Hello everybody!
Oh my, this week was so
great. I may not have had much success with our investigators (since they dont
wait to really change their lives) but we did hear the words of the living
prophets of God and that was enough for me.
This week, we had more
changes in the mission. We are no longer going to focus on knocking doors, but
rather on working with the members and references. That was a great relief. Now
to just help the members get going. It is like President Monson said: ¨Now is
the time for missionaries and members to work together to bring more people
into the vineyard of the Lord¨ It will be tough here in Bolivia, but we must
start to change things.
As for conference, they
have satellites in the stake centers, so we went to the stake center and all
the ¨gringos¨ were given a little room and a smallish TV to watch it in
English. Oh, how much I loved the conference. I loved Elder Quentin L. Cook’s
talk and also, Jeffrey R. Holland’s talk too; so much power and passion and
truth. It was great.
Today officially marks 11
months for me in the mission. And for Chase, this is his last full week as a
missionary. For me, it has been tough, and when I look back, it has gone by so
fast. I cant believe I am 12 days away from being 20. I still feel super young.
I know that I have to be here in Bolivia and to help these people progress.
This first year was amazing, but I am really excited for what is to come in
this second year.
As for the work, we are
still having little success finding new people that want to progress. We have a
couple people that tell us in our lessons that they will keep their commitments
but when we leave they just don’t, or his friends tempt them to get drunk, like
our teenage friend, Julio Cesar. We are still looking, but facing a little
rough patch right now in the area.
The weeks have passed fast;
it is already the end of another transfer cycle. We are betting that one of the
two of us (my companion or I) will get transferred on Wednesday… I don’t mind
either way if I stay or go. I have made great friends with the members here in
the ward, but the area is pretty tough, so whatever God has in mind with me is
fine with me.
I know with my
entire soul that this is the church of Jesus Christ. I have no doubt about it.
I know that God loves each and every one of us, so it makes sense that he would
give us a church to help us along the way to return to Him. I know that we can
be even more happy then we are now if we live the teachings of Christ. Maybe we
will still have tough times, but hey, that is life. We have to have tough times
so that we learn and progress. I love this gospel and I love my Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ. I love that even though we aren’t perfect, He still wants
us to come unto Him and keep on going. It is like Dory says ¨Keep On Swimming¨
maybe that means swimming in dark waters sometimes, but we must always do our
best and rely on Christ.
I love you my family and
friends. The greatest blessing that God gave me is you all. I honestly love you
and I have been praying for you a lot lately, that God will guide your steps
and keep you safe.
Until next week!
Elder Jensen
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