Hello everyone, in answer to your
question mother, I was able to go to the temple for the first time and probably
the last time on my mission. It is the first time missionaries have been able
to go because of our mission president in like two years, so it is a blessing
and seriously the coolest place ever. You can almost hear God when he’s talking
to you. I loved it and it spiritually recharged me!
I do have a home to go to for
Thanksgiving as of right now! I am going to Alex and Aaron and Erica’s to eat.
They are this family that we are teaching and Alex and Aaron are on track to be
baptized. Idk if I’ve told you about them, I think I have, but I love that
family they are so cool!
My companion is from Mesa, Arizona, the
land of the free and the home of the heat. He said he loved it and he is
excited to go back in a matter of 7 weeks. Haha that is the weirdest thing, my
companion is almost going home....it happens haha.
So I might be getting transferred on
Monday so if you were planning to send me any letters send them by Wednesday or
please hold off till I can give you my new address!
So this week was pretty fun...... it
was about 5 degrees of fun....hahaha, yah it was cold and windy here and it
snowed some and the entire town shut down and we weren’t allowed to drive
anywhere, so we were on foot, it was crazy haha. It was a bad time to shave my
head, my ears are cold haha. But blessings do come from going hard in the snow.
We were able to talk to a lot of people as they were running in their house,
had a lot of one-sided conversations with myself haha, but when we knocked on
doors everyone would let us in because they were like, wow you guys are going
to die, you need to get in here, then they would give us like some hot cocoa,
everyone wanted to give us tea which made it a perfect segway into, well we
don’t drink tea, which leads to baptism hahaha. There are a lot or really good
people in this world I love it haha.
So I have been thinking a lot this week
about gratitude and then the talks in church yesterday were also about it (there
were 15 people at church because of the snow it was cool:), so often we focus
on what we do not have and we take for granted the things we do.... and I have
taken people for granted in my life, I have not been focusing on what I have
and what relationships I have, but what I don’t have and what will make
everyone happy. The only way to happiness is through gratitude. The sin of
ingratitude is a weird sin, but still a sin.... look it up! So be thankful this
Thanksgiving and remember what we do have and not all the silly little worldly
things we do not.
I am Keegan Christensen, I am a
missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and I carry a
message that will bring everyone eternal happiness. I know this gospel is true
no matter how hard it is out here, it is still true and I have to stand by what
I believe! I just think about what Christ did for me and all of us.......I have
to be here.
I love you all and I want to wish you a
Happy Thanksgiving no matter where you are and remember to thank everyone, even
that guy across the street. I love you all
Love elder c
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