Hey everybody,
Sorry this was a slower week, so it might not be a very long
email. But this week was kind of crazy trying to get in contact and meet with
some of our investigators. But luckily this next week we will be able to meet
with a bunch of them. But this week was good, we had some great service
opportunities.
We had a member of our ward that had surgery on his knee, and he
was up and moving really quick. He was able to work at the temple and get some
things done around his house last weekend. But on Tuesday right before we were going to the
temple we got a call from his wife saying that he was now in the hospital
because of blood clots. So we went and helped give him a blessing. And then
after we went to the temple which was really good! I always love going there.
But then we just got back to work that night trying to meet new people at the
mall and teaching members. We met with one of our investigators named Adriann
and she accepted the invitation to be baptized on January 11th! We have some
great things going on her in the ward!
Wednesday we went back to the hospital to check back on this
Brother in our ward and he was doing a lot better. They put him on some blood
thinners and it was helping him a lot. He just mentioned that he needed to be
careful to not cut him self. But we just went and checked up on him and then
met some new members of our ward. They are such a great family, and are really
wanting to help in anyway they can with missionary work. I love seeing how much
members of this ward are wanting do missionary work now. It is so amazing!
Thursday we had weekly planning, and came up with some
different finding ideas that we can use for the holidays. And we came up with
some good ideas that we were wanting to share the next day at district meeting.
We also had the chance to go and meet with our bishop that day. We just
discussed and were seeing how we could help members in the ward with there
missionary work.
Friday we had district meeting, and we were sharing some
ideas for finding, and for the role plays that day we discussed how we could
include members in the finding this great Christmas season. One of the ideas
that me and my companion came up with is this. We will get a copy of Joy to the
World DVDs and then a copy of The Living Christ, the Testimony of the Apostles,
and a copy of The Book of Mormon. And we are making a bundle out of those. And
we are going to make about 40 of them. And our Christmas party is this week and
we are taking them there and we are going to show them to the members. We are
going to share a brief Christmas message and invite members of the ward to take
these bundles and give it to there friends or neighbors this Christmas season.
Christmas is truly a great time when we can help and serve others, and we know
that these little bundles can help bring Joy to others.
Saturday we went over to the Brothers home in our ward that
had surgery and we helped him put up his Christmas lights. We had to keep
watching what he was doing because he really wanted to help, but he is on a
blood thinner, and every time we turned around he was trying to string lights
through a rose bush! So we had to keep giving him a hard time. But it was a
great chance to go help out. It was a bit chilly, but it was so fun. I am
amazed at how cold it can be here in Houston. This year it has been a bit
different than past years I guess, it may only get down to 30 degrees, but the
humidity and wind chill really can get you. But it was still fun. After doing
the lights we were able to just chat with this family for a little while and
help them out with some other things.
Later that day we went around and were
delivering invitations for our ward Christmas party. And then we went to our
ward mission leaders home that night to decorate ginger bread houses. Now the
great thing about his is there were about 20 non members. So we got to meet
some of his friends and got to talk a little bit about what we do as
missionaries. Well we did decorate ginger bread houses that night, but me and
my companion decided to switch things up and so we teamed up and made a ginger
bread temple! It took some work, but it was really fun! But it was a great day.
Sunday we had church and we had 3 of our investigators come,
and it was really good! We are have a lot of our investigators progressing
right now which is really good! But that night we went to a members home to
watch the Christmas Devotional! It was really great! I loved the things that
were said during it, and I just love this time of the year. We celebrate the
birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. Because of Jesus Christ we can find true
peace in each of our lives. Because of the atonement he created we can find
peace when we are going through hard times in our lives. I know that it is
true, because I have been able to feel that peace in my own life when I have
had struggles. I also love how Christmas is a great time to serve. I thing I
remember hearing when I was younger was this, " Joy comings through
serving, it comes through Serving Jesus, Others and You. This Christmas season
I hope we all can look for more opportunities to serve those around us. Keep
praying for missionary experiences. Remember what M. Russel Ballard said in
last general conference.
"We are not asking everyone to do everything.
We are simply asking all members to pray, knowing that if every member, young
and old, will reach out to just “one” between now and Christmas, millions will
feel the love of the Lord Jesus Christ. And what a wonderful gift to the
Savior."
I know that if we do this, we will be able to help so many
people feel the love of Jesus Christ. So keep up the good work and look for
those chances to serve. As you do it you will have more of a desire to share
the gospel and I also promise that the Lord will help you with the things you
need to say. I know that it is true.
I hope all Y'all have a great week!
Elder Christensen
Elder Christensen included the following picture in his email:
When asked what this was he explained:
That is the Pavilion, if you look it up you will find it,
but it is a big out door theater where people perform.
Random....So if you are in the Woodlands and want to see a concert, you can go check it out.
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