#60 Getting Destroyed in Ping Pong

 Sorry this email is going to be so short but what a crazy week!


On Wednesday we had an exchange with one of the Zone leaders and it went really well but then that night we got a call from another Zone leader about some craziness going on in their zone so we spent the rest of that night and the whole next day figuring out an emergency transfer. I would be totally fine if I never had to do one of those. But everyone's doing a lot better now.

The next day we also ran new missionary orientation which was also a little stressful but super cool to see all the missionaries. We also had an amazing event put on by the mission. It was called they get together gather. They were missionaries running a bunch of cool stations like basketball, family history, and ping pong. We weren't running any stations so we went out during the event and invited everyone we saw off the street. Overall we got a ton of people to come and one of the people we pulled off the street won the MVP of the basketball tournament.

I played ping pong this week against a 78 year old Chinese man and I got destroyed 😅😅😅 I didn't think that I was that bad, but I stood no chance. Even though he could barely move, he still put me in my place

I don't have time for a long spiritual thought, but I wanted to share I thought I came to me in church on Sunday. With the passing of President Nelson our Bishop had us sing we thank the oh God for a prophet and we all stood up as we sang. I was filled with gratitude for everything president Nelson has done for me and for the Lord's Church. I'm also so glad that we will always be led and guided by a prophet of God. Even though president Nelson is gone I know the Lord is still at the Helm of the church and he will always speak to us through Prophets.

God is Good!!!
Elder Jensen






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