Robert vs. The Disease

 

 

 

ya'aat'eh!!!

 

Everything is going pretty good here!  I want to bust out some good numbers and help lots of people this week.  Okay i have been warned that this was going to happen to me.  I would get the disease of not wanting to email lots....it has come.  Its not that I don't like to tell you stuff and my experiences, its just I get annoyed at staring at a computer after awhile.  I will try to fight the disease!  This could very possibly be my last week here in Cortez which is sad but I know there are other cool places to experience and help others.  We've been painting a lot and digging ditches for water pipes lately.  Hard but fun work.  We have a few new investigators this next upcoming week we are meeting with, hopefully it all goes well.  I met a guy here in 4th ward that served in Capetown from 08-10.  Barely missed Llyr but we talked for a long time and about South Africa, it was good.  I am having a wonderful time being a missionary and I already have grown attatched to the tag and I sleep with it on sometimes cause it feels strange to take it off.

 

love Elder Christensen

Quick Note

 Sister note:  Robert mentioned last week that he had gained some weight, he failed to tell us it was pure muscle!

 

 

Ya'aat'eh!!!

Okay so this week is major hectic.  I dont have time to explain.  But i will send some pictures from what i did last week.  Everything is fine, I am healthy and good.  Nothing crazy goin on. 

 Love Elder Christensen

Robert vs. The Split

 

 

 

Greetings everyone!  We were able to video chat with Robert this week due to Mother's Day.  We had Mom and Dad in Boise, Llyr and family in Salt Lake, Robert in Cortez, and us in California.  It was a lot of fun to talk as a family and ask Robert questions about his mission.  We were able to meet his companion briefly as well.  Since we talked Robert's ear off on Sunday, he only wrote a little blurb today:

 

 

ya'aat'eh!!!

 

It was good to see everyone, thanks for getting that set up it was fun. 

 

Some sad news kind of...I heard that its highly possible that they may be splitting our area in half.  That means that we might only cover either 3rd or 4th ward and not both.  Its a lot harder to cover 2 wards, you have to get to know everyone really fast and who is related to who and whatnot but it makes me feel more responsible with a large area.  Its about a 50-50 chance of whether or not I stay here or go this transfer.  I have come to really enjoy Cortez.  I don't have much to say this week since I told you guys pretty much everything.  We will Skype again in about 8 months.  The next time you see me my mission will be half way over, i guess we will have to wait and see how i feel about that.  As of right now i don't think I have quite fully grasped the concept of what I am supposed to be doing out here and how to do it,  but that's ok right now I'm just trying to not let people down with what they ask me to do here.  I have made lots of friends with the other missionaries and I think we will be good friends for a long time.  I'm turning 4 months this Thursday. Goin by fast. 

 

Agone'!! love Elder Christensen

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert vs. Branding Cattle

Ya'aat'eh!!

Well......I can say this week was one of the best weeks of my mission so far.  We didn't get a lot of teaching appointments but we sure did a ton of service.  I need to get better at taking pictures of everything I just get my mind wrapped up on what im doing at the moment and I forget to document it afterwards or during.  Our efforts of contacting the less actives have been pretty good.  There are about 5 that wish to have us stop by and talk with them which is way more then what I expected.  My main focus I think for helping the wards out is addressing what the bishop needs and the Presidents of each quorum and RS and whatnot.  If we can help them a bit and take any type of load off then I think we are doing our job.  I officially have lived in Cortez Colorado longer then anyplace on this earth besides Boise.  It has become my home away from home.  Here is what we did the past few days.  We helped finish that chicken coop and all of the yard around it!  We built a fence and put up another chicken wire fence so those dirty raccoons and foxes don't get in there.  That took about 4 more hours and we had Zone leaders come help us or else it would have taken a long time.  If you guys ever come down here and pick me up we MUST stop by in Cortez and visit some people.  The Balfour family has taken very good care of me and they make me feel like I am at home whenever I am around them.  They have also found out my addiction to dubble bubble gum....so they give me a bunch whenever we go over there and I have no problem with that.  He has some sweet "toys"  that I will take some pics of sometime that you need to see.

I am going to go from least awesome to most awesome of service projects we've done.  After the chicken coop which was exhausting and took up all Friday evening.  We went to a members house in 2nd ward and helped her move out and transport stuff to various places and whatnot.  I tell you what, you get 6 missionaries together and tell them to do something....it gets done!  Anyways  that was fun, I got a slingshot from the junk so that will come in handy especially if I go to the Rez with those nasty dogs. 

Okay last but certainly not least....I got in touch with my old Idaho family roots on Saturday and I felt like I actually did something worthwhile.  I went BRANDING!!! Yes...like cow and calf branding!  I strapped on my jeans and went tackled some calves and showed whose boss! I have 3 pics I will send them next week, my camera is in the truck and I don't wanna go out there cause its raining hardcore.  I got dirt and dust all over me and I got a pretty good workout in. Those little animals are STRONG! they probably weighed about 150 to 200 each.  The only way to get them where you want them to go is force them! So it was a tackle fest! I got kicked in the ankle pretty good but it didn't hurt that bad.  Some of those calves are angry all the time and they kick everyone!  kinda dangerous sometimes but it was one of the funnest things I've ever done in my life!  I told some ward members and since its branding season right now i may be doing it again!!! cant wait!

Well, other then that that's all i got.  We are teaching some people but always looking for more.  I love being a missionary.

 

love Elder Christensen