July 30, 2012

Hey family!
 How are you guys? im doing great! My comp had changes today and i got my new comp... he is sick! Hes from Lehi!! hah crazy huh! So im way excited to have his as a comp! His name is Elder Lameroux and he has 21 months in the mish! This is gonna be really sick.. i love having gringos for comps cuz they are so much cooler... not being racist right!
  So this month was good, we had some families get babtised and everything and some really cool things happen. Also almost half the zone had changes!! We also had the transfer meeting today with President Wilkinson and his whole family.. he is so awesome! i love that guy... he was chopping heads and telling the bad elders to repent and stuff... haha classic! Everyone felt the spirit so strong!! Also his family is way nice!! So today was really good.. also tonight we have some family nights with some members and investigators and so we are really excited! There are only 2 mission cars.. and only the aps and secretaries can use them.. no one else! Being a zone leader yes i get to travel more.. cuz i always have to do the babtismal interviews and stuff like that, so like we work in our area like 5 days of the week and the other two we are like traveling and stuff to do interviews, and to help the other elders, and to go to houses of the elders if there are problems that we need to fix and stuff, like if someone is doing something bad or something! Things like that! 
 So my area is crazy, there are a ton of really awesome families!! we are teaching like 4 that are gonna get babtised this month! Last week we had 11 people in church and they are so awesome!! Also there is a family that we are teaching that i babtised their daughter like 4 weeks ago... The dad was a inactive for like 20 years and now is going back to church. The mom, that isnt a member.. went to church 3 sundays ago for the confirmation of her daughter and now she is in love with the church.. she comes everysunday and is gonna get babtised!! And they have two kids that are so cute! Who does this family remind you guys of??(they live in texas) i think thats why i love this family so much,, cuz they remind me a ton of Joe and Lisa! Thats what i want to happen with joe and lisa! cuz now they are so much happier... the guy stopped smoking, she is so excited to help her daughter with primary and everything.. its awesome!! Also there is a family that i babtised there in my first area that is getting sealed in the temple this saturday... and they invited me... so im get to go!! ;):) Im sooo excited for it!! I hope everything goes through!! 
  Dad talking about hunting doesnt make me trunky or homesick.. you can talk all ya want about it!!! Dude what happened to bridger?? is he not gonna guide you guys anymore? Did you talk to him about the outfitter to see if he can get me a job?? What happened with hunting on the private land that he had? Thats sick that the binos are good!! Have you recieved the badland case? Hey how much does the new Hoyt Carbon Element cost? So you only have a couple weeks left to get ready for the season... you gotta get out spotting more and stuff!! Make sure you tag a monster bull!! Talk to bridger about the outfitter for me please.. i wanna work there!! 
 Hey did you guys found out anything about college... if i can study during the summer?? please find that out soon!
  So you dont have the trip totally planned yet? Do you guys not have the travel agent anymore? Make sure the beach house is really sick!! Did you invite the hansens? and the dads part of the fam? My area La Loma in pretty much in San Jose.. the city is called Desamparados. So where are you thinking we are gonna stay? cuz i wanna stay in Guanacaste for most of the trip.. but if there is another place that we could go for a couple days that would be cool to do both of them.. but the first 3 days are just to go visit my areas right or no?
  well i love you guys a ton and we will talk next week..PS. please answer ALL the questions that i had!
 Elder Christensen

July 23, 2012

Hey family!
  So im doing well here! thats so crazy that i only have 7 months
left.. it kinda seems like a long time still though!! haha Im soo
happy that Papa retired and stuff! Thats sooo sick! Now he doesnt have
any excuses not to go hunting or anything!! So i got my bible today!
:) it is awesome! cabelas edition baby! So those pics from the trail
cam arent very good... what brand of trail cam did you get? is it a
cuddeback or a bushnell or a crap brand? holy cow that is awesome that
you got the binos man!! im so excited to use those bad boys!! So how
much time are you gonna take off work for the season dad? You need to
take advantage and get out there every day!! That will be so sick to
go back with horses and stuff.. im excited for you! You gotta tag a
big one man!!
  So last saturday we babtised a kid and a lady... it was cool. The
kids name is Walter and he is 17, he is a professional paintballer and
a hunter also.. his dad is like a crazy hunter also... the pics with
the deer on the wall was in his house! His girlfriend is a member and
everything.. he is was cool, and told me that when i come hes gonna
take me huntin here in Costa Rica.. for deer, crocadiles, and stuff...
even though its ilegal here hahah So where are you thinking the beach
house is gonna be? Its gotta be right on the beach!! And make sure it
is awesome! haha
 Thats awesome you are doing that man.. you gotta get ready to hit up
the beaches... but dad told me about the deal that you guys maid.. so
you gotta come through with that!! That is good majerle dumped he
loser boyfriend... hopefully she can smarten up a bit here!! That will
be good for her to get into cheer!! Hopefully maddi will get focused
on her grades also!! Those crazy girls!!
 So who all is going on the trip back here? Have you invited the
hansens or anyone like that? i want chase and braden and brock and
kenzie and everyone to go too!! Talk to them!
  Well i gotta go.. i love you guys a ton!! talk to ya later!
 Elder Christensen

From Sister Galvez his mission mom.

July 16 2012

Whats up family how is everyone?? 
 I'm doing really well!! just enjoying it here in La Loma. I like this area a lot, it's pretty cool. But i think Turrialba is still my favorite.. we will see what happens with time. That's so sick you guys are planning the trip and everything!! I'm SOOO excited also!! Yeah that sounds good with the 3 days of exploring and 7 days on the beach and playing and stuff!! The places that i would like to revisit are maybe some of my converts in Turrialba and Paraiso, and stuff... i don't know exactly... Turriabla we could just go there for a day... maybe if you get a hotel here in San Jose for the 3 days cuz these places are really close in a car! That is so awesome that all those people want to come!! I'm so excited!!! Yeah a beach house would be really sweet if all of us can live together at the same time!! I don't know about the food though... there is no Costco or Sams club here... just Pricemart... and its like Costco but there are only like 3 here in Costa Rica... so idk if you guys wanna eat out or pay that lady... whatever you guys think... there are little Sodas(restaurants) everywhere that are really good and pure tico food!! Just whatever you guys think would be best!! Those beaches that you said dad, sound good... the paradaiso one is not the same place that i stayed.. Paraiso was my area but its not even close to a beach. But the Beach Flamingo or everyone else sounds really good... I'm sure the agent knows a lot about the beaches, just try and find one with white sand and blue water... haha. If you cant find a really sick beach house you should try and get just a bunch of rooms really close together in a hotel, maybe the Hilton Papagayo or something there in Guanacaste.. But im sure you guys are gonna plan it really well!
  Dad... that is sooo sick you guys are out spotting and stuff!! I'm sooo proud of you!! You better not shoot a 3x3... its gotta be at least a 7x7!!! haha Dude tell Bridger to talk to the guides to get them to give me a job when i get home!!! You gotta talk to him!! I would do anything!! tell him i could be like the grunt worker and work my way up to a guide!! So what about the tree stands? Is it gonna be the rut during the hunting season... how is the weather lookin..? That's so awesome buck is getting into the spirit now... you gotta work hard to be able to see the results and if you wanna tag a monster!!! Dude i was looking in the cabelas catalog that i have right now at the Viper Vortex binoculars... i was thinking the same thing... i even went through all the magazine highlighting all the stuff that i was gonna buy when i get home and i highlighted those!! Buy them quick!!! You gotta spend your money wisely man,, buy the things that you need most importantly... hey you can use my range finder if you want? actually that would be really good!! When are you gonna check the trail cams? when you do you need to send me the pics!! The cabelas bible hasn't gotten here yet... how long did they say it was gonna take?? 
 So yeah we are doing well here in our zone... we should be able to complete the goal.. so we are excited! We should have like 4 families get baptised this next Saturday and last Saturday we had a family get baptised.. and then the 28th we have 3 more families getting baptised! So pray for the zone! Today for pday we went to this store that designs customized tshirts and pretty much anything that we want... for example we are having them make tshirts for the zone that are gonna be so sick looking! Also the guy there has a machine to make missionary tags.. so he is gonna make a ton for all of us.. they are exact replicas of our tags, so we are gonna put like funny names and stuff that we want... mine is gonna say "Elder Pura Vida" and the other one "Elder RAWHIDE", it is gonna be sick! 
  Wow i cant believe i already have 17 months... its going be really fast!! I love the mission a lot and i wanna keep being a missionary and stuff, but i cant wait to get home to see you guys and start my life! it'll be sick!!! 
  Well i love you guys a ton!! talk to you soon!! thanks so much for getting the family pic.. and for sending the cabelas catalog! Tell everyone i love them a ton! Choa! 
Elder Christensen

July 9, 2012

Whats up family!

Im doing great, how are you guys?? So today was pretty fun.. we went to this like recreation place, it was chill cuz it has like ziplines, paintball, obstical courses, 4wheelers, rock wall climing, swimming pools, ping pong, pool tables, horse back riding, and a bunch of other stuff, obviously we couldnt do most of the stuff they had, cuz its against the rules. But we did do the military obstical course and rock wall climing, the other stuff we really exspensive so we didnt do it. But it was pretty fun, we went as a zone, so there was about 16 of us. Some elders didnt go. 
  So how is everything... how is work dad? And mom? Hows summer Majerle and Maddi? Are you getting ready for the hunt in a couple weeks dad? You gotta get out their as much as posible!!! Shoot that bull that bridger took the picture!! Did it still have velvet?? Hey did you guys send my cabelas catalog?? if not... im gonna be really mad!! haha Did you really buy trail cams dad?? So me and Elder Guzman, this kid from texas in my zone, have been talking a lot... he wants to be a fireman, he said they make bank... and it would be fun, but i dont know what their schedule is like... also i wanna know if i could like stuff during the summer in like UVU or Salt Lake Communtiy College, so that i can hunt during the winter.... can you find that out for me please!! 
  Thats so sick that you guys had those two families over for dinner,,, i miss them a ton!! Yeah we gotta get a big huntin trip planned with Mike and stuff for the next hunting season when i get back!! That would be so awesome!! 
 That is so sick that Alex Thompson headed out on his mish!! And that all those people got married already.. thats so crazy!! Who else is on their mish that we know? 
  So my zone is really good, there are some elders that dont work and some that fight with their comps.. but we are handling it, so dont worry!!! We had the interviews with President last thursday... it was soo awesome!! He is such a cool guy!!! I love him!! He is just so down to earth.. we were talking about football for like 10 minutes just chillin and what not.. it was funny.. also the Sister Wilkinson is so hilarious also... she reminds me of you a ton mom!! its crazy!! Its really different with the new president... cuz like when i would talk to President Galvez... i would get so scared and everything... and with President Wilkinson its like talking to another Elder or something just cuz were like good friends and stuff... its funny... i love them both, but they are so diferent!!
  So we are doing really good in the zone right now... we are probably gonna complete our goals for this month and babtise a bunch of families!! :) 
  Well i love you guys a ton!! Make sure you guys sent the cabelas catalog, and try to get the family pic as fast as you can so i can have it hopefully the next time!! :) Get out in the field and hunt dad!!! I love you guys so much!!

July 2, 2012

What up!!!

  Hey family how are you guys? im doing really well.. liking my area and my comp and my zone... its fun! So today we went to costco and bought some stuff, i bought Mac and cheese, and Peanut Butter and Jelly and some other nick nacks. Then we went and played risk with some of the zone. And thats pretty much all we did,, kinda a boring day! But still fun! 
 So yeah President Wilkinson got here on Friday.. and President Galvez left Saturday afternoon. We have not met him yet, but we have interviews with him on the 5th of July! So that should be really good!! 
 Dad!!!! THAT IS SO AWESOME!! i am so excited for you guys!! Youre gonna tag a huge bull man!!! You have to do everything to tag out man!! You really bought trail cams? that is so sick... finally you are taking this seriously man!! Thats what i like to hear!! Go out and spot as soon as you can!! Get ready for it baby... you got six weeks...!!! IM SOOOO EXCITED!!! Dude that is soo awesome! Where is the private property at? which canyon? UGH i cant wait to get out and hunt... you gotta tag a huge bull just for me!! You gotta get your bow ready and you cant use my arrows tho... go buy some really good ones at Cabelas!! 
    Thats crazy that you got interviewed mom... that will be really cool... did dad not get interviewed?? I bet the bishopbric dinner went really good... thats cool you are getting to use your smoker a lot dad!! Yeah i actually would love some more jerky.. you should try a diferent recipe this time too.. and smoke it obviously. So hey i dont know how well the picture of the family at grandmas house is gonna turn out.. did you not take it to a kinkos and get it scaned to be able to send it? so the quality was better,... or did you just take a pic of it with a cam? Cuz the quality isnt that great... i dont wanna sound annoying but i want it to be good quality so that i can print it out and have it to show to people here!! So if you guys could do that as soon as posible... take all three of the photos(the family with the mountain, the grandkids, and the modern one of the family) to kinkos and make sure its the best quality that you can get it, to send it to me by email.. i would love that!! :):) Thats so sick that the Hunting Bible got there... how long is it gonna take to get here??
  That is crazy that there are so many fires lately... its actually a really good thing for the wild animal population so that there are new shrubs so they can eat and stuff and the population will go up more!!! 
  Thats awesome you guys are startin to get the trip planned... i would like to stay in Guanacaste tho... that seems to be the place where everyone likes... just cuz its right next to the beach... the other resort sounds cool mom, but its kinda in the mountains and not really close to the beach... but idk... whatever you guys think would be better. 
  Well i love you guys a ton!!!! Keep on huntin, and working, and being good in your church calling, and all that good stuff!!! Talk to ya next weeek
 Elder Christensen

June 25, 2012

Hola family!!
  how is everyone doin? im doing great, we just got out of a sick meeting with president Galvez, it was a Zone Cousel Meeting. All the zone leaders of the whole mission were there, there are 11 zones by the way. And we presented what happened last month, how many babtisms, lessons, new investigators, etc... of all the zones for the month of June. In our zone we only babtized 2 families, 4 men, and 11 people. :( The whole mission only babtised 39 families and 111 people in total for June. It was not a good month!! But the thing is that me and my comp did babtise a family last saturday! :) we also babtised a 21 year old kid.. hes awesome!!! But we are having a lot of challenges in the zone... theres some missionaries that dont want to work and just sit in the house all day.. and some that dont know how to challenge people to get babtised.. and some that dont know how to teach very well.. theres all sorts of things going on, but we got it under control! haha I like being a zone leader a lot! We also presented the new goal for the zone for the month of July, 6 families, 7 men, and 20 babtisms... we are gonna complete it! The new goal for the mission for July is 61 families, 73 men, and 123 babtisms. It should be good. The new President comes next week... crazy!! i think today was the last time i am gonna see Pres. Galvez during the mission! He did such and awesome talk after we talked about the goals.. he is soooo awesome!!!!
   Thats sick you went to cheer camp Majerle... did you like it? Do you have any friends on the team? Maddi did you like trek? i bet it was so fun with Buck and Trish. Tell me what you learned!!! Thats so awesome jake has been sober for 1 year!! I saw his long hair!! That is soooo funny! I loved the video of them... i miss papa and nana soo much!! Thats so cool that Joe and Lisa are doing good!! I love hearing about them!! I cant believe he bought a lab.. thats awesome.. joey has always wanted a dog!! Now hes just gotta train it to go duck huntin!!
  Thats cool you guys got to teach that class mom and dad! I bet the teenagers love you guys!! Do you think you guys are gonna get called to teach it when dad gets released or do you think that dad will be called to be Bishop or Stake President? haha I wonder what calling im gonna have when i get back?? i want to be president of the nursery!! Thatd be sick! haha
 So the catalog that you order how big is it? cuz the one i saw and read was like as big as the bible... make sure its that one!! That has guns and bows and archery stuff... everything.. :) Hey and maybe you could send me the newest Hoyt Bow Catalog... thatd be sick also!! And you never answered me about the picture of the family in grandmas house.... are you guys ignoring me?? Also i have some cool hotels that would be good for the trip.. just look them up and tell me what you think....
    -Flamingo Beach Resort-  Guanacaste, Costa Rica- www.resortflamingobeach.com
    -Flamingo Marina Resort- flamingomarina.com
** -Hilton Papagayo Costa Rica Resort & Spa- hiltonpapagayoresort.com- This is my favorite i think...
    -Paradisus Playa Conchal Hotel- paradisusplayaconchal.travel
    -JW Marriott Guanacaste Resort & Spa- www.marriott.com/sjojw
 I found a tourist book for Costa Rica in the new house that we are living in and it had some pictures and discriptions about these places.. i dont know though... check them out and tell me what you think... they looked pretty cool to me.. but also you need to talk the the travel agents and the members in the ward to see what they think also!! Get it planned baby!!
   So there is this Elder here, his name is Elder Miller.. hes from west jordan. His in my zone and hes a hunter too, he loves it and were pretty chill now. We have some plans for after the mish, imma teach him how to bow hunt, and he teaches me how to duck hunt.. Hes a duck hunting finatic! He usually hunts elk with black powder rifle, but he wants to switch to bow. Hes way sick.. hes in the new picture that i sent with us two and the bulldog! We were both thinkin about goin down to SUU to study... just for the Harvest Festival to have vacation time to hunt. Hey... question.... is there any way i can go to school during the summer months so i can have hunting season completly free?? Im sure there is some way to be able to do that!! You should find out mom!
   You guys have some homework to do!!!...
         - Send me the Picture of our family that is in grandmas house(Mom)
         - Look up these Hotels and tell me which one you guys choose! (Dad and Mom)
        - Send me the Cabelas Catalog!!! when should it be here?(mom)
         - Get out and spot deer and elk for this deer/elk season in august! (Dad and Buck)
  I think thats pretty much it! How is the rest of the family, how are the Hansens. And the Makanoas, and Brennan and Tonya, and everyone?? I miss everyone so much!!!
      Well love you guys a ton! Talk to ya later
  Elder Christensen