"You Are Probably Your Mother's Pride!"

kamusta na akon panimalay :) I am way stoked for James to get going. That will be a bummer that I won’t see him for over three years haha but oh well. He is a stud and I am sure he did sweet. I am glad he threw in a Twilight movie reference into his farewell talk. So before I tell you how I "feel," I wanna tell you some things that happened this week I thought you might like to hear. First of all, Our chapel here is two stories. We have a member here who has cancer in her leg and cannot walk at all. She has a wheelchair but there is obviously no elevator here so when we got to the church Sunday morning, I volunteered to carry her up into the sacrament hall. So I grabbed her like wedding style and carried her up the stairs and set her at the piano since she is our pianist. When I set her down she was saying thanks and she said "siguro ikaw and bugal sang imo nanay" or in English "you are probably your mother's pride" haha I was laughing. She is tiny so she was easy to carry but she was so thankful. Just relates well to James' talk I guess. We also learned this week that the Philippines was voted as the world's third most politically corrupt country in the world. I don't know what the first and second are, maybe Nicaragua is up in there haha, I don’t know? As for how I feel, We (Elder Price and I) feel a little bit frustrated right now. We feel like we could not be working harder. We are constantly talking and trying to help our investigators, but we just aren't seeing the results we want. Our vision of the area is a lot better than the results we are having, which is frustrating. It hasn't affected us. We are still doing all we can but that’s how we feel right now. I also feel like I am getting a lot closer to Christ amidst our struggles. I have been studying the "Jesus the Christ" and I love it. It puts into detail all the things that Christ did. All of his teachings, things he did and why. It is amazing. I feel happy with where I am and who I am with. I feel like I miss you guys but I find myself thinking about home less and less every day. I feel joy when people accept commitments and keep them. I feel sad for people who turn us down and coincidentally turn down Christ' church. Sorry I don’t have a lot of cool stories this week. I met a girl from Oregon who wants us to teach her to speak Ilonggo, but she doesn't live in our area so we referred them to her. Hopefully she will learn the language and about the church. It sound like you are all doing well. I love you all lots and miss you. Happy Thanksgiving! "pagustohanay kamo kaon ha!" "Eat all you can!" Elder Garrett Christensen Hey Pops, Whats up?! It sound like Hurricane finally got their championship which is cool I guess. I bet Breck was super excited. Things here are going well. We are working as hard as we know how. A normal day is like this. 6:30 wake up, shower get dressed, eat 8:00 personal study 9:00 companionship study 10:00 leave the house and go proselyte 12:00 lunch 1:00 language study 2:00 proselyte 9:00 return home and plan for the next day 10:30 be in bed! Haha, it gets tiring sometimes but it is okay. We stay super busy all the time. It’s like there is no extra time to do anything. They don’t have Thanksgiving here so we are just going to buy a chicken and eat lots of it I guess haha. Thanks for the sports report. I love you Dad and miss you lots! Your son, Elder Christensen Sorry i forgot my cord to send photos but I got some sweet pictures this week. I will send them next week. Please Send me some photos of the Thanksgiving party and the "turkey bowl" haha Love you! Hey britt. No they don't have Thanksgiving here, so it is a bummer huh? We will still buy lots of food to get full. They don't have turkey here either, so we will just eat chicken. That is good all the "kasapatan" or "animals" are doing well. Good job on your soccer. I bet you are the best. Keep practicing and work hard to be the very best at everything you do! I love you! Elder Gary