monday
was awesome ! pretty regular P-day but we had a chance to teach the Es again ! i love that family and the kids still plan to be baptized this coming
weekend. such a blessing! we are hoping the mother will come around. just have
to keep praying and fasting for her. we also had dinner at the stake presidents
house. we had the most amazing converstion about the prophet joseph smith. wow.
i revere that man. we reflected on all the things that he did and what the Lord
did through him. Joseph went through some of the worst treatment and gained
literally nothing out of it other than seeing the salvation of man here on
earth again. He gained nothing for being tortured. why would someone do that if
it was not true. when joseph left his family, he knew he was leaving to his
death. would a lair and a cheat do that ? not a chance. that man was
called of God. and he is a prophet. and the restoration did happen. and
this is Gods truth in these last days.
tuesday we froze our tails off at night,,, it was like
14 degrees celcius or something like that. isnt that sad? i cant adjust to this
weather because im going to freeze when i go home ! but we were taken to taco
tuesday for dinner and i ate fish tacos for the first time ever. probably one
of the best things i have ever had. plus they were only a 1.50 $ each !
Wednesday we had the new missionary meeeting for Elder
H and i. it was awesome. learned a ton of things and was able to see alot
of weaknesses that i need to work on. but as does everyone i guess. i love
receiving inspiration on what i need to work on because half the time i dont
even know where to begin. but thats the thing is God also works through the
weak and the simple. so the weaker i guess the better than ? we also got our
bikes and headed off and it was cool-we were biking and we were about to pass
this lady on her bike but right when we said hello she pulled over and yelled
"oh no i have 2 flats !" and luckily we happened to be right there
and we carry like 8346259784265729 patches in our bags. so we sat there with
this lady fixing her bike picking thorns out of her tires for almost two hours
talking to her. she really was a lovely lady. wasnt very interested in the
gospel though . but the seed was planted .
thursday was technically my year mark ! what up !!
completely mixed feelings about it. i feel as though i should a much stronger
testimony than what i do and be way more christ like than what i currently am
but i guess i cant become perfect in just 2 years right ? ahah thats why i have
a life time to work on it. i love what this year has looked like but i am
kind of bummed about it to be honest. only because it means i only have a year
left serving God as a full time missionary. but eh, the work will go forward !
but nothing too exciting happened this day. just regular. i thought about
burning something.. but then i realized that i need my clothes.
friday we had an incredible zone training . so good.
it was all about "catching the fire" of missionary work. they said
that it all comes from a foundation of christ with the pillars of obediennce
knowledge work ethic and attitude. and i think thats with anything in life and
really the secret to being happy. your testimony MUST have the foundation as
christ to be truly joyful in this life. there was kind of an object lesson. and
ill send a picture of it. we also ate the biggest burger ever made by
none other than JG himself. im telling you that guy needs to own a
restraunt but he wont ever listen to me.
saturday was a great day. we chose to fast for a family. so it was a pretty regular day except for in the
evening we went on a temple tour . and SO many people we ionvited came. it was
awesome . very spiritual experience for all of them.
sunday was awesome because everyone also came to
church ! we also taught a russian man who very much disagreed with the book of
mormon saying things like "someguys tried making it sound like scripture
and were close, but it just doesnt line up with the bible." i just want to
take a quick second to testify that the book of Mormon isvery much not man made
but crafted by the savior himself. the book of mormon teaches the word of God
so simply and beautifully that yo could not deny the divinity or authenticity
of its pages. i have found the most comfort on those pages than another book or
thing. and i know that it is a perfect harmonious testimony of jesus Christ
with the old and new testaments. I know the book of mormon to be the word of
the Lord, and i only know that because i have read it and applied its
principles. before anyone goes to judgement. read. the. book. and try telling
me that it is not from God. I know its true. my friends family and God bearing
witness of it.
i love you all. you are all incredible people ! thank
you for the support :D
Elder Kristensen
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