Hey hey hey! How's it going? Doing just swimmingly here on this end of the world, thanks for asking. :)
This week we had yet another wonderful week of miracles, and! Of... Christmas card. :P
My companion is sort of a computer geek, lots of know-how on the
technology, and so he was drafted to create the Mission Christmas card.
Did they send you one of those last year? I don't even know who all gets
those darn cards, but know I certainly know who makes them! My
companion. So, we've spent several hours this week in a members home
while he works on the project. But! This hasn't stopped us from doing
the same wonderful work we always do (only slowed us down a leetle
bit.... frustrating, but workable!), like:
1)find and teach a sweet family from Cote d'Ivoire
2)find and teach a nice young woman from Quebec
3)set up Christmas lights for a few member families
4) Go to dinner with a members non-member parents and (par la suite) teach them the gospel
and much much more.
This week, like most
weeks, was just great. Packed with miracles! And fun little coincidences
(which are just miracles in different packaging!) Example!
Sunday after church we had a surprise visit from a girl named
Alexis Moon, a young woman from South Jordan Utah who just happens to be
living in New York right now, and decided to pop up to Montreal to see
the temple. When she saw that there were still people in the church, she
realized that there'd probably be missionaries inside, and that some of
them probably came from Utah, so she stopped in to say hello. That was
pretty neat.
In other news, it snowed here the other day. Only a
light snowfall, so the snow piled up on the side of the road comes
halfway up the car doors, and the snow laying untouched on the yards is
up to my knees. A bit disappointing, really, compared with last year,
but we'll probably get more soon. :)
And! coming up here in only a few days is CHRISTMAS!
Which means I get to skype home! Let me know what time you're planning
on receiving a call, and we'll build our schedule around it.
But, the best part about Christmas isn't the call home,
it's the spirit we feel all around us. There was a great talk given at
church yesterday by our High council member about the spirit of
Christmas. He talked about how funny it was that on someone's birthday,
around the world, everyone makes a special effort to do something for
that person (send a card, say happy birthday, give a gift, whatever it
might be), but on Christmas, where we celebrate the Lord's birth, most
of the world is trying to make a special effort to forget who's birthday
it really is, and generalize it into just another Holiday. He invited
each one of us to think of our savior this Christmas season, to think of
our Christmas traditions, and ask ourselves what we're doing to
remember the Lord on the day we celebrate His birth. With Christmas
coming up, I'd echo that invitation to all of you. Let's all try to give
the Savior a gift this year by keeping His commandments, being good
neighbours, reaching out to those in need. We've only got a few days
left, so hows about we do something that would make Him proud! Let's try
to keep the 'Christ' in Christmas, shall we? Sweet. :)
Have a good week everyone! I love you!
-Elder Christensen
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