October 20, 2014

Dear Family and Friends,
This is super late, and it may be a little shorter than usual! Today
we played Flagstaff football, which was actually just flag football.
We had a crazy good week though! F--, T--, A-- and
C-- were all at church and they are all super solid. We had
some spiritual lessons with each of them this last week, and they had
a ton of support from the members.  [Two of them] are both about
10 and belong to families that are coming back to church. They will
both be baptized Nov. 8 as well! It has been fun working with the
younger kids who are learning and want to be baptized. They have a TON
of energy and excitement about the gospel. It's forcing me to return
to the basics, and understand how simple the Gospel of Jesus Christ
really is!
This last week I set a goal to think of an write something positive
down for every hour. It was super hard, and I definitely missed quite
a few hours. But I noticed my mind and heart started to change and I
really started to be a happier person, and love others. I love Jesus
Christ so much. He can make our biggest weaknesses become strengths,
but it doesn't just happen overnight. The ability to change our
natures is such a blessing!
Some funny/interesting things that happened this week:
We were asked to go to the Flagstaff Medical Center to say some
prayers and give some blessings to a couple members. Unfortunately I
didn't remember the names that went along with the room numbers we
were asked to visit. The names were Felicia and Gary, and to my bad
luck Felicia must have had a recent haircut and I asked her if she was
Gary. She didn't like me too much...
We went to Williams and taught a lady who the English missionaries had
started teaching but who spoke mostly English. Her name is G---.
We didn't know anything about her, and we soon found out that she
didn't really know anything about herself either. She told us she has
epilepsy...so we realized she hadn't comprehended much of what we
taught her. Haha The sad part is she loves it when missionaries come
because she feels the spirit and can remember a little better. So
we'll see how much we can do there.
We told a guy he needed to stop drinking in order to prepare to be
baptized, and he told us he just wanted to stay Catholic then... Haha
:/
I was praying in a lesson and trying to ask that the "Holy Ghost would
dwell" in the home we were at. Only after did I realize I had actually
asked that the Holy Ghost would die there. Morar vs. Morir.... Haha I
had a good laugh at myself.
Oh yea! I ate some fermented cabbage from Korea! It was sorta good in
a weird way.

Well anyways, I love each of you! Have a great week!

Elder Collin Christensen