HAHA I'D TELL YOU WHATS GOING ON WITH SKYPE BUT I HAVE NO IDEA

December 18, 2017

HAHA I'D TELL YOU WHATS GOING ON WITH SKYPE BUT I HAVE NO IDEA

HElllo!

First, to take care of business. I pretty much have the ability to Skpe whenever in the afternoon. so all i need is the time when Alice is Skyping and then I can  just let my companion know. Also, I need a skype account. which I don't have and it would probably just be easier if you made one for me and sent the details via email. I'm going to check my email later today because I doubt anyone is awake at 4:44 in the morning. I'm hoping it  will all work out. At the very least, I need what ever skype account I'm going to call and the time Alice will be calling (preferably in Brazil Fortaleza time haha). If you can it would be awesome if you made me an account but if not, I can use my companion's or make one the day of on a members computer or something. Also, Its quite probable that i won’t get to email on Christmas because there probably won’t be any place open to email. but my companion and I have been looking so there is still hope.

Things that happened this week. We really officially ran out of water haha. I've been using a bucket filled up from a spigot down the street. I’ve been waiting about a week now to use my shower again.

Were still searching for people to teach. It's been especially difficult this time of the year. It really feels like people care less and less about Christ during the Christmas season. 

also, the following week, new years day, I won’t be emailing on Monday, probably Tuesday but that has to be figured out still.

we had the conference of Natal this Thursday with the whole mission which was pretty awesome. It was kind crazy to see all the missionaries grouped together. I played the piano which was fun haha.

I also played the piano for a ward conference haha. and there was a choir (you think that I would’ve been told I was going to accompany an choir??) But everything deu certo. 

Can’t wait to talk to you guys next week!!

Elder Jensen

Also, I’ll probably check my email later today like 5 pm ish to see what time and stuff.

Hello Again!

December 11, 2017

Hello Again!

Hello Everyone!

Well this week was just a little bit of a downer haha. We started this transfer off with nothing (because we had an awesome end to the last one) and we've kinda been continuing on that same groove haha. We had no one in church, no new investigators. No new nothing. Lots of door knocking lots of street contacting. We've been trying to come up with better ways to actually meet people that are disposed to hear and apply the gospel in their life, people who really have the desire to change. But we've still been struggling. So prayers would be greatly appreciated. 

It's also been really, really hot this week. I'm not sure if it's just me but its been sweltering hahahaha. And our water turned off again haha. 

In other news, Elder Almeida and I have decided that if we can get the ward to bring friends, a little music class could help us encounter more people (taught by yours truly so pray for that too because I don't know how to say much about music theory in Portuguese) Hopefully that should help us meet more people though that have friends who are members and who actually want to learn. Because if you can find the desire to learn about music from American who speaks broken Portuguese, you should be able to find the desire to learn about the restored gospel of Jesus Christ from this same American and his companion haha. In all seriousness though, please pray that we'll be able to find people to teach who want to hear. 

Love you guys, Merry Christmas!!

Elder Jensen 

Praying Mantis

Outside Shower

Diveção das Milagres

Diveção das Milagres

December 4, 2017

Hello Everyone! It's Officially Christmas Time!

Pretty much the highlight of this week was Wednesday and Sunday. 

The Almeida family had kinda a shock not last Sunday but the Sunday before with a member who hit them with the baptism for the dead doctrine without explaining it at allll so when we visited them on Tuesday they were really freaked out about that. We explained what it was actually about, how it works, but they were really worried that there would be more things like that to learn when they joined the church so they didn’t want to be baptized this week like they had planned. Anyway, we arranged to visit them on Wednesday after they had prayed about baptism and then we would figure out what to do. Whether they would wait to be baptized and whatnot. Buuuut we had a division and I went to a different area on Wednesday so I didn’t get to see what happened. Apparently, they had a super spiritual message about faith and trusting the knowledge that they already had gained. And they agreed to be baptized on Sunday. Hence Sunday being an awesome day with 4 baptisms and 5 confirmations (we had an investigator who took some time to confirm) The only downside is that we have literally no one to teach to star off this transferencia. Except the families who need to get married. Which is a huge issue here. We meet a ton of couples living with their kids "juntos" a family in every sense except the law. Which is really, really important. So, we end up marking almost as many dates of marriage as we do baptismal dates hahaa. It's good fun. The other miracle is that when I got back to our house we actually had water so we could stop bathing in the hose outside of our house hahaha. What a blessing running water is.

I love you guys and Happy Christmas Season!!

Elder Jensen

PS Can you please send a picture of our family??