The Memories

Good morning everyone! This was a great and fantastic week. To start off we went to MLC this week which was super awesome which meant that I got to go with superior master other zone leader, Elder Vargas, who is my hero and who is slowly teaching me how to sing the Phineas and Ferb theme song in Spanish (don't worry I'll get it eventually) so that was a blast. It's pretty cool because Elder Vargas and I and the STL's in the Chicago zone were all in the same district back in Naperville so it's pretty cool and Elder Dodson was there too so we had to take an OG district Pic.

It was also sick to see my homies, Elders Bell and Howe, from the MTC. Exactly one year ago we were at new missionary training together and now we were all at the MLC! Pretty fun stuff! So, after MLC Elder Vargas and I went back to his area in Espanol nation and we planned for our training in the zone meeting the next day and we really struggled because we get distracted pretty easily and by like 10:25 we were somehow having a Waterbender Vs Earthbender battle and then we realized we had to get to bed so much of the training was planned through sleep talk and the next morning... But the deed was done! 

We had a pretty cool musical fireside that the missionaries were invited to go to and it was sick because I got to see my old companion Elder Dodson again and he brought one of the investigators good old Jarius Groves (stage name J-groove) to the fireside! I was teaching Jarius when I was being trained last year and it sounds like he's doing well and is preparing for baptism this month! So it was a really fun event.

So as you all know this weekend was general conference! I made a goal this year to stay awake the entire time (something that I've literally never been able to do in my entire life) and I failed my goal miserably and feel asleep at least during one talk in every session! I only have one more conference in my mission and it sounds like President Nelson was hyping it up so I WILL stay awake the entire time during this one. It is possible. Conference was bomb though, we watched one session with Darlene and she was diggin it: "Oh, President Nelson, how I love that man! His voice is just so soothing, I could listen to him all day!" So that was pretty fun. The rest of the sessions we just watched at the church and brought some people to watch it there with us. 

On Sunday Darlene got her patriarchal blessing and she was so excited to share the experience with us. She said the three most powerful experiences in her life were when we gave her the blessing of healing and she walked, when I confirmed her a member of the church, and when she got her patriarchal blessing. "It's amazing! It’s like your voice isn't you anymore! And I feel something; it starts from my head and goes down my body! This feeling of warmth and peace! The first time I was scared because I didn't know what it was! But now I know it's the spirit!" She's literally the best. We took her to a lesson with us last night and she has the most powerful testimony. She is definitely is one of the coolest recent converts of all time. 

Well I don't have a whole lot more to add this week, but hope everyone is amazing! 

Elder Jensen