Well this week was quite the work
week! Elder Pereira got chicken pox, soooooooo
he stayed all week in the house with Elder Santos because Elder Santos has
already had chicken pox before. Chicken
Pox is called Catapora here so I kept calling Elder Pereira, Elder Cataporeira.
I think he apreciated it =) So I
worked all week with Elder Guerra working both of our areas. My goodness. I was super nervous. I did not want to work with him . . . Haha. BUT . . . We worked hard and settled a lot of
our differences. I like him a lot as a
friend. Just the way we work and teach
is totally opposite so that was hard for me. He is suuuuper high strung and doesn’t relax
and I just . . . Like being relaxed . . . Ya know? So it was tough at times but overall it was
good!!! We walked a toooooon because we
had to work the two areas and obviously our numbers were a little lower but we
did our best!
Experience of the week: We were teaching this super legit family of
about six or seven people that have the desire to be baptized. One of the kids didn’t really want to after we
taught him the third lesson but we returned the next day and taught the
Restoration. Now, I don’t really know what happened, but I started bearing my
testimony after the First Vision about baptism or something like that . . . I
honestly don’t remember what I said. It
honestly was not me talking. It was the
craziest/coolest experience. Normally
that family doesn’t stop talking, but when this moment happened everyone was
DEAD SILENT. And as I looked around I
had everyone’s attention to the mmmmmmaaaaax. The best part was that kid, Wil, who didn’t
want to be baptized, looked awestruck. His
jaw was dropped a little bit and his eyes were all wide. And right when I finished talking he said,
"I think I want to be baptized." YEAH! YOU BET YOUR CRAP YOU WANNA BE
BAPTIZED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOSH that was such an amazing experience. Moments with the Spirit like that are so very
rare. I will never ever ever forget that
moment!
We had four of that family at church
this week which was pretty cool. It’s
the most investigators I have had at church in a looooong time. People don’t like to keep commitments here so,
ya know . . . It’s difficult. But what
was cool was that I had fasted for this blessing last week and got nothing . .
. I was really sad and disappointed but soon after I got this feeling saying,
"You already know that the time of the Lord is different than yours, so
just relax." So I did. Or I tried. But had this feeling it would be next week. Preparing for church and going there it looked
like nothing would pull through but when the dust settled, we had four
investigators at church. I absolutely
despise the Lord´s time. But the moment
we learn that our blessings will arrive when the Lord wants and needs them to,
we can live a much happier and peaceful life. Should be the goal right?
All in all, a solid week! I think I will still be working with Elder
Guerra for a few days because Pereira isn’t totally better yet. But it’s all good. Everything happens for a reason =) I
LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MERRY
CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE CHURCH IS
TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love, Elder Dylan Miles Jensen
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