Anyway. It's been a short week since the last email. So with
not many days, it was already unlikely that a ton would go down. And then, we
took two days off of work for conference. So our short week got super short.
And therefore, this email will be super short. But on the bright side, we have
a very long week ahead of us, so you can look forward to a completely insane,
partially deranged, very long email next week! Cheers!
Before I get into the few fun details I have and forget all
about it, Happy Birthday to my friend Brenna!
So. We did have a few days to work since last time I wrote.
We had several referrals to follow up on in our area. And so we did. Imagine
that. Two of those referrals have turned out to be exciting and quite
promising. Both referrals are families. Both have been very receptive. But the
one family is particularly cool!! The sister explained that she has been
looking for a religion and a bible to read. For some reason, she has been
unable to obtain one. When we gave her the Book of Mormon, she got way excited!
She decided this was the reason she didn't have a bible yet, so she would be
able to read the Book of Mormon. She also told us that she loves to read and
that she will get to work on it. That is amazing!! Half the problem out here is
getting people to read!! Even if they are excited about the gospel, no one
wants to read. It's like they are afraid of contracting a serious disease! It's
nuts! But this lady is ready to go! So we are really excited there. But if I'm
honest, that's really all of the cool news with work. But we have had a few
great lessons with both families.
We also had conference this week!!! Woohoo!! I was already excited for conference because, well obviously, it's conference. But then, we heard about the age changes for missionaries last week and I was double excited. Let me rephrase that. Stoked. I was completely stoked. But man, besides the age change, no one said anything!! I had nooo idea just how good conference was going to be!! It was so ridiculously good!! Every single talk was just, man. Incredible. I loved conference. But it is different here. I enclosed a picture. On saturday, when the meeting started, we had all the missionaries in the zone and two other people. Iyan lang. It was crazy. By later on, the room filled in a little. Maybe 40 people. And then, for priesthood session, only about 30 people. For sunday, there was more people. For the first session. And then most the people left. I admit, I was a little bewildered. I think people don't understand that all the sessions are different. Sad day though. But I was loving it. Also, a great part of conference for me. When the second session ended sunday, all of the sudden, it switched to the BYU football game!!! No joke!! Here in the Philippines, I got to see Bronco Mendenhall and my Cougs!! I was stoked! We didn't see any action at all. They only showed Bronco standing on the sideline and then the teams lined up before the people in charge caught it and turned the whole thing off. But it was still sweet!!
After conference yesterday, we had an activity with the
missionaries in our district. We did a guided tour of the three kingdoms of
glory for families. Mostly LA families or investigators. It was well set up and
was a cool experience. I would love to go into my feelings and comments on
that, but I admit, I'm out of time and need to bounce.
I also walked past a pig getting roasted on the side of the
road. Got y'all a pic of that. Then, I finally took a pic of my Jaywalking
ticket and included that. And then a pic with a LA families child that loves
me. We teach them a lot. Hahahahahaha!!! Oh man!! In fact, this is the kid from
the cheese grater story from a few weeks back. Fun fact, just in case you were
interested.
Anyway. I think that is it for me. Not tons of stuff because
we didn't have tons of days. But even in the few days we had, the work is
progressing. Exciting things are happening here. Being a missionary is the best
thing in the world. Everyone that now has the wonderful chance of serving a
mission opened up to you, I recommend going if at all possible. I've said it
before. But I'll say it again. Being able to help people change their lives for
the better is incredible. Missionaries got talked way up in conference. I don't
have my notes with me. But it could have been Elder Perry. Missionaries are the
solvers of all problems!! But no joke! That's what we do!! I love it! It is
wonderful to bring the blessings of the gospel into people's lives and
especially for families. Everyone needs the gospel. Even if they don't know
it.
That's it for me. Gotta be heading. But I love you all. Keep
it real this week. Ponder conference. Eat a piece of cheesecake.
Much love,
Elder Christensen
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