¡Buenas días amigos y familia!
Once upon a time, there was an MTC and a group of 5 Elder and 2 Sisters. One day, after a 2 sessions of General Conference it was announced that the famous BYU a cappella group "Vocal Point" would be the stars of Sunday devotional. As Sister missionaries tried their best to "fan-girl" within missionary and Sunday reverence standards, Elder Jensen and the boys began to talk. What if WE made our OWN a capella group? We could begin as missionaries and reach One-Direction status by the time we were home. Brilliant eh?! We thought it was, and we were dedicated to making our group, dubbed "Sync'N" (any relation to any band, living or dead, is purely coincidental and should be taken as such) the best mission approved boy band a capella group in the history of the world! The rest of Conference weekend was filled with amazing messages and much excitement for the future of Sync'N. However, as all good things must eventually come to an end so had the end of Sync'N come about by the end of the weekend. So as they were walking back from the bathroom Elder Babbel and Elder Jensen were engaged in a particularly rousing chorus of "We Are All Enlisted" in Spanish, we turned the corner only to find that the devotional that we were supposed to be attending had already begun and that it was engaged in a particularly rousing prayer. Quite embarrassed, we took our seats amidst giggles and laughter from all the Elder and Sister missionaries around us. After the prayer, Elder Babbel and I agreed that an end to Sync'N (Also known as "Quarter Elder" for all you Psych fans out there) was dead. So moral of the week: before you walk into a crowded group of your peers singing Spanish hymns at the top of your lungs, ensure that it is not completely silent and reverent before rounding the corner :) Here's our band:
Anyway! This week was absolutely fantastic, we had so many great experiences with General Conference and had the pleasure of hearing the Relief Society General President speak to us on Sunday. Spanish gets easier every day and this place becomes more like my home everyday. 4 weeks has FLOWN by and I'm so grateful that I got to have such an amazing experience at the MTC. 4 weeks down 100 to go :)
Crazy and spiritual story of this week: so Elder Babbel, Fullmer and I got to take a field trip off the MTC campus and were headed down to the BYU Health Center to fill a prescription for Elder Fullmer. The trip went perfectly, no accidents, not very much wait time, and it was relatively painless. As were walking our of the Health Center though I turn to the left just in time to see a minivan drive straight into a large garbage collector. My ears hadn't even had time to hear the crash before I was heading at full sprint towards the accident. A terrified mother pulled herself from the driver's side obviously hurt and started trying to yank the door open. Horrified, I realized she was hysterical because her young daughter was trapped in the car. Fearing the worst we yanked the door open to find the girl perfectly safe, only crying because she was obviously scared. The dazed driver of the garbage truck walked over and started yelling about her not looking where she was going, and in that moment we realized the whole time she hadn't been speaking English. The woman it turns out, was from Chile and had only arrived in the U.S. six months ago. She spoke zero English and could only speak Spanish. Suddenly I realized we had been speaking fluent Spanish the whole time, and after a moment of dumb-strucked-ness, quickly told her we were there to help. We talked, made sure she wasn't hurt, calmed her down, and eventually got her story of what had happened. The Police showed up and we were acted as translators until a Police officer that spoke Spanish showed up. In the end, everything was fine. The garbage truck wasn't even dented and though the car was missing it's front half, the woman and child were perfectly fine. It was a neat experience though, because we knew that we had been walking down that tiny street at just the right time to be able to help some people in need. I have no doubt that we had all been prompted to go to the Health Center at the time so that we would be in the right place at the right time to help that woman. Moral of the story: if we put our trust in Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost, we will always be at the right place at the right time. I loved the conference talk about putting Jesus Christ at the center of our lives, I know that sometimes in life when were buffeted by the tempests and whirlwinds of life it easy to lose our foundation and focus but if we are built upon a foundation of faith that Jesus is our Savior we will can never fail. We can fall yes, but the most important thing is that after we fall, we get back up and keep moving forward :)
Muchos amor por todos,
Elder Jensen
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