He is a Man of God

Hey whats up ya'll? Things here in Mandurriao are going well. It started out this Monday. We had a sweet Family home evening with the Tabujara family! They also invited our recent convert, Aileen so it went super well! Then on Tuesday, we had maybe the most rad day of my mission! Elder Bednar came and from 1-4 pm spoke to us missionaries. It wasn't like a normal talk though. He asked a lot of questions and also allowed us to ask questions which was cool. I personally didn't ask any but there were some that were asked which I learned a lot from. He is a man of God. No question about it. I also got to see some of the members from Sibalom, Pototan and Roxas which was cool since they all had a big meeting with Bednar as well.

Wednesday was my birthday and Elder Light was packing as well so it was alright. We had lunch at a members house where we ate pork sinigang(probably my favorite Filipino food) and chicken curry. Then we taught a few lessons. Then we ate at another member's house who cooked beef stew, and lasagna since I requested it! it was the sweetest thing ever!

Then Thursday came and one of our members took us to Arevalo for transfer meeting. Elder Light got transferred to Nueva Valencia, Guimaras which is in the mountains haha and they only have a few members so it will be good for him :) He is from Billings, Montana, and goes home with me in October.

My new companion is Elder Naylor from Davis County, Utah. It is kind of weird training a new zone leader but not too bad. We get along pretty well. He is about a year into the mission so still pretty young and hopefully I can help him in my last few weeks here. I like how dad's subject on his e-mails are the amount of days I have left haha. dork.

This will be a fun week. We will have the baptism of one of the Maximo kids and also have zone leader counsel and stake correlation with Pres. Torres, our stake president.

I had a sweet birthday and am having a sweet time here. I hear that Mitt Romney had a cool speech or something haha?

Anyway I love you all and can't wait to see you soon :)

Elder Garrett Christensen

Hey dad, Things here are going really well and we are staying super busy. I love it here in Mandurriao! I am jealous that you are all in Mexico although I bet your weather is similar to ours here. We had an earthquake here which was cool. We weren't hit directly but we felt it and it was 5.0 here in Iloilo. No damage to anything though. Yes, Elder Light was way cool like me, I miss him a lot. My new companion is cool though. Just not the same as E. Light. We got along so well. But it is okay cause I am training him to be zone leader so this transfer will go way fast and I will be sitting in my lazy boy watching NFL before I know it :) Thanks for the update on sports. Thanks for being the man! Who is your home teaching companion right now? Who do you visit?

Love you lots.

Elder Christensen