Dear Mom....

So first of all, yes I got your package thank you so much!!! Second of all, thank you for sending that other package! I ordered those patriarchal blessings a little while ago but totally forgot because they took forever! Also as far as flooding goes, we are okay! Apparently this is normal, but normally we don't get this much until the end of August and we just started flooding season 6 days ago...haha so yes this is shaping up to be a pretty wild summer, I can't wait to see my first hurricane :) (jokes jokes I don't think a hurricane has made landfall here in a little while) we haven't been affected to much but apparently the flooding out in the edge of our zone was really bad. We've got six Elders over there pretty much for the entire day.

Anyway, aw 117?! That's CRAZY! That's so hot haha, but I definitely miss the hot weather as compared to the humid Texas weather. I'm glad you guys had a good week of summer though!! Tell Ethan that day camp was one of my favorite parts of my cub scout adventures. It was so much fun! Also let Lizzy know that I am super proud of her, that is AWESOME! Tell her that she needs to get super good at saving her money :) (#lessons that I wish I hadn't been stubborn and would have listened to mom and dad better) Also yay for Katey and swim team! Always my favorite part of the year, she's going to be a really great swimmer :) Also yay for you and Dad!!!! That's so great that you guys are going up to girls camp and AP camp!!! You guys are the best because you're able to take that on. You and Dad are my role models for real :) Glad you guys had a good week!

We had a good week this week! Still working hard on finding new people to teach, this week we decided to start focusing on our recent converts so now all of Sandys (the girl from last week) aunts have a date for the end of June and we hope that the two little girls in the family as well. Rather than that we're still working with Levy, it goes slow but he always makes constant progress forward. We have goals to find more people this week so we can get some new people to teach (which yes will include some knocking doors so we can get the real mission experience :) ). But Leiry was baptized this week! It was a great service, the ward has basically adopted her because her member mother is super inactive and so we had a TON of support from the ward. 

Thank you for your letter this week it really helped me, to be 100% honest it's been a pretty tough week.  I am doing so good mommy I love my mission so much. I feel as if I have changed so much and it was never all at once, it was like you said, here a little and there a little and slowly I have becoming the person that my Heavenly Father wants me to be. I know I was never the perfect kid, I really am sorry for all the headaches I caused you and really for everything that I did that was rude, offensive, and just dumb. I now know who I am and who I'm supposed to become. I know my divine potential! Along with that, though, I am not perfect- but I have gotten really really good at trying. That talk from Jeffery R. Holland always gives me hope because he says we receive eternal life based on how hard we try. My goal in this life is not to become perfect, but to become perfect in trying to become like my father in heaven. I LOVE MY MISSION. It makes me a better person and each day I am doing better and better. I will forever be so grateful that you and Dad always taught me hope, that I need to keep moving forward no matter what. I have learned that no matter the trials life tosses at us, if we keep moving forward we will make it out on the other side alright. I love you so very much, thank you for all you do as my mother. I hope that you know how much I love you. Have a great week!!!!

Love,

Elder Jensen

 Elder Jensen trying his hand at Empanadas!!

 Leiry is baptized! :)