I had a pretty good one, filled with food, yes there was
rice, and a nice video chat with my fam!!
Really nothing much happened this week. Hma Maria did
not get baptized this week which was a bummer, so we did not get a baptism in
my first 12 weeks here.. but turns out I'm gonna stay here in cayambe for
another change. My new companion will be Elder Paz from Peru I
think. He's in the coast rn, in atacames where all the earthquakes are,
and he'll be here tmrw because it's a 8-9 hour drive from the coast.
My companion, Elder Aliaga is going back to the coast
again!! So that means I will be here for the baptism of hma
maria which I'm excited for! Lots of changes this time around.. Elder
Molina in my district will stay another change which shocked us all!! He'll be
here for 6 months after this! Elder Sejas is going to quito.. that's our
district! it all starts tmrw!
Both Christmas and Christmas eve we had to be in the house
at 5 at night unless we had a dinner and a taxi to take us home, so the first
night we went over to Elder Molina y Sejas house for a Christmas eve party..
ohh ya it was a rager! Lots of uno playing, and yes, 3 liters of
coke.. crazy night here in the mish,, haha nah it was fun.. Christmas day
we had an hour of church and I had to speak like last minute bc nobody
showed up who was supposed to speak.. usually I prepare my talks in
English, so I was nervous especially in new language.. but ya I
kinda did really bad, and was really embarrassed and sad after.. but something
kinda cool happened.. after the meeting finished, this hmo from another
ward came up to me and started talking to me in English.. he is from a ward in
Otavalo, and is a recent returned missionary, I think he served in
Virginia, so basically he was saying to me he had a similar experience at the
start of his mission and that he too was really embarrassed, but over time he
got better and could speak English really good.. he said what I did say
was understandable and that my accent is pretty good.. basically just don't
worry about it and continue forward, and it'll come.. That really pumped me up
and I decided to forget the experience.. I really felt the
comfort of the holy ghost in that moment and felt just a reassurance that it'll
all be ok and I'll figure it out over time.. Really hoping in this
next change with Elder Paz, my Spanish will accelerate! Really cool little
spiritual experience I had and now I'm just excited for this next change..
that's about it for this week!
My challenge, like I've said in the past, is to read the BoM
for at least 5 min each day!! Really I've begun to develop a love for the
scriptures in these short 4 months!! Right now I've been reading the stories of
Ammon and his brothers in the lands of the lamanites! They're such great
examples of how a missionary should be and that this work is possible!
The lord is on our side, and if are obedient we'll have success, he will
work a marvelous work through us!
Ok thanks everyone for the well wishes, and Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year again! Hope it's a good one!
Elder Jensen
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