Well not to much to report on this week again but there are some good things happening in the Blanding 1st and 8th wards. The baptism for July 5th is still good to go and I am excited for the man we are teaching to FINALLY become a member after living in Blanding his whole life. 62 years. We had a man come to church that hasn't been there in over 40 years! I think he really enjoyed being back. It's sad to see that something drastic has to happen in order for people to get their act together. I am not exempt from that either. But with a wife passing away and then deciding to be baptized, or finding out that someone did your wife's temple work along time ago and then deciding that it might be a good thing to get back to church is pretty dramatic. Doesn't need to be that way.
We did have a pretty good lesson with a Navajo family that I am excited to teach. I get so giddy when I am teaching my Lamanite brothers and sisters. I know back home I didn't go talk for long periods of time to often but I think thats changed for sure. I might need someone to tell me to shut up. Sometimes I get carried away and I don't let my companion teach as much as I should cause I am just so happy to be talking with Native Americans. He's cool with it though.
I met a purebred Mastiff could be classified as small horse. It was a bigger than the dog from Sandlot but it looked a lot like it. Knock on a door...WOOF! Then the kid opens the door and this dog head the width of a football pushes through. That is really the only time in my life that I can recall being afraid of a dog. We went into the house and it just kinda backed me up into a corner and started barking and jumping on me. It put its paws on my shoulders like nothing and stood taller than me. When we tried to leave the dog would kinda mouth my forearm and pull me back in. That was my life or death moment for the week. I still love big dogs. Maybe not that big.
We had a kid knock on our door at like 4am the other day. He should be on a mission right now but he's had to deal with some pretty hard challenges. He just needed someone to talk to and he asked for a blessing so we were all very proud of him for seeking out for the spiritual side of things. We invite him to come over to our house a lot and just hangout with us and go to lessons and whatnot. I am happy to know that he trusts us to be able to have the guts to knock on our door so early looking for help. I love helping people, I don't care what time it is. Anyways things are going well and I am pumped for the 4th.
Love Elder Christensen
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