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| Santo Domingo |
Dear Family,
Well,
I have some interesting news! I was transferred this week from San Felipe! I am
now in Santo Domingo! That was pretty much the furthest thought from my
mind!
I
got a call Wednesday night from one of the missionaries and it was a little bit
ominous because they were talking to my companion and he told me that they
wanted to talk to me. They broke me the news and I didn`t know what to think! I
had to get all my stuff packed up that night. But Elder J. and I made a good time out of it
(even if I was super tired the next day). I`m kind of getting expert at having
stuff ready to leave at any moment. The next morning the Assistants came in
their pickup and dropped me off in Mazate. I was at the change meeting when I
saw that they had created this area that I am now in. I with an awesome Elder
named Elder B. from Honduras (his family actually lives a couple blocks away
from Elder C.'s family, my first companion). He is a super awesome missionary and is a
super happy guy. He was the Assistant to the President when I came in the mission
so I always looked up to him so I feel pretty lucky to get to be with him for
his last month in the mission.
Santo
Domingo is a really cool place! It is a town that is kind of separated from
Mazate. You have to take a bus for about 15 minutes through the jungle and then
you get to Santo Domingo. Mazate is one of the hotter places in the mission and
they say that Santo Domingo is one of the hottest in Mazate! Should be pretty
fun! Just walking around I can feel a lot of energy for the work and I am so
excited to see the miracles that will come from our hard work. There haven’t
been missionaries assigned to Santo Domingo for many years and Elder B. opened
up the area a couple months ago. There have been a lot of miracles and we hope to
see more! Almost all the members there have recently joined the church and are
so excited to share this new happiness and joy with their friends and family! I
just feel so blessed to be here!
I
know that the Lord has some really great blessings in store for me. I was
pretty sad to leave San Felipe because I really grew to love the people as I
saw them have a new light in their life and really grow closer to their Savior.
I will never be able to thank the Lord for how much he helped me there and how
much he taught me through experience. I know that the Lord will keep blessing
those people and that their testimonies in the Savior and his atonement will
continue to grow. Both young men that I baptized should both be getting the
priesthood soon!
I
had some interesting experiences this week with getting along with what we have
as missionaries. There are a couple little problems with the new house so this
week I bathed on the roof, boiled water for food in a frying pan, and used bags
of water to wash my hands! I am actually getting pretty good at taking care of
normal conveniences with whatever I have. I guess you pretty much learn it all
as a missionary. But not to worry, I`ve got everything I need.
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| The bus that takes us to church. |
We
were able to see a video from the church`s `Because of Him` (or in Spanish,
`Gracias a El`). How blessed we are to have a Savior who loves us so much that
he has freed us from every one of our mistakes and weaknesses. If we let him,
he can give us new starts and help us change our hearts. We will live again
because of him and what a blessing it is to wear his name and bring people unto
him each day. I love him so much and know that through him I will be able to
return to my Heavenly Father`s presence.
I
am doing great and am so grateful for all the amazing prayers and support of
everyone!
Love,
Elder
Jensen
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| Crossing a street that flooded with rain. We put little stools in the water to cross. |
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| I have no idea what I just ate! |
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