We'll even pick up rocks in the vine Del Senor

Wow, that will be fun that you get to go to Mar´s new house. It may sound weird but when you have fun, it is like I get a taste of what ever you're doing. And the Gift of the Holy Ghost is a foretaste of living with God. PMG Chap 4.

 

Skyping was fun. That was cool to see your faces and hear your voices. And see Nate. The last time I saw him was when we skyped with him. Glad that the whole family could be there. The next day we had lunch with a family whose daughter is going on mission soon and will return before I do. Anyway she ask me if I cried after or during skype. I say No kind of abruptly, and she said why(por qué). I said because it was fun. That kind of a funny story.

 

So on Sunday, Juan, came to church again, and Ana Rosa came with her granddaughter. They are making progress. It's amazing.

 

OK, so in reality we don't no know where we are getting transferred until wed, and it sounds like there will not be sisters coming to our area. Entonses no sabemos. The reason the transfer are delayed is because of the new year.

 

We´ll continue to sow, reap, weed, plow, even pickup rocks in the viñe Del Señor. Whatever cualquier cosa Él quiere (whatever thing He asks).  I love the work the more I do it. This is the time to really use my efforts. I love the this work.

We also had actividad con the president.

 

Thanks for all that you are doing, and the letters you send. God loves you and I love you.

 

Love Elder Bransen Gene Jensen

PS. your quote "You wore that shirt the last several Christmases" is from mom to Grandpa. Your quote is ´´oh, this is such bad new for me´´....´´Did you have a bad dream´´ ´´yay but everything alright now´´

 

PSS: mom, thanks for saying I look good.

Feliz Navidad

Wow Navidad ya otra vez. First and foremost Skype will be 5:00 pm the 25th here so about 1:00. See you then.

To answer mom´s questions:

Is P day on Monday? Yes
Do you have a grocery store nearby? Yes many and different types and an ice cream place se llama Grido. Good place but has flavors with alcohol and accidentally had one of those type. We ask the lady after. They just don´t have the same rules here. But now we know to be more careful. Anyway.
Do you have a washer? No the mission cant afford anymore
Do you have a maid? no, nobody does.

You do your own cleaning? yes

Are you happy? yes, but we have to work at being happy sometimes. And I'm growing so much. I love this work and would not want to be anywhere else even if there are moments when I feel different.

Glad you're having fun, and there is a lot going on. Thanks for telling me about Teresa I will keep her in my prayers.

Some really neat things that happen here. On Tuesday we had a FHE at the Bishops with Juan our investigator (who came to church again and is planning to come again woohoo!!) Any way it was on the plan of salvation, It was similar to the one we do as a family, where talk about each state and different food for the different glories. It went very well and I was in charge for the most part, and it was fun. And Juan stayed almost to 11:00 with the bishop´s family after we left. That man understands so much and we again invited him to be baptize.  He said he needs more time because he knows how important it is.

Oh, we both found out we are getting transferred to where we don´t know yet. They told us early so we could prepare the pench (apartment) for the incoming sisters.

There was a baptism on Saturday and I was the piano player. We sang normal hymns and had a choir number by the missionaries.

Don't forget the reason for the season. Marry CHRISTmas. And thanks for your spiritual thoughts. I hope my stories give you a spiritual boost.

God Love you

Te amo

Ama Elder Bransen Gene Jensen.

Your quote "If I was Santa, I wouldn't use reindeer, I would use a cooler animal like jaguars. And then I would need to move to South America, since there are no jaguars in the North Pole." is without a doubt from Collin. Your quote is: ´´hey want to play with my darbies.´´

There are some really good people here

Wow, I hardly remember everything that happened this week. Went through some hard thing where I've learned to love and forgive. This week was a blur, but That is OK!!

Good news.  Our investigator Juan came to church yesterday. Woohoo.

It sounds like Emalie did a good job on her talk, bien hecho hermana.

Yes it is hot here, i am putting on sunscreen.

Wow and I can't believe that Christmas time is so close.

English and piano classes. We did it on Saturday, and not too many people are coming right now. But a few of our investigators are excited for it, but just could not go.

For Skype we going shoot for 1pm your time or close to that time on Christmas day.

Oh, I have a funny story of a girl about age 10 that thought we were Mexican because of our accent. That has been our joke for the week. But the funny thing is that she was not the only one, as I understand, and as a joke we tell people we are Mexican, but really north. jaja. (Don't worry we tell them the truth after. unless they already know us).

There are some really good people here.

Thanks for your updates and spiritual thoughts.  Remember the importance of planting seed. Like Alma said even if just have desire to believe. If you have the slightest desire to be better at a gospel truth or commandment, start with a sincere prayer and plant the seed.

Thanks for your encouragement, love, and support. God love you. I love you.

(Sorry I kind of just have random stuff written. I hope its good) Sorry no picture.

Love Elder Bransen Gene Jensen.

Ps your quote "Dad I want a cookie sandwich" is from Jared Foxworth. Your quote for this week is:´´one of you drive while ma and I make out in the back´´

Focus on the little stuff

Wow, sounds like you had a neat week. That was cool that you got to meet Elder Ballard.

This week was pretty good. I´m learning to focus and appreciate the little successes in the our lives. Yesterday my companion and I talked about this, because our zone is really pushing us to get baptisms dates, and there's pressure from that.

Dominic, que capo. That's so cool he is leaving this week, and it's neat Josh´s mom had their baby girl. qué tal.

We started English and piano classes on Saturday.

Oh, and I shared my testimony in church yesterday. It felt way good to do so. My heart and stomach were pounding together. We all know what that is like.

The mission is hard, fun, and rewarding. Right now one of our investigators, always seem to have work or something. But I´m sure things will start to come through. We love all are investigators, and it´s hard when they don´t see the importance of our/ the Lord´s message. We have a investigator that believes the Book of Mormon to be the word of God, with no doubt, and that Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God, and our prophets today are of God, but does not want to change religions. Mainly because of Catholic tradition. Reminds me of your mission, dad. But like I and my companion spoke about, focus in the little stuff.

Oh. Wyatt sent me a letter.

I have ,and will have many stories to tell you when I get home. Because the stories are too long to write.

Anyway have a great week. I love you God loves you/us more.

and hope these are uplifting, let know how they could be more.

Thanks for all you do.

Love Elder Bransen Jensen.

Ya es Christmas Time

Wow, it´s crazy Thanksgiving is over. Sounds like you are still able to have fun with out me. There;s a lot that has happened this week for you guys. I glad Emalie is converting to hikeism. ja ja. That is a good analogy of coming to the Gospel, and her goal to hike Angel´s Landing is like going to the temple.

It´s interesting that you read Moroni 8: 2-3 because I read that this morning and those verses stood out. Que tal eh.

We did have interviews with the president and his wife yesterday, but there was no General Authority as you thought. 

It´s nice to have our own pension. Yes it's only us two, and that is how it is for the whole mission. And we are a lot closer to our area, and we´ll always go the same church, until we´re transferred.

We had an investigator come to church. Yahoo!! She gave us food. She has a store, and brought some cheese, jugo, and alfajores an she said, Oh take some pan(bread), butter, jam. Butter and jam are expensive here. We were kind of overwhelmed. She´ll be blessed I´m sure, for feeding the Lord´s servants. Then after that we went with some members to teach her a lesson.

I´m sure things will go well with our other investigators, but that's all I have to say about that.

I love you God love you.

Love your Son Brother Cousin Nephew..

Elder Bransen Jensen.

Ps. your quote "it' starting to get wandom now" is from Ash. Your quote is:´´I¨m a pink neck¨´