#68 Eu nao falo portugues

 Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! 🦃🦃🦃


It was another great week in Las Vegas!! It was full of exchanges and a whole lot of miracles.

My first exchange this week was back in Spanish Hills!!! I love that area so much. I was with Elder Christensen and it was one of the most spiritual exchanges of my life. Elder Christensen is so amazing. We had so many amazing conversations about grace, consecration, and diligence. I also got to see my two favorite people in the whole world, Cheri and Julie. It was so cool to see them a couple months later and to see how much the gospel of Jesus Christ has changed their lives. Cheri is so close to being baptized so keep her in your prayers. 

I also got to go on an exchange in the Portuguese branch 🇧🇷🇧🇷 with Elder Eslava. And I realized that unlike spanish and mandarin, I know zero Portuguese. But that ended up being alright because we only talked to on Brazilian the whole day. It was kinda sad 😔 But with hard work and a lot of faith, I know that branch will grow.

My last exchange was a 3 day exchange back in Coronado (my area last year) with Elders Smith and Burns. It was super cool to be back biking those streets again. We were able to find 2 people named Brian within 15 minutes of each other. One of them is so ready for the gospel and is so excited to learn more about the Book of Mormon.

In my personal study this week I learned a lot about covenants. 1 Nephi 14:14 says "14 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the power of the Lamb of God, that it descended upon the saints of the church of the Lamb, and upon the covenant people of the Lord, who were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and they were armed with righteousness and with the power of God in great glory." God wants to arm us with righteousness and fill us with power and great glory and He is able to do this when we make and keep covenants with Him. That is why the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is so important. It is the only church on earth with the authority to bind things on earth and in heaven. I am so grateful God has given us covenants. If you've already made covenants with God, I'd invite you to study more about them. And if you haven't made covenants with God, I would invite you to pray and ask God if that's what He wants for you and I promise He will answer 😇😇😇

Love y'all! Happy Thanksgiving 
Elder Jensen





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