Marriage and Kid Baptisms -- 12 January 2016

Hey!

So, Like you all have seen, This week went really well. We had a counsel of the elders of the mission, and it looks like we are going to put a goal around 1500 baptisms for the year for the mission. Then we had interviews with president the next day, and he informed us that they would be unifying our zone with 6 companionships of elders with another zone that has 6 companionships. We were sad at first and then worried. He told us and the other 2 zone leaders of the other zone that he was reducing the number of zones and the he was going to drop one of our companionships from zone leader to trainers and that the other zone leaders were going to stay as zone leaders in the new zone which is called Sarmiento. The entire week we were worried. Friday we went to the Wedding of Sara and Oscar. It was awesome and they were happy to get married. Then Sunday they were baptized, I baptized Sara and my companion baptized Oscar. Alejandro and Robinson were confirmed too. It was a good day. Then, last night we got the notice that we are going to stay as the zone leaders of the new big zone Sarmiento. Right now our zone is one of 9 in the entire mission and we have 24 missionaries that we are responsible for. I am one of 18 Zone leaders out of the 200 elders in our mission. WOW. This next week we have two more baptisms of a friend of a member named Isabel and her Son Ezequiel.

I talked with president about the day im going to return and he cant let me go 6 weeks early. But he can 2 weeks early. So, I will leave mid transfer, and I will be the only one in the mission who leaves the 9th of august. I will be headed home again the 9th of August. Mark it in your calender.

Well, if there are questions let me know. 

 

Love you all,

Elder Jensen

A couple of Baptisms....email from 4 January 2016

Hey,

This week was really good. Vincent and Celeste were confirmed members of the Church. They came alone with the family, and showed up 10 minutes early. Then we had the baptism of two kids named Alejandro and Robinson. Alejandro is 9 and Robinson is 8. They are the brother (Ale) and kid (Robinson) of the president of the relief society. Alejandro was a baptism for us, while Robinson was a baptism of the ward. But he asked me to baptize him and my companion baptized Alejandro his cousin. It was really cool and now they are going to get confirmed this next week! We also brought Sara and Oscar to the chapel, and they should get married Friday if everything goes well with the paperwork today. So they should get married Friday and baptized Sunday. Hopefully the paperwork is going good. Also, we brought a new family to the church named Isabel. She has five sons, and the oldest two went with her. They are named Ezequil and Marcos. They all should get baptized the 17th of January. We have transfers this week, but i think its almost sure that I'm going to stay here one more. I hope at least. 

This week I have an interview with president about the date that I am going to go home. I hope he lets me go the transfer early, but maybe he wants me to stay like two more weeks or something. Thanks for everything that you all do for me. Here are some pictures. 

 

Elder Jensen

Christmas Week -- Email from 28 December 2015

Hey,

I hope the rest of the week was really great for all of you all. I enjoyed talking to all of you and I didn’t even feel trunky or homesick. Also I wanted to give thanks to all of the people from the ward that sent me Christmas cards. And also mom for organizing it. Well, the week has been relatively normal after Christmas. This Sunday we had the baptism of Vincent and Celeste. Here are a couple of pictures of the baptism. I baptized Celeste and my companion baptized Vincent. It was awesome. This week we will have the baptism of the kids of a couple leaders in the ward that are nine.

Well, here it’s hot. Like unbearably hot. I am dying now. I can’t sleep. Every night I wake up sweating, and I take a shower with my clothes on and then sleep again in front of the fan. I forgot the summer so fast, but it’s back again. Well, next week I am going to talk to president about when I am headed out, but I hope that we can figure things out so that I can head out in July.

Thanks.

Elder Jensen

Bad Pizza -- Good Week. Email from 21 December 2015

Hey Everyone!

This week was crazy. Everything started Monday and Tuesday when we went to an all you can eat pizza place for two days in a row. My companion and I and the other two elders who were with us all got really sick to our stomachs [after we ate]. Every day when we left to work we were dying of stomach pain and were in the bathroom forever. So that made the week pretty interesting. Then after that we focused in on our investigators that were progressing towards a baptismal date this Sunday. First, we salvaged the baptism of Melisa that fell through the last Sunday and we baptized her Saturday and she was confirmed Sunday. Then we baptized Patricia and Nico Sunday! That was pretty cool. They were all really content to get baptized this week. And we are really happy to have the chance to work with them. Also, this next week we will have the baptism of a couple kids of a family that has attended the church the last two weeks! I feel really happy for the work I am doing here with my companion. And of course, God really does everything. We just find the people that God is already preparing.

Well I want to wish you all a merry Christmas. I love you all and miss you all, but I’m content to be here and I’m content to be in the mission. I will get on skype at 6 this Friday with the same username that I used last time. If you have any other plans let me know. I am going to log on here Christmas in the morning to see if there have been any changes to the plans. Love you all lots!

Elder Jensen

Vucetich Week 9 -- email from 14 December 2015

Hey everyone.

I hope that your week was killer and that it met all of your expectations. For us here, the week went by so fast. I cant believe that we are almost at Christmas time. Its passing really fast. This week we worked hard, and we pushed the baptism of Melisa back a one week to this week, so now for this week we have three baptisms. The baptism of Melisa, of Patricia the mom of Brenda who was baptized a couple of weeks back and the brother of Brenda, who is named Nicolas! We are excited about this opportunity to work hard and learn.

Yesterday we went to a concert where 24 missionaries are singing christmas songs. It was pretty cool. After that a woman came up to me and she told me that she had another package for me. It was a missionary care package! Thanks for the present. I haven't opened it yet. Im going to wait until christmas to open it so that I have something to open christmas morning. The package from Gene should get here  should get here if they send it a week early. I hope that they are going to do it fast, but it would be the best if they could drop it off at the office in san fernando. I would get it for sure. 

Today my companion was cutting my hair, and he messed up bad hah. I ended up having to cut it all off again. So i am sporting a buzz cut again, but the worst part is that I have a hole in my hair haha. Well, I hope this week is well for you all and I am pumped to have the opportunity to chat with you all through skype. Let me know what account you are going to use so that we can get the call going! It will be the day of the 25th again, but im not sure what time. Love you all. Heres some funny pictures of my hair. Its safe to say that from now on im going to pay to cut it in a hair cutting place instead of letting my companion do it! 

 

Elder Jensen

Vucetich 8 -- Email from 7 December 2015

Hey.

This week everything went really well. I love my companion and we are like best friends. We have big things planned for this next transfer, and we put a steep goals that are going to both our strength and abilities to achieve them. I'm excited for the opportunity that i have to work. That being said, I know that I'm nothing in particular, but really god wanted us to baptize the people that we found the last transfer. I know that if we do all that we can God will help us find more people to baptize. We had the five confirmations that we were waiting on, and this last Sunday we also brought 3 more investigators to the chapel. We brought the mom of Brenda who is in the picture of her baptism and we also brought her brother and another girl who is called Melisa next week. We hope to baptism Melisa this Saturday and confirm her Sunday and next week The mom and brother of Brenda. And we are looking really hard for the last week of the year. We want to baptize two or three more the last week of the year!

Well I hope that everything is going well, and that everyone is ready for the holidays. How did you send the box of presents to me? I hope that it gets here in time. I will send you a picture of the Christmas tree that we are putting in the apartment.

Love you all.

Elder Jensen

Baptisms! Email from 1 December 2015

WE BAPTIZED 4 MORE SUNDAY! I cant believe that the lord has blessed us so much this transfer! Its incredible. I will send you some pictures. Whats more is that my companion Elder Gomez left Thursday to be the next assistant of president. I was working alone in my area with members. I lived with the other elders but during the day i worked alone. Diego baptized his daughter Azul and his brother in law Jorge. I baptized a girl named Brenda who is a friend of member who has been attending the chapel for a couple weeks and we baptized the husband of a member who had the opportunity to be baptized after 7 years of investigating. That marks the tally at 8 baptisms this transfer. We have been blessed so much. And my new companion is named Elder Gutierrez. he is also from Chile. We were already together in the same ward in Parque Avellenada, and now we are companions! Now i am the oldest in the zone. Wow. i cant believe that haha.

Well, I hope that everything is going well for you all and that dad is feeling better and that thanksgiving was everything that you wished it would be. Don't send the chessboard because i found a good one here for free.

Love you all.

Elder Jensen