This past week has been a very busy week. I can't believe that
Wednesday is already here! We've had service projects, Zone
Conferences, and all sorts of stuff.
So last Thursday we had Zone Conferences with Elder Cornish.
Amazing!! We learned about the importance of the first lesson and how
to teach "God is our loving Heavenly Father" first because everything
leads back to that. If people don't know we have a Father in Heaven,
they won't believe the Plan, Prophets, The Atonement, scriptures, the
church, everything. If people don't realize we have a God who loves
each one of us individually and personally, what is the point of all of
this? We also learned about teaching people and not lessons. The
mission has tons of investigators, but few baptisms; so Elder Cornish
talked about why that's happening. We need to have the spirit in the
lessons, and that only comes if we teach the people and not the lessons.
President Douglas also talked about the responsibility we need to have
with all the changes in the mission. We so many new missionaries in the
coming
months, we will again have 4 man houses, and alot of missionaries will
be training, so we must prepare for that. Overall, I was very happy
with Zone Conferences and I learned a ton!
Friday morning we did a service project at a school. They want to
use more of the school and maybe involve us missionaries more. So we
spent the morning cleaning this huge school house. It was in the
downtown, old part of Santiago, so it was a really old building and
pretty cool! My group was in charge of cleaning the side patio of the
building. After about an hour and a half we got it all clean and then
they starting dropping trees off the roof, so that all went down the
tube. But we cleaned it up all again and made it look really nice! I
had a really good time and got to meet alot of new missionaries. Go
service!
The branch in Gurabo is really starting to take shape. Callings
are being made and the leaders of the branch all want our help. They
are asking for addresses of investigators, when they can do exchanges,
who needs the Primary, who needs the Relief Society, who need this or
that. Honestly, I love it! I don't know what to do with it all! I
really have a testimony that this branch will be one of the strongest
wards in Santiago in a few years.
As far as investigators go, we are really working hard with a few
families. Hopefully I will have some news in the coming weeks. We've
also been trying to find some more. Funny story, with the division of
the ward/branch we lost 4 families to the other Elders. They were
complaining that it's too far from their house and the mission president
said they just received 4 really good families for free and not
complain. Haha, I thought that was funny because I was really sad to
tell them we couldn't teach them anymore. They really are 4 really good
families.
The work continues to push forward here in Gurabo! I know this
church is true and that Christ is our savior and redeemer! This
Christmas let us look for Christ more in our lives. I encourage you all
to read the December Ensign or Liahona, they're just absolutely loaded
with amazing Christmas stories. I know that as you look for Christ in
Christmas, you'll find he's already found you. In the name of Jesus
Christ, amen.
Love,
Elder Jensen
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