We visited Cynthia this week. She just finished the First Book of Nephi! And she had some crazy questions for us. She reads The Book of Mormon every night before bed. Good girl Cynthia :)!
Labor Day weekend in Alpine... SO MANY PEOPLE were up here. We met lots of people and A LOT of them came to church on Sunday.
Then we were asked a few weeks ago to prepare to teach the 5th Sunday lesson. We were able to teach about missionary work yesterday. The lesson was really good if I do say so myself. We started it with the "Because of Him" video and then explained the difference between immortality and Eternal Life. Our whole objective here on Earth is to prepare to gain the greatest of God's gifts- which is Eternal Life.
How much more anxious should we be to help all of our Heavenly Father's children to know about and strive to earn this gift?
I was pondering on this the other day, I really don't want to live FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER in a kingdom other than the Celestial. I would probably be super upset with myself for ETERNITY knowing that I could have lived in there but never being able to after the final decision was made.
I want to live in the BEST place my Father in Heaven has prepared for me, and I want everybody there with me!!!
We will all be SO HAPPY!!
We did a role play during our lesson and Sister Myer's came up and I gave her a real life scenario and she practiced what she would say to me as her friend. She did so well.
2 hours after church she left a message on our home phone saying that she finally called and set up an appointment with her friend Nancy to come meet us...GOOD JOB SISTER MYERS!
We are also implementing a member teaching record. We keep track of every lesson we teach to investigators and Less Active members…. Now we are keeping track of our lessons taught to members. This sheet gives them goals for their personal missionary work that they can pick and choose from.
We ate dinner with Brother and Sister Quetel last night and introdiced the Member Teaching Record. She chose to start up a facebook and shared the "Because of Him" video on her page.
It is so so incredible to see our MEMBERS progressing! They are starting to understand!
The Luna Chicken Fry was a lot of fun and a lot of people showed up. My companions and I all sat at different tables and were able to meet many new members of the community. We invited them all to church to hear us sing and pretty much all of them blatantly told us no. But that's okay because they invited us to their homes!
Diana ( Jewish with the goats in Luna) was really going to come but one of her goats was dying so she stayed and tended to her goat's needs and couldn't come listen to us sing. That was almost a miracle! She is hilarious and refuses to call me Sister Christensen and demands to call us by our first names... She's really fun. She's the one that taught me how to waltz at the music night a few months ago.
Remember this.
Alma 13
28 But that ye would humble yourselves before the Lord, and call on his holy name, and watch and pray continually, that ye may not be tempted above that which ye can bear, and thus be led by the Holy Spirit, becoming humble, meek, submissive, patient, full of love and all long-suffering;
29 Having faith on the Lord; having a hope that ye shall receive eternal life; having the love of God always in your hearts, that ye may be lifted up at the last day and enter into his rest.
Hermana Christensen
Me being a flower child with my outfit at the Fair last week.
Our cute cottage :)
We wear each other's clothes. True companionship unity
Cynthia's horse Mariah and me :)
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