Chandler's Mission

Hey guys!  Christmas is on Wednesday so Merry Christmas! I'm really looking forward to this week, we've received quite a few invitations from members and people we teach to come over and eat tamales, torrejas, and other food. I'm stoked. This is also my last Christmas in the mission! It's so crazy how fast time flies! I hope all of you take some time to consider the real meaning of Christmas - Christ! I'm so grateful for Him and for everything He has done for me. Because of Him we have hope and we can have happiness and peace in this life and the life to come! Please take some time this Christmas to thank Him for all the blessings you have received! Sorry for the short letter, but I love you all and hope you have a Merry Christmas!!! Elder Jensen

  -Noche de Hogar con la familia Orellana (left) y la familia Salinas (right) - Hermana Maleni (Salinas) is not a member of the church, but her husband (Fransisco) is working on becoming active again and Maleni really likes the church! (we just need to get them married!!) Elder Bernal and I My old comp Elder Sanchez and I   Elder Murray and I     My homies from the MTC!! The sisters are going home soon! -My boys Elder Paredes (or Elder Walls, as I call him) and Elder Baiamonte - - - - Hello hello! It's been a crazy couple weeks since I've written you, hope everyone is alive and well (RIP Alex) Christmas Activity: Last Monday our mission had a Christmas party! (which is why I didn't write home last week) and it was a lot of fun! Got to see some good friends again and play some sports and other games! It was a good time. I also may have stolen a large tub of crunchy peanut butter but that's a story for another day. My mi...

Chandler is at a mission gathering so no letter from him. Here are the pictures that his mission president's amazing wife has put online so far!!!

Elder Ordoñez and I   Pretty lights in Comayagua center (I'll have to get a picture of the big Christmas tree they put up a couple days ago)   The golf course this morning (I'll send more golf pics next week) Happy Turkey Day! It's been a fun week! Update on the people we're teaching: Miguel - 9 year old kid from an inactive family. We've gotten his older siblings to start coming back to church every week, and yesterday his grandma came too! We're waiting for his dad to come back from Mexico to be present for his baptism Freddy - 50 year old nephew of a recent convert. Really fun guy, invited us to his granddaughter's birthday party last Friday! He was going to get baptized a couple weeks ago, but has some challenges with the Word of Wisdom, so pray for him pls. A Thanksgiving Miracle: On Thanksgiving, my companion and I went out to a fancy restaurant for dinner which was nice. We got some really good food (ca...