We are the missionaries South
of the Ribble
This week has been busy and difficult but full
of miracles and tender mercies. We had a wonderful Zone Meeting and I had the
on-the-spot opportunity to play the piano. Needless to say, I could have done a
lot worse.
We had a lesson with our investigator, M, who
is going to get baptised. She has been facing a lot of opposition. She received
a blessing and we've been texting her uplifting scriptures to help her. We went
to see her yesterday and had a powerful lessons on the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
emphasizing the atonement and repentance. She is so sweet. When she feels the
Spirit, she lights up and smiles and you can tell that it completely fills her
up! I'm so excited for her to be baptised and receive the gift of the Holy
Ghost.
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| Preston Zone |
We saw J and her family twice this week and I
just love her so much! She is one of God's elect, I am confident in that. Her
husband came and sat in for the last bit of the lesson and he said the closing
prayer! We had never told him how to pray but he had sat in enough lessons and
had observed and then he did! He picked himself to say the prayer and it
brought the Spirit into my heart so strongly, I haven't felt that way for a
really long time. I know that he will be baptised. J thinks he is stubborn and
won't change from catholic but I see a great change in him and think he will
join sooner rather than later.
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| E and P from the Rhyl, Wales Ward visiting in church today |
We also taught S this week. We taught the Word
of Wisdom and Follow the Prophet. We showed him a video of President Monson and
he absolutely loves him and connects with him. When we taught the Word of
Wisdom, he told us that he drinks two large glasses of coffee an hour but that
he's not addicted so he can stop, no problem. We got a text from him yesterday
that said that he hasn't had any tea or coffee since we last met with him! He
is so good.
We saw a great miracle on Saturday. We were tracting by a
former investigator and we didn't even knock the door, the little girl just
came out then went and got her dad. He is so open minded and is looking for the
truth. We gave him a Book of Mormon and are seeing him and his wife tomorrow with our Ward Mission Leader, who has
offered to come fellowship with us! A family!
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| Street sign |
Similarly, we went by some less actives before
tea yesterday and we met a family that is living in the home of where a less
active member used to live and we're seeing them today! The Lord is blessing
us. He is guiding this work, I have no doubt about it! He truly answers prayers
because we have been praying to find families and he has blessed us with two in
just two days!
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| Be careful with your car in Liverpool, it might end up like this one |
We also had a powerful lesson with a member
family yesterday on the Gospel of Jesus Christ and at the end we invited them
to invite a family to their home to learn more. The father is coming teaching
with us later this week and asked if they can invite the family he is
fellowshipping or any other investigators we are teaching. It is hard for the
members to give us referrals so this was lovely that they see that we are
teaching lots of good people and want to help us!
It has been a great week and I love the people
here so much! I love you all and thank you so much for all your love, support,
and encouragement! Have a brilliant week! :)
Love, Sister Christensen
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| Challenge by office missionaries to cry in a corner... |
for funnies:
We went to teach R twice this week, and he is
a little chatterbox! so the first time we were running a bit late, and our
fellowshipper, is a little chatterbox too. And we had another appointment with
J that we were refusing to be late for, so the first time we went to R's we
didn't get very far. We kept telling them we had to get going and we're really
sorry, but they'd just keep talking about fluff. So, in the end, sis M and I
are standing up and leaving, I am physically walking down the stairs, and K
(the fellowshipper) is just starting all these difference conversations with R,
haha. Sis M says I'm a little champion, trying to make us be on time.... I
looks at her at the bottom of the stairs, and she's just shaking with laughter
cause I'm like, "we are never getting out of here!" and I look at K
who's down the hallway just chatting away... "K! you can come next time!"
I clapped my hands and gestered to the stairs... sis M loved it! (don't worry
our next lesson was much better-- still hard to get out of but better, and yes,
K did come again lol)
When we were teaching C, her little sister
just adores sis M and I. But it was so cute, she's 6 and would call sis M
Sister Maddison, and me sister Christine. ;) and C lives right by a member, who
is the YW pres, who's first name is Christine. So A (the little sister) was
just outside one day, and thought about how sis M and I went to Christine's
house a lot. So she goes to Christine's house and knocks on the door and asks,
"does sister Christine live here?" Christine: "I'm sister
Christine." and A looked so confused and disbelieving! it took about 10
minutes for Christine to realize A was talking about me!... haha
In the same lesson we had with S, we brought
Rachel who is a nurse fellowshipping with us. It is great, Rachel is the
perfect fellowshipper for S, she just resolves all his concerns for us and has
really helped him move forward. S was talking about a type of beer that boxers
drink cause it's supposed to be good for you, and how S sometimes has it, and
even the hospitals used to give it out cause it's "good" for you. and
Rachel just pipes up, "yeah, they did, until they found out it was bad for
you". haha... Rachel's the best. so cheeky. S takes it in good stride.
At M's baptsimal interview this week, sis M
and I were waiting in the lounge of the chapel, and she came through the double
doors and comes over, and says, "I don't know why you have such big smiles
on your faces... I failed." ....."you what?" "I failed the
interview". Then our District Leader came through and heard M and just
started to nod his head. "Well, okay M... what did you struggle with?"
we asked. she responds with Joseph Smith. We look at District Leader and he's
like, "yeah, if you can just build her testimony that he was a
prophet..." M reaches out and touches sis M's shoulder-- "it's okay,
we'll work on it, right?" "yeah, of course we will!"....
"Just kidding! I passed! ha!" that was just cruel. what a wicked
sense of humor M!!!!! and District Leader played along too! come on!
We had tea at WML's home, and I love his wife
Sylvia. they are in their seventies. they are so funny-- I love being extra
cheeky there cause Sylvia just has this cute little laugh. We were talking
about the tennis (I know nothing about the tennis) and Sylvia was saying that
this one woman won again, then added, "but I don't like her cause she's
ugly." hahah what? sylvia, do you like me?.... ;)
Later, we had our coordination meeting at WML
home. the Elder's Quorum Pres (Ben, who is married and 26) joined in for it.
Sylvia said, "you can always tell when there's a young man around cause
the girls just keep giggling." Ben's jaw dropped, "Sylvia, you can't
say that-- they're missionaries!" "yes I can-- I'm old." haha
Sylvia haha
We were at Zone Meeting, which was super fun.
Afterwards we were all telling some jokes. Not gonna name names, but someone
started telling racist jokes. (wasn't me btw) and an elder turned to me and
said, "we've got to stop this... it's getting too dark". ha!
one of our Zone Leader's Elder Hollingsworth
(who is a goliath) went up to Elder Curtis (who is short) and told him to do
something and he ended it with, "you have to do this because I'm a zone
leader and I said so." Elder Curtis won't be bullied though and didn't
even miss a beat when he just said, "what was that? I couldn't hear you--
all I hear was amen to the priesthood." (don't worry, Elder Hollingsworth
was just kidding).
Sis M was trying to quote a scripture to me
this morning: alma
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