We had 2 exchanges to
do this week because the end of the transfer is coming up soon and will be next
week! First I had an exchange with this super awesome missionary in my district,
Elder Noble, and we were able to have an awesome lesson with one of our progressing
investigators, Gabriel, and we were able to get a recent convert named Martins
that we baptized like 2 months to come.
We knocked on the door
to Gabriel's home and heard his roommates yell "who is it?" and
Martins yelled loudly something in Yoruba and then said "OPEN THE DOOR"
in his booming voice and they let us in instantly. He literally just walked
into some of the people’s houses who he didn't even know, sat down, and even
started eating some of their food haha! And they love him now and are homies. Martins
is a beast! Ever since then Gabriel has been even more excited to be baptized.
He loves coming to church and is progressing rapidly!
We also tried to teach
this one lady on this day who it turns out just wanted to hang out and walk
around the Southside stopping at all the Walgreens and Dunkin Donuts for fun.
She literally called us over 50X that day so we ended up blocking her number
because missionaries aren't very good at "hanging out" anyways haha
This week we also had
our Thanksgiving and we just happened to be doing exchanges with the assistants
that day, so I went back to the Naperville zone and oh boy do those members
love to feed their missionaries there. We had four Thanksgiving meals that day.
I was a little sad I wasn't able to spend the holiday on the Southside but it
was still a really good time and the missionary I went with named Elder Jimenez
knows one of my cousins so that's pretty sick!
It was so weird to be
back in the suburbs and knock on white people's doors for the first time in
about 6 months. I think I like the city haha! It's a lot more exciting and fast
paced! But it was still a super fun exchange and I had a great time. Elder
Levanger stayed here with another missionary in training and they had a bike
tire get shredded with no way to patch so they walked like 4 miles to get home
on Thanksgiving, but still got a Thanksgiving dinner so they had a great time
too!
This week we had our 5
people who are progressing well for December come to church. The Rotimi's came
even though the father David stayed up all night working. He still made it a
priority to get him and his family to church! They are an absolutely incredible
family and it has been so much fun to teach them!
We were able to have
an incredible lesson with one person were teaching who is also progressing well
named Ronke, we taught her the commandments and she already believed in all of
them except for the Word of Wisdom so it was pretty easy. She committed to give
up coffee with incredible faith that the lord would give her energy during her
night shifts. She works from about 5:30 am - 10 pm every day except for
Saturdays and Sundays which she pretty much spends all her time preparing for
her next week. She still makes time to meet with us and is excited to be an involved
member of the church! She is incredible and has some exceedingly great faith!
We had 3 members at that lesson, which happened out of nowhere, one of them
being Darlene who has a legendary testimony and wants to help fellowship! It
seems everything has been working out pretty well for them!
We'll I've been here
about 6 months. This could be my last full week here. Transfers is next Tuesday
the 10th, and the baptism is Saturday the 14th. We have 5 people (Gabriel,
Ronke, and the Rotimi family) who should be getting baptized. I'm a little
stressed out of my mind to leave everything in the hands of my young companion
(even though he's a stud) just in case I leave, and I pray that I stay just so
everything can go smoothly for the baptism! It's been an absolutely legendary
time here and I hope to have a little more of it!
Stay blessed this fine
week!!
Elder Jensen
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