#28 Over the Hump We Go

 How's it going? There was quite a bit that happened this week.


On Thursday it actually rained! That never happens in Vegas. Because of that the roads were super oily and very slippery. But we still went out biking! This member gave us some BYU ponchos so we looked really funny biking around with our BYU ponchos. And my brakes sounded sounded terrible. We had dinner at our Bishop's house that day and we had to sit on towels cuz we didn't want to get there chairs all wet because our pants were soaked. After dinner it was pouring but our Bishop just drove us around for the rest of the day which was really nice.

Friday we help to build the pergola again which was pretty fun. We then had dinner on our own that night because it was Valentine's Day and apparently nobody wanted us to join their Valentine's date. Which I think is weird because I think we're pretty fun. But I guess it's understandable.

We had two people come to church this week which was super awesome! It was a grandma and her grandson. The grandson was like 11:00 and he said that it felt like a prison but the grandma really liked it. So hopefully they come back again next week

We had transfers this week. I had no idea what to expect. But I got transferred to the Mance Springs Ward out in Pahrump Nevada! I was not expecting to come out to Pahrump, because hardly anybody gets to come out here, but it should be pretty exciting. We're getting double transferred in so none of us know how to do work out in Pahrump because it's very different than Vegas, but it should be pretty fun. Also our district this transfer is just us and a bunch of sisters so I won't be able to do any exchanges but it'll still be fun.

In my personal study this week I was in The Book of Mormon. And what really stuck out to me this week was the example of Mormon. He was surrounded by so many Wicked people but he stood faithful in his beliefs. He still trusted in Jesus Christ even though nobody around him did. I really admire the faith of Mormon and it shows that all of us can be strong in our beliefs even if we're the only one. I also really like verse 21 of chapter 3 which talks about the purpose of the book of Mormon
"21 And also that ye may believe the gospel of Jesus Christ, which ye shall have among you; and also that the Jews, the covenant people of the Lord, shall have other witness besides him whom they saw and heard, that Jesus, whom they slew, was the very Christ and the very God."
The whole purpose of the Book of Mormon is to testify that Jesus Christ is the savior of the world. I know that that is true. Jesus Christ is our savior and Redeemer and we can come to that knowledge as we study in the book of Mormon

Have a great week! I'm super excited to see how Pahrump is!
Elder Jensen








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