Well hey there everybody. I will admit right off the get go
that it's one of those weeks where I didn't write anything down to talk about.
Sigh. I know. Those are the lame emails to read. And to be honest, there wasn't
a ton of outstanding things that happened this week that come to mind. So I
will do my best. But we'll see.
There was this one time though. Elder Anderson and I were
headed off to teach a lesson in one of our beautiful areas. Up by the mountain.
And when we got there, there was a movie being filmed! Cool right? They needed
a nice province scene, and where did they go but to my beautiful area! We
talked to the director and watched them for a little. It was pretty cool. The
family we taught had a little girl that they used as an extra. Cool story,
eh?
We did a lot of walking this week. Found a bunch of new less
active families to teach. It's been a slow week though. We had a really hard
time getting in to teach anyone. But the lessons that we did have were super
good. We are teaching this wonderful couple. The sister has been doing
especially well. But she had some questions for us this week. Elder Anderson
and I did a fairly good job of answering them. But she still seemed kinda, eh.
We helped her realize that all of her questions stood on the Book of Mormon and
Joseph Smith. We asked her how she felt about those. She knows they are true
because of the way she feels when she reads the Book of Mormon. She found her
answer there. I wish we could help everyone understand that. There are many
people here that read the Book of Mormon and accept it as scripture but don't
accept the church. They don't make the connection with Joseph Smith. The only
way the Book of Mormon is true is if Joseph Smith is a true prophet. In the
words of the Elder Holland from his talk, 'Safety for the Soul' which says,
"No wicked man could write such a book as this; and no good man would
write it, unless it were true and he were commanded of God to do so.”
Thought for the week came from Alma 37:38-47. It talks about
the Liahona and how it can apply to our lives. It talks about how the Lord worked
miracles in their lives everyday. But because he worked those miracles by small
and simple means, they often disregarded them. He gave them the Liahona to
guide them and because of the easiness of the way, they got slothful and were
not diligent and did not progress in their journey. We have blessing of the
Lord in our lives every day. We have the scriptures and the words of the
prophets and other leaders to guide us. But sometimes, we get slothful. It's
easy to skip reading. It's easy to miss conference or not pay attention. It's
easy to zone out during sacrament meeting. But when we let ourselves get
slothful, we miss out on key blessings and guidance that we need in our lives
every day. And because we miss out on those blessings, we don't progress in our
journey. We fail to improve ourselves. And that is what we are here for. Not to
be perfect all at once, but to improve ourselves daily. The way He has given is
simple. I hope that we will not be slothful. Let us be diligent and improve
daily through the small and simple means provided for us.
The pics. We had pizza hut this last week. That is
delicious. Must be shown. The next is Elder Anderson and a ward missionary
washing off at a nice little pump after walking through some mud. It rained a
ton this week! A man riding his caribou through a field. Made for a nice
picture. Then there is me in this cool little mini hut deal. This my friends is
an outdoor urinal! It's great! They have them all over. Even just off the
freeway. Just wherever. It's wonderful! We also found a cool spot this week
that just overlooks a bunch of fields and some ponds. You can see all the way
to Manila City from there. It was pretty cool. We also got fed dinuguan this
week. That's the blood soup. Not elder Anderson's favorite. We also had temple
tour where I got to see some of my batch from the MTC. Elder Hibbert, my comp,
and Sister Garcia. Sister Garcia and Sister Winger will be going home in two
weeks. Crazy huh?
Well, I believe that is it for the week. Kind of short. I know.
Sorry. But I hope you all have a wonderful week! Keep doing your missionary
work!
Much love,
Elder Christensen
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