Nov 18

Transfer Calls.....

.....are coming up this weekend.

Hah! Did I psych you out?

No?

Hmm.

Well, either way, this week was AMAZING! We had Elder Pieper, of the first quorum of the seventy, come visit our mission and teach us, and it. Was. Incredible. 

I'm not going to even try to cover the Topics he covered, (we were with him for like, 5 hours.....) But! He gave us a lot of direction in the work, and I'm super happy to have the time that I do have left to try and apply it in!

As the expectations of HOW we do missionary work have been changing, and we've been trying to change to accommodate, we've started to see some HUGE miracles come to pass here in the Canada Montreal Mission, and the things Elder Pieper shared with us will only add to those Miracles. One of my favourite miracles is a man named Frank. He's a member of the church that was baptized a few years ago, but has been inactive since, and one day through a crazy series of events, felt the spirit pushing him to come back and join with us again. It's been almost a month now that he's been back, and I love him. Every time there's a ward function, Frank's always coming over to hang out with us, ever confident that the ward and the missionaries will be able to help him, and ready and willing to change and re-accept the gospel in his life. His open heart is one of the most beautiful things I've seen on my mission, and people like him, miracles like him, are the fruits of the members and the missionaries in a ward working together in unity. Every week, he sees the second counsellor in the bishopric and gets some homework and a game plan, and then every week we see him and go through his homework with him and help him start to apply the principles in his life. Once a month, he sees the bishop, and almost every day a member of the ward calls him to see how he's doing. It's SO COOL to see how the love of the members of a ward boosts and encourages him to continue down this road.

So. Love. Do it."for he who loveth not, knoweth not God". Especially as we approach this Holiday of Thanksgiving, lets give thanks to our Father in Heaven for everything He gives to us, but giving some love to His kids.

Are you with me?

Sweet. :)

I love you all! have a good week!

 

Elder Christensen