#40 Baptism and Transfers!!!!

 How's it going y'all?! I hope you've been loving life!


The biggest and best thing that happened this week was that our friend Kamane was baptized! 🥳🎉🎊 It's been so amazing to see the joy that the Gospel of Jesus Christ has brought her. After she came up from the water, she was giggling so much! It's just so amazing. 

The second biggest thing that happened is that we had transfers. And sadly, the legendary trio of Elder Jensen, Vela, and Jensen has come to an end 😢 (we knew that it would). In the words of Elder Ashby this transfer was definitely a hoot and a holler. That also means we no longer cover 3 wards. I kept Spanish Hills and my new companion is Elder Rogers. I'm super excited for this transfer! 

On Saturday before the baptism, we had a super cool miracle. We saw this guy and started talking to him but he said that it was too hot for a message 😞 So we on to the door we were going to knock, but then we realized we had recently knocked it and that the people did not live there and were not interested. So we turned around and saw the same guy we had just talked to who now flagging us down. He said that he had been on a run listening to the Bible and nothing was sticking out to him and that was a sign to him that he needed to hear our message 😆 So we shared a message with him and set up a return appointment and then invited him to the baptism that we were having later that day. We had kind of forgotten about it until the baptism was right about to start and in he comes! And he absolutely loved it! It was so great! 

Life is just so good right now! Obviously each day is hard, but that doesn't mean I can't feel joy! There's nothing better than representing Jesus Christ and helping others come to Him. The only thing that makes me a little (very) sad is that this is President and Sister Nielsen's last transfer 😭😭😭 I'm going to miss them so much. But I am also very excited for the Colemans to come in.

This week I really liked Doctrine and Covenants section 138. In this section Joseph F Smith received an amazing revelation of the Spirit World. I really liked how he was able to receive that revelation. In verses 1 and 2 it says, "I sat in my room pondering over the scriptures; 2 And reflecting upon the great atoning sacrifice that was made by the Son of God, for the redemption of the world;" When we read and ponder the scriptures and ponder about the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we will be able to receive personal revelation for our own life.

Have a great week!
Elder Jensen








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