Last week for Pday we
went downtown, which was legit, and played some gnarly mini golf with the boys.
Also we got some super sick pics so stay tuned.
This
week we had transfers and Elder Bodily and I were so grateful to stay together
that we planned like 4 lessons on Tuesday morning and then Mr. Vehicle
coordinator said we had to chauffeur 2 missionaries and our whole schedule got
slightly roasted but it's OK because ONE MORE TRANSFER!!!
This week was actually
super awesome. The first week we have had in a long time that hasn't had any
meetings, so it was a nice full busy and effective week. I'm very
grateful.
Probably one of the
coolest things I've been able to see this week was my companion bear powerful
testimony. We were teaching this guy, it was a 4th lesson and we were preparing
to drop him because every time we met with him he would ask the same question
about Joseph Smith saying God was a man and why do Mormons think that they are
God's etc. You all know the concern. For like the 50th he had brought it up,
and we told him it doesn't matter if Joseph Smith wasn't even a prophet, and if
the Book of Mormon is not true. Elder Bodily asked if he had read the Book of Mormon
and prayed and this certain person had refused. I studied the concern and try
to help him understand but nothing was working.
Elder Bodily finally
threw down a savage testimony where he knew of the divinity of the Book of Mormon
and of Joseph Smiths prophetic calling. He was even quoting scriptures and even
said to this guy "it pains my soul that you'll harden your heart against
what we're teaching you" (but it sounded more like what Alma said to the
city of Ammonihah) and he was, throwing down! It was so powerful and he told
him that we couldn't teach him anymore if he would refuse to read the Book of Mormon
and simply ask God if it is true. Holy smokes. After the lesson we told him we
loved him but he's simply not doing what we've asked him to do and we dropped
him. The spirit had confirmed to me that it was the right thing to do. I've had
plenty of drop lessons with people, but this one was really powerful. One of
the most rewarding things I've seen on my mission was right then as a trainer,
seeing a young missionary who has the most powerful testimony. He'll be a
powerful teacher and leader to those in Chicago.
Other than that it was
the usual. Ate Nigerian food, taught the Nigerian brothers and sisters and also
the homies in the hood. It's a blast and I can't imagine it any better, coming
home at night with a crappy haircut, torn pants sewn back together by our
recent convert friend, exhausted every day. And I wouldn't trade any of it for
the world. The missionary life is a legendary one.
Everybody pray for our
friend Kudi this week, she's a Nigerian woman we've been teaching who is a
friend of Martins the man who was baptized last transfer. She'll be preparing
for baptism this weekend.
Hope everyone has an
amazing week!
Elder Jensen
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