WHOOOO!!

Yikers Scoobey! What a week!

So my life is just always busy now. And I spend most of my time on exchanges!

Tuesday regular day.... met with President. Talked about how transfers went and stuff like that. Then begin exchanges.

Wednesday - I spent in Chino Hills and Pomona. So I thought that Rancho was a Rich area... Chino Hills is a rich area! (I don't like it) But Pomona is more my speed... kinda ghetto( nothing like the desert though). I had a great day with Elder Memmott. We a had a cool experience where a couple appointments fell through so we decided to go tracting. YSA member we had with us was kinda like "you wanna tract here in Pomona?.....but its ghetto, ain't nobody going to talk with us." I left it in Elder Memmott's hands because it was his area and he said "Yes this is where we need to be. This is where God wants us to be." and we found 3 potential investigators in like 40 minutes... Probably a record for the Chino Zone! hahah so a lesson was learned: tract where God tells you too!

Thursday I Spent back up in the Desert ( my second native land) with Elder Kleinman. We did some service in the am and the afternoon was filled with regular missionary stuff like teaching.

Friday - just planing and coordinating

Saturday - okay you know those missionaries that you hear about that do amazing things and work literal miracles?! yeah they actually exist! So all mothers that can read this, please try to raise your sons and daughters to be like them! You know those other missionaries that you hear weird stories about? yeah they exist too, don't raise your sons to be like that hahahah

We got to see a couple people that we usually don't and got some appointments set up in the Tongan ward, which is a lot harder to do than you would think. When there is a birthday...the whole ward, less active and active, goes to the party... so if there is a birthday party in a city like an hour away that is where everyone is. hahah

Sunday - Church and a Tongan dinner... kinda like a football game with 4 quarters and an overtime... just glad that it's not like hockey with sudden death at the end!

Ofa Atu!

Elder Jensen

Rancho!

Malo e Lelei! Fefe Hake?

Sorry for the lack of email last week.... but things were crazy here!!!

I am slowly getting settled in to the life here in Rancho... but it is honestly kinda weird. Between serving in a Tongan ward and in a very well-to-do family ward things are a lot different from my much preferred and previous Desert life... but the valley could be nice too I guess! 

This week was full of fun things to do! We had lots of errands and organization that we needed to do. Last Monday helping get the missionaries to their new areas, and the old ones out of the mission, and the new ones in to the mission! It was a busy start to the week... and it just continued. Then on Saturday I got to go on exchanges with Elder Redhair, who I came out with. I had a wonderful day with him over in Upland and we were able to teach a lot for one day! It was a great day! 

In the Tongan ward we have one investigator who is on track for baptism. He is a young man who is very close friends with the Bishops family which is great! He should be baptized on the 30th! 

I hope all is well up in the North!

Otu Afu!

Elder Jensen

New Day

Sorry this is a weird time for me to email... but... I do get to email YAY!

Elder Millano and Elder Jensen

So I was in a trio for a week. and then Elder Findlay went home to Kaysville.   Elder Smith stayed in Apple Valley I moved down to Rancho a week early. Now it is just me and Elder Millano (he is from Rose Park). We cover the Cucamonga Tongan ward and the Victoria ward  (so that means I get to learn Tongan! I can already bless the food... thats about it though hahaha). I will be here for the foreseeable future... possibly until the end of my mission.

That is super cool to hear about the Bishopric change! Has it really been 5 years for Bishop Nelson??! YIKES!

That's awesome that the girls won and that the 3on3 went so well!

Well I probably will be emailing shorter than previously for a couple reasons, but never fear I am well and happy and fine! 

Love,

Elder Jensen

The Apple Valley Zone

Celebrating 17-month day with Sister Viraldo and Elder Conner

Week 7

So yup this is a rarity. Week 7 of a transfer begins.... normally there is only 6.

This week was pretty average I guess.

We taught a lot more because we weren't sick anymore ( Thank you for you prayers). We also had MLC down in Rancho this week. So tomorrow is Zone Meeting and President  Hobbs is coming... so yeah...

We were able to teach Lyn and Lanice and we finally found some good fellowship for them. They were able to watch Conference with the members.

We taught Douglas and were able to watch conference with him too.

We found a new investigator in the YSA. Some sisters in our zone were teaching him but decided he would do better in the YSA so they passed him to us.

Conference was the Bestest! It was so good! I love hearing from living prophets and apostles!

Love

Elder Jensen

Ps. the Pictures are of the shirts we made.

 and how we decorated our house... not permanently though

This week was interesting....

This week was interesting...

So we had  regular stuff at the beginning of the week. we got new phones... that are terrible... i might have said that last week... but it is true.

On Wednesday I got to go on exchanges with E. Topham ( the elder i trained... my gosh that seems like for ever ago... sorry) anyway we had a great day together! I also got to do Shantal's baptismal interview ( Shantal is E.Topham's investigator who was also baptized on saturday). The Wednesday evening/night i started getting sick. 

Thursday me and elder smith both were kinda sick... but nothing terrible so we still tried to work. Friday we were more sick so we worked less and just made it to our appointments. then Saturday we thought we were better... but it was God strengthening us for our baptism. In the morning we got everything ready for the baptism( which thankfully wasn't alot because there was a baptism before us) and then the building coordinator lady threw us a curveball and told us she hadn't scheduled us or the other set of missionaries and that there were 2 other baptisms that were happening so we would have to wait.... but she was just crazy. We were the 2 baptisms that she had scheduled and she was just mistaken so that was a relief. Kenny was baptized and all went as good as can be asked. then after the baptism we just crashed ... like i said God strengthened us for the baptism, but after that we felt horrible. Sunday was about the same. Kenny was confirmed and we made it to the YSA ward. Then we had Easter dinner with the Packers. and came home and slept.

Today we don't feel much better... but we are happy :)

Love

Elder Jensen

We have a baptism this week!!!

So this week was nuts.... I feel like I say that a lot.... so I say that alot?

anyway... Monday evening we got a call from our Relief society president. She had just ran into Kenny and Sabrina. an Kenny had told her that he was being baptized on Wednesday... like last week Wednesday. And she was like wait??? what? so she called us. We were kinda feeling like Kenny wasn't interested because he seemed to be dodging us. But we called him and talked with him and then went to his house and taught him all of the commandments in one night.. in one hour more specifically. Thankfully he is already living all of the commandments so that made our life a lot easier! We decided he couldn't be baptized on Wednesday, but we will be baptizing him on this  Saturday! He had his interview on Wednesday and passed. So we are good to go!

Wednesday we did a big service project out at a squash farm... it was super cool becuase the AppleValley Newspaper was there and some sisters in our zone got on the front page of the paper!!

Then on thursday we went on exchanges with the assistants. I was down in Rancho one last time with Elder Findlay ( he is some how related to Melissa Kriszan's husband). We had a great day and handed out an entire stack of cards... thats like 50 I think. It was amazing.

Friday we just planned and tried some potentials.

Saturday we tried to sort out our new phone and plan for a meeting we have to lead about the new phones that we got. the new phones suck. hahah they are pretty much the same as the old ones except for they are with AT&T instead of Sprint so we might actually have service, but the contacts don't transfer very well... and they have a terrible operating system... anyway....

Then we went to 7-11's BYO Cup day. the pics are of the tin I used... it was like 3 gallons I think hahah don't worry I didn't eat it all hahah

Sunday Kenny and Sabrina came to church and we were surprised with Lyn and Lanice at church as well! and Then taylor showed up in the YSA ward too! it was a great Sunday!

Love you lots

Elder Jensen