Chapter 19: Buscando por Japón





Another week down, only about 80 or so left!
This week seemed to pass by really slowly for Elder Nolasco and I, but busy nonetheless. Due to some unusual circumstances, the other elders in La Esperanza have been sent out to Jesus de Otoro "temporarily" so all of La Esperanza is my area once again! It's a blessing and a curse, really. We have all of the town, which means its easier to find areas we haven't contacted, we don't have to worry about where an investigator lies in terms of areas, and so forth. But also, La Esperanza is huuuge so it makes things a little more complicated. We have to be very efficient in our daily and weekly plans to fit everything in.

But it's fun, I love it here.

Here's some of this week's highlights:
1. I received a ton of birthday letters! Thanks guys!
2. Last week for P-day we went dinosaur hunting and took lots of pictures!
3. Later on in the week, while we were contacting, Elder Nolasco and I found a new dinosaur we had never seen before! We still don't have pictures yet, but don't worry, we're going to take some today with the new guy.
4. We've been challenged by President Ballard to contact 10 people every day and our mission has been working hard to have everyone accomplish this goal. So on our whiteboard, Elder Nolasco and I keep track of which days we accomplish 10 contacts by putting a red dot in a white square... Thus forming the semblance of the Japanese flag. Naturally we no longer contact, but rather, "nosotros buscamos por Japón." We found Japan everyday this week
5. We had a ton of investigators at church this week! I was a little sad because I didn't think we were going to accomplish our goal for investigators in church, but yesterday morning, as Elder Nolasco and I were walking to the chapel, a couple of kids/preteens ran up to us, told us that they used to talk to the missionaries, and wanted to come to church with us! So that was awesome

#bendiciones #theLord'sWork

Also Ilumina el Mundo is starting up again and it's better than ever! (At least in Central America... I don't know what it's like for you gringos) but do it! Help the missionaries while you're at it! We're always grateful for references!

Love you all!
Make good choices!
Elder Jensen

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