Working Hard Feels GREAT!! #32

We worked really hard this week! It feels a lot better to be working hard than to not be working hard. You don't think that until afterwards maybe but after a day of good work it just feels really good. My new companion elder Rodrigues is pretty quiet but I don't mind, I'd rather just get on with what we have to do anyways. He is a good worker and pretty funny at times.

I don't know why I feel like I don't have a ton to say because we did have a really good week teaching wise. Something interesting is that we worked in a trio for half of the week because an elder in san francisco was without a comp for a while. It was really weird knocking doors with 3 people there, I feel like that would make people a little nervous haha but it worked out really good! The elder who was staying with us is named elder Taylor, from Arizona. He has 10 months in the mission, but he started 2 years ago and had to go home early now he's back. He's funny and he helped us a lot in the lessons. A strategy that we have been trying out in the lessons is to have us and all the people we are teaching say a kneeling prayer, and after the prayer we all just stay there kneeling for a minute in silence with our eyes still closed. It might sound a little weird, but the spirit really goes to work in a reverent atmosphere like that. All of the most spiritual moments of the week were during those prayers, and most of them were said by elder Taylor. 

If anyone is preparing themselves to go on a mission, learn how to put a bike chain back on. My bike chain falls off about 5 times a day and I have to walk around with black greasy hands all day. Its great!

We went up one day to see the river...or the "little stream" as they call it. That is where "Arroyito" gets its name. I attached a picture of us in front of the river. A selfie haha. The other picture attached is of me and a little girl named augustina. She is 10. She's really funny and probably my best friend in Arroyito.

She's also the bishops daughter. She told me that her mom left church crying yesterday, so when we went to their house to eat lunch I shared a scripture that I thought of for her (the mom) and had her read it.  It was D&C 58:2-4. 

2 For verily I say unto you, blessed is he that keepeth my commandments, whether in life or in death; and he that is faithful in tribulation, the reward of the same is greater in the kingdom of heaven.

 3 Ye cannot behold with your natural eyes, for the present time, the design of your God con-cerning those things which shall come hereafter, and the glory which shall follow after much tribulation.

 4 For after much tribulation come the blessings. Wherefore the day cometh that ye shall be crowned with much glory;the hour is not yet, but is nigh at hand.

I love this scripture. She started crying a ton while reading it, though I hope it was the good kind of crying! 

That's about it for this week. Im in san francico right now for a zone p-day, we played soccer.  It was super fun for a while until someone kicked the ball over the 20 ft tall wall and lost it. Ill send some more pictures in a different email! 

Love, Elder Christensen