Dear Family,
I love
Flagstaff, AZ! After going to transfer meeting and feeling the heat of
the valley on Wednesday I was definitely grateful to be sent back up
North! And guess what...there are trees!! And they're green! I'm
definitely loving the weather and scenery. Probably the closest thing
I'll get to home!
Elder Muñoz is a boss missionary! I am super pumped to be working
with him. We speak mostly Spanish in the apartment and I have already
learned a ton from him! He is a hard worker and really cares about the
people here - he has been here since last September. That's when I came
into the mission! He's been out 15 months and his family is from
Minnesota. The Cedar Hill ward is very similar to how the Glassford Hill
was. It's English with a Spanish group. So we cover all of Flagstaff
and Williams and Grand Canyon area. Oh yea, Sister Taylor took us
shopping after transfers because Elder Muñoz needed a suit, so you can
look up those pictures in the blog I guess mom... :P
So we had Stake Conference on Sunday. Former President Frost was
actually sustained in General Conference as a new Area 70! There were 2
other members of the 70 there as well who spoke, that was cool. It was a
great meeting, a lot focused on Hastening the Work of Salvation.
president and Sister Taylor spoke and called Preach My Gospel the "best
Family home evening manual ever." They said that the real MTC now is in
our homes. They encouraged everyone to prayerfully create a family
mission statement using PMG and apply it!
So on the way home from the evening Session of stake conference, I
had some random thought come to me that I had forgotten my wallet at
home. I checked my pocket and sure enough it wasn't there. Well, of
course my first instinct was to slow down so I was actually going the
Speed limit. No more than a few seconds went by before a family of 5
deer decided it was a good time to run across the road! They were about
30-40 feet in front of us. So two miracles happened here 1) had my foot
not already been on the break we may not have been able to slow down as
fast as we did and barely stop in front of them and 2) my companion
hadn't even seen them jump out. For those who know me well, I am
horridly night blind and can't see much at night unless there is light.
It was a major blessing that on this unlit 45 mph road, I somehow
spotted the first deer on the side of the road and my companion didn't.
Lesson 1 learned, it's preferred to drive with your wallet. Lesson 2,
drive the speed limit. Lesson 3, the Holy Ghost works through OUR
thoughts and OUR memory. It whispers so subtly, yet so surely, that if
we do not immediately respond, we will be sure to collide with
unforeseen danger in the darkness ahead. I'm so grateful for the gift of
the Holy Ghost in my life. It has guided me and protected me from much
more than a possible car accident. It is a gift I will always cherish.
On a lighter note, I'm alive! And driving in Flagstaff is fun! And I am learning the area a lot quicker than I feel I am!
Well
we have a couple baptisms coming up this weekend. J and T are 9 and 10 years old and belong to a part member Navajo family.
It has been cool to get close with their family and see them prepare for
baptism!
That's it for this week! I am loving it here, I'm loving the work and am grateful for your prayers and support!
Scripture of the week:
"And
I give unto you a commandment that ye shall do these things. And if ye
shall always do these things blessed are ye, for ye are built upon my
rock" (3 Nephi 18:12).
Elder Collin Christensen
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