Querida familia,
That's super awesome! I was wondering who that girl was in the hike pictures with Brandon. Thank you guys for being such awesome member missionaries! I love you all a lot. I'm very happy to hear about Cristian and Hillary. I will pray for them and hope it works out. Mostly I hope she's a good girl because I don't know her. I will trust that the Lord will guide Him to make the right decision. He's a stud.
So last week of the transfer, we'll find out in a few hours whether or not I stay or go. This has been kind of a hard transfer as far as the work goes, but I've learned and grown in many ways personally. It's really hard to stay animado and have a good attitude when there is very little visible success in the work. We found so many people with good desires and good hearts, but nobody has kept the commitments we leave them and because of that, they don't progress. The most rewarding thing for me as a missionary is to watch someone take a step towards Christ and act in faith. When people act faithfully on their own accord it motivates me to be a better missionary and more faithful myself. But we haven't been able to help anybody in a significant way. It was a transfer full of seed planting, but I suppose that's part of the process as well.
Today we exploited Elder Faris's talents with the oven and make amazing pizzas. He's going to open his own shop in the future and I know he will have great success. He's an amazing baker. Also one of our new investigators- Hermano Netro Tabon- Is a baker. He has a house full of bread and baking supplies, and every time we go over he feeds us delicious homemade rolls and pan dulce.
We had an amazing experience with one of the Members in a different ward this week. He goes to the Mission 2nd ward, but he lives in our area so we payed him a visit. His name is Alan and he has cerebral palsy. He can hardly move anything except his face, so the only way he can communicate is through blinking. It was a really neat experience trying to talk to him and understand him through his alphabet blinks. He got baptized in October and has been faithful ever since. He has such an amazing attitude in such a difficult circumstance. He was always cracking jokes and had a great sense of humor about everything. It makes me more grateful for the simple things that I have like control over my arms and legs, the ability to speak and communicate, and even to go to the bathroom by myself. So many things we take for granted, others don't get to enjoy. All we can do is try to cultivate and attitude of gratitude in whatever circumstance and we will be happy.
At his house I also got to hold a baby sheep and it sucked on my finger. Absolutely a life-changing experience. Way better than a dog.
I love the gospel, and I love feeling the spirit. I don't always feel it strongly, but every so often the Lord gives me new light and new knowledge to help me grow and be better. Heaven knows I have a long way to go before I'll become like Christ, but I'm determined to find joy in the journey. I'm here on earth, might as well enjoy it. As Presidente Maluenda says,"Disfruta la mision." Entonces, lo voy a hacer.
Os quiero muchísimo, y espero que tengáis una buena semana. Casi cada día pienso en vosotros y vuestros ejemplos para mí. Seguéis adelante en compartir el evangelio y tengáis buenas actitudes!
Con mucho amor,
El Elder Jenson
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