My companion hit his two year mark this week, so we celebrated in good fashion. We were going to go to burger king, but we were feeling merry, so we went to a fine dining italian restaurant. It was way good food. I got a pulled pork sandwich that might have been the best i have ever tasted. So good! The town is all lit up for the christmas season, Lots of the trees in the center have christmas lights up, and people have put out christmas flowers and snow tires are on the bikes and cars, some houses are decorated. We even have our christmas tree up in our apartment. We got our first christmas gifts too! While tracting, this man and his wife let us in, they were kind of drunk. They really liked me for some reason, but my companions they kept calling "bosses". They would call me "wild man" and kept saying that I had no idea what they were saying...which is kind of true. they were very hard to understand. But they gave us each a pair of woolen socks and that was really nice. I now have 4 pairs of woolen socks.
Our investigators are doing good. Unfortunately, the Nicaraguan family was too busy this week to meet, and might be out of town next week. But Pekka is doing well, we taught him about the sabbath day. He hasn't been coming to church because his back has been hurting him. But he really liked the message that we shared about the sabbath being a delight. It was from the talk that president Nelson gave in 2015 in April. We can all do a lot more to make the Sabbath a Delight!
There is a really old sister in our Branch who turned 90 this week! She had a ton of people over for the celebration from all around Finland. We had to sing a song. They wanted us to sing a old American classic folk song...so we chose this song called "Some Folks" it was pretty good. Everyone there really liked it. We tried to sing it like cowboys. I am sure it sounded way bad, but they kept coming up to us saying it was so good and they want us to sing at the christmas party...We shall see.
For a spiritual thought: Patience. I have been trying to boost my Christ like attribute of Patience this week. Patience is a lot like Endurance I think. There was a great verse I saw this week. Heavenly Father will mold us into who he wants us to be. We need to be patient and allow improvements to occur. I can definitely look back on the past year or even my whole life and see those moments that have molded me! For, behold, I have refined thee, I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
I love you all!
elder christensen
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