Elder TJ Jensen - Idaho Boise Mission - Gracious Savior Representative

Great week this week, as far as actual missionary work it was as slow as last week. December has been very very slow but we still make sure to work and have fun. I got to spend a day with my trainer Elder Thompson, hes really good at talking and teaching. Found a new lady to teach and we were able to teach her but now shes out of town for a couple weeks. Me and Elder Allen helped a man fix his chimney cap, we were screwing it in and Elder Allen was laughing at something and farted like 5 times in a row so then we both started cracking up and the older gentlemen couldnt hear us and said "you guys are having way too much fun up there". We went caroling with the youth again wednesday, we all were out of tune but it was fun. Someone from my last area was driving by us while we were walking on the side of the road and we got to talk, him and his family are doing way better so it was awesome to see that. We helped a lady get a her lost dog back by just calling her name, then once s...

This week was good, we were a little more busy which was nice. We have many people to teach but they all have something thats slowing their progress down. We found one man who has been taught for years and years but has never gotten baptized.  Talked to many people this week too, something Ive really learned to do on the mission is talking to strangers. Its been a nice talent to develop.  We got to go caroling with some youth wednesday night which was fun, we let the younger guys go ding dong ditch everyone so they could open their doors and hear us singing, most people just shut their doors after 5 seconds haha. We met a guy who is a comedian and just having a regular conversation with him is pretty hilarious. We had a christmas party saturday morning and got to pass out more LTW cards with different service ideas written on them.  We also got to help an older man we teach set up his family history account, he was having trouble with his iphone then we actually had...

This week was pretty slow, every single appointment except one we had fell through which wasnt great. That one appointment was with someone who Ive known for months and has progressed lots to be able to be baptized which is awesome.  handed out many many Light The World cards on the street and at Church. We got a call from a man who needed help putting up a huge christmas tree for someone, so we went there and it was actually the man who owns "Fairly Reliable Bobs" Christmas tree and house. He has a really nice view of part of Boise.  We went by a familys house who hadnt been to church in a good while and were surprised because they had just recently decided as a family they would be coming back Sunday.  At a dinner we ate some good Peruvian food, its alwasy exciting getting fed by people who are from out of country. A guy we visit pointed out that a zit I thought I had on my neck is actually a big spider bite, but im still standing. That was about it, nothing too c...

Well I forgot to look at my journal to see what all happened this week, but what I can remember is that it went well.  I had a stomach bug that was messing with my bowels for a couple days so that wasn't too fun but it didn't stop us from working.  We had some great lessons this week, it snowed on Saturday night through Sunday so that was awesome. Since Elder Allen is from Florida and me from Mesa, snow made the day pretty fun. We had snowball fights and made our first snowmen by the church.  We have also been sharing a lot of Light The World cards with people which is great. Saturday morning we caroled at an old folks home which was awesome.  We were caroling saturday and as we were switiching songs a old lady on her wheelchair came up to us and said something like "you guys have to get me out of here, my caretaker is so mean! Dont stop singing and dont leave me" haha we sang one more song then we left that building and we look back and this lady has her head ...

Transfers came and went, my brazillian greenie Elder Shultis left to Twin Falls and I have a new companion who just came from Twin Falls. Hes pretty cool, likes to work hard too which is a plus. Im thankful Im staying here for at least part of the winter, this is the warmest city in our mission.  We had a pretty great week. Me and Elder Shultis found two more people to teach, and me and Elder Allen found a person last night. Finding people that are actually somewhat interested is pretty awesome.  With Light the world this year it has been fun spreading the joy of Christ through that. We had transfers on Thanksgiving too,  I was able to have 3 of my previous companions all in one place which was awesome. I had a temporary companion on Thanksgiving morning which was fun.  Weve been able to pass out over 100 Light The World pass along cards which was good. We also got multiple dinners thanksgiving dinners which was great.  My good family friends came up t...

Well its been a great week,  for the first time in my mission we actually had nights where we set apart to tract (go door to door) it was fun but after 50-60 doors (over a few nights) we quit because nothing came out of it, but it was pretty fun. At one of the dors only a 2 year old opened the door which was interesting haha.  One day we were doing our studies in the church and we knew they were cleaning but didnt think much of it. So as we are watching church videos we start to laugh a bunch for a good 30 minutes, church videos really arent that funny, it also smelled like sharpies. So after a good while we finally were heading out the church and sure enough we see all this stuff in the air and we peek behind a corner and theres a man painting/polishing the baseboards wearing a oxygen mask. So we had to go outside and laugh for another 20 minutes and breathe oxygen.  Last night we found two more people to teach from Bhurma and Thailand, so thats cool. Few days ago w...

Hey everyone, had a pretty good week with some exciting events. Had a big meeting with many misisonaries Tuesday which was great learned lots, we started helping a man in our area quit smoking ciggarettes so thats been fun,  at one point this last week I woke up to use the bathroom then my half asleep brain thought it was 6:30am so I turned on the lights and said my morning prayers then got Elder Shultis up but then he got mad once he looked at his watch haha.  Had a visit with a church member who doesnt make it to church and we disscussed Christ and what hes done for us and he broke into tears and pointed to a picture of Christ on his wall and said "He told me to let you guys in today, and now I have been blessed", way cool.  We were walking towards some apartments one night to go see some people and a partially clothed prostitute ran out from behind some bushes which was interesting. At church on Sunday a homeless man came in and we talked to him about our beliefs...