Kindness ...

Photo via text - at dinner!

Photo via text - at dinner!

So thankful for all the kind people in Texas who feed the Missionaries and take the time to send me photos :)!

~ Wendy

10/12/15 - Hot, Heat, Burning, Fire, Scorch, Inferno, Scald, etc.‏

All these words describe Texas, even on October. I thought it was

cooling off, but alas, twas not so. It's supposed to be about 90+ all
week. People are nice though and give us bottles of water quite
frequently. The concept of bottled water is bizarre. Water, which is
everywhere, in a plastic bottle.

Since we cover two wards we do a solid 6 hours of extra church. I love
it, the only bad part is getting motivated afterwards to ride bikes. I
really like two sacrament meetings. In the SA 1st Ward no one played
the organ so we had an electric organ that played itself. But this
limited us to 10 of the sacrament songs. I became familiar with those
ones. Sometimes it would just do the most random things. It was an
unpredictable organ. But in the two wards I'm in now they both have
organ players so we have full range of the hymn book. The little
things we take for granted. We really don't know what we have till
it's gone. Both wards are so rich, such a difference between the two
areas. Of course I received a warm welcome. Lots of good, kind people.
I think I've gained some weight too from all these dinners.

In our Walsh Ranch Ward we attend the priest quorum the third hour.
For some reason we have been asked to do so. It was fun. Youth are fun
people, lots of energy and excitement. I guess I'm still a youth, but
I sure do feel a lot older.

We might be moving from the mansion soon. The lease is almost up on
the mansion, the other elders in our mansion ad moving out sometime
this week and they haven't told us where we are going yet. It's tricky
because they can move us to apartments but the closest ones are at the
bottom of vista ridge and if we get moved there it's going to be quite
the journey to get up to Walsh ranch Ward. But who knows, we will see
what happens.

For the mean time our most common path is the brushy creek trail. It
takes us wherever we need to go! It's shady too so it's nice.

At the moment we have 1 investigator. Her name is Gabi. The
missionaries have been working with her for a while. She is in her
40's with a few kids. We met with her this week and she feels like she
has yet to get an answer as to whether or not being baptized is what
God wants her to do. As to whether or not this is the true church. Me,
Elder Shipley, and our Ward mission leader fasted that she would
receive her answer. Now we wait and see. Of course she will get one.
God always keeps His promises. Since we only have 1 person we are
working with consistently we do a lot of knocking. The primary program
is coming up so we are going to work with the members and hopefully
get them to invite some of their friends to the church.

We also went by these potentials, Jason and Jennifer. We knocked on
their door and they let us right in. We sat down and talked a little
bit about his background and his beliefs. We had a nice chat and we
would of taught him a lesson but due to some circumstances we did not.
We invited them to church and they said yes! Absolutely! But they
didn't come, we will invite them again and hopefully we will be able
to teach them. We get a lot of people that say yea you can share your
message but we won't change. I haven't been very good at taking these
opportunities to teach but this week I'm going to do better. Since we
also don't have too many opportunities to teach and testify each
person is a golden chance to do so. Whenever someone is on the street,
begin to testify immediately and hope they are receptive to the
spirit. I think this area will really help me with my ability to talk
to people as well. It will be good.

Me and Elder Shipley get long great. He is easy to get along with, I
think I'm easy to get along with, therefore it's easy. We've been
ponderizing this past week and we set a goal to do so the whole
transfer. It's awesome! It invites the spirit and helps you in your
thoughts, behaviors, feelings, really with everything. Outlook,
kindness, etc.. Pretty cool!

We also had our first district meeting this last Wednesday. It was
fun, the spirit was there, therefore it was a success. We will get
some district pictures next Wednesday. Due to zone meeting we will not
have district meeting this week. They want to take me to all these
good places to eat here in Austin so we started with this place called
Torcheys (Torchies?) Tacos. It was really good. We will try something
new next week. Sister Rey had us over for dinner this week and made us
some phillipian food. She made some great egg rolls. I was impressed!

Slow week missionary work wise. We will be led to where we need to go,
all is and will be well!

I was reading in 3 Nephi the other day in chapter 17. In this chapter
Jesus Christ prays for the people. In PMG there's a chapter called
developing Christlike attributes. Under the charity section there is a
scripture study box that gives you scriptures that show how Christ
showed His love for all of us. I was reading those and I think 3 Nephi
17:14-17 fits in quite nicely. In v. 14 it says "Jesus groaned within
himself, and said: Father, I am troubled because of the wickedness of
the people of the house of Israel." The word groaned is powerful.
Shows His deep love. This teaches us about the character of Christ. He
never thought about himself. He was always and always will be
concerned for His brothers and sisters. He knelt down with the people
and prayed for them and with them. In v. 15-17 we learn how the people
felt about this. They felt joy! They felt the since and genuine love
Christ had for them. As we develop and pray for the love of Christ we
can help others feel that love. And that love brings joy. Jesus Christ
is so dedicated to our joy, I believe He is constantly working for our
benefit and always striving to prepare us for His gospel. Even if we
don't see it or feel it, He is always helping everyone. I've seen that
more than ever serving a mission. It's a priceless thing to see.

Love you all. Have a great week!
Do Good Stuff

Sincerely,
Elder Christensen

During General Conference ...

Little note from Kade's mom - (Wendy)

We didn't know if Kade had been transferred and had been praying for him all week. He had been in his first area for 7 months!

Shortly after after Elder Holland's talk (during General Conference) on Mother's, I received this email from a kind member of the church in Texas - (This touched my heart!)


Hi Sister Christensen,

I'm a ward mission leader in Elder Christensen's area in Cedar Park (just north of Austin). We've had the pleasure of having him and his companion, Elder Shipley, in our home for Conference, and after Elder Holland's talk thought we should send a quick note and picture to his Mom!

I'm really excited to be working with your son. He's clearly an outstanding missionary- he teaches with the spirit and has been working diligently the entire time he's been here. 

Thank you for supporting him on his mission- we're blessed to have him serving in our ward and stake!

Nathan G

10/5/15 - Boy do I have news for you!

"If you go to Austin, be careful, it's a wicked place." -Sis. Campbell 

Oh the irony. Guess what? I have been transferred to this place called Austin, Texas. You might of heard of it. I really enjoyed my time in San Antonio and the wonderful people I met there. That will always be my Texas family. But it's been interesting to go from San Antonio, ghetto, to Austin, incredibly nice. Definitely a change! My new companion is Elder Shipley. He has been out for three months and he is from Orom, Utah. He is a musician who is good at pretty much every instrument. He also writes his own music ranging from electronic music to classical. Pretty cool! We cover two wards, Walsh Ranch and Vista Ridge. And the best part is we are on bikes! It has been a blast to ride bikes. I love it. It is so nice to always be outside and around people to share the gospel with. And another bonus, it is cooling off. It hasn't gotten much hotter than 80 this past week so it has been beautiful. Riding back at night is perfection. It feels about high 60s, which makes me think it's going to get cold soon. We shall see! 

We get fed every day. It is incredible. Today we didn't even buy very much food because we only have to buy lunch and breakfast stuff. I don't know, it is soooooooooo different. A total 180. It feels like I have come to a whole other mission. It's also been interesting to go from a Ward where we had so much to do to an area where we don't have a whole lot to do. Hopefully this transfer we will be able to get some stuff done. It also interesting because in SA everyone is living a life of sin and they don't care if anyone sees so it's easy to see the need to share the gospel with them. But here everyone tries to show that their life is perfect, all is well. You have to look deeper for opportunities to serve and find the people that need and are open to feeling the spirit. My motto thus far on my mission though has been "if you do your best God will do the rest." I know that as I do my best to find them it will happen. People have been prepared and they are everywhere. 

So on Thursday we had transfer meeting which is always fun. But I went to the one in SA and if they don't read your name then you know you are going to Austin. They didn't read my name. So you have to load up your luggage in a trailer and then you ride over to Austin for their transfer meeting. It's about an hour and a half drive. Then at the transfer meetings we all sit down, the senior office couples give us some announcements, and hen they do call outs. They will say so and so is with so and so. And then you stand up, go to your new companion and give him an abrazo. And abrazo is a manly hug. And then you stand up front until they read off all the people in your zone. Then you go and sit down! I always get nervous when I get a new companion. Elder Shipley is a nice guy though, so all is well. 

General conference was wonderful. I loved the Beautiful Savior hymn sung by the kids choir. So good. All the talks were wonderful as well. I feel like the strength of the church only increases as time goes on. The apostles seem spiritually stronger than ever. Elder Holland's talk on mothers was great, the ponderize idea is awesome, Elder Nelson always gives great talks, loved Monson's talk on be an example to the believers, Elder Bednar was great, in conclusion, they all were great. Always inspires me to do better and pushes me onward. It's a wonderful time to refocus on the Savior and the basics of the gospel. We watched it with Bro. Greer. He is the Ward mission leader in vista ridge Ward. He has three kids who are hilarious. The oldest is 10. It was fun to watch it at their home. They fed us after the morning sessions were over and then we went and worked a little then went back for more conference. Oh I also loved Eyring's talk about the Holy Ghost. Ya, they were all good. 

Almost forgot, I do live with another set of missionaries. We live in the place called, "the mansion." It's ridiculous. It's not even an apartment, it's a town house. We have two floors, 3 bathrooms, 3 bedrooms, a backyard, a garage, and it's quiet. We have windows in the room we study in so we get the sun coming through in the morning. It's awesome. The other elders we live with are the zone leaders of the zone right next to ours. They make things funny. 

I will make sure to take pictures and send them to you of the area, our home, etc. next week. 

Not much to report on teaching wise this week. Sis. Campbell is on track for baptism next weekend. So is Claudia and Jalissa in SA. Elder West is training a missionary now, Elder Acor is still a zone leader in SA east zone, and now me and Elder Rowland are in the same zone. That's the update on my companions thus far. They are all doing well. 

President Slaughter has been using a scripture that I would like to share. It's John 3:30. He must increase, but I must decrease. We must decrease, just like John the Baptist. Christ must be in our countenances because only then can we help others know the way, the light, and the life. How can we help others know Christ of we don't know Him ourselves? We can decrease and Christ can increase as we study and ponder the scriptures, listen to the council of the prophets, and look to Christ in every thought. I think this ponderizing thing is a wonderful step in the right direction. I'd say give it a go! Some of the blessings promised if we ponderize are as follows: increase of spirituality, able to lift those you love, deeper understanding of the gospel, and an uplifting place for thoughts to go.  It may be hard, but hard is often good. 

Love you! 

Elder Christensen

Do Good Stuff

9/28/15 - God Bless America!

Instead of 100's all week it has been in the low 90's. Definitely a
difference! I first noticed on p-day. Normally after playing
basketball and I step outside I feel like I might melt, but last p-day
I stepped outside and it was bearable. Some more leaves are starting
to fall off the trees, a little more windy, and more clouds. We had a
little thunder and lightning storm the other day with a little rain.
Anywho, that's the weather update. I'm not sure what the weather man
is predicting this coming week.

First off, an observation!

Texas is different. The people are different. The church is different,
but still true. In Washington the missionaries were just there. They
did their job, the Ward was there to help when needed, and life was
good. Something I have noticed lately is that in Texas everyone looks
up to the missionaries. The missionaries are everything and they are
another set of leaders in the Ward. It seems like the leadership role
of a missionary in the wards is bigger here than in other places. It's
not just in this Ward I think. From talking to other missionaries it
sounds the same way. I'm not sure why that is, but it is. Of course
all missionaries have a huge role in the Ward they serve in, but in
Texas it's different. People really look up to you and notice
everything you do, and then they will do the same. I don't know, it's
different.

About the week, it was busy with baptisms! We had Jessica's baptism on
Saturday and Michael's baptism on Sunday. We have been working with
Jessica since I first got here, 7 months ago. Originally we were
helping her husband be baptized which happened the first month I was
here. Then, we asked Jessica if she would like to take the lessons and
she said sure. She said she liked the change that she saw in her
husband. So we taught her every Wednesday and Sunday. We invited her
to be baptized and she said no. We continued to teach her for a couple
months and then invited her to be baptized again, she said no. We
continued to teach her and then asked her if she would like to be
baptized, she said no. We then taught her a lesson but before hand we
talked to her about her feel is towards the church and what not. She
told us her observations and feelings and then we asked her if she
would like to be a part of this church. She said yes! We set her with
a date and then worked towards it. A month later she was baptized! All
the effort payed off. It was very cool to see the change that the
gospel brought into her life and the change that will continue to
occur as she stays faithful to the gospel.

Her baptism was awesome. There was about 15 people that came. Her
husband was able to baptize her and when she came back out she looked
like the happiest person in the world. The light that was illuminating
from her was very impressive. It was so sweet. The people that didn't
come missed out for sure. Then we had her confirmation the next day.
That was good too! The gift of the Holy Ghost is a wonderful thing. It
truly cleanses us and prepares us to live with God.

Sunday was also fast Sunday. Fast Sunday's are fun because we get to
bear testimony. It's a great opportunity to do so. I always feel for
the bishop when someone gets up there and rambles on and tells
stories. The bishop in this Ward always tries to keep things on task
and about the savior but alas, that is very tricky to do.

We also aren't teaching gospel principles class anymore which is so
nice. The people that come to that class are investigators and they
probably want someone else to teach them. It's fun, but it got old so
I am grateful.

Michael's baptism was good too! He has been trying to get baptized for
the past 2 years but because of some issues he has had to wait until
now. But he's baptized now, so all is well! Rachelle, his wife, really
wants an eternal family. He does too but not as much. He will come
around though. He's a good guy.

We've been having to make all the baptismal programs as of late which
isn't bad at all. I've gotten pretty good at it. The rough part is
finding a way to print them out.in our apartment complex we have a
little office area in the main office that has two computers. So we
make the programs there. They have a nice printer, but they have been
out of ink for the past month. How they print out anything they need I
don't know! So making them is easy, getting them printed is the pain.

The apartment office is a funny place. They have been trying to hire
some new people for a while now and they finally did. His name is Roy,
rather funny. But everyone in the office is really mean to him which
is so weird. He takes it though, he's a good guy. We listen to their
conversations a lot when we make programs. Poor guy. Everyone is
really nice to us though. Speaking of the apartment, we are teaching a
guy that lives right next to us. His name is Conald. He watches us
back our cars out when we leave for the day and he's often out on the
steps on the phone. We talked to him one day and he said we could come
and share our message with him. He's had a rough life and he was
really interested in the BoM. We talked about the plan of salvation
and we shared some scriptures out of the BoM we though might help him.
He has had a hard life and he has been looking for relief from some
mistakes he has made. He said the BoM helped him feel better. It's
always very cool to go into someone's house and teach the gospel and
feel the spirit, and then the whole feeling in the room is different
when we leave. It's like the whole room is elevated to a higher plane.
Even if we don't do a very good job teaching, the spirit is always
consistent and pulls through. It happened a couple times this past
week.

We also had a week full of dinners! Every day this past week someone
fed us. It was wonderful. We had dinner with the Vaughns which was
probably my favorite. She's so horribly independent it's awesome! They
are a very funny couple, very fun. We talked about art, family
history, and their grandkids! We also had dinner with the Wernetts who
bought us pizza. We got lost trying to find their house though. It
should of taken like 40 minutes to get there but it took about an hour
and a half. Even with the gps it was a struggle. But their daughter
that they adopted is interested in being baptized so we will start to
teach her. They are fun to go over to because they have 3 fun boys.
One of them really likes to draw so I always try to teach him stuff I
know. I showed him the color wheel and he thought it was the coolest
thing. It was nice to have someone appreciate my art knowledge, even
if he is only 10. Then on Saturday the bishop had us over and we had a
fun dinner. They have such a cool house out in the country on a bunch
of land. It was fun.

We had to get the flu shot is week. Apparently everyone in the mission
is required to get it. Funny, elder West hates shots so he was a
little nervous. But all was well.

They switched transfer calls to transfer emails and they come on
Tuesday. I will know tomorrow if I stay or leave. My guess is leave,
but who knows.

All in all, good week! If you would like a good chapter to read, John
4 in the New Testament is a rest one. Lots to learn from the woman at
the well. It's very, very cool! Jesus the Christ will help.

Have a great week.

Love,
Elder Christensen
Do Good Stuff!

The Color Code ...

Hello my lovelies! It has been another wonderful, hard, missionary
week for me. No place I would rather be. A mission has really helped
me be excited for the future.

The reason I am so late in writing today is because, oh wait, I can't
tell you yet. You will just have to wait and see!

Monday - p-day, we played basketball and emailed. It was a good,
relaxing day. We met with the Domino family again. We went over the
gospel of Jesus Christ using 2 Nephi 31. That is a beautifully simple
chapter that tells us His teachings. Nothing like the Book of Mormon.
We then went and stopped by some people we wanted to visit but no
luck.

Tuesday - We had a zone conference. A zone conference is when a couple
zones get together and have a meeting directed by the Assistants to
the President and the Lead Sister Training leaders, and of course the
mission President. Mission president gave us some good direction on
how to improve our studies in the morning. Very helpful. But the main
theme was baptism. In PMG it says we are supposed to find those that
are prepared to receive our message, the message of the restoration.
The only way to do that is to invite them to be baptized. That was my
biggest take away, so I will be working on that. That went till about
4 and then we went out and proselyted. The only lesson we had Tuesday
was with Glenda. I love visiting with them but it might be time to
move on.

Wednesday - I had exchanges on Wednesday and this time I went with
Elder Cruz. Him and his companion are doing much better. We went and
worked, stopped by a referral, a lady that ordered a bible, and read a
chapter with her and she expressed to us that she wants to find the
true church. Pretty cool! We introduced the BoM and then set up
another appointment to come back. We then went and stopped by some
people in hopes that we could meet with them. Dinner was at 5 with the
good ol' Morins. They made us some yummy Mexican food which I have
come to love. After that we went and had a lesson with some ladies in
our ward. They lost her records and she wants to be baptized again so
we are working with her. Should be incredibly easy. They live out in
the country a little ways. They are awesome! Both 60+ and live in a
nice RV on 15 aces of land. They take care of it themselves and its
impressive. Every once in a while we go and help them with whatever it
is they need. After that we went back by the Morins and picked up the
leftovers. I must say I have been incredibly lucky to stay in an area
for 7 months. I know the people in the ward and they know me, I am
part of the family!

Thursday - Weekly planning. I just realized you probably don't know
what that is. It's just what it sounds like, we plan for the upcoming
week! We plan lessons we want to teach, things we want to do to find
new people, plan for baptisms, etc. After that we had our scripture
study class. 2 successful ones in a row! Then we went and worked for
an hour.

Friday - I don't think much happened on Friday. We went by some
referrals that we received and dropped off items. Invited them to
church and learn more about what we teach. Some said they would like
to come to church others said no thanks. Just one step in the right
direction, one step closer to the gospel. I think we finished up all
the referrals we had gotten which was an accomplishment. We then had
dinner at the Brown home again. Nice people.

Saturday - This day was supposed to be busy, but alas, 'twas not so.
It was busy, but all of our appointments fell through. We figured
there was some place else we needed to be. We went and stopped by a
less active in the ward. They have serious health issues and have a
hard time coming to church. They weren't up for meeting so we walked
around their neighborhood a little bit. We ran into a couple people
and had great conversations with them. One was a younger guy in his
late 20's that had lots of questions. He didn't want to take the
lessons but he seemed very interested. We will stop by later this week
and see if we can teach him. We pretty much taught him the
restoration, not in a formal setting though. Just standing. It was
fun, I enjoy talking about the gospel. We then talked to an older
black gentleman who liked us because we were "fellow Christians," we
get that a lot. We then had Derek's baptismal interview, so he will be
baptized this Saturday. He's so excited, he's been trying to get
baptized for the past 3 years but has ran into roadblocks. He came to
church on Sunday and we had recently taught him about tithing. We were
standing by the door and he comes up and says I made 20 dollars but I
only have the 20 dollar bill but who do I give it to when I have it?
For an 11 year kid he is very ready and very excited. The gospel makes
life so good.

Sunday - We had breakfast over at Bro. Forrest's house, our ward
mission leader. He's a funny guy. We teach the gospel doctrine class
so we then went home and got our lesson ready. Went to church, I love
church. I didn't go last Sunday and it felt so empty. Life without
religion is an empty life indeed. It's a good reminder that everything
is just fine. We met with the Lomas family. Jessica is still very
excited for baptism and it's going to be very soon! Excited for that.

Now, for the fun stuff. Today a lady in Mission Creek ward invited us
and her wards missionaries to go to the zoo and other fun stuff. It
was so fun. Her husband is a top layer for the military so she then
took us to her home which is on base and took us to this funny names
place. She told us all we needed was celery. So we went to the store,
bought celery, cut it up, put it into plastic bags, and then walked
over. We get in there and it's a big open courtyard with peacocks,
turkeys, geese, and ducks all over. So we fed celery and carrots to
the birds. So odd, but so funny. It was bizarre. All of the birds
would eat it out of your hands and were not scared. She then got us
some watermelon and sent us on our way. I will make sure to include
pictures!

All I have to say is the church is true, the gospel is real and very
true, the atonement is real, and we are all children of a loving God.
Life is good when you live the gospel!

I love y'all, have a great week!

Elder Christensen
Do Good Stuff

We went in this aviary place to feed some birds and the birds attacked
us. They scraped my head!

9-7-15 / Elizabeth Street is heaven

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.