This
week was another great one! We had MLC out in Naperville so I got to go on a
double exchange with the other zone leader. MLC's are going to be crazy
until the burst of new missionaries slow down because the split ZL's have to
get together for the MLC and then prepare a zone meeting the next day, which
has been pretty legendary. Our zone meeting went super well and we're super
pumped for the month of January!
I also was able to go
on an exchange with one of the district leaders out in Westchester, it's like
part suburbs part not. Super cool area! You still knock doors but there are SO
MANY PEOPLE!!! it's like the most condensed suburb I've ever seen. We also both
had ingrown toenails so we set up for a surgery a while back and the deed has
been done! Probably one of the goofiest sets of missionaries you could ever
see, both tracting with some bloody toes. But we found some awesome people! It
was a great time.
This Sunday was
legendary. Ever since we've been on the bikes, we've seen a lot of success
biking to the Lowe building early on Sunday mornings and trying to get everyone
to wake up and come to church, and then we can even ride the bus with them if
they're willing to come. This Sunday however at first it seemed that nobody was
answering, and it was pretty disappointing. When we got to church there was a
new Nigerian family there, and we went and talked to them and they just happen
to live in the Lowe building! It turns out they were friends of one of the
recent convert families in the lowe building and were invited to church! We
were able to set up an appointment with them for this next week and were so
pumped!
This transfer will
probably be my last here and there isn't going to be another baptism till after
transfers, so my number one goal was for Elder Heffner and I to find a new
Nigerian family for him and his next companion to baptize! And it looks like we
may have just found them! They told us they want to start coming to church more
regularly and we'll get to start visiting them!
Also one of the people
we were teaching woke up at 3:30 am to get ready for church haha so we're super
pumped about her as well! Super good times!
At church in Sunday
school for the recent converts and investigators they had us all introduce
themselves and something they wanted to do for the new years so I said in
yoruba "my name is elder Jensen (orukomi Alagba Jensen) and all the
Nigerian recent converts started freaking out it was so funny haha and then all
the missionaries said their new years resolution was to eat more Pounded yam,
fufu, and Jolloff rice. So we're all in haha.
Our recent convert
friend Gabriel told us a couple weeks ago at church that he wanted to host all
of the elders at his house, so this Sunday we did just that! He made us a huge
lunch of Nigerian food (and went soft on the spice what a homie). He thought it
was so awesome to have all of us there that he had all the missionaries pray
over the food.
Also this week we got
to stop by the Rotimi's after church which was legendary because they just had
their new baby boy! They said they were having a "christening party"
right before transfers and we had to come and eat their food haha.
Hope everyone has an
awesome week!
Elder Jensen
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