Hey all, we had a great week here! I hit my two year mark as a missionary on the 4th. I am so blessed to be able to have an extra 20 days! My time is quickly running out though. I leave on the 24th back to Florida.
General conference was really good. I have not yet watched the women's conference or the sunday afternoon session, but I definitely will and I am excited for it. I really loved President Nelson's talk about Humanitarian aid. It got me so pumped to pay a generous fast offering when I get home, and to always pay a full tithe. It was super cool to see all of the good that comes from paying fast offerings. I also really liked sister franco's talk about missionary work, and then I think his name was elder alliaud who spoke about the Book of Mormon, and how we all need to receive our own testimony about the Book of Mormon.
We unfortunately did not find anyone last week, but this is a new week and we are back to the grind. We found one yesterday, a young man and we taught him at the library. He was super cool. Said that we need more missionaries in the world. It is true! I can say 100% that I needed to serve a mission. It has changed my life forever. I appreciate the gospel so much now and have learned a ton about life and working with others and responsibility. Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ want us to serve as missionaries because they love us, and they love those who we can help. Imagine the change that goes into every one's life when missionary work is done.
Our friend Anneli is doing great. She is the one that was baptized a couple weeks ago. She is loving it. She said that the first couple days after her baptism, she felt like she was in Paradise. That is what the Holy Ghost does for us. It doesnt matter what our physical circumstances are. Hers did not change. But the feelings that she had did change. As we follow the example of Jesus Christ and do all that we can to keep Heavenly Father's commandments, we are so blessed.
We had a great pday today. We went and played some more frisbee golf. I forgot to send these pics last week of the national forest that we went to. It was super cool! It is called nuuksio. we had a makkara grill out and it rained but the fire never went out. These pictures of the angry birds is the headquarters of angry birds in our area! Isnt that crazy? clash of clans and angry birds are both Finnish companies. I hope that you all have a great week!
love Elder Christensen
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