Monday, September 28, 2015

Week #63


Brody has been working hard. He has worn out a set of tires on his bike. He is down to racing skins. He made some treats for the members…I hope they live to tell about it. Transfers are still a few weeks away. He told us that things have slowed down a little bit the past week or so. He is still enjoying the area and his companion. Thanks for your support. 
                                                                                                                                                                            

Hello Everyone,
How is everything going back at home? This past week here in Lindsay was a pretty good one! There were a couple highlights of the week that I will be sharing today.
First of all, Elder Arnold from the 70 and his wife came and visited us this past week! I am not gonna lie... He scared the crap out of me! Haha he spoke with such power and he would get all fired up! It was really powerful but he was pretty intimidating! He spoke on many different topics and I learned so much from him. One of the main things he spoke on was keeping the end in mind. He explained how missionary work is about keeping the end in mind. For example, baptism is not the end... the temple and generations of members is the goal. He would just stare at you and then point right at you when he asked a question... I was on edge for the whole meeting! Haha the most powerful part of the meeting was right before he left... he bore his testimony to us and that room that we were in had the spirit so strong. It is hard to describe but when he started to share his testimony the whole atmosphere changed and you could feel something!
Another highlight of the week was that I got to go doorbell ditching! So early in the week we got the idea that we should make some bags of treats and take them to the members to thank them for all that they do for us. So we spent some time making some treats and that night we went out with a member and door bell ditched almost all of the ward! It was super fun, I would run and hide behind a car and watch the members look around and try to find us!
We have had a lot of weird situations this last week.... you would think that missionary work is just preaching the gospel to everyone, but it seems like we are also marriage counselors, home finders, and therapists! The mission life is crazy and we never know what situations we are going to run into! That is about all that has happened this past week! I am super excited for General Conference this week and hope that you all are as well! I love and miss you all!
Elder Jensen

sorry, i forgot to add something in the group email.... this past week i was thinking a lot about how God works in patterns. Here is a pattern for you all... it was shared by a 70 a while back. it talks about how the Book of Mormon is a patriarchal blessing for our day... (book of mormon will be CAPS)

-LEHI WAS THE 1ST PATRIARCH
-Joseph Smith Sr. was the 1st patriarch

-NEPHI WAS THE 4TH SON OF LEHI
-Joseph Smith was the 4th son of Joseph Smith Sr.

-NEPHI HAD POLITICAL AND RELIGiOUS POWER
-Joseph Smith had political and religious power

-NEPHI DIES AND THE NEXT IN LINE WITH POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS POWER IS MOSIAH
-Joseph Smith dies and the next in line with political and religious power is Brigham Young

-MOSIAH LEADS THE PEOPLE FROM NEPHI TO ZARAHEMLA IN SAFETY
-Brigham Young leads the people to Utah in safety

-BOOK OF ALMA=MISSIONARY WORK AND WARS
-20th century=missionary work and wars

-BOOK OF HELAMAN= ATTACK ON A POWERFUL CITY THAT NO ONE EVER THOUGHT WOULD BE ATTACKED (ZARAHEMLA)
-9/11= attack on a powerful city that no one ever thought would be attacked (new york)

-THE WAR IS NOT BETWEEN NATIONS BUT WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE (GADIANTON ROBBERS)
-the war is not between nations but with a group of people (terrorists, isis, etc.)
so in today's world we have passed the book of Helaman and are in 3rd Nephi.......... can anyone guess what happens in 3rd Nephi? CHRIST COMES!!!!!!!!!





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