Buenas,
Man, what a great week! Ok, to start off Elder
and Sister Foster were just unbelievable – it was amazing. The spirit was so
strong as he spoke with us and it was a very powerful meeting. Some of the
topics he talked about were: the power of prayer, the importance of our
missions, working with members, knowing that we are children of God, and a few
others, and it was really, really good. Then he had a small meeting with all of
us leaders about how to lead and how to love the people we serve so that part
was great, too. Oh that's cool you saw the picture!
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| This is a photo of all the missionaries currently serving in the Hidalgo Zone of the Texas McAllen Mission (TMM). There are 10 zones in the TMM that include about 190 missionaries (140 elders, and 50 sisters). Elder Christiansen is standing, third from right. Seated: President and Sister Maluenda, and Sister and Elder Foster. |
What? Clay has a girlfriend, what is up
with that?!?!?! :) That's good to know that everyone is doing well though. Yes!! The missionaries
had a baptism in our ward, that's fantastic!!! What's the boy's name? Andrew,
go to some lessons with the missionaries at his house. Man, that sounds like
there are a lot of fun Thanksgiving plans. I kind of wish they had a turkey bowl game here, but I don't think it's happening. Most of the members in our area are
either going back to Mexico because their kids are out of school, or they are
just taking it easy because Thanksgiving isn't a Mexican holiday, so it should
be pretty chill. As of right now we just have one dinner appointment set up, but
we'll probably end up with three or four. That's cool about Ensworth and MBA in
the finals – hope we win! Send lots of pictures next week from all of Thanksgiving.
So this week is the last week of the transfer so next Monday I'll know if I am
staying or if I am leaving.
Right now we are actually teaching quite a few
different families so it has been going great! One of them came to church
yesterday for the first time and they really liked it. Oh, ok, so they have a
huge super, super chubby, fat baby and all during church it was just getting
passed around by all the members so they helped us out big time on that one,
haha. The other two families we’re teaching didn’t come because one of them had
sick kids (the Santos family), and the other family didn't come because they
slept in. But we’re still working and teaching them. We teach the Santos family
with their neighbors, so there are like 10-12 people there. And they all just
love my laugh, like it's unbelievable. If I start laughing at something
little, then they all just start laughing and then they can't stop. It's
super funny.
All is well though and I am loving my time here
down in South Texas. Can't believe it's already turkey time, but it's all good.
Best of luck to everyone playing in the turkey bowl and hopefully there are no
serous injuries.
Amor y paz (“love
and peace”),
Elder Christiansen
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