September 8, 2009 - Letter

Hello my Beautiful Family!

This week was really sweet! Full of tons of miracles! Before I get to those I will answer your questions! Yes, I got your letters, I was expecting that package for Zone Conference but they send all packages right away so when I got home my Laker stuff was all there, I was so excited! Shout out to Max I love you Bro! Thank you so much, that shirt meant so much to me! Which one was way harder to buy kobes MVP or this one? Haha you better answer that question! Drayson thank you for the hat! I love it! Especially the years we won! Haha I didn't know we won in 88 way cool! Also 15 time champs is pretty awesome as well maybe one day we will catch the Celtics! Last shout out to my other brother from another Mother!! Nick!!!! Happy 21st b-day!! I meant to say that last week but I forgot! I hope you know I was thinking about you at Zone Conference . I hope you had a good one without me! So Mom, the dog whistle does not work it makes the dogs bark louder! What can we do about that? Can you please do some research on maybe how to use it if I am using it wrong! I think it's to train your dog only! Oh well let me know about that. lol.

I can't wait till Winter, I hate sweating everyday! haha I heard it gets cold here though! Might need to buy a coat I heard! I'm not sick anymore but ya Advil would be nice for the future I don't like Tylenol, Advil works the best! Thanks for your help! Wow I am glad the boys are ok if it gets worse please give them a blessing! I have hand sanitizer! Really good stuff I always use it's better than Purell. By the way Mommy don't cry but I know you have waited for this day I don't know if it's the Swine Flu scare or me finally growing up but I am happy to say I have stopped biting my nails!!!! I will send you a picture when they grow out more! Ya I have changed a lot I know! Kinda scares me sometimes! But it's for the better! Brinae I love you, you busy xin ku worker! Write me a hand written letter soon! Dad did you ever talk to Brandon Block? I would like his address please! That's sweet we have a AAA team now I hope I can umpire on that field some day! Darn Dodgers! I hope the Giants will make it too!

Ok story time and I have time for one good one! 2 nights ago we were tracting by the church and the area was all really Buddhist! We got rejected 3 times in a row and the family we found that afternoon set up for 8:30 that night but wasn't home! Not to mention the whole day a lot of investigators died! (sorry uh we will stop meeting with them!) Missionary slang haha so anyways the people we were meeting with were really pridefull telling us why Buddhism and Taoism is the best and not even willing to open their hearts and listen to us many times they talked the whole time cuz they are too hard hearted! When they don't understand we are the ones that have the truth and they should be listening to us! My companion was really bold that day, he said toone of them in chinese your ideas are like a spider web they are all tangled up in your mind and you have no clear path or point! haha I love Elder Cleaver! We were both pretty frustrated that day! I mentioned a couple times saying if we are right and you are wrong then what? Like Dad said to Josh a long time ago and our investigator Luke form Cali also really not humble! I told him yesterday I wish we can flash forward to the after life and tell you I told you so!!!! We are very passionate about the gospel and hurts to be rejected but we deal with it and move on to find those that are prepared! Anyways back to the story we were tracting and this guy and his wife were sitting outside, Elder Cleaver said ni hao and the old man said zou kai! Which means beat it and it's very rude usually you say this to dogs! Then he stood up and said you beat it! So I quickly ran away from him when he stood up! I'm telling you the spirit yelled get away from him...Elder Cleaver oblivious to all this stood there all bold looking thinking bring it man! And the guy reached for a small pole and started waving it at us! Then Elder Cleaver realized this guy was not messing around! Ya so I don't know if he was drunk or just hates Christians but pretty crazy experience for both of us! I love you all and I am still safe, the Lord protects his Missionaries!

Love Elder Christensen p.s. will send the pic next week! sorry