Two Very Good Questions Indeed:

Hey all!

I hope that everyone had a blast of a week. This was my final week in Seinäjoki. I will leave tomorrow to go to Helsinki! I will be in Vantaa which is a city just north of Helsinki..they are connecting cities. The ward there has around 200 something i think, and 3 sets of missionaries, so that will be quite different then what we have here in seinäjoki...which is 15. I am quite excited.

There is lots of stuff I will miss about seinäjoki though. You become way close with the members. And, no longer will i be playing piano for the sacrament meeting, which is sad...my skills have doubled i feel like since i got here. Also, there are lots of pheasants here. very cool birds that i used to hunt in south Dakota. There is a law here that makes it so you cant hunt them though. Also, there is my man veli liukku...we can not teach a lesson in this branch without him...everyone else lives to far away..he is essential....to everything. We also have the best district. On wednesday, we had our last district meeting. Elder Lewis and I made ribs and baked beans for everyone. It was awesome. We realized at the end of this transfer, that we had bought too much food, so we decided to donate it to a good cause.

But, there is lots to look forward to in my new area! We are going to have a great time there.

The work:

This week elder Lewis and I taught quite a few lessons. We now have 7 investigators! yes, some of them we havent met with in a while because they have to keep canceling, but we havent given up hope. We taught this one girl named Anna twice this week (both times with veli liukku) and had a really good discussion on the restoration. She wrote down two questions for us to answer for our next visit...and during our next visit we answered them. they were : how do i get out of the church if i join, and am i allowed to watch tv? 

I say, very good questions indeed. The concerns were taken care of. 

The work is going very good here. My testimony has been strengthened so much serving here in seinäjoki, that Christ really does lead this work. He knows us and the people around us. He really is...always near (aina lähellä). I had the opportunity to give my going away testimony this past sunday. It was quite the spiritual experience. Honestly i never thought i would feel the spirit that strong speaking Finnish.

In personal study this week i read quite a bit in the Book of Mormon...in Mormons book. Many many wars occur there, even to the elimination of the nephites. It is quite clear to me that when we allow Christ to fight with us in our battles, we cannot loose. Take the strippling warriors for example, or any other battle in which the nephites were righteous. When we choose to push Christ and his help away, He can no longer fight our battles with us...we are left to our own abilities. 

Mormon 4:5 But, behold, the judgments of God will overtake the wicked; and it is by the wicked that the wicked are punished; for it is the wicked that stir up the hearts of the children of men unto bloodshed. 

I think that this is a wise verse...it is by the wicked that the wicked are punished. 

I hope everyone has a great week! I forgot to say what my favorite talk was last week during general conference. I really liked all of them...but Elder Defeo's Talk about love was quite good...and every time president Nelson spoke was awesome. He can walk faster than me, so can elder oaks probably......

much love, elder christensen

I do not know a thing about these pictures.....lets all ask him..... what in the world!!!???