I hope this week has been very exciting for everyone! We´ve had a
another usual week with teaching, contacting, meetings, and sleeping.
However, I feel that the work is progressing in the land of Gurabo!
Let´s see. First off, on Sunday we had Stake Conference with a
transmission from Salt Lake. Sister Wixom, Pres. Beck, and Elder Nelson
were the speakers. Sister Wixom spoke of the importance of being
examples to children and as well the importance of raising children.
Pres. Beck talked about the importance of tithing and shared different
experiences of his mission. The crazy thing is that he talked
completely in Spanish. Who knew, right? I was very surprised to see him
just whip out the Spanish language. Elder Nelson spoke of many
different things, but finally tied into all into the faith of the
members of the Caribbean. He spoke of the ancestors of the isles of the
sea and the mandate every member has to share the gospel to the house
of Israel. It was a very good talk! I think we can all follow his
counsel and share the gospel. We don´t always have to share with words,
but we
can just be an example to our neighbors and friends. I know that our
same actions and beliefs is what converts the hearts of men!
We´ve continued to teach our investigators and are finding some
progress with them. Ruben is continuing to read and pray, but he hasn´t
gone to church yet which is a big problem. Satan knows that this man
will be great member of the church and so he´s doing all he can to stop
him. Every time he is planning to go the church, his boss calls and
tells him he needs to work Sunday morning. So luckily, Ruben wants to
progress and learn more about God, so he´s looking for a new job.
However, he hasn´t had any success yet, but we´re praying he´ll find a
new job.
As for Josephina, she´s no longer in the branch. Her house is
right on the division line, and so she has to attend Los Jardines.
However, I´ve seen her at Stake Conference and the other Elders tell me
she´s just a busy as ever. She is still smoke free and progressing
well! We all consider her active again, because she´s giving loads of
references and wants to share her testimony with everyone. Are we all
like her, and want to share our gift of testimony with everyone? How
easy is it to just quickly share our testimony with someone?
We´ve also starting teaching a couple new people as well! I don´t
have much to say about them yet, but I´ll let you know when things pick
up again! But, I´m confident that there´ll be some more baptisms in
the next few months. However, I´m not sure I´ll be here to see them!
But, I really hope I can make a difference in these peoples lives.
This past week I´ve been studying alot of the Conference talks in
the Liahona. I really like the talk of Elder Cook about ¨Can ye feel so
now.¨ He shared Alma 5:26. It says something about those who have
felt the song redeeming love and a change of heart; and if so, can you
feel that now? I thought about the times where I´ve felt the feeling of
conversion in my life. The powerful testimonies, conferences,
devotionals, camps, etc. It seems we can all feel the song of redeeming
love during the powerful moments, but why don´t we always feel it
during the quiet, slow moments of life? I´ve thought alot about how we
can constantly sing the song in our everyday lives. I firmly believe
that the base of all gospel, testimony, and progression stems from our
communication with God. One of the biggest things I focus on with
investigators is our prayers to our Father in Heaven. Do we constantly
have personal prayer with God? Do we really speak to or at our
Heavenly Father? Do we treat our conversations with God the same as our
conversations with girlfriends, boyfriends, or friends? I testify when
we really strive to speak with and not at our Heavenly Father is when
we´ll really start seeing a difference in our lives. The communication
with our Father in Heaven should be a cherished relationship that we all
should not take for granted, so I encourage you all to evaluate your
prayers and strive to build a stronger relationship with our God and
Father. I know he is always listening, we just have to speak! En el
nombre de Jesucristo, Amen.
Have an excellent week!
Love,
Elder Jensen
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