I have had requests for Brian's email address (Steven!) so here it is:
brianjensen@myldsmail.net
We are not sure what the rules for the mission are yet, but I am pretty sure that anyone can email him, he just may not be able to write back. I will update you all when I hear from him!
I know he would LOVE to hear from his friends here at home! :)
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
Elder Brian Jensen had an awesome experience while working in the RC taking calls.
He got a call from a Pentecostal minister who was calling to request the “Finding Faith in Christ” video. Brian said that they talked for a half hour and found that they had many similar beliefs but the minister just can’t accept that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. Brian wrote, ” It’s amazing when the spirit works through you to talk to people. It’s kinda sad that people aren’t willing to pray to know that Joseph Smith was a prophet. We talked for half an hour and I asked if I could send missionaries to his house but he said that there was something wrong with his wife and they would be out of town for awhile. But you know me, I tried to talk him into it and I almost convince him but I ended up getting him to allow us to call back later when his wife was better. So we ended there and I said that I would pray for his wife. If nothing else, I hope
I planted a seed.”
He says that next week they would be calling people in Spanish so that would be interesting!
Elder Jensen leaves the MTC for El Salvador on Monday the 24th of November and his family is looking forward to talking to him for a few minutes during his layover in LA.
He got a call from a Pentecostal minister who was calling to request the “Finding Faith in Christ” video. Brian said that they talked for a half hour and found that they had many similar beliefs but the minister just can’t accept that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. Brian wrote, ” It’s amazing when the spirit works through you to talk to people. It’s kinda sad that people aren’t willing to pray to know that Joseph Smith was a prophet. We talked for half an hour and I asked if I could send missionaries to his house but he said that there was something wrong with his wife and they would be out of town for awhile. But you know me, I tried to talk him into it and I almost convince him but I ended up getting him to allow us to call back later when his wife was better. So we ended there and I said that I would pray for his wife. If nothing else, I hope
I planted a seed.”
He says that next week they would be calling people in Spanish so that would be interesting!
Elder Jensen leaves the MTC for El Salvador on Monday the 24th of November and his family is looking forward to talking to him for a few minutes during his layover in LA.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
The MTC is going great! We've had 2 apostles come in the last few weeks: L. Tom Perry and Richard G. Scott! Their talks were awesome. Richard G. Scott's talk was hilarious, and he had a lot of elders and sisters answer questions and he made fun of them a lot. But the apostles are amazing and hopefully we'll get a few more before the end of my MTC visit.
Spanish is going pretty well, we're teaching the first discussion in Spanish now (well, trying to) and it's HARD! But it gets easier every time we give it.
Congrats to Preston for getting your mission call. START STUDYING SPANISH NOW. It will make it so much easier once you are in the MTC.
My companion is still asombroso (that means awesome in Spanish). We go to the Provo temple every friday morning at 7:00, if anyone wants to meet us there:) Fridays are my favorite because we get to go to the temple and then come back and take a nap! And that's good because I've been sick the last few weeks. Here's a tip for anyone coming into the MTC: don't get sick. It makes it so much harder to concentrate during class. But I've made it so far. I'm not dead yet.
Well, that about does it. The church is true, el libro de mormon es asombroso y verdadero, yo se que jose smith fue un profeta verdadero.
Go to church, keep the commandments, and play some Xbox for me!
Hoorah for Israel!
Love, Elder Jensen
P.S. SEND ME LETTERS OR ELSE
Spanish is going pretty well, we're teaching the first discussion in Spanish now (well, trying to) and it's HARD! But it gets easier every time we give it.
Congrats to Preston for getting your mission call. START STUDYING SPANISH NOW. It will make it so much easier once you are in the MTC.
My companion is still asombroso (that means awesome in Spanish). We go to the Provo temple every friday morning at 7:00, if anyone wants to meet us there:) Fridays are my favorite because we get to go to the temple and then come back and take a nap! And that's good because I've been sick the last few weeks. Here's a tip for anyone coming into the MTC: don't get sick. It makes it so much harder to concentrate during class. But I've made it so far. I'm not dead yet.
Well, that about does it. The church is true, el libro de mormon es asombroso y verdadero, yo se que jose smith fue un profeta verdadero.
Go to church, keep the commandments, and play some Xbox for me!
Hoorah for Israel!
Love, Elder Jensen
P.S. SEND ME LETTERS OR ELSE
Monday, October 20, 2008
Oct 10
So this week was pretty awesome, we got to listen to General conference!! I didn't get to sing in the choir though, so if any of you say you saw me, you are mistaken! There was a woman speaker in the Sat. morning session that was from El Salvador! She gave an awesome talk about missionary work, but I'm sure if I heard any talk about missionary work right now I would think it was awesome! :) But I loved all the talks as well.
MTC is going good, we do solamente espanol every other day, which means we only speak spanish the whole day...or at least we try. My companion is the bomb! His name is Elder Pahulu. He is Tongan. He's from Florida. He's tite.
Pretty much the MTC is repetitive so if all my letters sound the same it's because we have been doing the same exact thing over and over. But it's awesome! I'm learning a ton. The church is true.
Stay golden ponyboyl
Hoorah for Israel!
So this week was pretty awesome, we got to listen to General conference!! I didn't get to sing in the choir though, so if any of you say you saw me, you are mistaken! There was a woman speaker in the Sat. morning session that was from El Salvador! She gave an awesome talk about missionary work, but I'm sure if I heard any talk about missionary work right now I would think it was awesome! :) But I loved all the talks as well.
MTC is going good, we do solamente espanol every other day, which means we only speak spanish the whole day...or at least we try. My companion is the bomb! His name is Elder Pahulu. He is Tongan. He's from Florida. He's tite.
Pretty much the MTC is repetitive so if all my letters sound the same it's because we have been doing the same exact thing over and over. But it's awesome! I'm learning a ton. The church is true.
Stay golden ponyboyl
Hoorah for Israel!
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
I finally made it to the MTC!
Hola! My mission is going awesome so far! I've been in the MTC for a little over a week, but it feels like I've been here forever. Which is a good thing because I'm learning so much! The MTC es loco. It's like EFY on 'roids. We study 13 of the 16 hours we are awake every day. And there aren't too many distractions thankfully. I've learned so much in the gospel and grown a ton. I've also learned a lot of spanish.I can now pray, bear my testimony, and set up appointments in spanish. All in a week and a half! It's insane the things you can learn when you constantly have the spirit with you. Well, I hope you all are having fun at home without me. See you in 2 years!
Love,
Elder Jensen
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Judgement Day
So I went to the doctor on Monday for the judgment of my ankle. After a few X-rays and a thorough cleaning of my nasty foot, I learned that it will be ok to walk on in the middle of September. What does this mean mission wise? It looks like I'll only have to delay my mission by one transfer, or 6 weeks. So hopefully this doesn't effect my call... I still don't know for sure, but I do know that once this whole ankle thing is over I'll be very relieved. Above is a picture of my new incision, adding to the one on the other side, which was also re-opened on this last surgery. For the third time...
Friday, May 16, 2008
Fun times at home with a bum ankle
I had a little extra time on my hands as you can see... I'm Pikachu...
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Mission Postponed
It seems as though skateboarding after you get your mission call isn't a good idea... Me being almost a professional skateboarder, broke my ankle attempting to drop in on a little ramp. This would be a funny story if it wasn't the second time I've broken the same ankle...and yes I am an idiot in case you were still on the fence. I went into surgery today and it sounds like it's going to take at least half a year to be completely healed...and even then I'll have a limp. It will be a whole year until I have no limitations to my ankle. So I'm still hoping for El Salvador after I heal, but who knows. Maybe I'll end up going to Spanish Fork, Utah like everyone so cleverly joked about before I got my call. I'll keep you (whoever feels like reading my blog) posted on what's going on.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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