January 23, 2012

Hola Familia, This week ended pretty crazy and pretty sad also. But things are still going really good. Virginia has her baptism this Saturday. She still has to be interviewed by president about her past, but she is awesome, excited, and ready to be baptized. She is way funny. We took her tea away from her so she is willing to give up what ever we say she has to give up. That family that is really awesome has a lot of problems with money and they couldn't go to church because they were looking to earn money, so it scared me quite a bit. They looked really sad and disanimated. But we are still are going to work hard and try to help them out again. We also are trying to help out this other family that is really willing to be baptized. They are going to church but the mom has to get her birth certificate and she has to get married. So we're trying really hard to get all of this worked out with them. It was way crazy and a little bit sad because Elder Frost was called by president Saturday night and he was told that president wanted him as his assitant. He left yesterday. We got along really well and he was my first American companion. For 3 weeks only . But the good new is that my new comp is another American. His name is Elder Hansen from Pocatello Idaho. He's been out the same amount of time as Elder Frost and he's 20 years old too. We get along way well. I'm sure we will have a blast working together. He played the same sports that I did and we have a lot in common. Scott Hansen is his dad, and he passed away last year. Norman Hansen is his grandpa. Dad you will have to find out if we are related. Our zone is working really hard and we're having a lot of success. I'm excited to see how this transfer and the next will end up. I'm so glad that we are blessed with a bunch of awesome elders in our zone. My comp is also a hard worker and that just makes everything better in a companionship. I'm sure this will help us have a lot of success. In church yesterday, I was feeling the spirit so strong. It was so awesome. I've realized that sacrament meeting is the hour of the week that I feel the spirit so strongly. It's so amazing, and I love it. Many times it's not even the talks I hear, because I'm just meditating and thinking about things. I'm certain that it's the enviroment and because it's the house of the Lord. We're going to work hard this week and we're going have some awesome experiences!  I know it and I'm excited for them. Well I'll talk to you guys next week.  Love, Elder Christoffersen