Last week in the offices

Well this was my last week in the offices. We had some weird emergency stuff go on in the beggining of the week, so Elder Bórquez, Elder Araújo, and I have been working in a trio all week. It has been rather challenging. This morning we all sat on the couches to plan our day, so that week could face each other, and when we were done I decided to lay down on the coach to study instead of sit up at my desk like we are supposed to and like I always do. So I reached over and grabbed a Libro de Mormón from off of the shelf and flipped it open, and the first thing I saw was Mosiah chapter three verse nineteen, so I got up and went over to my desk to study.

But yeah I would definitely say that the experience of being the secretary of the mission is the hardest thing that I have ever done in my entire life. My mom asked me to list some examples so here are some. Organizing the time that we have to proselyte was extremely challenging because it was very little, and just keeping up with all of the investigators was almost impossible. Dealing with change week was also a challenge because there are so many little things that we have to prepare and not forget. Organizing large groups of people was hard. Making sure that everyone stayed a legal resident is a challenge. Also just going around and dealing with all of the dealings of the office in government buildings and things really brought me out of my comfort zone. And driving in downtown Montevideo gave me a lot of headaches and caused a lot of acute stress.

But that is okay because I learned many things, changed a lot and received a large number of blessings, so thanks offices. And yeah so My pday will now change to monday again, except not this coming monday.

See you,

Love Elder Christensen

WE decided to have an asado today so I dressed up as a gaucho. We did not how ever go to the beach that is an old picture.

Love Elder Christensen

Its me again

Hey everybody!

Well I am writing again and sooner than normal but that is okay. We had a good week. We especially had a cool experience yesterday. We had to stay late in the offices yesterday because we had to finish processing all of the baptismal registries from march, and we were waiting on some missing information. So finally we get out and it starts raining on us which is great because I love rain, and we decided to stop by an investigator that we haven´t seen in a while named Alvaro Sebastián, and he came out to start talking to us, but then his mom told us all to come in because it was raining, ( Mom's are the best). At that point we started talking to him and his cousin Claudia. Now Claudia has a son who is  heavily involved in drugs, and it causes a lot of turbulence and anxiety in her life, and we were able to teach them about the naturaleza de Dios, and the importance of Christ's atonement, and the spirit was felt very strongly, and when we finished she started thanking and congratulating us because she had never felt so much peace from talking to somebody. We were able to explain that those feelings come from the Holy spirit, and then they committed themselves to come to church tomorrow and be baptized. But Claudia is really golden, so pray for them please.

But yeah missionary work is great, I love Jesus Christ, Keep the commandments.

Un gran beso,

Elder Christensen

It is now chilly and april so the beaches are no longer full of sin and temptation and we are permitted to go. Yay!

1) Me eating a chicken curry pinaple empanada at la playa de Malvín with elder Bórquez and Elder Araújo. I love the beach when it is windy and rainy and the water is gray.

2) Elder Holland eating an empanada at the beach

3) Libros de Mormones

General Conference

So I was reading an English grammar text recently and listed a number of English greetings, and then said that in the United States people frequently say Howdy. I don't remember any one ever saying that to me in serious but here it goes:

Howdy Folks,

Well, I sure had the best general conference of my life. I think it was because my mission has broken me down so much that I am now sufficiently humble to receive the simple yet powerful teachings of the latter-day prophets. Or maybe something else. But I especially enjoyed the talk by Brian K. Taylor. I am thinking about giving it to our investigator Carolina because it would help her. If you don't happen to be a member of la Iglesia mormona and didn't see the conference here is the link so that you too can enjoy profound spiritual insights: https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2018/04/media/session_1_talk_6/5761496438001?lang=eng

Also we got a new Brazilian Apostol! Brasiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil! O mais grande do mundo!!! Ordem E Progresso!!! Elder Araújo said he was so filled with joy when it was anounced about Elder Soares that he almost shed tears. Not that nacionality makes any difference in inspired ecclesiastical callings.

Also I just want to say that when I had the opportunity to stand and sustain President Nelson as the new prophet I really felt a strong spiritual confirmation that he is a true prophet. Life is good.

And yeah so we have had an interesting week, We usually find a lot of people who are willing to listen to our message but this week it was just pure rejection. Not really sure what happened. We have been working a lot with Carolina who was supposed to get baptised this week, but the prison visit days for her pareja, and now fiance (Yay! Commandment keeping) Changed to Sunday so she wouldn't be able to come to church to get confirmed. We are not really sure what to do about, but I am confident that at some point in the next few months she will be able to make saving covenants with God and receive the Holy Spirit, so it is okay.

Eu quero viver no uruguai para sempre mas minha mai quer me ver de novo.

1) Brandon Eddy got called to the santiago chile north mission

2) I officially wore a sweater out to preach for the first time this year so I put on a really fake smile and had my picture taken

3) The printer is having problems so I got a cool tatoo

4) Starting to look like fall in Carrasco 

5) I made German Apple Pancakes. They didn't turn out like at home but they were eaten sunday morning for the conference, so justice has been satisfied

6) Elder Hollands mom sent him dried Kuhfleisch, a rare prize this far south.