So first, I'll get on with the interesting stories from the
week. Probably mostly just the fun stuff. So, back on some day, I had exchanges
with Elder Broadhead again. We worked in my area this time. So we went to one
family that we go to a lot. They were gold. It's a mom and son, and the grandma
lives with them. The son is kind of a demon. All the time. He is wild and loves
to hang on me. Every time I leave that lesson, I look like I've been mugged. My
hair is a mess, my shirt is pulled out, wrinkled and has footprints on it. And
my pants are always dirty. This last time, he even ripped the little part on
the back of the tie that holds the extra. And he's loud. Anywho. Demon. But as
usual, the parents do nothing here. So he carries on, regardless of what I say
with my limited Tagalog. But this last time, oh how the tides changed!! The
Lolo started going nuts on this kid!! It was really awkward. For all y'all
becoming parents out there, save the major discipline for after people leave.
She started smacking him all over the place! It was awkward! Elder Broadhead
and I didn't know what to do. I said, "Elder, this is weird. What do we
do?" He said, "I don't know! Oh man, you aren't going to believe it,
Nanay just pulled out the cheese grater!!" No joke, I turn around, the
lady is going nuts with the thing on the kid's face! She was smacking him all
over the place! It was bad. But she stopped. But momma had stepped out for a
sec. When she got back, he did something else, and she grabs a big old metal
spoon! And it all starts over!! She was smacking the kid all over the place!!
We didn't know what to do!! It finally ends and he eventually stops crying. It
was all awkwardly silent forever. But then the lesson carries on. And he was
quiet and good from that moment on. So I don't know if this is a blessing or
what. It was terrible at the moment, but man, looking back, all I can say is
Karma. I hope that doesn't make me a terrible missionary. But the kid had it
coming. It was all well deserved. Just built up over the last few weeks.
Anywho. Crazy day. Moving on!!
Same day, Elder Broadhead and I run up into a Born Again
pastor. At first, the guy is seeming to have a fun speaking Tagalog with a
couple Americans. But then he gets a little challenging about our beliefs.
Elder Broadhead here, has a wonderful talent for memorizing scriptures and has
done a lot of hard work to build up a proper library in his head. So he had a
lot of scriptures to politely back up our beliefs. Then the guy turned to the
book of mormon. He didn't know what it was at all. So we gave him the low down
on that. The guy agreed to read it and ask Heavenly Father if it is true. He
said he respects us for what we are doing. Preaching the gospel. We parted as
friends. It was way sweet!!
That night, we got back together with our comps. It turns
out, even though he's been here, Elder Broadhead's companion, Elder Hathcock,
has never had balut. So it was a first time for both of them. It was my second
time. We all got up together and had some balut. It was not bad at all. It was
much more enjoyable than the first time. We bought one extra so we could
dissect it. After we ate of course. Dude, I'm glad we did. You just don't want
to know all of what's going on in there. It was disgusting!! I took some sweet
pics. I'll see how many I can send your way. But the great secret of Balut is
that it tastes like a funky hard boiled egg! It just.....isn't. Ha, no, it's
definitely not.
The next day, we had a service project as a district. It was
for the same people as a few weeks ago, with the nasty cloth stuff. We were
going to be doing flooring, daw. Turns out when we got there, they weren't ready.
So we got roped back into the yucky cloth stuff!!! It was a trap!! Not as bad
this week though. We took all the bags we filled last time and moved them out.
They were still all wet and muddy and stinky and gross. And HEAVY!!! Surprise;
wet bags of cloth can do a number on an old man. But we have a ballin'
district. So it was still a good time!! And, as a fun thought, we found another
huge spider!! Pretty much the same as that big nasty one I sent a while back.
We were taking a good look at it and one of the sisters stepped through the
doorway without looking and stepped right on it. Shame. Poor little guy.
Later on in the week, we had a service project as a zone.
Also the same as way back when. They gave us some itak's and let us go at the
weeds. It was still the best thing in the world! Elder Broadhead and I were
pretty much clearing a safari. I was living back in the good old days of when I
was 5. There were bad guys all over the place and I was slaying them. Ah, the
fun you can have with a good imagination. Good times. But this time, the weeds
fought back. There were these sneaky ones with miny thorns on them. We didn't
even notice for the first hour. But later on, we started noticing they were all
up in our skin and starting to burn. Man! My arm scratches made me look like a
depressed cutter!! It was madness!! But it was still a way good time!!
It was a wonderful week!! We had some good lessons and
FHE's. We had a referral that has turned into a new investigator! It's a part
member family. The mom and two kids are members but the dad isn't. He is very
accepting though. But he has a job all up in the way of sunday. But we are
excited to see where this can go!! It'll be great! We've had some fun trying
our luck at street contacting. The gospel is the best thing in the world. It's
amazing to watch the gospel bless the lives of those that are willing to let it
happen. We get into a routine in our lives. I have my own. I know first hand
about how hard it can be to make changes to the way we live. Even if it's just
something small. Sometimes we just aren't comfortable with changes. It can be
as small as the music we listen to. Or the fact that our favorite type of
noodle soup has tea extract. Or the fact that we aren't used to reading the
Book of Mormon every day. Or maybe we aren't used to attending church every
day. But these really are just small things. And when we are willing to change
ourselves, to align ourselves with the will of our Father in Heaven, we truly
are blessed. Ha, oh if we could only see the enormous blessings we receive for
giving up the small things!! It is possible. It is do-able. We just have to
remember what is truly important. Anywho. That's my rant of the week. Make the
small and simple changes!!
Anywho, my time is coming to a close here. I gotta be
bouncing. Lots of work to do tonight!!! Thanks for all the support!! Have a
wonderful week!!
Much love,
Elder Christensen
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