Hey Everyone!
This week was pretty good, I'm just trying to remember everything that happened. We have been meeting with Adrian still but it has been a while because we can't get a hold of him. We are hoping we can meet with him again soon.
We didn't have a ton of meetings this week which means we had quite a bit of time in our area which was really good. We were able to find a few new investigators to start working with and we hope to continue to find more. It has been nice to have more time in the area and we have been able to talk to a lot more people because of it which just feels a lot more accomplishing.
Because we had more time we did a service project for a man named Jim which was a lot of fun even though it was like a thousand degrees outside. Since we normally always wear white shirts I have a pretty bad farmer's tan and I was also very white where the collar of the shirt is. Well, after this project I got totally fried just where the collar of the shirt normally goes on the back of my neck and so I had this nice red stripe, right above it my neck is tan and right below it it's totally white. Now I have a neopalitan tan with three colors. It's pretty great.
This week we also started a challenge mission wide to read the Book of Mormon in 90 days I am really excited for it but it sure is hard. If you know me I am a super slow reader and so I spend a lot of my down time on this specific challenge now but I am determined to accomplish it. Well that's pretty much all I've really got for this week. It sure was a fun week though being able to get out and serve and work in our area!
Oh, we also finally got another ward mission leader so that is a huge blessing! Things are definitely looking up in the Duarte ward and I have learned a ton from working in this area. I'm so grateful I could serve a mission and I never want it to end. I've heard it kinda stinks going home anyways and what better place to learn and to grow than out here serving the lord!
I know that Joseph Smith really was a true prophet of God as well as all the prophets who succeeded him. I am so grateful to be part of the church of Jesus Christ that has been restored to the earth today. I am so grateful for all of the scripture and materials that we have to learn and grow from. Many people sacrificed everything including their lives just so that we could have the scriptures today and read the things that they have learned.
I challenge you all to read from the scriptures a little bit each day and don't take them for granted! Find out if the Book of Mormon is true and find out if the Bible is true again and again. As you study and pray for an answer over and over again, your testimony will grow and you will receive guidance that will bless you throughout your life. I love you all and I hope that you have a great week!
Elder Jensen
Letter 61 Goodbye Elder Peterson, Hello Elder Clark!
August 26, 2017
Hey Everyone!
This week was super fun because it was transfer week! Saturday night we got a call for our transfer from our mission president for Elder Peterson. He is going to Hacienda Heights to be a zone leader again. He was pretty pumped because he really didn't want to get transfer trashed but now it looks like he will stay there for his last area.
My new companion is Elder Clark. He is a Spanish missionary who just came from East LA and this is his first time in English work. I'm excited to have him as a companion and so far this week with him has been really fun. It will be nice to contact people in Spanish as well now because my Spanish contacting is trash.
Anyway, this Monday we worked with all the missionaries going home and there were a lot of good
missionaries in this group. It was sad to to see them go. Then Tuesday we took them to the airport and picked up the new missionaries. It was a lot of fun to meet them all!
Also, Monday and Tuesday evening we were able to meet with one of the new investigators that Elder Peterson and I found. His name is Adrian and he is the same age as us. He is super awesome and really wants to change and so we challenged him to be baptized and set his date for September 30th! We will probably pass him off to the YSA but we are still looking into it. We were able to meet with him almost every day this week and his best friend Alissa though and they are planning on coming to church tomorrow after we give them a chapel tour tonight.
It has been awesome to see things picking up here and really cool that he meets with us everyday because that has been really hard to for most people in this area. The Smallwoods also came to church last week and he has already received a calling! We are super excited for how well things are
going.
I know that this gospel is true and that we can be changed by applying the teachings of Jesus Christ. I hope you all have a great week!
Pictures: Goodbye Elder Peterson and my new companion Elder Clark. Sorry the pictures are kinda bad.
Elder Jensen
Letter 60: Missionary Meetings
August 19, 2017
Sorry I'm writing again so soon but it's transfer week next week so p day is early and next p day will be Monday. Nothing too big happened this week but we did have a few fun meetings. There are also a ton of missionaries coming in the next two transfers so I'm pretty pumped because this will make up for the lack of missionaries we had earlier this summer. I guess they all just came a bit later for some reason.
Anyway, transfer calls are tonight so I will let you all know what happened next Monday unless I got transferred because if I did I would be having p day again on this Monday. Elder Peterson and I both think we will stay though so we shouldn't have to worry about that. This week instead of district meeting we had another meeting with half the mission one day and the other half the other day that president out on about controlling thoughts and anxiety and stress and depression and all that good stuff. I thought it was a great meeting and I learned a ton of stuff I had no idea about.
Another great thing from this week is that the Smallwoods will be coming to church! They are a less active family that we have been working with for a while but I haven't really mentioned them in my letters. They have come to church once already and their commitment is growing a ton! Brother Smallwood really has a desire to go to the temple and he is pulling his family along with him and really helping them to progress. He is now on Jacob in the Book of Mormon and is doing great and we are super excited they committed to come to church again. Well that's pretty much it this week I guess.
Sorry no pictures, but I hope you all have a great week!
Elder Jensen
Letter 59
Hey everybody!
I feel like every time it is time to write an email I
just forget everything that happened this week. We had MLC which was really
good and this week we are going to have a mission meeting which I am really
excited for.
We pretty much had this week open to proselyte and so we were able
to find some great new investigators and we are really hoping they progress.
One of them is a mother of a family and that was really exciting because she
sounded really interested in ways she could help her family which is awesome.
There are so many broken families today and so it was nice to see a fully
functioning family who wants to hear the gospel. Last night we were able to go
by the Ibraihims as well and we are probably going to work with them again.
They have been struggling with a lot lately and they have
been coming to church (just the classes unfortunately) and I think they really
do want to do the right thing. This week we had exchanges and I went into the
Spanish area which was a whole lot of fun. I am really starting to enjoy biking
a lot more! Well, that's pretty much all for this week!
Here is a photo of the district, we have transfers coming
up soon though so we will see what happens!
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Letter 58
Hey Everyone!
This week was our first zone conferences with President
Wells and they were great! We went to them all and it was a great experience to learn from them. We
learned about the importance of following the spirit which I really want to
apply more in my mission.
Yesterday we had a stake wide fast for missionary
work and so we hope that the work will move forward strongly! We had the chance
last week to speak in sacrament meeting which I really enjoyed. I used to hate
speaking in sacrament but now I just love it and it's great practice.
That's
pretty much all that happened this week but we have a really open week next
week so hopefully it goes well! Have a great week!
Elder Jensen
Letter 57
Hey
Everyone! I can't remember if I sent these pictures out last week so here they
are if I forgot. This is the new Armenian Elder. His name is Elder Hansen and
he is really cool so I can't wait to work with him later on my mission! Also
pictured is pig ear. It was alright but not my favorite.
This week was short
because of Saturday p day but I learned a lot this week. I can't say much
happened with working in our area but we have seen a lot of success with the
less actives we have been working with. This week has been particularly good
for me though, even when a whole lot didn't happen. It is hard to describe in
an email so I will just share my testimony. After a lot of studying and
discussing with Elder Peterson, the atonement now has a special meaning to me.
I am so grateful for the redeeming power of the atonement. I am really starting
to recognize my weaknesses a lot better after being in this area which has been
an answer to my prayers since the beginning of my mission. I now understand
that I can be redeemed from my weaknesses and I don't have to be perfect, I
just have to keep trying.
The love that Jesus Christ has for each and everyone
of us is truly amazing and I am so grateful that I have had the experiences
I've had on my mission so far to feel his love in my life. I know that this is
his true church and his gospel can make us happy and filled with peace. I love
you all and hope you have a great week.
Elder Jensen
Elder Jensen
Letter 56: New Armenian Elder (Elder Hansen) -- and Water Day!!
July 24, 2017
Sorry I don't have a ton of time today but I hope you are
all doing well! This week was pretty normal for us and not too much happened.
However, we did have a lot of the less actives we have
been working with come to church which was awesome! Other good news, the new
Armenian Elder arrived and his name is Elder Hansen! I am super excited for him
to be here and Elder Stucki my trainer will be training him. It will be really
good.
We don't celebrate Pioneer Day, but I guess in
Armenia today is water day which means that it's a giant free for all water
fight all day. You can just run outside and soak anyone you want who is
outside.
That's a pretty great holiday and I wonder if they
celebrated in Glendale. If they did I will be sad I missed it but I doubt they
did, too many laws here.
Elder Jensen
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