Querida familia,
Last week of the Transfer!! Who'll stay who'll go, well we'll find out next week. This last week was amazing and a little crazy too. We had a lesson with the Garcia family (new investigators) outside of an old mobile home in a rural woodsy area. It was going alright, but we were having trouble helping them to understand the importance of the gospel. As we were talking it grew darker and darker. It was about that twilight zone time of the night, and there was a weird feeling in the area. As we were finishing up the lesson, the son of about ten years old started running around and being crazy. He was lighting fire-crackers, rolling tuna cans, climbing trees, and a whole host of other things. We had just finished the lesson and committed them to say prayers on their own that night when we heard the loud shriek from the boy,"Se me quebro el brazo!" We all looked over and saw him laying on the floor moaning and crying. We ran over to him and His Grandma reached down to pull up his sleeve. It looked like he had his whole arm inside his shirt because the sleeve looked limp and empty. When his grandma pulled up the sleeve, we saw that his arm was still in the sleeve, it was just bent at some pretty funny angles and wobbled around like a noodle. His mom jumped in there," YA VES HIJO! YA VES!". Elder Faris and I stood there dumbfounded and had no idea what to do. Finally they decided to put the poor boy in the truck and rush him to the hospital to fix the broken arm. We still had no idea what to do. We gave an awkward goodbye to the mom who remained behind and left. It was a super weird night, but it was kind of funny how it all went down. The boy is alright now, just a little tired after the cast and pain meds. We'll continue to stop by them this week and see how they're doing. They are sweet people; I hope they will progress well in the gospel this next week.
I've had a blast with the Elders in the apartment this week. Elder Faris especially is an amazing guy. I don't think I've written a lot about him, but he is a great missionary. He's almost 23, so it's been different with the large age gap between us, but he is very patient and a great friend. He's an amazing cyclist and has biked hundreds of miles along the Oregon coast. He's also an amazing baker and always brings homemade treats to his district meetings. He's a "domestic champion" so to speak because he can cook, he can sew, knit, write music, clean, and tell a good campfire story. He's a real funny guy and very natural socially. He understands people and knows how to teach them with love and in a way that they understand. I've loved working with him and he's taught me a lot. Same as with Elder Angles, I wish I had one more transfer with him, but I'm pretty sure that he'll move up to be a zone leader next transfer. My guess is Corpus Christi, but we'll see. Who knows, maybe I'll be the one to move out. Whatever happens I know the Lord's got it all planned out already.
The work is great, the people are good, but we're having trouble getting people to come to church. Our plan this week is to stop by all their houses on sunday morning with duct-tape and potato sacks, tie them up, throw 'em in the trunk and bring them ourselves. Sometimes life would be a lot easier if we could just take away other people's agency. But alas, God gives us our agency and is patient with us so we must do the same to others. I see why Satan got so frustrated when he couldn't just control everybody and make life happen exactly how he wanted. Good thing we have a loving and patient God!
I'm very grateful for Jesus Christ and his example to me everyday and I'm grateful he gives us new opportunities and second chances every day. I mess up a lot, but step by step I'm beginning to see the marvelous plan of the master unfold. He wants us all to be happy and we can be. All we've got to do is try to be like His son and enjoy the journey. I love you guys and I hope you have a fantastic week!
Con amor,
El Elder Jenson
P.S. Great career choice Jordan, I hope after you use your first paycheck to buy those kids that you'll have money left over to feed them too!
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