Dearest friends and family, I hope that all of you are doing so very well and that you're enjoying life to the fullest. This week has been SUPERbien, last week I traded out hipster downtown Histonians (yeah that's actually what people call them) for lots of cows and goats and old retired Hispanic people...and I love it! I only moved about 30 minutes west and technically I live in the outer Houston area, but the world here is completely different! Whereas every single city block in Downtown Houston has a large building, everything out here is wide and spread out and super duper tranquilo. It's been the best experience ever! The ward (or area) that I am in now is comprised of a much older population and it's been weird coming from the city. I really love the members of this ward and they are all so nice to us! I have two companions once again, Elderes Sharp and Escobar both from Orem, Utah and we have such a great time together.
The greatest stories of this week revolve around a baptismal service that was held yesterday for this lady in our area named Lidia. Lidia is super awesome and really just the best. She's a 30-year-old sister of one of our members and decided last Tuesday that she wants to be a member of the church. It was really exciting so we spent the whole week teaching her and she was baptized yesterday! It was a really great service and she was so happy afterwards which made all of us happy. The only words in English that she knows are "Thank youuu" so when she said that to us after the service, it made us really super duper happy.
As we went around cleaning the building up afterward, that's when the real fun began. We pulled the plug on the baptismal font and went back 15 minutes later and the water hadn't drained at all! So we pulled the plug again, same result. So Elder Jensen, thinking he was all smart because he had some experience with clogged drains, asked to be lowered into the font full of water to check it out. That's when all of his earthly possessions decided to be baptized and fell into the font. 30 minutes later Elder Jensen had successfully retrieved a soaking wet planner and other various possessions, That is also when Elder Jensen found the switch that turned the font pump off. So that was fun.
Today's spiritual though is inspired by a quote that a great friend sent to me today.."If you only do what you can do, you'll never be more than you are now". I hear that Kung Fu Panda III is out and it rocks. More this week than ever, I have learned that change is a super good thing and can help us all to grow to become better people. That's basically what Christ did for us. He died so we have the opportunity (by grace) to become such better people. I know that if we keep moving forward everything will be okay. I love you all so much and miss you more!
Love,Elder Jensen
Love,Elder Jensen
No comments:
Post a Comment