Week 76 Fasting For Miracles

We have working hard to get as many people as we can to come to church. Unfortunately, we weren't able to get anyone in church. Everyone got super sick. Almost all of our new investigators that we found or the ones that are progressing ended up having the flu. What a bummer! But, we were able to find a bunch of new people in our area. Remember Nohemy that I told about? Well, we are still working with her and hoping to get get her baptized soon. We are hoping that she can get an answer soon. So, we will find out this week. We have found a new family here, the husband is complicated however. But the wife and son are fired up about the gospel. So, we are working to find a way that we can get them married or separated (again, husband is complicated) so we can get them baptized soon.

We fasted this past weekend to see some miracles in our area and what started out with nothing ended with a ton. We fasted that Damaris, part of another family wants to go to church and get baptized. And she has been out of work for awhile and found a job that might work on Sundays. So we fasted for her that her job would allow her to not work on Sunday or she could find another job that doesn't work on Sundays. And Heavenly Father answered our prayers, and her work schedule will be from Monday to Saturday. Fasting does truly work. 

Also another miracle happened this week. We had scheduled a FHE  for Sunday and were going to invite a bunch of people to come. But, everyone canceled on it because they had something to do or they were sick with the flu. So, instead we went contacting. And this chick came up to us and said she needed a blessing.( that was our 5th blessing of health that day) She said she heard about these blessing through her son who is a less active member. We passed by to see how she was doing. Turns out that her parents are members, they want there 2 kids to get baptized and they want to return back to church as soon as possible. Woo-hoo! God wanted that to happen, I can see his hand in everything that happened this week. I am truly blessed and grateful to be on my mission.

I am so grateful for my Heavenly Father for giving me this opportunity to be here. I know that he is real and the gospel is true and I know I am supposed to be here. As I live out these next 7 months and work with all my heart I will truly see the blessings of my mission. Love you all. Have a good week everyone!

Les quiero mucho,

Elder Jensen

P.S. I contacted a guy in a bus and he was able to go to church that Sunday! Miracles!

Graffiti...
Art every where.

Ran into an old companion at changes.

Week 75 Dios no esta muerto 

Wow, how fast the weeks are flying! I had some fun this week. We were able to teach a lot of new people and get a lot of people to progress in this gospel. We had an incredible miracle happen yesterday. We had 7 in the church including one family! Woo-hoo! And we were able to put a fecha or a baptism date for 2 of them. I am so happy for them and there decision to follow the Lord with all there might, mind, and strength. And as I work in this area will my heart...I see not only the blessings and benefits doing that for them, but also for me.

I can truly testify that God does answer prayers! Today is changes. And the past couple weeks I have fasting and praying for God to let me stay in this area. I feel a connection in this area and we have so many good people that are literally changing my life as they change theirs. Its changing me as I speak. I feel my Heavenly Fathers and Saviors love so much.  I found out today that I am not changing areas and neither is my companion. I have been praying for us to stay here, especially me to stay here and I can testify that Heavenly Father knows us and loves us and He will answer our righteous desires. I love Him. The Saviors Atonement is real. It has worked  miracles in me and as I and as we follow Him, he will always be there. I remember a quote that helped me this week that says, "If we can be forever strong on the field, we can surely be forever strong off the field." 

We have been teaching this super positive sister named Nohemy. She is really interested in what we have to say and wants to learn more. We are teaching her and preparing her for baptism, hopefully for this 30th of this month. The only thing is that she has a lot of questions and really needs help knowing if this is true. We are all doing what we can to help her, but I ask that you pray for Nohemy too. Pray that she can get hear the answers she needs, feel the spirit as we teach, and that we have the knowledge to answer the questions.

Love you guys. I LOVE MY SAVIOR AND I LOVE THIS AREA! Love you guys...hope you guys have a wonderful week and hope that we may always feel his spirit with us. Hasta Luego!

Les quiero,

Elder Jensen

Week 74 Merica

Lessons with members...ponderoso (powerful)!!

What a fantastic week we had this week.....but first before I get into things....HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! Yippee!!! How fast the weeks are flying! We had an incredible week. We were able to teach a lot of people and get a lot of the members to help. So we have teaching Dessydee and Mirma ( the woman and the teenager who had that had there dad die) and we have been teaching them lately about church and how going would bless their lives and they both accepted instantly saying, "yes I will totally go". And not only did they just go....the whole family went without us knowing. What a surprise that was. Best part, they both accepted to get baptized the 30th of this month. So, we are so stoked for them. As well as this other girl we found, we actually found through a convert and she has committed to reading The Book of Mormon...she went to church as well...and now she is also preparing for baptism on the 30th. What blessings you receive from doing the most simple and basic things. I love sharing this gospel with all my heart and seeing it really change people's lives for the better. 

What has helped the most this past week is we were able to have so many lessons with our investigators with a ward member there. We have been focusing on that a lot because members are able to share there experiences and there testimonies about this gospel. It has really been great to hear everyone's testimony and hear what they went through to make them more successful in this gospel.

I loved this week so much and so excited for the next. We had to drop a couple people this week, but we were able to recover and find new ones to get them ready for baptism. Love you guys so much. Wish me the best of luck this week. I love my mission and I feel I becoming the missionary Heavenly Father wants me to be. 

Les quiero,

Elder Jensen

Celebrating my Birthday with some friends of the ward

A lady in our ward that likes to critic my Spanish

Went to play basketball in the morning, found a drunk guy who wanted to play with us...turned out great!

Help cut down a tree for someone this week

Week 73 Finding Faith

Birthday cake (family's birthday box not delivered yet)

This week went by too quick. I have learned a lot during this past week working and teaching. From the investigators we found last week, we were able to help a bunch of people start to learn more about Jesus and what is faith. I learned a couple things myself from teaching them. The things you can learn from the coolest people, I love the people down here. Family Lopez Sanchez is progressing the only thing is that the husband, to be blunt, is a bit of a jerk. The wife always says the sweetest things about her husband and is very humble. But he, is so crazy. He always complains about how his wife is crazy and does nothing. He makes an excuse every time we check to see if they are reading or praying. He thinks he is pretty perfect. He is so prideful and it makes me just want to yell at him, but I know I can't. But, we are working and doing all we can to help him to understand how Christ can help him. We have also been teaching some other people as well.

We have a woman and a teenager who just recently lost their husband/dad. They have had the coolest dreams/visions ever. She said she had a dream where they saw him in heaven and she described heaven. Every one was in white and looked perfect like Christ, no sickness or problems. Pretty dope experience. It was kind of weird when she said she had some kind of exorcism. But, we were able to bless her home as well as give her a blessing to help her to feel good in her home again. She says now she wants to be taught the lessons, as well as her daughter, so that she can have the hope to live with her husband one day again. So dope experience.

We have a bunch of other people we are visiting as well. What is funny is most of the people we are teaching are women. Most of the men here are bums. They either drink, smoke, or fornicate. And they are not really receptive or really wanting to try like the women do. But, slowly but surely we are finding people more positive and more willing to change their lives. 

I am really having fun here and I am so excited about this next week. I am really discovering the blessings of being a missionary. I am so grateful to serve. And I know if I pump it up this next week, we can do some great things and bless the people here. Love you guys so much and just to let you know I only have 7 months left!!!!!

Les quero,

Elder Jensen

 

Birthday morning TPing

Elder Small taking bath in our tub.

Week 72 Birthday Boy...MAN!!!

Another week has come and gone. I cannot believe how fast the weeks are going by. Soon I will be on my last couple weeks. It is so weird. But, I can tell you this past week was just amazing. We did have the best dats (not sure what this means, must be a slang honduran word), but awesome results. We had 5 people and 2 families in church. At first all of them said they could not make it because one of there friends died of cancer the day before. So, we decided to teach them about the plan of happiness, plan of salvation, and all of them including 2 families committed to go. They both loved it. Dope!!! And this week we are going to have so many lessons with them and there friends too. So, I am stoked what the spirit can do and only 2 missionaries! I am so lovin this area and I totally proud to represent the Lord as on of his missionary who is trying with all his might to bring his children back to him. 

Well, I cannot believe I am turning 20 this Thursday! Another decade has past by and I have no idea where I will be in the next 10! All I know is I won't be a teenager anymore...I will be a man! BOO - YAH!!! Thanks for the video you guys sent of me this week...appreciate it. I promise to send you a bunch of photos of this Thursday of me turning 20 years old!

I bought myself a birthday gift.

Hope you guys like the photos this week...I worked really hard to take as many photos this week with being careful not to expose my camera, its a little risky because people like to steal things. But, I can tell you I had so much fun this week and all thought it was hard and  can be tough, that is where all the blessing comes from. I am glad to be a missionary here in Honduras and I am glad I am serving the Lord and my God to fulfill his hope for all of us to return to him. Thanks for everything guys...te amamos muchisimo!

Les quiero,

Elder Jensen

Week 71 Finding Families

Member that moved to Houston (made really good food)

I had a excellent week this week! We worked our butts off this week and I am so proud of Elder Small and myself for working so hard! We were able to pull out 40 new investigators and 7 NEW FAMILIES! Holy mother fudge that is a lot!!! I cannot wait for this upcoming week to work and to hopefully baptize my first family! How cool would that be! It's all those blessings for being 100% obedient and working very diligently. We are showing the Lord how much we love him and how much we love His gospel. And by doing those things, with faith, he gives us results and blessings. It aint easy, but it is definitely possible. I am grateful I have this opportunity for this opportunity. I only have 6+ months left until I am finish my mission. So, as I work with these families, I know I will receive blessings that I can one day tell my kids, just like my Dad tells me of his mission.

We found a family this past week that is so dope! Now they are not married yet, but they have been sharing with us some really cool experiences from their reading of the Book of Mormon. Dreams and experiencing they are having with the Holy Ghost in there heart. They could not go to church this past week....but they said they would go this next week. If all goes well with work this week...we could get 12 people and 4 families in church! How sick could that be. So, please pray for Family Lopez Sanchez to come! Also pray for the other people to come as well! 

I am so happy to be a missionary of Jesus Christ. He is showing me my capacity and potential to really teach and change lives of the people in Honduras. I know as I show him by putting my whole heart into this work, he will bless me and the people I teach. Anything is possible. I have heard the last 6 months are best months of your mission. So, I know that as I work hard these next several months I will have so much fun! Love you guys so much...hope you can pray for me and for my investigators this week so I can baptize my first family this change!

Les quiero,

Elder Jensen

It rained a butt load this week

Selfie with the church

Week 70 Small things become BIG

Well, another has come and gone. I received my new companion this week. He is pretty dope. His name is Elder Small. He was born in Utah, but most of his life he grew up in South Korea and Japan. His dad is a teacher in the military there and so that is why he lived there so long with his family. (I bet my sister is going to love this, he talks to me in Japanese sometimes.) I have enjoyed myself here more in Laureles. Seems to me I am going to be here awhile. I love it here...we find new investigators everyday and I am so excited for this week to make new contacts and hopefully put as many fechas (dates) as we can to teach and to baptize the people of Honduras.

Today we have 3 appointments with some investigators that we are hoping to set a fechas with. Specifically, we have been trying to set a date with a boy named German for the  past month. He wants to get baptized and loves the church, but his mom does not want to give him permission because she thinks he is not ready. But, we are going to talk with her today and see how things go. Also this week we have pretty much a FHE set up for everyday. FHE appointments are a great way to get references from the members and the investigators. 

I am loving it here in Honduras. I know I have only a little time left, but I do not care. I am just going to worry about today and keep on doing what Elder Jensen knows best. I know my savior lives and I know that through him we can be saved and be CHANGED by his GRACE! Love you guys so much....talk to you next week!

Elder Jensen

P.S. Watch the video #Halleluyah byt he church....so dope!