WORLD CUP                

The world cup started this week and Chile played yesterday. So almost nobody let us in to their house but in the end we actually found two new investigators and invited them both to be baptized and they said yes! That is so great. I just love being here in the mission we have so many awesome experiences. The week started with crazy people offering us drugs...No thanks… to People inviting us in to their homes and wanting to learn more about Christ. There is no better feeling than leaving a lesson that we didn’t teach but the spirit did. And you just know. You know if the spirit is there or not so we just make the environment for it. 

Statue

The biggest miracle this week was we talked with a less active member named M who has been coming to church for two weeks now with his mom. But we asked him if we could go over and visit him with his wife and kids who are not members. And he said yes. We called later in the week to confirm the appointment and they said they were waiting for us. We went and they gave us dinner.  They asked us a ton of questions & we taught them the Restoration and invited them to church. M and his daughter D, who loves Selena Gomez, are going to come! The best thing is we are now just friends with them and they know we are here to help them.

Tall Radio Tower

One other funny thing this week was all the rejections we got. We talked with a ton of people and almost all of them said they were busy watching the soccer game of Spain and Netherlands. Some opened the door and just shut it and others closed their curtains and so on. Rejections are so fun!!

                                                   

I have thought a lot about something this week. I feel like the mission and life are just a constant fight. We need to be progressing everyday. If we don’t progress we go backwards. If we are not being more obedient or more diligent we are being less. That is the thing. We always need to be working to improve. And I think that is why the mission is so important because it puts people in situations where they need to progress and fast so we progress faster than usual for necessity and we start to understand the need of the Gospel. It is like a Green house like Dad always says. But new situations give you new experiences. A lot of the times we leave the old things behind. Which is a mistake. I think God expects us to always keep learning and not only that but to retain what we learn. Thus in the end we are always progressing or moving backwards. But being imperfect we leave some things behind and forget. We can’t forget. But if we do we must relearn. I feel like I am in a state of relearning and learning for the first time. Relearning old proselyting tactics that I used to do so naturally and learning for the first time how to be a good leader and be direct and other things.

Last part of my rant-- We need to remember at all times that we are here for one reason--To prepare to meet God. If we always remember Him we will be obedient and diligent in all things. We should tell God how we are doing on our path to perfection and we need to feel the weight of the need to improve. I am feeling that now. I love the Gospel and love Christ and his atonement. He gives us the chance to be always improving and to be better than we could ever be alone.

I love you mom and dad

Elder Christensen

 

Dinner