November 8, 2010 - Time is Flying

HELLO My Beautiful Family,


Wow time is a flying! Super fast week, we saw many miracles! First Sister Dong is finally baptized! We were fighting to get her in the water because the Zone Leaders and the Assistants didn’t agree with us getting her in because of her husband opposing pretty bad. But the President was right behind us and agreed that she could be baptized because the husband finally said whatever I don’t care if you get baptized!! It was positive enough to get her in! I am so happy she is like a Taiwanese mom to us! I had the privilege to baptize her in probably one of the coldest water I have done. We were running late so didn’t have enough time to turn on the water heater, oh well in the end she said her baptism was cool!!! She didn’t mind the ice cold water one bit. After the baptism it was my idea to take her to Mc Donald’s so I used my dessert card and gave her a chocolate sunday. She brought her daughter to the baptism, kinda shy but is starting to open up to us. The best part is of course we all know a baptism isn’t complete unless you get the baptism of fire. We went to church and noticed that she wasn’t there yet but as the meeting started sister Dong and her daughter ran through the door just in time to take the sacrament. Later on we asked why she was late. She said I accidently slept in but thank the lord that my daughter woke me up!!! YA after all the daughter is not that bad we want to start teaching her this week and get her in by the end of the month. She has already been to church many times!! My first mom baptism was a very special one. She was in tears singing nearer my god to thee at the end of her baptism! WOW the end of my mission keeps getting better and better!

So on to the next best thing, yesterday at church my friends from Tainan 3rd ward came to find me. Remember the kid that we were teaching but could never get baptized because his parents oppose? Ya he came he is 15 still not baptized reminds me a lot about the boys..loves basketball and listening to rap music his dream is to go to America one day but he has a burning testimony! Anyways during fast and testimony meeting I invited him to bear his testimony he was scared because he has never done that yet. I said who cares if you’re not a member tell everyone about your story. He did it and gave a beautiful testimony! He showed everyone his book of Mormon that he disguised as Harry Potter so his mom can stop throwing away his book of Mormons!! That’s his third one not to mention he is already in 2 Nephi 17! Maybe in 3 years when he turns 18 he can be baptized. It’s so sad how controlling parents can be especially when they take away the freedom to choose. I’ve been thinking lately, we need to love the people we teach! It’s something President Bishop is enforcing a lot now. Too many people get baptized and go less active because they don’t’ feel the love.

Alright that’s about it. I’ll answer your questions in a bit! YAY for the giants ya I heard!!! Can’t wait to watch the Lakers with you guys we will definitely repeat! I’m writing nothing but letters today were going to the church to do that after we e-mail so ya it will probably be the last one you get hope you like it!

Love,

Elder Christensen

November 6, 2010 - Baptism