Hebron Indiana

Wow what a week! Hebron is a wonderful place. Actually we're over a couple of towns, the one we live in is called Crown Point Indiana! As much as I loved Chicago, I've mentioned like a billion times that I would never live there! But I actually wouldn't mind living in this place because there are real life houses and grass and parking! It's amazing!

Right now this place is like a winter wonderland. Like in the movies where it's all snowy outside and the fire is crackling brightly and the kids are outside playing in the snow and there is a pond that's frozen over that the little girl across the street is ice skating on and everyone thinks to themselves, "Wow, this could be inside a snow globe or something." Yeah that's what this place is like! Like there are a bunch of random ponds that are freezing over! 

The main form of finding in this area is tracting, the classic knock on the door missionary routine. It's actually pretty easy, but the problem with it is like 1 in 100 people will actually listen to you! This place does give me a little hope for the future though because in Chicago there were a lot of people who didn't like any religion or just didn't believe in God but here every single door you knock on they attend church! It's crazy! Like so far I've only ran into two people who don't believe in God. Everyone else is like "yeah I attend the Lutheran/Catholic/Methodist/Bethal/Faith/St. Marys/whatever else there is." It's super crazy! Like the complete opposite of Chicago which made me fear for the future of this world haha. 

Funnily enough, the only people that were kinda having success with right now happen to be YSA's. I was thinking that we were going to be working with a ton of old people but they are pretty stubborn to only believe in their church and not even learn about another one! 

It's crazy because I went from an area where we had like 20 people we were working with and got to this area where they only had 2! So what a change! President Bingham told me however that although this area is a lot harder to find, the people you DO find are always ones that are more solid. 

We have one guy on date named Alec and he's super awesome! Can't wait to see where we go with him :) 

The ward here is amazing. This whole stake is pretty interesting to me because they have like 4 wards but each ward meets in their own building, not what I'm used to in Utah where they have like 4 wards meet in one building! I think it's really cool though because they seem really tight, like one big family and it's been really awesome to start to get to know some of them. Two people that I've met who live here actually served in the Illinois Chicago mission, although they said that they were never sent to the Indiana area. So it's cool to hear their mission experiences because we have the same mission! 

Were trying to really focus on Light The World to pump up the members for member missionary work so it's going to be awesome! :) 

My new companions name is Elder Buckway, he's a pretty solid dude. He's the district leader in this district so that's pretty cool. This will be his 4th transfer in Hebron so he's been here like 5 months! 

OH last thing haha one of our main issues tracting is that everyone thinks that we're Jehovas Witnesses and nobody wants to hear from them haha so if anyone has any suggestions to make ourselves look a little different then let us know. 

I think that's about it for this week! it's snowing so wish me some luck for this next week! I love all of you and hope your Christmas season is awesome! 

Elder Jensen 

Pics

1. Me and Elder Buckway

2. Railroad master

3. Look at all that slightly dead corn