Sad to leave New Washington

Hello everyone. Another week has come and gone from New Washington and I have heard some sad news. I will be transferring on Friday to a new area. Where, I have no idea but all I know is that I will miss the people, members, investigators, roommates, companion, food, and everything else about New Washington! We are having an awesome time and seeing our work progress everyday even better. Sometimes we have too many people to teach and we cannot fit them all in a day! We had three investigators at church this week which is okay but some that committed didn't end up coming. That always is a bummer. Can you believe that it is September already and conference/my hump day is next month? Yikes! I am glad you guys are all having fun at Lake Powell and I hope the house boat is fun. Tell dad to stop driving so fast in the main canal so mom won’t yell :) I miss the boat. That is another thing I will miss about New Washington is the ocean and seeing it everyday. I truly have been blessed to be here. This week I got in the biggest fight of my mission. We went to a new investigator who was a referral from a member. When we got there, his pastor from the "Church of Christ" was there and he wanted to argue. At first we just told him to be quiet so we could share our message but he kept talking and not letting us share so we started bashing with him(we shouldn't have, but did haha.) He thought he knew the scriptures well but Elder Key and I worked him. He brought up stuff like the priesthood, living prophets and apostles, the name of the church, apostasy...all of which we are able to scripturally back up :) At the end he said "well I don’t think you should come back, you are just wasting your time" and then he closed his scriptures and said "I will say a closing prayer" then he prayed that we would "malalaman ang katotohanan" or "come to know the truth." We spanked him. Other than that not a lot happened. I went to Iloilo again to do the tooth and it feels great now! No problems at all. I will be getting a ceramic crown on Thursday so then it will be done. Things are going well and I am loving life. Love you all, Elder Garrett Christensen Dad: Hey how is everything going. First of all, I found out something cool this week. If you remember Alema Key, the middle linebacker from Springville my senior year...Well that is Elder Key's cousin and he knew him. Other than that, things are going well and I am loving it here. That is good that Tanner is doing well and a good player. I am also glad that everything is good with Dixie football! Also I am glad that Utah is doing well. BYU is oh well....haha How is Lake Powell? I bet you are all having a good time. Anyway I love you lots Dad and hope all is well. Love Elder Garrett

Hey Britt how is everything going? I hope you are loving Lake Powell and things are going well. How is soccer and everything going? I hope all is well. I hope you are being a good girl. Love you tons!