Zero Trunkiness Here

Hey Guys

   Elder Naylor and I had a good week here and we are happy with our efforts and results. To be honest we had a really, really regular week with almost zero new happenings haha...

   We heard about the Islam hating on Americans haha and the church sent us an e-mail of what we can do to stay away from any problems. It’s safe to say that I am going to be sooo mad if I die the last day of my mission haha :) jk...but serious.

   Let me tell you about a few of our investigators. Edna went to church, She is a 58 yr. old mother of ten. She had her leg amputated so she is in a wheelchair until she can get a prosthetic leg. The problem is the price. It is really expensive. She loves us and we visit her often. She gets bored at her house all day so she reads the Book of Mormon a lot!

   Another investigator named Elanie went to church. She is 27 and really from Antique (by my first area) but works at SM (the biggest mall here in the city)...She was referred by her friend who is also an investigator but in a different area here in Iloilo. She loves the church and wants to be baptized but we don’t know what to do because she is supporting her family and so if she quits her job (she works every Sunday) then she won’t be able to help the family. Hard situation. Easy to say "well God said not to work on Sunday..." but it’s a lot harder to actually tell your boss you are done haha...

   Another investigator is Fritz, he didn’t go to church because he was in hospital but he is one of the smartest investigator I ever taught. He works for the computer company HP which is American. He is a stud.

All is well. We are still working way hard and loving life here. 

Zero "trunkiness" here haha :)

I Love you all

I will write you my last mission e-mail next week Monday, then see you soon! Nobody said they want anything but Macy so tough luck if I don’t get you anything!

Love you Mom, can’t wait to see you all soon. What is the new airport like? Big?

Haha I will see what I can do...(I asked him to wave to me from the plane.) I will probably be shaking haha. I am already way scared. Just a big change of life. Oh well, I gotta do it sometime. I won’t worry about it. I am pretty sure I will be able to e-mail you all next Monday though. We have been going to a different church this whole time cuz our church here in Mandurriao was being renovated. This week is the first time we get to go there! And it is my last week here haha! Lucky...It is the first one ever in Iloilo with carpet and a elevating microphone :) We have fast and testimony meeting this upcoming week. I will miss conference so please save it for me on Tivo or whatever we have. Thanks-Love you lots and we gotta go buy our food.

-Elder Garrett Christensen

Hey Dad,

   I am really happy right now. We are staying super busy and loving life. We did a stake activity this week. It was called "family fun walk" and we had like 400-500 people at this area where people walk and we did a dance thing. It was way rad!

   I am glad you got to hunt a little. How is the weather? What is it...Muzzle?

   I hope I can get back to America and not get killed by some Islam guy haha. But....If I do die, you won’t have to buy me a truck soon haha :)

   We are feeling great. No health problems and excited to get to my last week of work then get home to lovely St. George...Some of my mission buddies are going to visit the first weekend I am home so you will get to meet them. All is well and I love you Dad.

Elder Garrett