Hi everyone!
Yup, I'm still hanging out here in the
office. Made it through yet another transfer. We are back down to two
Elders though, and the weird thing is, it's still me and Elder Mary.
This is my first time since the MTC that I haven't had an African
companion. It's different, that's for sure. Some ways better, some ways
not, totally different. Generally, things are good though. I like Elder
Mary, he just talks a lot. It's a bit of a change because Elder
Tshizanga wasn't really much of a talker, but at least things are
interesting. He's a pretty decent teacher generally, It's been good so
far. I've never had a companion teaching exchange since coming into the
office, so it's a bit of a fresh take on things. He's also the youngest
companion (in terms of time on mission) I've ever had, so it's been
interesting to look at his teaching style and compare it to what I did
at that point in my mission, and what I do now. We actually haven't been
able to get him driving yet, Elder Semken spent the entire week up in
his office working on the proposed budget for the mission. I got to help
a little bit with that (mostly technical stuff).
Precious' husband is doing a lot better. He has a
lot more mobility back in his arm and leg now, but very little strength.
Considering the rehab capabilities there are here, it's pretty
miraculous. We haven't been too involved for the last few weeks, but
we're always ready to help out when we are needed.
To my knowledge, President hasn't yet made any
decisions about our departure date. He has a son and some grandsons in
town this week, so I think he'll start making the important decisions
once they go home. Part of my problem is that I've never been able to
give him hard facts. Like I have no concept of exactly how much time I
really need to prepare to go back to school.
Yes, somewhere it did pass my mind that I am the
next missionary coming home. I got the Ward newsletter which told me (by
the way, mail is getting here super fast right now. I don't know why,
but I've seen letters take as little as 1 week).
Wow, sounds like I'll have lots of tiny little cousins when I get back. I'm guessing family reunions have gotten a bit louder.
Keyword
of the week is common sense. If the medicine didn't heal you the first
time around, maybe you have a different illness. So don't go ahead and
take the treatment two more times without consulting anyone. Now the
reason you are sick is because you overdosed on malaria medicine.
I'd like to get a lot of my souvenirs bought while I'm just with Elder
Mary. We're probably going to check out the artisan center this next Saturday. I'll make sure to keep my eyes open for a nativity set, as
well as other things.
Oh yes, we had our annual pan-african service
activity day this morning. I got to wake up early on my PDay to go chop
weeds! Yes, we were literally chopping away at the African brush... With
Machetes. That was actually pretty fun. Got to let go of some residual
stress. Got a bad neck burn again though. I recognized about 80% of the
members at the activity (about 4 branches attended). Super fun to
reconnect with people and do some service. I wonder though if we didn't
take more pictures than weeds were chopped.
Saving the most important for last, the spiritual
week. Personal and comp study were a bit skewampus this week with all of
the various things that happened. That said, we still had some pretty
cool stuff happen. We committed our ex JW investigator to be baptized.
Kevin hits home runs on about 90% of the doctrine when we ask him
questions. The other 10%.... He brings a hockey puck to the Baseball
stadium. He has a really good testimony though and is super eager to
learn. I think he is going to be just fine (and yes, he's the guy we
teach at the french cultural center). He's already come to church 3-4
times now, and has loved every bit of it.
Well, I'm going to leave off with that high note. I
love you all, and hoping to receive letters soon from each and every one
of you!
Elder Christensen
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