August 5, 2013

    That is way cool what you are doing with the videos!! :) Well this week has been a great week being able to be in a new area and also with a new companion. Elder Tripp is recently from VG but he move's around a lot because his dad working for the Military. Elder Tripp has been out four about 9 months and he is a great Elder, he knows his Bible and the Book Of Mormon off the top of his head which is really cool. Elder is a very positive Elder.
    The New area is great, it's Warren West area which cover 14 mile down to 5 mile in Detroit, but we don't go down there much because we have only like 2 member's that are down there and they are less-active, just because it's really far from the church and they don't really have the money to drive that far. We went down to Detroit just the other day and it's really cool and crazy, the less active person we saw is a older lady
that loves the gospel and doing great just needs the money to come. So we are working out how we can ask someone to bring here to church.
    The Warren ward is great, the people are so nice and love the gospel but the sad thing is the ward only makes up of about 50 family's that show up each week. We will be working with many less actives and try to get them back to church.
 We bike almost every day which is great, love it because it's really flat area, we only get about 20 miles a day with the car so, in the morning time we bike then we use the car later in the evening time.
     Other then that not much, just trying to get to know more of the area.
       
 LOVE You Family and Friends :)

July 29, 2013

Thanks for the emails Mom and Dad, well I found out that I'm leaving the Flint area. I'm kinda sad because there are many great members and also many less actives that I got close to, but oh well I will meet more people in my new area when I find out tomorrow. Elder Hoffman is staying then Elder Burnett (going to Brazil, but still has not got his visa) and I are leaving the area. Hahaha I've still have only stayed in an area for 3 transfers which is about 4 months. I'm lucky

      This week has been a pretty slow week just because many of are appointment canceled but we have been able to do many service projects.  Haha we found a stray cat by are apartment the other night, and we felt so bad so before we went in we gave him some water and food. Oh yeah biking went great, love it =) well most of the days

  Other then that nothing much has been going on just saying bye to some people today and packing.   

            Great to here that you were able to share the gospel to one of your friends, hope she will be able to make the appointment with the sister missionary's, wish them good luck. 

 Here's some pics :)  Well the Download is taking forever, so I will send some pic's next week! 

Love you Family!!

July 22, 2013

Great to hear that
the family is doing great and that the missionary work is going strong out
there.
This week has been a great week, on Thursday we were able to go knock
doors over in the some neighborhoods and we were able to find three new
investigators, actually one of the house's week knocked we got a great
older man named Dennis in his 60's and he said he would come to church. W e
get that a lot but when it came Sunday we saw him walk into the chapel
which was amazing because I don't know if it was like it over in Chile but here
we have people that say count me in with coming to church but when it comes
they don't show up. One of the amazing things about it is that we talk to
Dennis for about only 5min because we had appointment to get to.
It sounds like that Brandon is doing great in the MTC and he is loving
it!! :) It's great to see how much time fly's bye and also see the blessing
of that come from you and mom doing a great job raising us.
This Saturday phones call's should be interesting just because of the
new mission President and also the Assistants have a lot of say in the
transfers because it's Presidents Gerber's fist time. But it's really all
up to the Lord. If I do leave it will be hard because I've gotten close
with a Less active man that we see every week and read the Book Of Mormon
with him and also we just sit down, talk and see how is week is going.
Also just because the people over her are very humble and the ward will
help out in any way they can

July 15, 2013

Hey family, this last week has been a great week. Just the other day I finished Jesus The Christ. It's amazing book and I love it.
   I've not been in my area for a couple of days because I first went on exchanges with the distract leader then I went with the other Elder in the flint area because one of the Elder is in the hospital because he is really sick. So I've been with Elder Smith yesterday and it sounds like the next couple of days I will be with Elder Smith in his area.  
  I'm almost done with the Book of Mormon for the 3rd time on the mission if you count fishing it in the MTC. 
       Getting along with my companions great, haha This week I told both of them to talk to each other, they were able talk about what bugs them, and know they are working along. Which is great because there is less contention in the lesson's.
    I have a feeling that the next 2 weeks will be a great week for both of them.
       We had interviews the other day and they went great, President Gerber did not have much to say, just keep on doing the great work. 
  Hope everything goes great this week love you family.
        Love Elder Jenson 

This was the first letter from Detroit sent on July 24, 2012:

Well yesterday I came in to Detroit around 12 then meet the mission President Holms, we had a great interview just talking about how I was doing and other stuff. Also had to watch a video on driving and sign other papers and all. Can you mail me my medical card?? I need it just in case if I need to go to the hospital or anything like that. Last night was the best night ever. The missionaries took us out on splits in the ghettos . I committed someone to be baptized by September 29th on the the front porch. After that we started to get into the car, then I said to Elder Nelson and Elder Read. "I think we should go talk to thous to people sitting on the front parch". So we did and she said, "it was great that you came and talked to me, I was going to come talk to you guys but did not know how" She told us she prayed to have us come over, watching us across the street. She said she wanted to know what we thought of having a baby dye in the whom (don't know how to spell the word). But she said that she wont get one because of what we told her and also I got appointments to the missionaries for Thursday to talk to her and the family. :) So ya I got a baptism and saved a baby on the first day :) President Holms shared the store today in transfer meeting. My  new companion is Elder Bone and he is great and nice Elder from Utah and been out for 7months about.  My address for the new apartment is   2808 Charter Blvd #102 Troy, MI 48083

Also the people are so nice and willing to listen! Well so far that I have seen. The Funny thing is everyone who drives a car here has their music blasted up loud (rap) hahaha 

well g2g love you family :)

July 9, 2013

That's is great to hear, it's crazy to think that Brandon is entering into the MTC on Wednesday.

  This last week was a pretty positive week for us, we might not have many investigators that we are working with but we are able to work with many of the less active that we have in the ward. The only investigator that we are working with is Mike. also trying to teach the girl friend also,

  We are getting a new ward mission leader, we are meeting with the new one (Cedric S) tomorrow it should be way fun. Cedric his a great guy that has been in the church for about 10 or so years.

  This week we have interviews with President Garber, it should be fun.

        What else not really new just still going out and find new people we can teach, we've been able of the last couple of weeks to do many service projects because of the tornado that we had about a month ago or so.

 Well tell Brandon that he will love the MTC and the spirt inside of it. Tell him that the mission is the most rewarding and kinda tough thing to do haha but he will love it.

  So are you going to give Brandon you tag, because it's Spanish and it should be the same name, haha?? I've heard that other missionary have done that just wondering if you are.

    Well got to go, tell the family that I love them all. It's crazy to think that I wont be here next August, I was not even thinking that. 

  Love Elder Jenson 

July 1, 2013

 This week has been going very wheel for us, just been doing a lot of contacting and also tracing because we don't have very many investigators just really one that is progressing, which is always the best. Tonight we have an appointment with Mike B, an investigator that we have been working with and he is doing great, just trying to get him to get married to his girl-friend, so that we can baptize him and also the family. Mike is an awesome person that is really funny.
  Can you send me a copy of Brandon's talk  also his email for he's LDSmail?? Yesterday we had a missionary sacrament meeting and the ward missionary spoke then the 7 missionary's that we have in the ward all gave a 3 min testimony, I was able to give my little reason way I came out, I was able to bear my testimony on the plan of salvation and also how I will always be with my family because of the church. I also was thinking about Brandon giving his talk to so that was really cool that I was able to give a little talk while Brandon was giving his farewell talk.
  The new mission President flied in on Thursday and President fly back home on Friday. It will be very interesting and cool to have a new mission President. President Gerber will be great, will just take some time to get used to him, he is a joker kinda like Brother Hansen. But who knows maybe President Gerber was just nerves when he was telling him about himself, but it will be good.
  Yeah Sister Decker is amazing Sister she came out with me from the MTC, she reminds me of our cousin Caitlin haha her dad also was a seminary teacher and know teaches institute.
             Well hope everything is going great in the family, Loving the mission and it's crazy that Brandon is only down to about a week of going into the MTC.
      Love Elder Cristian Jenson
 P.S- the site to the blogspot does not work..    

OH yeah also have been reading Jesus The Christ, it is so amazing and confusing at the same time. Dad have you every read it????