This week was interesting, we discovered on if the funniest church
videos I have ever seen. "Joseph the man" it's on the church history
set of 3 dvd's. "These are the hands that touched the hands that
touched the hands..." It's really funny, look for it, watch it, you
won't be disappointed :)
So the reason we discovered the video is because Soeur Castagno has
been sick and so we had some days and afternoons in the apartment. It
was good though because I got to serve her which is my favourite!! So
we watched some movies, I read some things, she got some rest and has
been doing better.
So, here is a little miracle for this week. Our engagé Jean Luc is so
cool! We had a lesson with him and our dmp (ward mission leader) and
we taught about the temple and how the temple is a blessing through
the story of Lehi's vision in the Book of Mormon, it went really well
and it was cool because our dmp, frère Girard, said, after we told him
the subject that it was perfect because he brought a little picture of
the temple to give to him! The lesson went well and at the end we
talked about how Lehi wanted his whole family to be able to have all
the joy that he had from the fruit, and we talked about genealogy and
being able to do baptisms for the dead for his ancestors who did not
have the chance to learn of Christ and follow him. He was wonderfully
shocked! He couldn't believe it, he was so happy, and I swear he was
tearing up, it was awesome! There was a baptism the next day in
another ward and he came and he loved it! And so here's another cool
thing, so after the program was finished the stake president said a
few words and guess what story he told!! Yes! Lehi's vision! It was
super cool! Before he started talking he said, "now I'm going to talk
about a story you all know" and I thought, nope, not Jean Luc, and
then he started talking Lehi's vision and I thought, YES!!!! He knows
this!!! After we talked to him and he said that he was super excited
because he knew the story, and then he said, "that's how I know I'm
making the right choice, God is leading." It was super awesome, and so
many people talked to him and he's friends with other missionaries. It
was sweet! Also, he brought a friend to church on Sunday! We weren't
there, sick, but still, super cool!
Okay, here's a funny story. So we planned a surprise for the office
senior couples. We decided to decorate the office all Christmassy as a
surprise; we were hoping to bring a little more holiday cheer into the
office. So Saturday after the baptism we go with the other sisters to
decorate. We had gotten keys to the office and snuck in. About 15
minutes in guess what happened. The door started to get unlocked!! I
see Soeur Castagno run the other way, so I dive under a desk,
literally dive and almost pull my skirt off because it isn't easy to
dive in a skirt, but while we are doing this, no one came in, the
door opened but no one came in so the other sisters didn't notice and
we're really confused, "sister Christensen why are you under a
desk??!!" And then 2 seconds later she realizes and says, "oh is some
one here??" And then they dive under with me right before we hear
voices... But don't worry, it was only the assistants! They were a
little less surprised than we expected, you know, seeing 3 sisters
crawl out from under a desk... But it was funny. So we continue
decorating, it's looking good, when guess what sound we heard again.!
Yes, once again the door opens, we dive again under the desks, my
skirt almost gets pulled off again! And this time the sweeneys walked
in :( obviously they knew something was up, we were almost done
everything. And then he sees the other soeurs... "Les soeurs se
cachent." It was funny. And still fun even though it wasn't a perfect
surprise.
Also, we went out for dinner with president and sister brown!!! I love
them, we have a picture but I need sister brown to email it to me. We
went to the 'hippopotamus', president and me and my comp got fish. It
was really really good:)
Oh and we sang at the baptism...
