Now, what kind of service is Elder Christensen talking about? I know I can read all of your minds. I'll give you a hint, it's not the kind of service that you do in tennis when you serve the ball. Just kidding, it is. I went on an exchange with Elder Simonson and I got to go to Asheville NC which is a very weird place, although it's pretty good. We played Tennis for our early morning workout!
Speaking of Asheville, there are actually 2 sets of missionaries there. We went downtown with them to do some finding because there are like a billion people there. One of the Elders was challenged to a game of Connect 4 by a random dude on the street corner. The terms were as follows: "Loser has to freestyle for 30 seconds on a topic of the Winner's choice." Little did we know that this Elder was super into Free styling back home, so he gladly accepted the challenge and lost pretty quickly. The topic chosen by the winner was "Mormons" And we got to hear a missionary rap for 30 seconds while the other guy beatboxed. It was pretty dang awesome.
But really I was going to talk about real service, like when you go out and help people. We got a lot of opportunities this week to help members with some things, and the blessings because of it were awesome! One family we helped gave us a whole bunch of groceries!
SCRIPTURE TIME!
"And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God"
(If you can name that scripture without looking it up I'll give you a high five.)
Basically when we serve others we get super blessed for it, so go help someone out! Not only will you help them and bless them in their life, but you can also gain experience through helping others, and build great relationships!
Anyways, I'm super excited to finally get a chance to play basketball again so I'm gonna sign off here!
Love Y'all!
Elder Christensen
