Chandler's Mission

My 21st Birthday "Because the Dab was a thing when you started your mission"  My birthday with the Sosa Family.  Apple pie with Elder Schade and Ian Sosa  A mototaxi on our way to the temple last week.  Last week's explosion as seen from our house  Our bishop owns several turtles. New Zealand game Pukana!  So fun!  Tres Leches  A giant wasp we killed We found another scorpion in our apartment. Hello everyone! Yesterday was my 21st birthday, and the members here made me feel really special! On Wednesday the Rivera Family made us carne asada and pastel de tres leches! It was super delicious! On Friday we made Tacos Mejicanos with Trochez, and yesterday the Sosa Family made us hamburgers and bought an apple pie!! I love these guys. We also did a lot of work this week! We've been visiting Hermana Dilian and her twin daughters, Estefany and Staysy. They're really positi...

Hey guys! Another week has passed by! I now officially have less than 8 months left on my mission! It's crazy how fast time flies. I'm doing well with Elder Taufalele, we're working hard and starting to see some progress with the people we're teaching, unfortunately not a lot of them came to church yesterday, but we're going to blame the explosion on that. So here's a small collection of short anecdotes from this last week: The explosion: Yesterday morning, around 7am a semi-truck carrying a large tank of gasoline to refill a gas station lost control about 1/2 mile away from the church. The truck crashed into a telephone pole and a live wire touched the gasoline and a big explosion followed... it caused a lot of traffic and not a lot of people came to church because of it. We also didn't have any power for most of the day yesterday. I have some crazy pictures, but I'll have to send them next week Americans can't count: In...

Hello!  It has been an awesome week! Transfers: I'm still in Manantial, and still the district leader, but I have a new companion! His name is Elder Taufalele and he's from New Zealand! His family is Tongan and he's been teaching me some Tongan (please refer to the subject). We get along really well and we've been working hard! Luckily for us, the ward missionaries have been doing some visits for us in our week-long absence so we still have people to visit! So we've had a good week of finding and getting to know the members and visiting some references with the ward missionaries! We also had a barbecue with Trochez and the Zone Leaders today, that was lit. I'll send pictures. But anyway I don't realy have too much to tell this week, but I'll think of fun stories to tell next week! Love you all! Elder Jensen

Pictures a Ward Member Sent to Mom Highlights: -On Tuesday, there was a situation and my companion is no longer my companion. I spent the week with my zone leaders in Loarque (RIP Elder Patterson) -On Friday, Trochez made us some awesome hamburgers it was lit -On Thursday we met a cool guy named Harold in the zone leader's area, and on Saturday and Sunday had some awesome lessons with him. We teach him mostly in English because he speaks it really well and wants to learn more. It was awesome! Tomorrow are the transfers and I'll be getting a new companion! So excited!  Make good choices!  Love you all Elder Jensen p.s. left my camera in my area in Manantial, so no pics until next week, sorry

My mom asked for a picture this week.  I turned and took this one of Elder Dansie Don't have a lot of time, so this'll be short. We had a good week, did some interchanges with our Zone Leaders, and had a great day of work with Elder Patterson! He goes home in a week, so may he rest in peace. Also it's been raining so much lately! I've partly missed the rainy season because it's not nearly as hot outside, but at the same time, wet socks smell  really bad  at the end of the day. I'm really short on time, but I love you all, the Church is true!! Elder Jensen

 Our Bedroom   My Living Room Our exercise equipment (some pieces work) Hello hello! It's been a fun week, I'm healthy again, which is nice. Intercambio Mania: Tuesday morning we got a call from the Assistants saying that they wanted to do an intercambio with us after our district meeting! So I packed my bag and spent the day (and night) in an area called Carrizal with Elder Leyva! (I forgot my camera, so no pictures... sorry) It was really fun and we worked  really hard . We also talked about some of the challenges we've been having in my district, my companionship, the zone, etc. and I got a lot of good advice and direction. It was an awesome learning experience. When I got home Wednesday morning, I unpacked and packed again because I had planned an intercambio with some Elders in my district so I spent all day Wednesday with Elder Dansie in Germania, and we had a good day too. Then, Wednesday afternoon I got a call from the Zone Leaders ...

Chandler has been sick all week and didn't do much more than throw up:).  But here are some pictures the Mission President's wife took of the conference they just had. She posted a great video too, but in that you can't see him, he's the piano music in the background! Get better soon, Elder Jensen