book of Mormon changed this man's
life, and it will soon change the lives of his family. :)
Other than that, we've gone through an intense
appartment re-model to celebrate the change in companionship. We even
took our fridge doors apart and put them back together to open from the
other side JUST to be different! A quote from elder Paul B. Pieper when
he came to visit us was
'Missionaries are called to break cycles and change
lives', and that's what we're trying to do, starting with our own cycles
and our own lives! So, we've tried to break or change as many of our
old missionary traditions as are humanly possible in this last week, and
the fruit of it, as is the usual fruit for trying to follow our
priesthood leaders, has been huge MIRACLES as yet another inactive
member of the church that we've been unable to contact just decided to
come back, all on his own.
Isn't God Great?
I love all of you, I hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving, and that you have a wonderful week. :)
Love,
Elder Christensen
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