Hola everyone,
This past week has been quite an interesting week. Last Thursday and Friday I started my training in the office, Saturday
I was at the hospital with my companion, and the last couple of days
just kind of blurred by. It seems like I've been busy doing everything
but missionary work, haha.
So the office......I'm going to be one busy person!! I've only
trained 3 days and I've already had to do so much. I'm in charge of all
the missionaries' cell phones (which is about 220), all the mission
mail (pamphets, BOMs, letters, packages, etc), and all the other random
office work involved in the "material" things of the missionaries. Its
really fun and there's A/C in the office, but I'm going to be a very,
very busy missionary in a couple of weeks. However, I look forward to
the experience and working a little closer to Pres. Douglas and seeing
how that man does things. So overall, it's been great!
So my companion got bit by a tiny, little spider a week ago. We
both thought is was no big deal. Well, we were kind of wrong. On Saturday
afternoon he shows me his hand and asked, "Is this normal?" His hand
was pretty big and swollen. So, Sister Douglas sent us to the hospital
to figure out what was wrong. After all was said and done, it turned
out that he had an allergic reaction to this spider bite. I was hoping
he'd start shooting out webs and climbing walls, but I was a little
disappointed. Oh well, that's life sometimes.
So I'm starting to know the area and some of the investigators are
really cool! We have started meeting with this women who married a
returned missionary. She's really open to the gospel and wants to
continue learning. I mean, Noelia (this lady) and her husband already
have plans to head to the temple to be sealed in a little over a year.
She's a great person and I can see her desire to join the church.
However, she's working Sunday
mornings and can't really attend church. But, she's already on top of
that and is trying to trade shifts with her other co-workers. I'm very
excited we've met this nice couple and I hope I can see Noelia get
baptized too!
I've been studying alot in 3 Nephi and Christ's visit to the
Americas. Wow, so much happened in just 3 days; it's just amazing! I
really love how much faith the Nephites and surviving lamanites had in
their savior and redeemer. The miracles, and the events that passed in
these few chapters of the Book of Mormon are filled with some of
Christ's greatest miracles among the children of men. I wonder what the
world would be like if the Latter-Day Saints of God had the kind of
faith like these ancient saints of god! had What do you think we could
do? How would our faith and example effect our neighbors, friends, and
family? I think we'd see a whole new world and life centered in our
master Jesus Christ. I know that it's not easy, but if we continue
doing the little things in life like reading our scriptures, trusting in
the prophet's words, attending church, and having a sincere prayer to
our Heavenly Father,
I know that eventually the time will come in our existence that we'll
have a great faith in our Savior and see miracles in our lives.
I still have a lot to work on, but I know that Christ lives and he
is our savior. He is God's son and he atoned for our sins! God is our
Father-in-heaven and wants to bless us. We can always turn to him with
our problems and questions. This is the true church and I'm a real
missionary. I love sharing my testimony with the people of the
Dominican Republic and I'm grateful for this opportunity to serve in his
Royal Army. Missionary work rocks! En el nombre de Jesucristo, amen.
Have a great week everyone!
Love,
Elder Jensen
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