This was a great week!
We had more lessons than Hebron has ever had in a really long time! It was
super awesome and it's going to start getting busy! This week we had zone
conference on Tuesday and it was really great and I learned a ton and it
forever changed my life and it was legendary and awesome and amazing.
My companion Elder
Jensen is the man! We have had some good times together so far! I made him try
some Cold Stone because he had never had it before and so I like to think that
I forever changed his life because that's the best ice cream ever.
We have limited miles
that we are supposed to stay under with the mission cars, so Elder Jensen and I
both have bikes and helmets that we were going to start using so that we could
save a little bit on miles but then it started pouring snow again this weekend.
It's super intense when you're driving in it but we've decided to hold back on
the bikes for now, because it's like super crazy.
The snow is actually the
worst. Like I don't want to sound negative or anything but I'm starting to hear
excuses like, "I can't come to church because the snow on the roads is too
dangerous." We drove to the church just fine! Snow is no good. Also
another bad thing about it, it completely changes how everything looks
completely! We went tracting on this one street and after finishing the whole
street I realized that I had tracted it like 3 weeks ago with Elder Buckway,
but I couldn't remember because of the snow making it look completely different!
It was actually really
funny, we tracted into this really old lady who told us she was 95 years old!
And last time we said, “Hey if you ever need someone to help shovel your
driveway or something or you would like to learn more, here is our card!” We knocked
into her again and she said, "Weren’t you here like 3 weeks ago?" In my head I was like "oh no we were here three weeks ago..." so I
instantly said "yeah but you never called us to shovel your driveway! Can
we do that?" She said, "well I wouldn't mind that, but you really
don't need to." Then we did it and she was watching from the window
with a huge smile on her face and tried to give us money, but actually accepted
when we said no haha. So it was a good time and then nobody was answering their
doors because it was cold out so we just started driving around and whenever we
would see someone outside shoveling we'd just hop out and start helping them
and talk to them. It was pretty cool. So we are still trying to learn how to
use the snow to our advantage!
So I created a lesson
where I juggle and Elder Jensen and I have been using it for a lot of the
family lessons and dinner lessons in the ward and it's so fun! It’s actually
really funny. I love not being in a YSA ward and having kids in the ward now! So
sometimes during dinner I'll just go into the other room and Elder Jensen is
just talking to the adults and then they all come in the other room and I'm
performing a juggling act for all the kids haha it's such a good time! There
are so many awesome kids in this ward that remind me of my buddies from summer
time (shout out to my boys Tanner, Trevor and Tracen)
Also this week since Elder
Jensen and I are still forced to be the ward choir, and won the "best
singing face award." Take that Hebron ward. Choir is actually pretty fun; like I definitely still wouldn't do it in my home ward, but hey if they make
you do it then it can still be fun.
Other than all that
not much is new, my companion is still named Elder Jared Jensen, it's still the
coolest thing that has happened here since 2009. We have like 4 solid people we
are teaching regularly and I'm excited to see them all move forward. It's super
exciting stuff! It is a little hard to find new people but it's all a work in
progress.
Well that's where I'll
close for now! Hebron is the Promised Land! I love this place and the people
here so much!
Also the church is
true just so you all know; I have discovered this for myself. And if you
haven't, I recommend that you do so. Talk to you next week!
Elder Jensen (Jared
D.)
Pics
1. Zone conference
2. The fuzzy hats that
look odd (but are so stinkin warm)
3. Quality
4. Child took my phone
5 and 6. Pics that I
just got from my last exchange with my boy Elder Thompson
7. "The most
wonderful time of the year?"
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