So we had transfers on Tuesday! I was so nervous! It
felt like I was leaving my home again and stepping into the unknown.
Haha! But is was really fun none the less. I am now blessed to be
serving in the beautiful town of Conroe Texas! It is so different from
my last area... I am in the middle of the country and I love it! We
actually cover four little towns; Conroe, Montgomery, New Caney,
and....... Cut n' Shoot. There is literally a town called Cut n' Shoot.
And one of the only churches they have there is the Church of the
Cowboys. Yes it is a real thing. I think they call it Cut n' Shoot
because people will literally shoot you if you are on their property.
They paint purple lines on the trees and if you past the trees, they are
allowed to shoot you. It is a little concerning.. These people are a
little bit insane. But it's cool. We still love them! Haha! Anyway, my
area is GORGEOUS. We are in the middle of the forest. It is so green and
there are lakes and trails and deer and flowers and ahhhhhhhhh! I feel
like I was made for this place! The people are awesome! They all live in
trailers or little houses that look liked they were built in the 1940s.
And fun fact, the Texas flag was created here in Conroe. And so there
is a lot of Texas pride here.. I have never seen people so obsessed with
a state before. Its a little weird. There is also a ridiculous amount
of stray dogs here. I have serious PTSD around dogs now. We went to a
less actives home the other day. We opened her fence and walked up to
her front door and as we were walking, this pack of pitbulls came
running at us from around the corner. We both screamed and ran out and
slammed the fence right before they got us. I hate dogs so much. On the
bright side, I am getting in really good shape because I have to run
away from them so much. Haha!
My new
companion is Hermana Haslam. She is so awesome! We work so hard! I am
learning so much from her! The ward here is awesome too. It isn't very
big but the people are so humble and so willing to help us. They love
the missionaries! One of the families told me I had really good Spanish
and I cried a little inside. There is another family here that is
literally obsessed with missionaries. They have a photo album filled
with all the missionaries. And for their family vacations, they go to
visit all the families of the missionaries. Haha! They even make shirts
for all the missionaries that has their family name on them. They are so
sweet!
The work here is awesome. It is a
little more difficult just because there are not many people here. My
last area had hispanics everywhere! It was weird to see white people in
my last area. Now we have to work a little harder to find the hispanics
because everyone is white! But we have some awesome investigators and we
have made some goals to help them progress towards baptism.
We
actually had a really cool experience the other day. We were out
contacting some people when this man started yelling at us to stop. He
ran over and asked us if we were the Latter Day Saints. We told him we
were and he just started to cry. He said that when he was in the army he
had a friend who would take him to our church on Sundays. He said he
hasn't been in three years but he knew that we had something different.
He then started to tell us that he had just found out that his wife had
been unfaithful to him. He said he didn't know why he should live
anymore. He told us that he had been praying all day for the Lord to
send him help and guidance. He told us that he saw us and felt the
strongest feeling to go talk to us. We were able to share with him a
message about the Savior and teach him the power of the atonement. The
spirit was so strong and he just cried and cried. As we ended with a
prayer, he looked so different, he looked like he had peace. We told us
he wants to come to church and take lessons. We got his info and gave it
to the English elders and he is now started to take the steps to
baptism. It was such a powerful experience to be the means of answering
someones prayer. The church is so true my friends!
Well I hope you all have a wonderful week! I love you all! Read your scriptures and say your prayers!
Hermana Christensen
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