Familia .
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Happy birthday to my dear Palmer! I was thinkin’ about her a lot yesterday . . .
Must be so big and even more annoying now!
J
This week went very well! Some days can be really, really hard and tiring, but every time I get tired, I get this thought in my head that I just gotta keep pushin’ and trying. And, when I do, very soon after, we find a new investigator or at least someone who is willing to talk and learn and all that! Pretty cool stuff. The Lord is really blessing me.
Last
night, right as I was getting’ tired, we knocked on the door of an 82 year old
lady named Maria. We taught her the
Restoration and all that good stuff and she was crying! She said she had been to other churches but
that she had never felt the joy she was feeling right then. Pretty cool considering I’m guessin’ she has
. . . some experience with life. Then I
felt like I needed to talk about the Book of Mormon so I did and I gave her one
and she just about flipped out!
Hahaha! I was laughin’ so
much. I think my companion felt a little
unsure about it, but I was absolutely lovin’ it. I think she really believes and wants to
learn J
Gilbeno
and Cicera are getting’ married on the 31st of this month! So . . . They signed the papers and
everything and will be getting’ baptized on the 1st of
September! They are an awesome family .
. . And they have two boys, Kayky and Juninho – both are really, really cool
and fun. Love that family and am super
pumped for them J
We would
have had a baptism this week, but it was Stake Conference so we couldn’t. Hard part is that the girl we were going to
baptize, Gabriela, really struggles with smoking. So, we go by her house every day and check in
and what not. Prayin’ that she will stay
ready!
Edvaldo is
15 years old and his baptism is set for next week. He’s totally ready J
Deborah is ready, but she can’t find time to get off work right
now. She does political stuff and it’s
the craziest time of the year right now with elections. Also super annoying time of the year ‘cause
there are cars with the music for each candidate and all the songs are
ANNOYING! But, oh, well! I hope she will find time soon . . .
Other than
that, just lots of individual lessons here are there. The LZs came this week and took Elder Denna
and Elder Rodrigues with them which left me and Elder Izquierda. I wasn’t the happiest at first ‘cause the LZs
took our companions which meant they taught all the lessons and everything we
had planned and they told us “Just go make contacts”. Hahaha . . . I’m such a complainer . . .
Anyway, it ended up bein’ really good.
We taught this family with four ladies and they were all way into
it. Got them all to commit to
baptism! Except they aren’t in my area .
. . They are in Elder Denna and Elder Izqyuerdas’ area . . . #bummer . . . But,
it’s all good! It was really cool!!!
Ah . .
.One more funny thing . . . The doors to the houses here? Way too small. Seriously.
I struggle so much to get through those things. I always have to turn at an awkward angle to
fit through . . . LOL . . .
So . . .
To answer some of your questions . . . Our house is actually very nice. Except we don’t have carpet. Derek knows what I mean . . . Haha! I miss carpet so much! It’s a great house, though. Everything works great and it’s clean and . .
. Yea!
For meals,
we have lunch with a member every day.
Breakfast and dinner are up to us.
I’m learnin’ what’s cheap and everything and what’s good to cook. We eat a TON of bread. It’s like $1 for 5 fairly large pieces . . .
Super cheap. But, so bad to eat this
much! I’m going to send some pictures so
you will see my chunkiness . . . I just started runnin’ again and I’m gonna be
more careful about what I eat. Haha . .
. I really don’t want to gain any more weight!
I gained like 5 kilos in the CTM!
The
weather here is beautiful! Besides the
humidity, it’s a lot like Gilroy. We have
hot days, but because we are close to the ocean, we get a lot of clouds that
cool everything down. It rains a lot,
too!
São Miguel is a small town about 45 minutes to an hour south
of the city of Maceio. I can’t really
explain any more than that . . . Haha . . . I’m sorry! It’s gotta be on a map somewhere,
though! Super pretty . . . Wayyyyyyy out
there, but super pretty!
So . . . We have Nash and Howard now?!?!? And I’m not there to see it?!?!? Ahhhhhhh such a bummer . . . So sad . . . We
better do work, Ma! Cheer lots for
me! SO PUMPED!!!!!!!
I’m not sure when I will be receiving the mail you all
send. It depends on when we go to Maceio
or if people are coming here maybe they will bring it. I really don’t know J
I can’t believe Derek and Emily are off takin’ Engagement
pictures! Can’t WAIT to see that J
BTW . . . Can you say, “Tall, sexy, ATHLETIC kids”? Jealous . . . Oh, so jealous . . . I love you
more than you know!
Everthing
is goin’ great, though! The Lord is
blessing me a lot with . . . Well, anything you can think of He is giving it to
me (spiritually). I love you all so
much! Be good! Pronto Sempre Pronto!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love your
son, Elder Dylan Miles Jensen
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