This week was great! We brought a few of the sisters from the stake to
contact on campus with us! It was so wonderful! It's a beautiful sight
to look around a college campus and see 5 sisters missionaries each
having a conversation with someone about the restored gospel. Ah, I
love it. So many people are wanting to be closer to Heavenly Father
and we know the way. What a blessing!
We also had a lemonade stand with them outside of the institute
building that night. We were struggling to get people to stop and talk
to us. As one guy was running by I stopped him and asked him if he
wanted lemonade. He took out his earbud and said "sure". We then asked
him to take a picture for us. He said sure again and we all positioned
ourselves by the stairs. We stood there and smiled for a few seconds
and we saw a flash on his face. We then asked him to take a picture of
us. And he said "oh, okay. Sure.". Hahaha. We felt so bad that he
didn't understand and took a selfie! He was unfazed by all of it. We
asked him what brought him happiness and he wrote it down. We bore our
testimonies and off he went. It was pretty funny. Hopefully we see him
again!
We have been sending out a lot of texts with scriptures suggestions
with them. Through doing that we've had a few people text us back and
ask to meet with us. One of them was a girl and Audrey. She invited us
over for milk and cookies and said her roommate wanted to join too! We
brought an awesome member of the branch with us too. Audrey is part of
the campus ministry for her church and it turns out her friend is as
well. Sometimes that can go really wrong but Saturday it went pretty
well! She came right out and just asked us to bear our testimonies.
The three of us each bore our testimonies. In my studies I felt really
strongly to share what I had felt and learned about the resurrection
with someone. Sister Patten felt like it should be them. I explained
how we all have physical, mental, and emotional limitations and
weaknesses. I bore my witness that all of those things will be healed
in the resurrection. I testified of the witnesses in the New Testament
of the resurrected Savior and how incredibly thankful I am for an
additional witness of that truth in the Book of Mormon. I could see
the tears in Audrey's roommates eyes. They bore their testimonies to
us as well and invited us back to share more. We'll see how it goes.
That night we got a call from sister missionaries nearby asking us to
sing in a funeral with them. It was such a great experience! The mans
nephew gave his eulogy and it was beautiful. He talked about his
family and how every two months they would meet together as extended
family. All the ladies would sit on the outside edges of the large
room and talk and all the men would sit in a circle in the center and
catch up on everything happening in Athens. This man had a super thick
accent and was very well spoken. I loved every second. He told of a
few of the good deeds his uncle did. He was truly a Good Samaritan.
His daughter stood up and read a poem and it really tugged at my
heartstrings. I reflected back on the day before and my studies and
said a prayer in my heart asking if the resurrection is real and I
felt such a warmth and a peace come into my heart. I know the
resurrection is real! What a beautiful blessing to know that truth! It
helped me to keep from crying while we sang "A Poor Wayfaring Man of
Grief" to his family at the funeral.
I love all y'all!!
Mom, thanks for the package! Kass, the writing on it is SOOO cute!
❤️
Sister Christensen
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| The Selfie |
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| The sweetest family took all of the sisters in our zone out to a way nice restaurant today! Someone did it for him on his mission and he wanted to have his family start doing the same thing ❤️ |
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