That's right. The original Grinch. Read em and weep.
Hello one and all! It's holiday season!! Which means...ha,
it means I won't be the only fat one! I wish the same belly I have upon all of
you! Except of course for my mother and matt, but only cuz he's wrestling.
"As for the rest of you.....jury duty, jury duty, blackmail, eviction
notice, hate mail, pink slip, yeeeeeehhe!!!"
Alright. Well, firstly, this week has been a lot like last
week. It can be described in a few simple words. Work. Miracles. Finding.
Teaching. Eating. Eating. Fat. Work. Work. Walking. Sweating. Success. Those
are just a few. But as you can probably tell, these are the words that equal
one good week. If we were to make an equation here, it would say, " 'words
of the week' = A Good Week" Sorry for the substitution, but I didn't want
to type out all of those words again. Now, we can simplify the equation a little
bit. It will remain balanced if we add, "Better" after A and before
Good and take out Eating Eating and Fat from the words of the week. In this
way, the equation remains balanced but becomes more simple or slender, if you
will. Yeah, I have to try to do math and smart things using very simple words.
It's about all I can do anymore to pretend I'm still smart.
Funny story before I go anywhere else. Next time the FedEx
man comes. If he looks Poly at all and has a sweet 'stache going on, ask him if
he has a daughter in Q. C.N. Mission. Because, sis Toufete next door has a
father that delivers in Alpine. So. Just try it out.
So now, I will jump through the week pretty quickly. It was
quite similar to last week. So if you need help understanding, refer to last
week's email to fill in the blanks.
One day, we are walking and I say hi to some kids. "Up
here, up here!" (used when giving high 5's). This old guy is surprised
that I speak Tagalog (even though the previously mentioned statement is
English. Go figure). But we get talking and he asks what it is I'm doing here.
Of course, I couldn't be more happy to tell him. And then he says, "I need
help. I'm 60. I'm going to die soon. I need to be right with God." Oh can
you give me a better invite? Maybe. But this is pretty dang good!! So we tell
him we will be glad to help! Unfortunately, and this is kind of big, the man
had a mouth that reeked of alak, and therefore, it may be a dead end. Funny
story is, that as smashed as people get when they drink, sometimes, it is the
best time for the spirit to work on them. Many times I have had people open up
to me when they are drunk, but when I come back and they are sober, they don't
want our help anymore. Hopefully, this man will still want us to help
him.
We have a couple. They are new. I believe they are in my
last email. Husband told us he didn't believe that Adam and Eve were the first
people on earth. Normally, when people open up with something like that, they
end up being people that want to just try to prove you wrong. Those that set
snares, so to speak, for the righteous. I've had plenty. So, I found this man
many a scripture in the Bible and Book of Mormon about Adam and Eve being
first. I was nervous to share with him and have him try to bash. BUT!!! He didn't!
He was very happy with the scriptures we shared with him. They
are incredibly open to the things we teach and just are hungry for
knowledge and answers. It is wonderful! They are progressing very well and came
to church again. We are excited with their progress!
We also have several people that we invited to be baptized
this week. Every time, they seemed to feel the Spirit so strong AFTER they told
us yes. OH the Joy of missionary work!! Man, there is nothing better!! The one
day, the only appointment we got in on was to an investigator that we invited
to be baptized. We were completely happy with our day. Nothing better! Also, we
have a baptism coming up on saturday. And several more coming in the next few
weeks of December. So, it goes one for dec 1. one for dec 8 and two for dec 22.
AHA!! And the funny thing is it's not the baptisms. It's the change in the
people. For those who have served, you know, for those that will serve, you
will know. And for the rest of you, well, it's the best!!
Thanksgiving was this week. I know you all know. You are
eating left over turkey sandwiches. We celebrated as an apartment. We had
real mashed potatoes and stuffing. No turkey. Chicken instead. And corn.
And gravy. We did our best to american style our thanksgiving. 3 americans
and elder judar. It was wonderful! And very hot. But good! Pics. Ok. One is the
table all set up. One is us all about to satisfy our bellies but taking a pic
for all of you back at home first. I think one is of my plate of food. It tasted
better than it looks. One is of some life size cool dudes. Dragon Ball Z,
Flash, Green Lantern, Super Man, and some other guy. But the other one must not
be important cuz we don't know him. One is of a jeep, cuz I don't think I've
sent pics of one yet. One is me at the temple. One is a wonderful face that
Judar makes that would make scottie proud. One is some cows taking a bath. One
is me on a trike, also one I haven't sent pics of yet. Haha! And the one of me
and elder judar raising our hands I will explain in a sec. Or now cuz that's
the last pic. We have a recently converted El Sheddai. Or something like that.
And she's great. But she got up to give the closing prayer in sacrament meeting
yesterday. It was a little bit different. And long. About 10 minutes long. And
naturally, with the prayer being so long, everyone in the whole congregation
opened their eyes at some point. The lady was at the pulpit, WITH HER HANDS
RAISED UP TO HER HEAD level, giving the longest prayer in the world!! AH man!!
It was awkward! Everyone asked us, "Elders, did you see that? Why did she
do that?" Oh man. It was a hoot!! We have a few things to work on with her
still. But it made for a great story!!
Anyway. I gotta bounce. But thank you all for everything!!
Be good and read your scriptures.
Much love,
Elder Christensen
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