Hesperia District A

A kind group of sisters made these toques for the California missionaries.
Elder Jensen says he probably won't need to wear it until he gets home!

New Year's Life

So this has been a crazy week! I was without out a bike for a few days because it was being repaired so that meant we walked a lot more than.... ever. But that meant we had less time to fill and more time to talk with random people which is awesome! On new years eve they want us in at 6 so that we don't get hit or shot or mugged or idk what else by the crazies out at night so we went to bed early! An extra hour of sleep does wonders! The last few days have been slow but we recieved some names from our bishop of possible new move-ins. but all of the houses we went to no one was there, the house didn't exist, or the house was actually a car repair shop.... but it was at least something we could return and report on! So to fill our nights we have been meeting with active members and sharing a missionary message trying to spark the missionary spirit. One house we went to both of the parents are deaf so the family signs for them. I am learning a little sign language... but not enough yet to be useful. However it was amazing to see how even the the words aren't said the spirit of what is said is still there. I am pretty sure that the official language of the gospel should be sign language for that reason!

Hope that all is well back home!

love

Elder Jensen

PS. it has been way colder this last week but it is warming up again... it actually snowed enough to make a couple of snow balls.... gross..... but it was all gone by 1030 the next day...

Still in Hesperia!

So this week was awesome... cuz well.... CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so monday we did regular p-day stuff.... but then we had a Zone gift exchange, which was awesome!! I got a 6 pack of seven up. tuesday we had district meeting which was interesting becuase we had another district added to ours... while some companionships were figured out. But it was awesome becuase a few more heads means a few more brains right? Then in the evening we went caroling as a zone. Caroling in California is a lot different than caroling in Canada. In california there is no ice to slip on, or snow to fall in / be pushed in, a lot less wind to make things even more cold and most people don't like people coming over/ knocking on doors after dark.... wierd eh? However the people we visited were still very grateful for what we did and wanted us to " come in and get warm"..... cuz ya know it was all the way down to 5 celsius. wednesday was interesting. the morning was slow... becuase of christmas eve. We had some members drop off  some gifts( mine was curiously round)... but then in the atfernoon we had a ward correlation with our ward mission leader and then we had dinner with him and went caroling again. as well as some ding dong ditching... during which i lost my first name tag :( how ever it was still tons of fun! then we made cookies to give away... Yes we bake!

THURSDAY!!- aka CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So we woke up and went for a run...( life of a missionary running on christmas)...... then we opened some gift and had our regular studies....( again life of a missionary) BUT! then we went to this super nice families super nice house for breakfast it was AMAZING! they were very kind and very brave to offer to feed 20 missionaries! after that we delivered some cookies. then we went to the Uphams. they are the very generous couple who agreed to feed us and allow us to skype at their house! so we get there and the sister missoinaries in our ward are still there and still skyping so we decided that we would skype after dinner instead of before. Dinner was not even close to  what i know to be christmas dinner.... but it was still amazing! Ham and funeral potatoes or cheesy potatoes as they are called down here (i cant tell much difference) were really good! Then i got to skype with my fam jam! it was AMAZING! we finished off the evening by delivering the rest of the cookies and  creeping around a yard trying to find my name tag.... which we did!

friday was slow but we still did our best to do work! Saturday i finally got my bike in to be fixed! so that will be nice to have back!We recieved our transfer doctrine too... so that made the day exciting. I also found what will be my addition to Forsyth tradtional christmas dinner on saturday!! before i come home i will perfect tamales! Sunday was slow... but church is always wonderful. in the new year we switch to 130 church. 

Today is transfers and that means that it is a  crazy day... there are missionaries all over and all sorts of weird shinanigans going on today. I am staying in the ward i am in with the same companion...no big surprise as this is his last transfer and i am not done training...

so yeah crazy week!

hope you are all good and doing well. love hearing from you!

love Elder Jensen!

Playing what the Jensen family calls 'the chocolate bar game'

So good to see his smile!

Looks like they had a great time stealing from one another!