Well it was a good week

Well it was a good week. Friday and Saturday were our most successful days but they, combined with Sunday, were also the most physically draining. Me and Elder Markham seem to have together contracted a terrible head cold... but I think we are getting over it finally.

 Friday we were able to teach an investigator that we haven't been able to see in a while. We set some expectations with her and asked if we could teach her whole family. She agreed but was very hesitant. We were also blessed with a new investigator on Friday. He lives with a semi-active family and previously has been set in his catholic background. However recently he has had his heart softened by some experiences with his kids. With a lot of faith and a little luck we should be able to help him come unto Christ.

On Saturday we were able to teach Brad again. It was an alright lesson. We just went over the first three lessons with him checking for understanding. He is retaining well, but he needs to gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon. We also were able to teach a man named Geonvanni. ( yeah I know that isn't how most people spell Giovanni) He is the husband of a member and a teacher at a local high school. We taught with two of his former students there and he was very receptive. He said the reason the church became appealing to him is because members continually came to visit his wife, even after a period of inactivity. He has a lot of potential!

Life is good and I am well. I hope y'all are doing well!

Love 

Elder Jensen

PS.  Here is the cuff I converted.....

A crazy week!

Weeeeeeellllllll this was one heck of a week!

So we had a mission conference this week.... and a member of the Seventy came to speak with us. Elder Falabella. 

So because of my new responsibilities, most of my week was filled with counseling with a Seventy on how to hasten the work of salvation in this mission. It was quit an experience.

We serve in one of the zones where the mission conference was held we had to be early to help set up chairs... then we had a Desert leadership meeting... then the Mission Conference for like 6 or 7 hours....then we had a coordination meeting with our ward mission leader. Then Friday we had another meeting for all the zone leaders and sister training leaders in the mission. We left the desert to head down the hill at 1 and we didn't get back till 9. the meeting started a half hour late... and ran an extra hour and a half. So we were driving for like forever it seemed.

We did however manage to proselytize a little this week. We have a super solid investigator, He is a young man that live with and is cousins with an awesome member family in the ward. He has had a rough start on life but he has made some awesome decisions and is choosing to follow God now!

He will probably be baptized really soon!

Oh and we had a crazy awesome thunder storm this week... i got a cool video... but i can't take the frames with the lightning in them out to send to you! Thunderstorms never happen here!

Love,

Elder Jensen

Transfer Day

Well it seems like I send this email like every other month. But it was transfers today and I got transferred.  I am now serving in a city called AppleValley.

Elder Jensen and Elder Topham, the elder he's been training

I was really sad to say good bye to Silverlakes. Especially because I finally felt like I knew what I was doing with training. And I felt like there was unfinished business in that ward for me. But its all good. I am excited to still be in the desert. it is almost a guarantee that I will serve more than half of my mission up here now.

Not sure what else to say.

The last week was really busy. We found 3 new investigators, but I won't ever see them again :(

Life is good and busy.

Darion is well. With his new job, he says it will be hard to find a church to go to, because he can't leave the premises.

Elder Jensen and the ward missionaries

Elders with their ward mates, the Sisters

Elder Jensen and Elder Markham, his new companion

Love, 

Elder Jensen

PS. I am a ZL in AppleValley... I must have messed up training so pres. wants to keep a closer eye on me. hahaha just kidding.