Week 89

Mommy & All,

"A lot of  people don't  wanna get out in the arena of life, because they don't wanna fight, they don't wanna get knocked down! But you're gonna get knocked down whether you're on the field or whether you're on the sideline!! So why not get knocked down for something! Get knocked down so you can learn how to fight!" -Les Brown

This week was pretty good and really busy. To start off the week Elder Nelson and I were in a trio because a missionary came up from Rio Gallegos and stayed with us for a few days. Then on Wednesday we had our War Council where all the leaders in the mission meet up here in Comodoro to talk about how we can get better and how our zones can improve and it went pretty good. On Thursday we had another meeting with President Salerno where all the missionaries here met in the church and he talked to us about the death of President Monson and we had like a family home evening and it was pretty cool. Friday, we had Conference with President with all the missionaries here and from Caleta Olivia  and that was good too.  So this week we didn't have a ton of time in our area but we were able to teach a few people at least. 

We  were able to teach some old investigators named Mariano and Ana. They are married and have 3 kids and are really cool. A while back they had a date to be baptized, but then one of Ana's friends talked bad to her about the  church and she got offended and it has kinda been down hill from there.  But we went by with a member on Saturday after it had been a while since we had seen them, and it went pretty good. Mariano told us that he was already in 2nd Nephi in the Book of Mormon and  Elder Nelson and I were shocked that he had even continued to read! So that was really cool. Ana is still pretty cold though. So we focused a lot on Mariano and we talked about the atonement and repentance and baptism. We asked him if he felt he needed to be baptized and he told us yes and we were pumped. So of course we invited him to come back to church, but then he started to explain to us his work schedule. The  guy works everyday and only gets like every other Friday and Saturday off and never a Sunday. he works in the oil companies down here, and so for his work its out in a field in the middle of no where and he has to be there days at a time. So he wants to get baptized, but he doesn't have time. So we are gonna be continuing to work with him through that. 

 There is another lady we are teaching named Adriana. She has known the church  for quite some time, and actually the guy she lives with is a member but he is super inactive  and hasn't been to church for 20 years, but they have 4 Book of  Mormons in their house. We go over and eat lunch with them every Sunday and they are really nice. Adriana told us that she wants to get baptized to have the chance of having an eternal family because they have 3 kids as well. The only problem is that the guy who is a member, doesn't wanna get married. So our goal with them of course is to help them get married, and help this member realize the blessings that an eternal family can bring.

Much Love,

Elder Christensen

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