April 2, 2014

We had our first game of the Frisbee season this morning. Pretty fun.

Our long run this last week took us up 5th avenue to Rockefeller Center. It turned out to be the exact distance as a 10k. We have been working a lot more on pacing now that I can run for an hour continuous, so the first half (going there) we ran a 10 or 10:30 pace, which felt pretty easy, so we did an 8 minute mile pace for the second half.

Yesterday was awesome! We went on splits so I was with Elder Murray. Oddly enough, in 15 days it will be the year mark of when we started our companionship. We taught some late night phone and FB lessons, so we didn't get to bed until 12:20 Monday night, and Tuesday was beautiful. I had my sleeves rolled up and was only a tiny bit nippy. I love spring! Plus, it had been forever since it was warm enough that we could stand to contact for hours on end without needing a break to warm up. We passed out about 150 English class cards for our companionship, plus Elder Zander and Elder Blonquist passed out around 200, and the sisters passed out about 100 as well I think, so hopefully we will see a few new people coming in over the next few weeks.

General Conference is just around the corner. We tried to get it set up so that we would be able to watch it at our building here in Chinatown, but it wound up being a no-go, so I'll be spending most of the weekend in the temple it looks like. I'll try to say hi to the Buckners and/or brother Done. Make sure you have questions as you go into conference. Having questions is the only way you are going to get answers.

The Blairs are officially gone, it was really sad to see them go.

They announced that Delancey Street apartment is officially the most expensive apartment in the mission, the rent is currently 3800 a month, but has gotten as high as 4000 before. They are terminating the contract in May, so it looks like I'll be moving back to East Broadway before summer fully kicks in. They also told us they might have people coming in during the day to take a look at our apartment, so we're spending the day cleaning.

We have a new baptismal date, his name is Xx Xxxx Xxx. He is a friend of a less active member. The sisters called to meet the less active member and the friend came along to see what the church was like. His date is for May 11 (Mother's day, which now that I think about it, we might want to change that). He really wanted to get baptized on Easter, but we kept it further back because he really wants to get baptized, which means he might have some green card issues. That said, he knew the story of Joshua carrying the Ark of the Covenant around the wall of Jericho 7 times, which shows that he's a lot more into the Bible than most of the GCIs are (Green Card Issues). In other news, I learned how to say the Ark of the Covenant in Chinese. I've also learned how to say schizophrenic, kidney, applicable, digress, and motive. Schizophrenic is really long.

Love you all,
Your son/sibling in service,
Elder Christensen

陳少駒