Dad I hope that
your Birthday was simply spectacular!!! So sorry that I forgot to say
anything last week! But Happy One day late Birthday! If its any
consolation your day was much more beautiful and warm than ours was.
Whenever they showed Salt Lake Sister Jacobson and I were like...."Oh
look how beautiful and warm it is"
Also as long as I'm doing
late Birthday's Brianne I hope that your day was super as well! Happy
Late Birthday to you as well! It sounds like you had a good time going
to the Temple!!!!
Monday we taught a lesson to my favorite named investigator 10:30.
There was a bit of drama going on as we were teaching him, so I don't
think much sunk in. Problems of other people fighting. I must say I
have learned quite well the importance of marrying the right sort of
person.....there are simply some interesting couples in this world. We
also set up voice lessons w/ a professional singer in our ward. We are
doing those today so hopefully I will be a new and somewhat improved
singer by time I come home.......I'll let you know how it goes. (its
okay if you want to pray all goes well for me, :) I'm somewhat
terrified to sing in front of her....hahaha)
Tuesday
we were on exchanges w/ Dunkirk and I got to be w/ Sister Ribeira, she
is a Sister from my MTC district and this is the first time in my
mission that I have served around her so that is fun. We got to go to
Christian Ministry and do some volunteer work there which is a nice
change of pace. Some of the other volunteers were curious about us, and
asked lots of questions as we worked to fill the orders. I think being
out in the community volunteering is definitely something I want to keep
up. It is good times. Then I got to be w/ Sister Jacobson for a few
minutes before we were off to go do exchanges w/ the Muncie 2.2
Sisters. We had a grand time in the car, and then off our separate ways
we went. That night I got to plan a day.....all by myself, and that
was a bit interesting. I was looking around for my scriptures and
couldn't figure out where in the hannah banana I had put them, so I
moved on to doing other things, and then inspiration hit me..........and
it was not good inspiration. I had left them in Dunkirk's car!! Holy
moly how unfortunate. So I called them and the first thing Sister
Riberia says is, Yes we have them. I asked her if she would give them to
Ball State the next day at District meeting and then I would get them
from them. She said yes, and I was much relieved.
Wednesday
I was w/ Sister Driesel and we went to District Meeting and our whole
district was there, so that was exciting. We talked about promising
blessings to our investigators thru the scriptures. Good idea eh? I had
to use these regular scriptures, and it was significantly harder to
figure out where things are, w/out my markings. We had a sweet chapel
tour w/ 10:30
and Brother Inman. Brother Kirk came w/ us to teach April. Cool side
story his Mission President was Tad R. Callister. How awesome is that. I
am pretty sure that one day President Porter is going to be a general
authority of some sort.....my guess is an Apostle tho!!!!!!!!!! He is
seriously the most inspired man I personally know. We got to decorate
some Halloween cookies and I was put in memory of our pumpkin parties
that Gina does, so that was fun. Then we met back up to exchange back to
our regular comp. but we had some fro-yo to celebrate Sister Brown's 6
month mark. Boy oh boy I was sooo excited to be back w/ my comp. Not
that I don't love the Sisters but there is nothing like spending time w/
your own comp.
Thursday
Weekly planning. Service at an older mem house, and then she gave us
floats for helping her. Diet Cherry 7 Up is not nearly as good as reg.
Cherry 7 Up, but no worries the vanilla bean ice cream was top notch. I
had to go this whole day along w/ the previous w/out my scriptures b/c
Ball State never got back to me about meeting up to get them back. They
dropped them off at the Institute and so Sister Jacobson and I went to
get them for the last stop of our night. Man ohhhh man was I excited to
see them again. It was no fun to miss them. I am very, very attached to
them! It was such a joyful reunion!! I also got to see the new iPhone 6
plus. That thing is ginormous!!!! But super cool how it is opened w/
your fingertip.
Friday We were supposed to get up at 5 b/c we had to be out the door at 5:30 to meet up to drive down to Cinci. Sister Jacobson woke up at 5:29 we got up, she had a shower and we walked out the door at 5:40.
Pretty darn impressive eh? Then we spent 3 hours all in all on the way
down, it was sort of unfortunate that we had to go meet up w/ another
Sister b/c it gave us a whole extra hour both ways in the car, but the
good news was I got to see Sister Hall b/c of that. Mission Leadership
Council was super-de-duper! I would suggest that you all read "The
Answer is the Doctrine" by Elder Bednar, it will change your life. I
took sooooo many notes down there. I also got to see some of my favorite
people again. Such as President and Sister Porter, Elder Tavake,
Sister Rolfe, Sister Summers, Sister Colton and Elder Campbell!!! That
was super fun!! Elder Campbell was invited to give all of us a special
training that was fabulous!!! But hearing from President was
spectacular, and changed my life once again. We didn't get home until 9:30 so our whole day was taken up by super revelatory experiences and then 6 hours in a car. We about both went insane.....!
Saturday
we had a miracle of having 2 investigators at church. We watched it at
the church, all four sessions. Sister Jacobson and I were only able to
sit by each other for 2 of the sessions. My goodness we were taught some
fabulous things. I liked that everyone stressed the basic things that
so often get overlooked. I feel like there is something very big coming
in the next few years and they are trying to help us all have a very
firm foundation so that we cannot be shaken. It made me question how
strong my testimony truly is in all the important things. Do I do all I
can to make sure that I am changing each and every day? Am I doing the
very best I possibly can? That night we went and taught this super cute
family that speaks Spanish. COLIO!!!!!! I wish you had taught me some
Spanish! Sister Jacobson and I want to bear our testimonies to them in
Spanish sooo bad, but neither one of us know how to. Also there are no
Spanish missionaries here in Muncie. Oh also they are both Professors at
Ball State.
Sunday happy Birthday Daddy!!! We did a planning session w/ the Elders for Zone Meeting and then took breakfast to 10:30.
Watched Conference w/ 2 more investigators. It was once again super
fabulous. I was soooo ready for President Monson to get up and tell us
this big new thing w/ how much every single speaker was focusing on our
Prophet. I thought we were going to get some new revelation. But then he
got up and talked on Christ, yep building on our foundation is sooooooo
important. I cannot tell you how glad I was that we got to hear from
Elder Bednar, he did sooooo fabulous, and his story was simply the best.
It was cool that people got to speak in their native tongues, I don't
know what it was like for you but we didn't get to listen to them and
have subtitles we had a voice over in English....I was somewhat
disappointed. We decided to skip having dinner b/c we really needed a
new investigator and guess what? God blessed us that is for sure. A few
weeks ago this guy referred himself to us, and we went back once and he
wasn't there, and then we went back yesterday and he was there, and we
taught this sweet lesson. Sister Jacobson and I are sooo excited to be
able to teach him. He knows a little about the church, but not much so
we are helping him rediscover his connection to God.
Random
sidenote: Our heater does not work so last night we went to bed in an
icecube and woke up to still being in an icecube. We should be getting
it fixed tho, b/c I'll tell you what I cannot live my life in that
freezing abyss. Haha but really!
In closing I
know that this is the true church on the earth. I know that Jesus Christ
truly is at the head of this church and that he guides us thru our
living Prophet President Thomas S. Monson. We each have the right of
personal revelation and it is the only way we will be able to truly
strengthen our testimony.
One last thing: We almost got sprayed by a skunk this week. I have never accelerated so fast!!!
Love you,
Love Sister Christiansen
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