A bummer of a week....

So this week was one of those weeks that you wish you didn't have, but you know that if you didn't have them you wouldn't appreciate any of the other weeks.

so monday was monday... except darion stood us up which hasn't ever happened before... and we couldn't find him after.... sad face

Tuesday- we had Zone meeting. It was good and i got a lot of answers from it but it long. i felt. We did however find a new investigator. He is a kid that has been coming to church for a while... I thought he was a less active member... or like only came with family on certain weeks... turns out he isn't a member and wants to learn! So that was great!

Wednesday- Zone Conference. REALLY LONG!... like really long. we started at 8 am ( which meant we had to be there at 730-45 ish) and the meeating went till 2 ...then a provided lunch... then i had a leadership meeting for another hour after that... so didn't do hardly any missionary work that day... kinda sucked. We did see Darion that evening, but it was kinda a shakey lesson and it left us wondering if we should baptize him or wait a little longer..

Thursday- Exchanges. Went really well actually. It was one of the bright spots in the week. the elder I was with is almost done and is a little trunky, but he still is a great missionary and a really simple teacher! it was a good day! Also saw Darion again... again shakey lesson.

Friday- weekly planning- missionaries dread weekly planning. We did get to help set up for the Sisters investigator's wedding ( don't worry we just did tables and chairs... no colors or clothes for me hahah) Then Darion was supposed to have his baptismal interview... but he didn't show... sad face. Definitely pushing his baptism back a little ways.

Saturday- taught Darion.... we asked him about Friday.... he said that he was stuck at the county office. We asked him if he felt ready... he said he felt ready, but not. 

Sunday- church... then we taught Cee again and it went really well actually.

He even committed to read and pray.

Hopefully the pics i send this week work!

Love you all!

Elder Jensen

The life of a missionary

So this week was well normal I guess... nothing is ever normal it seems. Hahaha

So nothing crazy to report really... just another week.

OK thats not true. Darion is doing great! We moved his baptism back a week. But that is for the better. We taught him on Saturday and it was one of the coolest lessons ever. So to preface this story, I am not sure if i have said this in one of my previous letters... but Darion lives with 5 of his siblings... in one house... I have seen 25 different people there, all regularly and I think that like 15 or 18 actually live there... so it is kinda crazy! So we started out the way we usually do asking about his day and life and he said that he was good but that he and his sister had had a "moment." I was thinking a bad moment... like they got in a fight, but instead he said that she had been asking questions about Jesus and church and religions in general. We asked if she would want to listen to us and at first he said no, but he thought about it for a minute and then went and got her. She came in and listened to us and the first two questions she asked were "Why are there so many churches?" and " How do we know which is right or true?" I just about jumped up off the floor! (yeah, we teach on the floor). We taught her the restoration and she committed to read and pray and even came to church on Sunday! It was great!

So that is the miracle of the week! Hopefully next week there will be more. We are planning on teaching Darion and two of his sisters tonight! 

We also found another investigator this week. His name is Cee! He is cool and wants to learn more about God and Jesus. We told him we could teach him! 

Life is good and I am well! Love and miss you all!

Love

Elder Jensen

PS. Got the Bike and the Suit problems fixed! Got a suit and watch and tie for 180! So that was sweet!... The place I got it is like if Sears and Ross had a baby hahahah pretty cool place... we need one in canada.

Fires... what fires.... those are like so two weeks ago... hahah but i am used to sirens... hear em all day.

Daniel we haven't seen this week... Damyeune got the priesthood on Sunday! so that was good to hear!... and Carlos is Carlos! hahah

So jealous you guys are going camping and to wasa and waterton!... none of that here

Sad to hear about Brother Bev.

I Hope Great Grandma and Grandpa are still around in 3-4 years! i want to have another 5 gen pic!!!!

A crazy week!

So this week was nuts! On Monday I got the wonderful privileged to been a companion to Elder's Carter and Gifford down the Hill while we waited for our companions to get in. We had a great time and taught this kinda crazy guy ( imagine that, as a missionary hahah) Then Tuesday I went to a district meeting that had 3 district leaders at it... hahah. And then at like 1 or 1:30 we got our new companions. My new comp is Elder Topham. He is from St George area. And we have had an amazing week!

So Tuesday we finally got up the hill at like 6:30 after a lot of meetings, errands, waiting and traffic. 

Wednesday we got  Elder Topham settled in the went out working. In the evening we taught Darion and it went amazing! We had a member with us and we taught about Following the prophet. the members testimony really helped Darion! 

Thursday was full of walking. My bike is down and Elder Topham's hasn't come yet. so We walk everywhere for now... but this week we won't have too.

But we did Find a new investigator. His name is Daniel, he has great desire to learn... but he will need to prioritize if he wants to join the church hahah. Then after that we taught one of our recent converts. She has such a strong testimony it is so cool!

Friday was weekly planning and then we saw Carlos. He is also Doing great! He blessed the sacrament for the first time in church and did an amazing job! It is always interesting watching someone do something for the first time! But he did so good!

Saturday nothing remarkable happened till the evening. We did see Darion again. We went over the baptismal questions with him and he was able to answer most of them. There are still a few things we need to work with him on so we will probably move his baptism back a week.

Sunday we got a referral from the ward for a kid that I thought was a member... turns out his girlfriend is a member and he just comes every week! So that is super exciting!! Hopefully we will be able to help him come closer to God!

Love

Elder Jensen