Robert vs The Last Letter

Ya'aat'eeh! Loloma! Heenohwahtahmo! Maik! Danjo!

Those are all of the different ways to say hello I have learned from the people I have served in this area.  This last week I was able to spend a day on the Apache reservation walking and knocking on doors.  That was awesome I wish I would have been able to serve there.

My mission to the Lamanites/Nephites has come to a close and I have realized that a mission is the best schooling the church and the Lord can provide on how to "grow up."  Its been a lot of fun and extremely stressful and rewarding.  I have learned that I have a lot of learning yet to do and now that I am done I need to figure out how to "perfect" myself as much as I can so I can help others.  I am not going to write a big letter.  Just thanking everyone for all that they have done  for me and am grateful that I have been able to accomplish this duty with everyone's help.  It will be good to be back in Boise to breathe some Idaho air. as cold as it is.  I have longed for Idaho, and that Blue field. I have been a "defender of the blue" down here.  Here I come!

Robert vs The Last Week

Howdy Howdy!!!

Well this is my last full week as a missionary.  I am with 2 zone leaders in Aztec which is right next to Farmington. I am so happy to end this way because the 2 guys I am with are 2 of my closest mission buddies besides one other guy and Elder Johnson.  We get along great and work hard and have lots of fun laughing at each other.  There aren't to many Natives here but whenever we run into one or go into ones home they just sit back and let me take over its so funny.  We have been cleaning a ladies trailer the last few days, holy cow talk about a mess.  I don't think I could even get this dirty if I tried. It took like an hour of picking stuff just to find that this lady even had a wood floor underneath, crazy.  We have been doing lots of service for people.  Feels good to do some service for anyone in need of a pick me up. 

   

The Aztec area is way fun with lots of interesting people and ward members.  We had dinner with a family the other night and from our perspective we got way to rowdy while playing games and talking with the family.  The Father was teasing me so much I almost called him Llyr and told him to stop.  Seriously though one of the funniest nights ever...missionaries do stupid things sometimes when people want to hold hands and pray.  Like rubbing each others hands trying to get them to laugh and ya....that carried over to that night and I was asked to say the prayer and Elder Dodge rubbed my leg under the table and I lost it....which made him lose it...and I could stop laughing so I just ended the prayer all quick.  So funny....then we get a text from the father the next day saying that was the funnest and best time his family has ever had with missionaries.  That made me feel good. Other then that I am back to people bible bashing with me at doors and ya I have and to calm myself down a few times.  I cant stand white people.  I am very happy to be here with Bowman and Dodge we have a blast together. See yall in 10 days!

Love Elder Christensen

Robert vs The Apache Rez

Ya'aat'eeh!!!

My last day in Tuba City...well actually I am leaving in like 2 hours.  I have to go to Page for a while and around 5pm tonight I will be heading to Farmington.  I swill spend the night in Farmington and be headed to Aztec for my last 2 weeks.  I will be hangin with the Zone leaders which one of them is my MTC companion, Elder Bowman.   We haven't even been in the same zone our entire missions so it will be fun to be with him again. 

Only said goodbye to a couple people at church yesterday.  I didn't really have time to create any relationships or anything here.  That's okay though.  I really enjoyed being in Tuba City despite having to live with some people that really got on my nerves.  I tried not to let it get to me.  I hope I get to go on exchanges to Dulce while I am in Aztec. Dulce is the Apache reservation that was just opened up a few weeks ago.  That would be sweeeet!  

Nothin to crazy happened this week though.  We were out in Red Lake one day waaaaay out der...and we were drivin around this mountain called "wildcat" trying to find someone and we came across this wall....like I am talking an ancient wall that looks exactly how Moroni described it...heaps of earth and everything.  It was of course a little beat up and rugged but it was definitely man made.  Ya never know...I took a few pictures as we explored it a bit so that was awesome.

That night though coming back into town all of our plans fell through so we decided to just see someone not expecting to go inside but just talk to her at the door and check on her.  Well happened to be that the whole family was home for once so we went in and they started asking us all of these crazy questions about Jesus 2nd coming and stuff.  We ended up teaching the plan of salvation and it was probably one of the best lessons of my mission.  So much fun.  Good week.

But ya I will be just tryin not to get to lazy my last 2 weeks but I don't think that will be a problem being with ZL's. Thats it folks!  Ha'goo'nee'!!!

Love Elder Christensen