Dear friends and family,
Life is good when you live the gospel.
The other elders in our apartment have not been getting along. It has
made for an interesting week to say the least. Me and Elder West have
been caught in the crossfire.
Anyways, Monday! P-day like always, no surprise there. We washed the
car, bought groceries, communicated with family, etc, etc. After p-day
ended we met with Glenda later that night. It is so important to keep
the commandments and remain worthy of the Holy Ghost. If you don't
have it you can't serve God the way He needs you to. We didn't have an
appointment set up with Glenda but we felt prompted to go by so we
did. She was having a rough day and hopefully she was able to relax
and cheer up a little.
On Tuesday we had exchanges. I had the privilege of going with the one
and only Elder Forbush. It was fun. We worked in his area for the day
which is always so refreshing. It's a nice break. He served in the
Mission Creek ward and most of the members in his ward are on the
military base. We had dinner that night with a family over on base. It
was cool to go onto a military base. Very different culture. We then
met with a less active family in his ward and had a good lesson with
them. But on this day we found Elizabeth st! It was glorious. So I
have been in the ghetto for 6 going on 7 months now and working with
people in the ghetto can be hard and frustrating. We somehow ended up
on this street where every house was incredibly nice. It was so
refreshing to find people with money. Sounds bizarre, but it was nice.
We decided to knock on a couple of them. We chose this gorgeous home
with fire on the sides of the door. The guy opened it, said no thanks,
and shut it. It was awesome! I wouldn't have known how wonderfully
glorious these houses were unless I served the opposite first I guess.
Appreciation is a funny thing.
Wednesday we had district meeting. It was an odd one because we only
had me and Elder Forbush and then the sister companionship at DM.
Elder West was a champ and stayed home with Forbush companion who was
sick. We then decided it would be best for elder Forbush and West to
go together for the day so I stayed home with the other elder. They
got a lot done in our area though on Tuesday so that was good.
On Thursday we had weekly planning and our scripture study class. A
non eventful day.
On Friday we had a zone service activity. South zone every week on
Friday goes and serves at the food bank and helps them with whatever
it is they need help with. Our zone, east zone, decided to go and tag
along. It was fun, always good to serve. They had donated to them 6
thousand pounds of potatoes and tons of corn. We put all the potatoes
into a 10 pound bag and shucked the gross corn parts off of the corn.
It took a while to do it all. There was lots of people there, about 30
missionaries, 30 people from a different organization, and a school
class of kids. So we went and helped with the that and then had dinner
at a new families home. They live out in La Vernia, it was a good 30
minute drive over to their home. They are a solid family. They are
trying to share the gospel and do their duty. We helped their kids
know how they can answer questions and then extend an invitation to
act. Did some role playing. It was a fun dinner.
On Saturday I was feeling sick so we went to our scheduled appointment
then went back to the apartment and I napped. In the morning we met
with Derek. He's a good kid, we moved his baptismal date back a week.
He's a funny kid. A good kid, just needs some direction. We then met
with Glenda again. We read a conference talk by Monson with her and
she seemed to enjoy it. After my nap we went to an appointment with a
single lady that recently moved into the ward. We asked Bro. Rohrer if
he would come with us and he said yes. We ended up just riding with
him because it was out next to Floresville (far away). She is a busy
lady and she forgot. Oh well, so we drove back with bro Rohrer too.
Sunday I felt like death so I texted sis. Slaughter. If you're sick
you are supposed to text her your symptoms and she will tell you if
you can leave the apartment or not. She said I was banned to the
apartment for the day. It felt so weird not going to church. Life
would be horribly empty if you didn't go to church consistently. Faith
makes you rooted. Reminds me of ether 12:4. Long, boring day. I ended
up reading Jesus the Christ and the New Testament for the day and
watching videos on the gospel library app.
It was an odd week. They happen! Tomorrow we have zone conference
which is always wonderful.
Alma 34:31 tells us a lot about repentance. Once we repent, truly feel
bad and repent, turn to God, we are immediately forgiven of our sin.
Isn't that incredible? Once we truly confess and forsake there is no
need to feel bad or lament over the past. You are immediately forgiven
so keep moving forward!
Love you all and have a great week!
Love,
Elder Christensen
Do Good Stuff
Here are some choice houses from Elizabeth st.
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