We went down to the city today for a trip to a very specific building. I think the picture I've attached might give it away. Super cool, I have a million other pictures from today as well that I'm going to send too.
Inviting people to friend request us on Facebook is super strange. I have yet to teach an actual lesson on Facebook yet, but I think that as time goes on it will get more effective. Currently it feels a bit like throwing spaghetti at a wall and trying to see if anything sticks, but as we figure out how to use it more, it should get better.
If you want the statistics mom, our mission is at 269 missionaries, Senior Couples included, but we aren't planned for continued expansion really beyond this point, just maintaining the increased size. (we were at I think 140 when president Morgan got out here in July '12)
Fun Fact, I realized that tomorrow is the one year mark of me opening my mission call. That year contained many experiences, some pleasant, others less so, but I can say now with much greater certainty looking to this coming year, "Whatever happens Joseph, the Lord is in it." (Hyrum Smith, Prophet of the Restoration movie)
If you could send my P90X book (the black one), that would be awesome (I'm not planning on starting the program, just looking for a way to try and help structure my morning exercise more, because currently it's pretty random, and not very effective.) Some P90X exercise bands would be a good Christmas gift as well from NPS perhaps...
We learned a lot at our last Zone Meeting about VGPAs (Vision, Goals, Plans, Accountability) it's a process that you can use for basically anything you want to do, and it is awesome.
Xxxxx is still doing well, he leaves for China on the 21st, and comes back on the second of April, but we're hoping he can get baptized before then. We'll soon see I guess.
I really liked what you said about temple work in your last letter mom, there was a ward member who pointed out to me this last week that the scripture in Malachi about the return of Elijah says "lest the earth be utterly wasted at His coming". The ward member stated that the "wasted" doesn't mean that the earth is going to be completely destroyed, it means that the entire purpose of the earth would have been defeated if temple-work was not done. The Plan of Salvation would have been "wasted". Without this work, neither we nor they can fully be saved.
We have a couple of other investigators who are doing really awesome, but I'm not sure if I'll have time, so I'll defer until next week in favor of photos.
Love you all, eat bacon, happy birthday Wes!
Your son/sibling in service,
Elder Christensen
