tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75942196068777403412024-03-13T23:35:34.850-07:00Elder Adam Dane-Philip JensenWe are as the Army of Helaman We have been taught in our youth And we will be the Lord's missionaries.
To bring the world his truth.
We have been saved for these latter days To build the kingdom in righteous ways.
We hear the words our
Prophet declares
"Let each who's worthy
go forth and serve"
We are as the Army of Helaman We have been taught in our youth.
And we will be the Lord's missionaries.
To bring the world his truth.Elder Adam Dane-Philip Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458127468906942459noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594219606877740341.post-80423840447302660842014-01-16T07:51:00.000-08:002014-01-16T07:51:39.305-08:00Last Blog Entry From Joao Pessoa, Brazil
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Subject: this week<br />
From: </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:adj1991@myldsmail.net"><span lang="EN" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">adj1991@myldsmail.net</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><span style="color: black;">
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hello Everyone<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">So this past week....<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Yeah this week we had a good turn out because the family that we found or well
someone gave to us as a reference, the whole family decided to go to church.
they are all marked for this Sunday to be baptized. it’s a mom, dad, and 3
sons. everyone seems promising except for the dad. he lacks a little bit of
faith. he believes in his church and thinks it would be difficult for him to
receive an answer that he should follow another church when he already likes
the one he is at. but the rest of the family seems to be liking everything.
understanding and progressing. we will be going to their house tonight and is
sure hope that they all still want to be baptized.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">That’s really all that is happening in
the teaching area. Oh but I guess I never really said the news about what happened
with our mission now. We have a new rule that states.....we cannot baptize
anyone with 16 years or less unless....they either will be baptized with their
parents, parents already baptized, or they have been going to church for at
least 3 months alone. Also, this didn’t come from our Mission President; it
came from the Area Presidency. We now just have to start focusing more on
families and men or well adults. I understand, but it did cut our baptisms down
a little bit. Yeah, it is a change, I will be fine I suppose, I have faith! And
I am praying as well for this family!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">* Actually the family fell through. We
found out that they are not married and we can’t baptize the children without
the parents. My Mission President didn’t allow it. Oh well, tough luck I guess!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s ok then working with Dan again
and I don’t need to email Dan. I think I may not start until the 26<sup>th</sup>
and Dan can just tell me when I get home, as I have Dr’s and Dentist
appointments that next week. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The only bad thing
about me being home without work means no money until then! One thing though,</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I don’t know if I will receive my last
allowance on the 15th because that would be my last day. I don’t need much
because I still have the 20 dollar bill from Nan that I can use in the airport,
but can I have $25???<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>O</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">k thank you a lot, and I am doing good with budgeting, I just had to ask. But
I know that I will help out back home -just ask!</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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home on the last day. If not I hope that they will just be sent back home. Oh
and my favorite type of ice cream....I honestly don’t know anymore, maybe
lemon, or cookies and cream, snickers, or mint chocolate chip. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We have a
sister missionary here from Australia. It’s our missions first! She is actually
very good looking, I only met her once. But anyway it would be nice to visit
those countries. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Man I wish I would of
gone out now then, if missionaries are being sent there now. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WOW! Australia and New Zealand. you have got
to be kidding me!!!! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Please don’t give me a bunch of clothes. My shoe size is 11-11.5 but why? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you’re thinking about buying me shoes, I
really would like to know what they look like before you buy them, but Romeos
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What is planned for the open house?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am
excited to go home and watch a little bit of football. And if would love a Seahawks
jersey!!!!! Don’t worry. We could move the party to be during the game if it is
on the Saturday! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I looked at the weather reports
for Atlanta Georgia on the 15-17 and it says that it shouldn’t be too cold like
right now. Like it should of already passed. But if do think that maybe it
might be delayed by a little bit going from Atlanta to Seattle. We both know
that your gonna show up a little late lol. Or at least 5 minutes early at the
most! Everyone with the name Jensen is always late! lol. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I really thank you for everything!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, if Dr.Pepper isn’t on a deal, and Mt.Dew
is, I kindly accept Mt.Dew as well lol.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I can’t believe its next week!!!!!!! !!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I have to go now. I love you a lot and I
will talk to you soon</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">, I do have to go, I love you and
I will probably talk to you next week, on the Monday or the Wednesday
hopefully!</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Elder Adam Dane-Philip Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458127468906942459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594219606877740341.post-24207118669604333442013-12-30T16:24:00.000-08:002013-12-30T16:24:11.260-08:00Super Trunky!
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Mon, 30 Dec 2013 15:44:24 -0200<br />
From: </span><a href="mailto:adj1991@myldsmail.net" target="_blank"><span style="color: #004b8b; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: black;">adj1991@myldsmail.net</span></span></a><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><span style="color: black;">
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</span></span><span style="color: black;">S</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">o this past week....<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">We worked and worked and worked. I ate a lot and gained a
few pounds. But on the plus side, my pants still fit!! <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>And</u></i>, we found an amazing family! 4 people actually. Mom, Dad
and two sons. The mom and dad didn’t go to church due to work, but the boys
went and they loved it. We told them to get the parents excited for next week. They
all said they would go next week. Maybe if they all go, this family will be my
lasts baptisms on the mission. That would be nice to baptize a whole family
right at the end. The boys are twelve years old.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">I am sorry I am so late emailing today, I couldn’t get
on. The stupid internet here has always been horrible. But the LAN house - like
crashed!! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really have nothing else to
say actually. That’s really all that happened. People had Christmas dinners,
but since nobody eats until midnight, we didn’t eat anywhere! But we did happen
to find a pizza place open, so we ate pizza with nice cold Coca-Cola! Merry
Christmas Elders! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">I am getting super trunky; I am just missing and
remembering things from back home. </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">I am trying to stay focused, but I didn’t know how hard
it would be near the end. I would like it that everyone goes to the airport, especially
the ones that wouldn’t be able to come over on the 18<sup>th</sup> for the Open
House and because our house is kind of almost in Canada! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Howard comes back the week after me from Porte Allegro, I
know that Ammon will be over a lot or I will be there a lot and Emily emailed
me as well - She is having a good time, but obviously a little frustrated that
she doesn’t have her visa to Fortaleza yet!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Missionaries who were leaving to go home used to be able
to go to the Temple the night before they left, but we stopped going to the
temple when the new Mission President came. Usually the ones leaving from their
mission would go as there last day, but we don’t do that anymore. Kind of sad,
but it’s like whatever!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">With our Mission President, we will have lunch with him, and then
we will leave to visit something’s, and then we have our interview and then that’s
it. Nothing more. Then the next day we get all of our stuff and go to the
airport. I am flying out of Atlanta through Delta at like 9 in the morning or
something like that back to Seattle. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">I would love to visit Brazil again. But, no I would not
extend my mission even if I could. I would only stay in Brazil if I could
without being as a missionary. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love
the people here and I always want to visit them, the only thing is that I could
not live here forever. </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">It’s the same apartment as before, when I had this area
in Campina Grande, in total there are four of us and it is still the red and
white building.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">What is planned back home for New Year? On New Year’s in
our mission, we literally can do nothing! Nothing is planned and nobody even
invites the missionaries to anything. We have no plans for New Year because we
have to be inside by 9:30 p.m. I would leave and go to a member’s house and eat
the food and see other people, but it’s at midnight and not everyone in the
house wants to go!! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">I still have money and yes I was able to get the rest of
the money out of the Credit Union finally!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Please just bring my coat to the airport, but in all
honesty I think I will be fine when I get home. It will be like continually
taking a cold shower when I arrive. I already take cold showers, so I think I
will get used to the cold again – it won’t take long – lol!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I have to go now. I love you a lot and I will talk to you next week. Hopefully it
will at the expected time next week around 5:30am your time!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Oh, and I already assumed I would speak on the 19th. Who
else will be speaking with me?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Elder Adam Dane-Philip Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458127468906942459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594219606877740341.post-48857777587614767592013-12-30T09:00:00.002-08:002013-12-30T09:00:44.222-08:00Christmas in Brazil and Skyping~!
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Date:
Mon, 23 Dec 2013 18:23:22 +0430<br />
Subject: weekly email<br />
From: </span><a href="mailto:adj1991@myldsmail.net" target="_blank"><span style="color: #004b8b; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: black;">adj1991@myldsmail.net</span></span></a><br /><span style="color: black;">
To: </span><a href="mailto:jensens6@msn.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #004b8b; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: black;">jensens6@msn.com</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">So
this past week.....<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">I did a division (splits) with the Mission President’s Assistants,
we marked a few people to be baptized and we visited a lot of in-active people
because the ward here needs it, but when Sunday rolled around and nobody wanted
to go to church or still be baptized, so it was not a rewarding Sunday. Well in
the morning it wasn’t, but Sunday night we met up with the Zone and we all sang
Christmas hymns at an orphanage. It was very spiritual and sweet, except if
thinking the missionaries were singing super loud, but at the end we hugged
everyone and gave them our Christmas hats (like the Santa Claus ones) but that
was literally my week. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Oh but on Saturday there was an amazing lunch. There were
a bunch of people, and my companion and I won bingo which was just chocolate,
but it was a good Saturday!! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">I am doing well, but I saw that you went to the hospital
- was it like a concentration camp this time like you said last time with me?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How are you doing Mom? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Do you know what Gavin bought me for Christmas? He
bragged about it a little when he emailed me and he said it was very expensive,
I am very curious!! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s really nice
of Gavin and Lindsey, but I am excited to know what he got for me and I hope he
likes the gift if got for him. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">On Christmas
Day we will have a bbq at the Bishop’s house. He is from the South, so it
should be good!! For Christmas night we will be Skyping and then hanging out
with our Zone Leaders. On Christmas Eve, we don’t yet know of any plans and if
we will have dinner because everyone likes to eat at midnight!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will be Skyping at about 2 p.m. Your time, is
that a good time for all of you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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have already written to grandma and she already wrote me back and she told me
about how she has read the Book of Mormon, D & C and the New Testament but
she won’t finish before the end of the year!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Christmas Eve plans are great and I would like this tradition every year with
no worries and nobody coming over and what not, just a show/concert and dinner,
I would enjoy this very much.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">On
the 17<sup>th</sup> after I get back, we can eat lunch back form the airport
and then go to President Southworth’s home and he can release me. As I am
coming home around noon, if we go out to eat then we would probably see him at
about 4 or something like that. If I have to wait until the night time it would
be kind of annoying, I wouldn’t want to go home and then leave again just for
him to take my nametag off, blessing and be released.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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I have to go now. I will talk on Wednesday – Christmas Eve. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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love you and wish Dad a late happy birthday!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Elder Adam Dane-Philip Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458127468906942459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594219606877740341.post-72445952832677459682013-12-16T08:16:00.000-08:002013-12-16T08:16:47.397-08:00Less than 30 days left!!
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 11:58:21 -0200<br />
From: </span><a href="mailto:adj1991@myldsmail.net" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: black;">adj1991@myldsmail.net</span></span></a><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><span style="color: black;">
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So this past week.....<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nothing happened. We worked and nothing happened. Well we had some people
commit to baptism and wanting to go to church, but nobody went to church. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We also had a transmission, so it was in the Stake Chapel. I wasn’t too
happy that nobody went to church, but what can in do? I just need to keep
praying and working. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I can’t stop now. I only have 29 days left, so right now is when in need to
work my hardest!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was thinking exactly
the same thing as you when you said just worry about the mission and think straight!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone here is being nice to me and not
wanting to fight with me. They are all like, Oh well he will only be here for a
couple weeks. NICE!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">My companion is shy and very quiet, but when he needs to speak he does. He
likes to joke around when it’s just him and in. He looks like he is from the
reservation, but a little darker than the rest of the Indians here. He says he’s
not Indian, but I think he doesn’t know if he is or not. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">We are in the same area and it’s the same ward, but the area for the Missionaries
was divided, so we stay on one side and the other Elders go to the other side
of the city. </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I still see Neide, but she doesn’t really talk to me. I know that she was
talking about me with other missionaries, but I don’t really care anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, there are no sloths in the trees, they
just very small monkeys. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Christmas time, people eat turkey and other food at about midnight on the
24th and then have lunch together on the 25th. Not too many people decorate,
but it’s decorated enough to realize that you’re close to Christmas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">I am enjoying the daily letters with the Christmas stories that you sent.
The story from yesterday, I had heard the story before, the one about the three
trees - except of course I had heard it in Portuguese…lol. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t think someone stole the other package
this time, but still no package! I think that tomorrow is our Christmas
conference, so maybe I will get it tomorrow. I sure hope so!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If not than I will get it in the beginning of
Jan. don’t worry its ok!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">I will Skype from the church building like last time, technically there is
a rule that we have to do it in the church building, but not all Missionaries keep
this rule.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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a lot and I need to go now. I hope you have a great week and I hope that I will
have more to write next week. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Love<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Elder Adam Dane-Philip Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458127468906942459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594219606877740341.post-26046949566732603172013-12-09T15:47:00.000-08:002013-12-09T15:48:14.176-08:00Christmas BBQ<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 11:27:29 -0200<br /> Subject: weekly email<br /> From: </span><a href="mailto:adj1991@myldsmail.net"><span style="color: black;">adj1991@myldsmail.net</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><br />Hello Everyone!<br /><br /><br />So this past week...<br /><br />Well I got here on Wednesday at about 6 p.m. except I had to wait at the bus station for a half hour because the other missionaries didn’t get there until 6:30, but it was like whatever. We started off visiting some people that I came to love the last time I was here and all of them were so excited to see me. It was a good refresher to happiness lol. But yeah, we only have a few solid investigators, but one of them is a man named George who went to church and still wants us to visit him and his family on Tuesday. Except next week I am praying and hoping that he will bring the rest of the family next time. On Sunday it was just him. Yeah I was moved back to Campina Grande which I find is a good thing because I liked it here, or well most of it here. I am visiting a lot of members that are less-active at this moment. Some members have fallen away since I left which isn’t a good thing. But yeah the area was divided so I don’t have to go out to the farm areas anymore. But I am still senior companion. When I left this area the first time, there was an attendance of about 100 people, but Sunday was really bad. There were only 56 people. I was shocked to see that very few people went to church.<br /><br /> Hopefully next week it will be better. I know that some people are just lacking in faith, but I can always help with that, but yes I am doing good and I am not in trouble, it’s just that the President wanted to talk to me because I didn’t want to spend more money waiting for another missionary that would travel to a whole different area than where I am at - and because someone told me the transfer just one day before the transfer, the President was more mad about that. The fact that someone told me one day before!! Ridiculous!! The new President just doesn’t trust anyone and doesn’t really care for the real needs of the Missionary; he just wants the mission to be how he wants it and no exceptions -but Oh well!! I don’t know why I have moved the last three transfers. Our new President likes to move people around a lot, it’s weird, but I am fine with it. I like it here in Campina Grande. <br /><br />In the ward here, they had a ward BBQ as a Christmas party - and it was a lot of meat!! I ate a ton!! I think I ate a little too much, because I didn’t feel too great afterwards. The only problem that the ward had with this BBQ is that about 90 people from the ward went to the BBQ, but didn’t want to go to church the next day, kind of ridiculous I would say!<br /><br />Well I wasn’t able to talk last week due to traveling but I am doing good and only 35 days left. I am a little sad because I miss home. some people here have fallen away, like the ones I thought would stay. Some people have divorced; some people are talking bad about the church now. It makes me sad because I have so much love for these people, but can’t do anything!<br /><br />My new companion is Elder Garcia from Bolivia. He is about 5'3" or 5'4" and he has about 3 months on the mission and speaks very well already! He’s. already fluent in Portuguese except he doesn’t like to speak much during a lesson, well I am trying to help him open up a little more as the days go by and I am finishing Elder Garcia’s training I am still the Senior companion and nothing more. This makes me happy with that, I don’t have as much responsibility but this week wasn’t bad. But Elder Garcia is about Mom’s height or maybe a little smaller. I make jokes about his height every day, it makes me laugh but that’s about it. One good thing though is that we had a guy come to church that liked it and wants to bring the rest of his family next week. I sure hope that it all goes well and he actually gets his family to go.<br /><br />I am sorry. I didn’t even realize about your birthday. I have been a little lost lately, not thinking about anything some days I am like a robot. You guys just went to Gavin’s for a dinner for your birthday? Or you were sick and stayed home on your birthday?<br /><br />The scripture you left was interesting. I forgot that scripture. I just remember reading it once or hearing it once. it was either a video from Neil L. Maxwell or from seminary, oh well doesn’t really matter, but it’s very interesting.<br /><br /> I am very excited for the packages, it’s just they haven’t arrived yet. how much did they cost? the packages?<br /><br />How is everyone doing? a little stressed out due to Christmas. I think that you will be happy when we all leave the house and have families because then it would only be one present per family. It would be a couple for each child. I am realizing that it’s better to have less children because you spend less for Christmas, but having more children you have a bigger tax return after Christmas. so which is better?!?!?<br /><br />I love you a lot and I will talk to you next week at about the same time. we moved back to the morning. I hope you have a great week and with a lot of health. I pray for you and everyone back home but I need to go now.<br /><br /> love,<br /><br /><br />elder adam jensen</span><br />
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<br />Elder Adam Dane-Philip Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458127468906942459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594219606877740341.post-88623766895345369532013-12-06T07:04:00.000-08:002013-12-06T07:04:55.809-08:00A New Companion and A New Area - Kind of...~!
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Thu, 5 Dec 2013 15:53:20 -0200<br />
From: <a href="mailto:adj1991@myldsmail.net" target="_blank"><span style="color: #004b8b; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">adj1991@myldsmail.net</span></a><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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Everyone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So
this past week...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
baptized Iliane on Sunday, and then she got married on Tuesday. It was a whole
lot of running around to get her baptized. On Sunday morning, the things that happened
were ridiculous, but we managed to get her to church and to be baptized. I was
super happy and so was she! My companion obviously baptized her because he was
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things that happened...I had to travel the whole day yesterday my P-Day and
transfer day. I had left Rio Tinto at 6:30 a.m. and got to João Pessoa at about
8 a.m. and then I traveled to Campina Grande afterwards. However, I got to
Campina Grande at about 10 a.m. and received a call at the same time to return
to João Pessoa so that I could talk with the Mission President, but he wasn’t
at the mission home until 2:30 p.m. Well, I waited and waited and I talked with
him, and then got another bus back to Campina Grande at about 4 p.m. and
arrived here at 6p.m. It was ridiculous, but what could I do? I didn’t have any
time yesterday to write back home, and I only have like 10 minutes today
because it’s not p-day anymore. I only have time to write what happened and why
I didn’t write until now. I saw President because I wasn’t able to travel with
someone due to money and time, and because I knew where I was going one day
before they told everyone. He was angry because of this, it was all a little confusing
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<br /><span style="color: black;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:36:17 -0200<br /> Subject: weekly email<br /> From: </span></span><a href="mailto:adj1991@myldsmail.net"><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">adj1991@myldsmail.net</span></a><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><br /><br /> Hello Everyone,<br /><br /> So this past week....<br /><br />Our zone had a goal for this week that we would double our lessons. The Mission asks of us to do at least 25 in total, so doublling would be at least 50 lessons. Our zone leaders promised it would help to have baptisms and new investigators and they would all be at church. WELL., I was like ok –sure I will do it!! I need all the help I can get anyways. Well, we now have two baptisms set for next week, and two really good and nice people that truly seem like people that will stay in the church for a life time, but the sad news we only finished the week with 49 lessons!! WHAT A BUMMER! But hey at least we tried.<br /><br /> I realized that it’s actually hard to double the lesson count when you only plan to have 25 lessons it’s as though your whole planning goes crazy. Usually you pass in each house for about 45 minutes and get to know the person, understand their needs and give a lesson. Yeah, it was more like 20 minutes for each person instead of having 5 people per day, you ended up having 10 appointments each day – CRAZINESS!! </span><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Oh we didn’t baptize anybody either, but the other missionaries that live with us did. I was happy for them and their baptisms. They had two people a brother and sister that are very reverend and willing and trying to do their best in everything. I like them a lot!!<br /> <br /> My companion points out young women lately and I can’t say or something is blocking me from caring about other women, it’s actually kind of a nice feeling!! But my companion has been out for only 4 months. and he is more trunky than I am! I am working hard and trying – it’s though he just hasn’t found his purpose yet…but he is great and will on his Mission! Also, here in the northeast it is so hot out, so it gives girls a reason to wear clothing a little tighter and a little smaller that’s kind of how I see it. I can see them, but it’s like I only see what’s wrong with them - like, hmmm - not for me – more modesty please! But yeah, that’s funny about Jacob needing his bedroom so hot, but yeah the room can be 85 degrees, but we all sleep with a fan on, so like 75 degrees in the room is perfect…hahaha!<br /><br /> I bought a couple things with my birthday money, but I have most of it stored in my wallet at the moment, no stores here accept debit/credit cards so I took all the money out and if I have something that I really want to buy, and then I will, but for now I am saving it until those moments. Also, a suit would be nice, but it’s not something I will need. like it’s not a necessity at this moment, So it can wait. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So when I get back....I haven’t thought about this in a long time like what would I like to eat after the airport? To be honest I was thinking that we could either.....go to a small place, like Red Robin/Applebee’s or somewhere like that or we can go to the Temple together as a family and whoever else goes to the airport that is a worthy member can join us, but then maybe we will have to wait until the following week, I need to get released first. It would be nice to have a few things back home when I get there, but there is no need to go and buy stuff just for me when I get back. Obviously, I love Dr.Pepper and Mt.Dew, but really there is no need to go head over heels for when I get back, if you want, really, we can just relax :D I know that you said that you thought this day would never come or you wouldn’t make it the two years, but hey here it is and really I never thought I would make it either!!!<br /><br /> I know that Thanksgiving is Thursday but we’re not planning on doing anything together at the house, it doesn’t exist here so it’s just another day like always. <br /><br /> The cereal package still hasn’t arrived or the last time I checked it hadn’t. I know that you sent another one too for Christmas, I hope it arrived now because the Assistants will be here tonight, and I think they will bring packages and letters!! If you mail anymore packages, and whatever things are in it don’t say what’s in the package. The mail people can steal it, I know that it is not quite being honest, but really it is ridiculous that way! <br /><br /> Well that’s all that really happened this past week, but hey I have to go now. I love you so much Mom.<br /><br /> love,<br /><br /><br /> elder adam jensen<br /><br />I miss you a lot!!</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This past week was alright, not much happened. We had some people that said
would go to church, but as always nobody went. There was a huge holiday on Friday,
but when you have a holiday on Friday; it doesn’t end until Sunday night. Even
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My birthday was Sunday and Sunday night we went to a member’s house to have
cake and joke around a little bit, it was really nice and I love this family,
but it got ruined when another member showed up and at this time we were just
passing a soccer ball back and forth like you do with a football you know. Well,
he yelled at us and said that were huge slackers and that we weren’t keeping
the Sabbath day holy and tried calling our President. Yeah - don’t like that
member anymore! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were there to help
that family feel more needed and fortified within the church, and we were
passing the ball around with her sons so that they can have the desire to be
missionaries one day. But NO this member just had to come around and ruin
everything! I left without saying anything because I didn’t want to get myself
into trouble. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not like members that
think that because they don’t do something on Sunday means that nobody can do
it on Sunday! It’s the same stupid thing about caffeinated soda. WE CAN DRINK
IT! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you want to pass a ball around to
make the time go by faster and to be more united as a family, then do it! Ugh
things that just can ruin your day!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Also, I’ve noticed that when members say something we should try and ignore them, other members of the only true church should do the same. There is a reason we keep our opinions to ourselves sometimes! <o:p></o:p></span></span>Yeah
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Yeah Jacob wrote. He told me that I have to bring back a type of juice for
you guys, but I don’t even like this type of juice, the drinks he brought home
are not that good. Something you really have to get used to, but nobody drinks
it where I am at. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the northeast, it’s
not a common drink. I will bring back some good stuff for you. Things that you
will actually use and enjoy. Hard to find but I’ve already got a small list
going. So Jacob brought back chimarrão and guanará. Chimarrão is a lot better
cold because you mix it with other fruity drinks. I will bring a drink back for
you. Maybe you will like it. It’s a lot better with milk. Guanará is good, but it’s
not the best. It’s a lot better freezing. Like just taken out of a below zero
freezer… And hmmm… looks like I will work with Jacob and Ammon at the shop if
it doesn’t work out at the high school. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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that I can’t write more until later. If I stayed another missionary will get upset,
as there are not enough computers today, so I will wait and get back on in
about in an hour or so. I love you and I will talk soon. So I will get back on
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will be able to apply in my life afterwards. I know that I wouldn’t have
understood living simply and loving everything around you even when there is
nothing like here in Brazil. Living up the moments. How to truly treat a person
for who they are. Be blunt and how the gospel really blesses our lives. How we
can stay on the path. How the lord helps us in mysterious ways. Everything that
the life needs and more. I know what my priorities are. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I am very happy that I had a childhood
where it was mostly outside. Playing. Having fun. Getting scrapped up. Not wasting
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nice to have the whole family. You know something I never realized when we went
to Disneyland. Is a picture in front of the castle? I have never realized it’s
there. Never really seen it. And I was talking about the castle at Disneyland and
yeah I was talking about Cinderella’s castle. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Elder Adam Dane-Philip Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458127468906942459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594219606877740341.post-30097586416281812142013-11-13T07:58:00.000-08:002013-11-13T07:58:32.752-08:00Two baptisms coming...
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From: "Adam Jensen" <</span><a href="mailto:adj1991@myldsmail.net" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: black;">adj1991@myldsmail.net</span></span></a><span style="color: black;">><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">So this past
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">It was a bust!!
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We invited a bunch of people to go to
church and to be baptized and what happened? Nobody went to church. Maybe we are just
talking to the wrong people then. But luckily we actually were very blessed
with at least 2 people at church that really needed to go. A woman that was
planning on getting married, but her husband is a lazy bum. Cool, but a lazy
bum. The other was a total shock, she always said that she would go but has
never gone. Every week is the same. But she finally went, and we have to go to
her house tonight or tomorrow to see how she felt and if she liked church. I
hope so because I want to baptize!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">The girl that
went, which was a surprise, shocked me again when I asked how old she was. She
looks at least 18 and acts 18 as well. Well she looked me straight in the eye
and said 13. I couldn’t believe her, but everyone told me that it was the
truth. Ridiculous!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">The other women
that went almost didn’t go because every day she has to get water out of the
huge well they have. It’s about 20 meters deep and the water they need is a
lot. We went there after lunch to fill up her water tank. We got about 40
buckets full, but it still wasn’t enough to fill the tank. I am still a little
tired from pulling the water out of the well. She is very nice though and
really wants to be baptized, but her husband is lacking a lot, like helping in
the house, going to church and supporting her. I’m tired of lazy men here. They
need to actually be a man and fulfill their responsibilities. But last night he
called us and said he wanted to cancel the wedding - Yeah we got to go back
there to change his mind. They need to get married!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">We played soccer in the morning. And nothing is planned after this. We have
a family home evening planned tonight. I hope there is going to be pizza. It
would be amazing!!!! But so far that is it. Maybe I will try and get new
investigators at a break dancing tournament. I want to learn. Actually I am
learning little by little how to break dance. Or at least hip-hop. Have to do
what you got to do to get new investigators and baptisms lol. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My companion is good!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hey I actually know how to dance. Thanks!
lol. But for break dancing, I think about 80% is from the US. The rest is from
here, and depending on where you are in Brasil you will hear different music. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other parts are just music from the US, and
other parts are just samba and other parts are like a country music mixed with
an accordion music. (It’s bad!) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but I
like it! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Hey I have to go now though. I love you and everyone else. Thank you for
everything! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well that’s all for this
week. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is excerpts from a letter that we recently received which took three months to
get from Brazil!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">“Well, by the
time you get this, I don’t know if I will still be in Itapororoca, I actually
hope I stay, I have less than three months left and I know by the time this
letter comes you will have already received my flight plan! I am so excited to
come home and be free!!! LOL<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love
being a missionary but man I would not be able to do more than two years. I
feel bad for the missionaries that stayed for more than two years back in the
day!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">In Itapororoca
we received 220 Reals each month and 172 Reals is spent just on traveling to a
city 15 minutes away each month. I did ask the President if we could receive
more money to baptize each week because that’s our training, it is to baptize
each week with no exception. But the President looked at me and said that I now
have to baptize once a month instead. It is kind of hard and ridiculous because
he and all the other leaders really get down on you if you don’t baptize each
week. This is very frustrating! But we will endure!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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so fast and on the 23<sup>rd</sup> only 12 more weeks and then I am back home!!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Elder Adam Dane-Philip Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458127468906942459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594219606877740341.post-82467638096292507142013-11-04T15:57:00.000-08:002013-11-04T15:57:07.096-08:00Another Baptism and Final Travel Itinerary - Elder Adam Dane-Philip Jensen!!!!!<br /><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">November 4th, 2013<br /><br /><br />Hello Everyone<br /><br /><br />So this past week....<br /><br /><br />This past week was annoying but rewarding in the end. We are working very hard and walking forever, but the Lord is so grateful that he blessed us again with another baptism. Her name is Eduardo she is 9 years old and is a grand-daughter to someone that was baptized 3 weeks prior to her baptism. She is awesome and understands everything, she is very smart and I know that she really was baptized through conversion. It's amazing how the Lord works, even with children as young as she is. <br /><br /><br />Next week, I don't know who will be baptised because out of the 13 new people we were able contact and teach, none of them went to church. Having church in the morning in Brazil is so much harder for people to go to church. Every single job here is Monday til Saturday. The only day people have time to do things, like, clean the house, the clothes and buy food, run errands is on Sunday. I think that is why we teach on the Sabbath day a lot more than anything else, except for the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ. <br /> </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: large;">I am enjoying my area a lot and I am walking a ton!! We walk a little bit further here in this area because we have to walk about 45-50 minutes until we see houses in our area, but either way the people are very blessed and I am happy to serve them here in Rio Tinto. <br /><br /><br />I miss you all and now I know that I will see you all on the 17th at noon! don't be late!!<br /><br /><br />love,<br /><br /><br /> elder adam jensen</span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">So this past week....<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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already acts like a 15 year old brat, but with a body of a ten year old. He is
really funny. He was like jumping up and down and smiling like crazy after the
baptism!! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">I gave a talk on Sunday about service. It was a ten minute talk and I only
gave one scripture and continually talking about the scripture the whole time. I
think people liked it. Well the ones that heard it. Also in the microphone, I
asked the members to give me a birthday party on the 17th. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3 members came up to me asking what kind of
cake I like - Hilarious!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">My area is mainly forest area and a lot of walking. But I am enjoying it a
lot. My companion is hilarious and we get along very well. We never have silent
moments and his personality is just a little more stern than mine. But that is
because of the military. Either way it’s going great with him. Next week we
should have 3 baptisms, and the week after, maybe 3 more. These last two areas
are fairly easy, but then again it’s the outskirts like the country. Further
out you are the easier it gets. Kind of weird that way, because people have to
travel a good distance to even get to church. They love it though. The members
here are very good, everyone already has a calling and actually does their
calling and the missionaries are not forced to teach anything, except for talks
because no one ever wants to. The farmers here are so much better than Campina Grande
because they don’t stay drunk 24/7.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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working very hard to get more baptisms, and people at church. I am liking the
new area and the new things I am learning. This morning we played soccer with
all of the young men and all of the fallen away young men. It went very well
and I lost every time except for once. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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am using it very wisely. I still have most of it and plenty of food until the
allowance and enough for all the travels I have to do. It’s all better now
because I am in an area that I don’t need more money to travel. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beforehand, I just used a lot of money in Itapororoca
to travel and I just got here with nothing - but really it’s all good now. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Or maybe I said it only to dad. I don’t remember, but about this hour we will get
on because there are a lot of students that get on in the morning and this hour
is when no one is in the LAN house.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Elder Adam Dane-Philip Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458127468906942459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594219606877740341.post-1830419274992745342013-10-23T11:45:00.000-07:002013-10-23T11:45:52.941-07:00I've been transferred...but only two transfers left!!<br /><br /><span style="color: black;">Wednesday October 23, 2013<br /><br /><br />Hello Everyone<br /><br /> </span><br />
<span style="color: black;">So this past week....<br /><br /> <br />Well we baptized 5 more people. Williams, Willanny, Fatima, Joana, and Severina. It was awesome, except I think one of them felt forced, which made me feel bad. I never want anyone to feel that way. But anyways, it was in all a good week. I am happy and with Elder Loveland within 6 weeks, we baptized 16 people!!!! I will show all the pictures one day soon. I baptized 4 out of the 5. Severina chose Elder Loveland to baptize her instead of me, but that doesn’t matter. I was happy to see her follow the path of God.<br /><br /> Yesterday was my last night in Itapororoca, we had all the youth over at the bottom of our house so that we could talk and how they need help, but the best part was that it was all with pizza! Pepperoni, 4 cheese, and chicken pizzas. All were delicious and I think in the end I ate 4-5 slices. Yeah I can still eat a lot. I need to work on that. Trying to eat less and less.<br /><br /> I was transferred to Rio Tinto. A city within the same zone. Elder Loveland and I were transferred to here, but with new companions. Which is pretty cool. This city is small and most of my area is farm lands. Which I am actually happy about. But my companion now is Elder W. Santos, he is from Maceio and about my height. He also served in the military for a little bit. He’s hilarious and knows how to rap very well. We already get along very well, but I did get to know him when I got here, he is pretty cool! He was always in Rio Tinto when I was in Itapororoca, so I saw him every week on Tuesdays. But now I am companions with him. Actually everyone in the house now, I have been companions with them all.<br /><br />Elder Loveland is now companions with Elder Simpson, who was my old companion from João Pessoa – this should be fun and a lot to do! We are in the same zone, but a different city. Rio Tinto seems smaller than Itapororoca, but blessed like always.<br /><br />I am down to the last two transfers now, and I am feeling it. I am so tired. being so diligent in the work gets tiring after a while. I have never stopped working and I won’t stop now. I truly understand how important it is to keep going and not giving up.<br /><br /><br />I am getting so much more tired though. I don’t want to sleep, but I feel like I just have to lay down. I love the mission and I truly have a testimony about keep pushing on and fulfilling your purpose. I have never stopped and I will never stop. gotta keep going always. I am still the oldest in the zone and yeah I am still District Leader.<br /><br /> Oh and the missionaries that went to Itapororoca was Elder Guzman my old trainee!! He is now training someone there, it’s awesome!!!<br /><br />I did not get any travel plans this week, but I am assuming I get back on the 17th still. I sure hope so, if not the 17th then it will be sooner!!<br /><br />I liked Gavin’s pictures!<br /><br />I have to go now and I love you a lot. We will talk on Monday about the same time I think.<br /><br />bye,<br /> <br />love<br /><br />elder adam jensen<br /><br />…and in answering your question, God obviously received his power from his God. Because the plan of salvation is never ending. Just like how if we are faithful to the end, we will become a God of other people.</span><br />
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hard to get people to go to church and be prepared to be baptized on the 20th
of this month. So far, ten people went to church!!!! Ah it was a miracle and
amazing. I love blessings! And 5 of the ten are preparing to be baptized on the
20th! The other five want to wait for now, but we will see. The Lord asks us to
get up and work and preach top his people. Doing this every day without
exception, the blessings just come and the happiness is always there. I wasn’t
expecting 10 people, because every single person that we passed by before
church said that they couldn’t or that they weren’t ready and that they would
come later. Usually when someone says they will come later they don’t. So I was
a happy camper on Sunday. Actually every Sunday here in Itapororoca is good. You
either have a lot of people at church or you have a lot of people being
baptized! </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oh but no one
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have some videos for you all when I get back. Nobody knew what mutual was
before we did as well. I don’t think any branches here have mutual still. But Itapororoca
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<span style="color: black;"><br /> Good morning everyone<br /><br /> <br />So this past week....<br /><br /><br />Well it was conference. It was good. Watched all of the sessions, and we had to stay in Mamanguape to watch all of them. Itapororoca doesn’t have a chapel, so we had to go to Mamanguape to watch it, but Itapororoca branch only went on Sunday because it would have been very expensive for the district. Kind of ridiculous, I know, but barely anyone goes on Saturday here as it is. Everyone works on Saturday. <br /><br /> Well we also had a BAPTISM!!!! His name is Generino, and is 82 years old and still pushing hard!! We get to his house to invite him to be baptized and he was just like, sure whatever, he said "tanta faz, vamos" which means ...whatever, sure, or doesn’t matter and let’s do it, but he was very happy to be baptized. it went very well. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Well everything went well, except for my health. On Saturday, I woke up with a fever, headache, stomach ache, and my body just aching everywhere, but by 5 p.m. that day the fever went away, so I went out to work. I had to run back home at about 8:45 p.m. because I was feeling horrible all over again but Sunday morning I only had the stomach ache, so went out to work getting our investigators and going to lunch, but man did I have to use the bathroom a lot, like almost every 45 minutes - ridiculous!!!! My stomach is still like this, but I will get better. BTW, I don't really need any more Crystal Light, but if you want to send me some I would only like fruit punch lol. and yes I still am pooping a lot, but that’s why this morning I took a gastritis pill. I hope it will help, and I think it was my fault with some water!<br /><br /> Well that’s all, except General Conference will be a big run around. Members will have to leave here about 11:30 a.m. to get to the chapel that will have General Conference they will only go on Sunday. I think Elder Loveland and I will just stay in Mamanguape with our Z.L.’s during this time so we can watch all of General Conference.<br /><br /> The dunes trip with Dan sounds like a lot of fun, and it’s been a while since I have talked to Ammon.<br /><br /> love,<br /><br /><br /> elder adam jensen</span><br /><br /> </h4>
Elder Adam Dane-Philip Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458127468906942459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594219606877740341.post-61675021785809232082013-09-23T15:12:00.000-07:002013-09-23T15:12:20.928-07:00Itapororoca - A blessed Area<br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:53:38 -0300<br /> Subject: Re: Good Morning my number one son!!!<br /> From: </span><a href="mailto:adj1991@myldsmail.net"><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">adj1991@myldsmail.net</span></a><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: black;"><br /> <br /><br />Hello Everyone,<br /><br /><br /> So this past week....<br /><br /><br /> We worked pretty hard…haha! We found new people to baptize, and 10 people went to church!!! 6 of the 10 will be baptized next week!!! I am excited!! This area is a very blessed area and has so much work and so much to do. The members really like doing missionary work and they love the missionaries. I hope I don’t fatten up here, I am trying to eat less but the only problem about eating less is that everyone thinks that you don’t like their food they made - it’s like a win- lose situation! I will buy another suit with my birthday money, but I will never buy a big suit again, they are ugly and they never fit right. I love the slim fit suits and I will always buy slim fit suits - I will lose more weight when I get home. I am still very fat as my normal weight should be 175-180, I am back up to 196lb's!<br /><br /><br /><strong>WE BAPTIZED TWO MORE</strong>! I forgot one of the young men’s names, because we call him Tata and the other is Mikaew. They were so excited, but so embarrassed to show everyone what they looked like in their white jumpsuits. The two young men were baptized and it went very well, but it was so loud because everyone was talking<strong> -</strong> it was so loud and a spiritual experience. I was surprised the Spirit stayed but it was awesome!! Two weeks and already four people! But, during that baptism, it was such a mess but in the end everyone was happy to see them get in the water and truly follow Jesus Christ. The weeks are just getting better and better here.<br /><br /><br />Last night I decided to have a meeting with the Branch President about callings because almost nobody here has callings and no one knows how to call people or which ones to call, so I told him that I will give a training meeting for everyone and what callings still need to happen or which ones they need in the branch. Like yesterday in church the missionaries, or well me and Elder Loveland teach the Young Men, Gospel Principles and give talks, play the piano and be the conductor - Ridiculous!! Elder Loveland and I are basically running the whole show, but it’s worth it and very tiring on Sundays.<br /><br /> <br /> From the package that I got, some of the pop tarts....like half of them were crumbled but I end up eating the pop tarts very fast and got a little sick from them because I ate them way too fast! You don’t need to send pop tarts again or smoked salmon…actually what things are you planning on sending? I only have four months left so just think of things you think I would like for the last little bit of my mission. :D I would very much be grateful for the package. I will not need any more hot sauce either and in this Christmas package, will the Reese’s Puffs be inside? You might want to send the package soon if it takes too long, then it might be better to not send it.<br /><br /> <br /> It’s a great day today! I bought a present for the family and I hope you guys don’t break it when you use it- haha but they are tough. Oh and today I made snickerdoodle cake - it’s delicious, but man does Elder Loveland eat cake!! He has already eaten like a whole fourth of the cake and its only 10 in the morning here, but I have to admit it is delicious! lol!!<br /><br /><br />Oh and the people that have friended you on FB from here - be Facebook friends with them. I know these people, they are people from the branch here in Itapororoca. But I have to go now. I am sorry that when the internet is a little slow. I love you a lot and I don’t think I need more salmon! :D<br /><br /><br />love,<br /><br /><br /> <br />elder adam jensen</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Hello Everyone<br /><br /><br />So this past week....nothing much happened! I was sick, only with the cold, but even the cold can be very annoying. Elder Guzman and I were working to have three baptisms this Sunday, Claudia, Jaína, and Priscila. Well it looks like someone else will have the baptisms, because I was transferred along with Elder Guzman. I went to Mamamguape, a city north of João Pessoa. Elder Guzman stayed in Campina Grande, but a different area. My new companion is Elder Loveland who is from Georgia, it seems pretty good so far to be with an American. Elder Loveland has only three months on the mission but at least he understands a good portion of Portuguese. He seems to be about 6´1" and a little slower being new, but that’s ok… because you really don’t need to be very fast to do this work and plus by the Spirit, things can go very slowly. But, at this point, I really have no idea where I am at. Our house is blue and crappy, but it’s great for just two people - and yeah it was nice to leave Campina Grande because I needed a change!!!!! The only good thing about Campina Grande was that it was a little colder than this city. I had to take a bus to João Pessoa and then another bus to Mamamguape, and then a taxi to the city that I am working in. Next week I can give you a lot more details and the actual name of the city I am in - and maybe the address so you can look on Google Earth, well a city close to that one. I don’t really know the name of the little city I am in. There is no chapel in our area, so we take a bus with the members to another chapel about 40 minutes away – it’s a little weird, but it doesn’t bother me at all. But it looks like the area I am in has a lot of baptisms, so that makes me happy. Well nothing else new for me though!!<br /><br />Yes I think this will be my last area, and I am still a DL but Elder Loveland is new to the mission, but he has been in this area for only 6 weeks. Mamamguape seems a lot like my first area, Sousa, it is an actual city, but very poor and easy to work. But yep, Sunday’s look great with this type of situation, Bus = Meeting = Baptisms = Bus = It works out perfectly!!!<br /><br />Well that’s about all that happened actually but yesterday was Elder Mantle´s birthday in Campina Grande. We went out and bought 100 little fried things and some soda. He seemed to enjoy it!! <br /><br />Hey, but I need a really big and bad favor. I literally have no money or food until the 15th. If you could put just 20 dollars in the account I would be eternally grateful. With the traveling and with random bills and water running out, I have no more money. Sorry!! It is only until the 15th, I will only need 20 dollars. But it was in the last house, the water pump broke in the apartment building, so we had to waste a little more money than we wanted to. Well if you could do it quickly or maybe electronically that would be amazing because I have to eat soon - I am dying - haha :D I just enough money to go to meetings and have food in the house, the church will pay for the water heater, but I will have to wait for reimbursements.<br /><br /> It’s almost time to get off the internet, but I literally have no money to go to the meetings tomorrow, or eat lunch today. I also have no money until the 15th, when we get our allowance. Please!!!<br /><br /> Oh BTW, the girl - it looks like it might not work out. Oh well, not a big deal. I am no longer really worried anymore about my future spouse. I will find her or able to have her when the time is right. It only took me a little time to realize it but at least it wasn’t like years to realize. But I have to go now and I will talk to you on Monday. I love you a lot and I am sorry that we didn’t have much time.<br /><br /> Oh and Dad told me about the lawnmower, and I liked the shirt and the journal, the package was GREAT!!!!! I only have 4 months now. Wowowowowow: D<br /><br /> Thank you!<br /><br />love, </span><br />
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<li><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">W</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">e found 8 more people
to be baptized. Luciano, Adriano,Clemerson, Socorro, Fagner, Joselio, Claudia and Jefferson.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fagner´s dad won’t let him go to church to be
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are all family and the man in their house that isn’t even the dad said that we couldn’t
go back there, which is ridiculous because this man is like 35 years old and isn’t
a parent of any of them, he is living there because he is dating or living
with Socorro’s daughter which is 13 years old. Yeah I know it’s a horrible
situation where we work! </span></span></li>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Joselio, Clemerson, and Claudia
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when I am no longer here in this area. Next Wednesday (the 11<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup>) it
is the transfer, so most likely I will leave and go somewhere a little hotter,
but with less apostasy and law breaking. I think I will be transferred to be a
Zone Leader in an area called Rangel or Mamanguape. My favorite area so far has
been Mossoró. and I don’t think it’s very possible to return to the same area
you have already stayed at. The other areas are just like mine, but without a
huge farm area, or as many weird relationship situations!!! Right now, well
most of my area is the city, but Elder Guzman and I are walking about 45
minutes out of our way to go to the farming area that has all of our baptisms. Here
in Campina Grande we are in Winter, but it’s already starting to end. It’s
getting hotter around here and really annoying.</span></span></span><br />
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more and more - but yeah this week was kind of sucky, but with a great outcome.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the farming area, the men have come together
to make sure we can’t bring any of their families to church. I don’t really
know why, but we are not going to give up that easy. Two good things happened....two
young men went to church that want to be baptized on the 15<sup>th</sup>, so we
marked the 15th because we want the rest of their families to be baptized as
well!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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or well since she has been married, she has finally been baptized. I have
worked with her so much, and wasted so much time trying to teach her, but finally
she decided and it happened. The baptism really happened!! Fabricia, has been
going to church this whole time, she just one day said that she wanted to get
baptized. I think it was when her husband got a calling and she saw him as a
different man - he is the one that baptized her!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh what a relief. but that’s about it!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Guzman and I were almost robbed on the street. I was surprised that we weren’t,
but we were pretty stupid at this moment. We were trying to hitch a ride on the
freeway, this has a speed bump on the other side of the two lane freeway. While
waiting, we saw two men robbing other men with a gun. We weren’t sure if it
was a gun but I thought I saw one. Anyways, after they robbed the people on the
other side of the street, we watched them as they crossed the freeway onto our
side. (that was the stupid part). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t
know why we watched them crossing the street but we did and there were 4 people
about 12 feet from us talking and we watched as one of the men pull out the gun
and point it at one of them. Once we finally saw this, we started walking very
fast to an area that these men wouldn’t of seen us or even try to rob us. It
WAS ridiculous that we watched this whole thing, but it’s the first time on my
mission that it came that close. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Elder Guzman and I and
the four people who were robbed were the only people on our side of the freeway,
and before they were crossing I was on the phone trying to call people. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a miracle we weren’t robbed, but I am
very grateful that I am looked out for. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yeah,
it was close, but at least I am doing great and nothing bad has happened to me.
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truly going to try and move my tracks at BYUi because it would be so much
easier not going in the fall and just going January-July. Oh and I have been
thinking about a child development classes. I realized that I am great with
children and I love children, so why not? But then again I am only thinking
about the good side of children, and not the dirty nasty consequences, and to
be honest I have no idea what I meant by the child development classes. We will see.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Sean and he can use my shoes. I thought Nic was using them anyways and I saw
all of Sean's pictures too. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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for all of you always. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you so much
for everything! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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thinking about coming back to Brasil and of course I write to Emily every week
about where we are going to live as a couple when we finish our missions!! LOL!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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days. it’s like 132 days now!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t use
the calculator to actually count the days. I am saying the 15<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup> of
January because that is the day I am counting until, and of course I don’t
count today! <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<br /><br /><span style="color: black;">Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 10:57:26 -0300<br /> Subject: weekly email<br /> From: </span><a href="mailto:adj1991@myldsmail.net"><span style="color: black;">adj1991@myldsmail.net</span></a><br /><span style="color: black;"> <br /> <br /><br /> Hello Everyone<br /><br /><br /> So this past week...<br /><br /><br />This week was awesome, rewarding, a blessing and the most absolute worst week!! Ha well it was awesome because we ended up baptizing 3 people. Luana, Cleyton, and Camila - 3 little munchkins! I love them 3. The week was rewarding, because we ended up finding some more people who truly want to progress and find God´s path. The week was a blessing because our prayers came true. We were praying so hard the we would be able to get the people to church and that it wouldn’t rain. It obviously didn’t rain and most of the people were able to go to church! So, with the families that we are teaching, we ended up having 17 people at church that we are teaching - it was crazy.<br /><br /><br />I was so happy to see them finally come to church and actually like church. They all were very happy that they decided to go. The people that we found were actually a brother of the huge family and the other is a boyfriend to one of the young women in our ward, they both want to go to church and read the Book of Mormon and soon be baptized! I was very happy with the results from this past week!!!<br /><br /><br />Now for the bad things that happened!!! It all happened on Sunday again, well do you all remember last week when I talked about a women named Neide? Yeah, she striked again this past Sunday. Firstly, she sat next to all of them during Sacrament meeting and she was trying to force them to sing, unfortunately about 75% of them can’t read. I told her again that and she was still trying to force them. Then during the baptisms, she was trying to control everything. When one of the baptisms got scared of the water, this Neide woman started yelling saying she needs to leave the water and that she should not be baptized. She then went to the baptismal door and started yelling at the baptism to leave the water and because of Neide, others started yelling and saying that she needs to be baptized and stop worrying. This Neide woman then helped her change back into her regular clothes, but once she changed her clothes, Neide literally took some of them by the arms and kicked them out of the church before Elder Guzman and I could switch back into church clothes. We couldn’t even finish the baptismal meeting. she ruined everything and because of her, this huge family is thinking about not even returning to church. We talked to the Bishop saying that she is literally no longer allowed to talk, sit or watch the baptisms of our investigators. Elder Guzman was that one who talked to Bishop. I couldn’t get around my anger to talk. He said he would talk to her again, but we will see what happens. We are supposed to have lunch with her tomorrow, but Elder Guzman and I decided we will not go, and that we are going to talk with the R.S President that Neide can no longer give the missionaries’ lunch. She has been a problem for a lot of missionaries, but she drew the last straw and Elder Guzman had to stop me from hurting her. At this point, I would rather go to prison than see her in the church - she is like the most faithful anti-Christ!! All the other people to be baptized decided to not be at home, or not be married. Stupid, but we did get to at least fulfill God’s commandments before baptism. But yeah, the 3 baptisms who are 9, 10, and 10 all of them said they will come back! Neide doesn’t take medication, but I think should lol!<br /><br />The lunch with the Stake President that day was good and we all were able to catch up on things.<br /><br />I think I only have 19 more Sundays. I think I will be transferred on the 11th, which will most likely be my last area which will suck but oh well! It would also be amazing to all have a nice family meal together when I get back - a good old American dish lol and one that doesn’t have cilantro in it!!!<br /><br /> I love trips and I would love to go to Disneyworld, and see the grandparents in Alabama in April it should be nice. I would enjoy the trip. but it could only be in April. I say this because I need at least two months to work and get some money for college. and maybe a trip back to Brasil. I was just thinking that you would want to go to Disneyworld for more than a day, but then again, you just need one day to do everything. I think the trip would be perfect - a week in the south and then one more week at home preparing for college, this would be very nice!<br /></span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Ok but I have to go now. I love you a lot and I will talk with you next week,.<br /><br /> I wrote back to Sean.<br /><br /><br />love<br /><br /> <br />elder adam jensen</span><br /><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well we had so many
people ready to be baptized! We had actually 9 people in total for yesterday,
but what decides to happen...rain, and drunk men! We get to their houses to
give them a ride to church, and 3 of the women said that they wouldn’t go
without their sister, so I went to the sisters’ house, and her husband was
super drunk. When we first saw him, he was chasing one of the kids back into
the house yelling that she is a little brat, but once he saw us, he calmed down
and was like, "oh church is good. And everyone needs God." yeah that
only lasted 5 minutes!! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But due to the
family taking sooooo long getting ready, the rain started. Once the rain
started, it’s like it triggered his aggressive side of being drunk and started
yelling again and that no one could leave the house when it’s raining. He ended
up kicking us out of his house, and continued yelling thank you for some
reason. So basically none of the people who were supposed to be baptized were
not baptized!!!! <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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church and luckily, a little girl named Maria Eduardo wanted to be baptized,
and her whole family was there, so what did I do, yes, I said that she was
going to be baptized after sacrament. It was perfect and she was so excited!! The
only down side is that nobody had towels. So the grandfather ran home on his
motorcycle, grabbed the towels and it was a successful baptism! Oh but before
the towels were grabbed, a member was trying to tell me that the baptism wasn’t
going to happen and that she shouldn’t be baptized at that time. I yelled at
her and told her she is never going to talk to my investigators again or watch
the baptisms. This woman is always the one that scares everyone away from
church. She thinks she has authority over everyone. So, I decided that someone
had to say something. This woman even grabbed the skirt of one of my
investigators and pulled it down, and forced her to take a picture with the
rest of the women. First, she didn’t have any other clothes and already felt
embarrassed wearing that skirt to church, and she flat out said she didn’t want
to take a picture. We reassured her that her clothes were fine and that she didn’t
need to take the picture, but this member...my goodness it just never stops. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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looks like this next week I will have more baptisms, just as long as the rain doesn’t
come back: D<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>do plan on it, especially
because they all live on a farm and in huge grassy fields, I will get them all
in the car and just pile them all in!! (</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I don’t have a car, the members do :D <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>have always had a phone though) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will just go there with a car and get
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thinking more about school, the only issue about psychology at BYU is that it’s
all numbers. the math portion of psychology and nothing more. its sooo boring! I
mean like I am interested in a lot of things, but it’s hard to get around
things, when you think about a future job as well.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Yeah I will do my best.
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will today or tomorrow actually, or I could wait and go to another city that
has 3 clothing factories all right next to each other for very very cheap. My
stomach is doing just fine. The stake president is giving all of us lunch today.
Hey I am sorry but I have to go now, we have to go to the lunch meeting, it’s
basically a meeting for the Stake President to flirt with the sisters. I hate
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From: </span><a href="mailto:adj1991@myldsmail.net" target="_blank"><span style="color: #004b8b; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="color: black;">adj1991@myldsmail.net</span></span></a><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><span style="color: black;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">So this past week....<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We worked in a way that
worked out to be perfect! We basically stopped caring about everything except
the salvation of souls. Did you know that the only way you have a shot at
salvation is through baptism and nothing else? Baptism is the first thing, so I
truly have wasted a lot of time on the mission. I am only working to baptize, not
to better people’s lives, not to bring people back to church, and definitely not
to listen to your crap, just baptize. People can complain and be angry about
it, but it’s my job and my duty and nothing else. We didn’t baptize on Sunday,
but I have the best news about this up-coming Sunday! I will baptize 10-11
people and these people are very firm to be baptized. NOTHING will happen to
make these people not be baptized. It is so clear and simple now. Just baptize
and that’s what I did! I worked just to find those to be baptized and Elder Guzman
and I did that. I don’t even care if they have been to church before. You have
to be baptized; this is the first of all things, so why worry about the rest?<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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from the church after baptism, or after a couple years - whatever, it’s not my
fault and not my duty. Members have responsibilities and I have mine, so people
have to deal with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the
missionaries back home should start to do this as well. I think they would have
a lot more baptisms back home and help the ward become so much bigger. You just
have no idea of my happiness and joy I have for next week, it’s like for once
in my mission I am happy, calm, and not worrying about anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am just going with the flow and letting
everything come to me. I get up and leave and start working, but I am literally
letting people come to me. I will never ever again do contacts or door-knocking
or tracting, I will just stop, say a prayer - and wait. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It’s working out
perfectly for now. I am enjoying my mission and my companionship with Elder Guzman!
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Oh and yesterday, Elder Guzman
went with a member to get our investigators, and on the way he found two little
girls who wanted to go to church and want to be baptized, so they will be
baptized next Sunday. Oh man I love this now, just people coming to the path!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just realized that every single part of our
scriptures and preach my gospel says that our job is to save souls. How can you
save a soul from the world if that person isn’t baptized? I am helping a lot of
people. I am giving everything to them, right in front of them through baptism.
How can you accept Jesus Christ and his teachings, without following him in the
only way we should be baptized, by authority from God! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Oh but then Sunday night
was a buzz kill! I was trying to get all the numbers and help my district and
one of the Sisters wasn’t understanding anything, and didn’t know how to pass
her numbers for me, so I got fed up and hung up on her. I thought it was
hilarious but I think she didn’t, but you know that’s ok, She is new on the
mission, so she should learn that she should have things prepared before she
talks to me again - Silly sisters, and I wasn’t being mean to her, she was just
being a little ignorant and not wanting to listen, and it wasn’t my Portuguese,
because she did the same exact thing to the Brazilian Elder, and I literally don’t
have an English accent anymore. but that’s ok :D<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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earth, try looking for the apartment building, it is red and white it’s kind of
big and it should be easy to find I think instead of the numbered building. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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doing everything right then – getting his Duty to God award!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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possible to put 20 dollars into my account today. I would like to buy some button
up shirts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif";"> love
you and I will talk to you next week because I have to go now, but I would be
very grateful for the 20 dollars :D<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif";">T</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">hat’s all for now, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Elder Adam Dane-Philip Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458127468906942459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594219606877740341.post-66062290438064382742013-08-05T14:15:00.000-07:002013-08-05T14:15:42.490-07:00A great Week!
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;">We baptized! Again! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both me and Elder Guzman both decided that all
other things really don’t matter. Other goals that the mission has put or what
others think. We are here to save souls and the only way to do that is through
baptisms! We are just lining people up now, and nothing else is really
important. Anyways, his name is Luan and he was so excited to be baptized. One
of my most anxious! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was so excited to
be baptized and I knew that it would never have failed. A member baptized him
but the baptismal meeting was amazing!! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
all gave our testimonies, taught his friend that came, and she got super
excited as well, and then we all sang "Come, Thou Fount" for him and
the other members. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;">Oh and Luan and Brenda were both baptized on Sunday. Luan
was confirmed during sacrament, but Brenda was so embarrassed to go in front,
so she said no and literally wouldn’t move from her seat. Kind of hilarious and
frustrating, but it was alright because after the baptism of her friend, Vanessa,
she decided to be confirmed with her. Well that makes that with the baptisms;
none of my investigators ran way before the confirmation! Sunday was a good
day, and so far the work is getting a lot better and a lot more people are
coming to us and wanting to listen to our message. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;">And last Friday, I was kind of frustrated because all of
our commitments fell through and didn’t happen, so we started to look for
people on the street, and literally nobody was on the street - I looked at Elder
Guzman, said a pray and told him that I won’t walk anymore and that I will wait
for the sheep to come to us. We waited about 10 minutes, and a young man showed
up, 18 years of age, and asked for the book of Mormon and that he is looking
for the truth and which church teaches that truth and nothing else. I was very
excited to talk with him, and right then and there I was reminded that our Lord
never abandons us, and that we can always depend on Him. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;">As for going to the Dr. last Wednesday, the problem with
my stomach is gastrite in Portuguese. So it’s just a gastric problem or a gastric
ulcer. She just gave me medicine and I am doing much better. My knee is not
really hurting anymore. Just here and there when I don’t take my meds or when I
overwork it. But all in all I am doing just fine now. I hope nothing else goes
wrong! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;">I thought about the Christmas list actually. I think it
would just be best to get one of the phones and nothing else. I will work and
with the money I make I can buy new clothes. Mainly I will just need to buy two
pairs of pants. I remember that none of my jeans will fit afterwards, or they
will be loose. But please Mom, don’t buy jeans for me before I get back. I know
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humble. It literally is just a testimony and nothing more. Sometimes it’s
boring that way but also a lot better, Campina Grande is a city and has</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"> 400,000 people, and
my address is Rua Campo Sales 790, Campina Grande, Paraíba, if you want to look
at Google earth. You will still have to write to the mission home though and
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make lunch, and then probably nothing just because there really isn’t much to
do unless you play soccer or have money. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am wearing my cargo shorts and my dr.pepper
shirt. I don’t really like wearing missionary clothes to email. Nope, I don’t
think I need any money, I am just saying that I won’t do anything because I don’t
want to spend money doing it! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black;">Elder Guzman and I are doing much better. We have a good relationship
now and we both have the same vision or thought process about the work. It’s
all working out now. I am still not like him, but what we want to do now on our
missions is the same, like the goals. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Elder Adam Dane-Philip Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458127468906942459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594219606877740341.post-51759406466371500052013-08-04T22:02:00.000-07:002013-08-04T22:02:30.015-07:00Thank you for your Prayers<span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />July 31st, 2013<br /><br /><br />Hello Everyone,<br /> <br /><br />So this past week...<br /><br /> <br />Sorry for the later email but because we have to email as a group and the other companionship didn’t get back until a little later, we waited.<br /><br /> This past week wasn’t too bad. I went back to the doctor, all he said is that it looked like I hurt it and that I need to take this medicine and do physical therapy. I am taking the medications but I am skipping out on the physical therapy. The only thing they do here for the therapy is the little machine thing to contract your muscles, and besides the doctor from São Paulo (LDS) has already said which exercises I should do to keep it working again. For now my knee is doing much better and I am having not much of any problems with it. Thank you all for the prayers. I am done with the knee doctor, he was a lazy doctor anyway! I can’t remember what the medicine is called, but not the one that Dad takes. I think though that It’s basically like a stronger ibuprofen. I really think that I did hurt my knee playing soccer.<br /><br /><br />The only bad thing at the moment is that Sunday night I got hot with a stomach infection! Yay me! I am going to the hospital tonight because I can’t handle it anymore. Sister Nogueira said that I should. Like my stomach is a little swollen, tender, and if I eat or sit in a weird position or stretch my stomach area.....wow the pain loves to come! I don’t know why at this moment I am having problems with my health, but it’s all good. I know I will be alright. Got a keep on keeping on and for now just the pain. But, yeah the pain is almost about the same as when I had my appendix out, and, yes I got a blessing, but I don’t remember what they said in the blessing. You’re right, that’s a good about my appendix, being gone already, but it would be easier just to say it was my appendix and I probably won’t be able to email after the hospital. Sorry, you’re just gonna have to wait until next week on Monday. But, that’s why I am going to the doctors, but I don’t have diarrhea. which is a sign? Or constipated, It’s like I am still able to poop, not as much as a should, but it’s still working fine. It’s just a really bad pain in the same exact spot on my stomach. Maybe they’ll need to give me the BOMB!<br /> </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On Saturday everything went to crap! People didn’t want to go to church or be baptized and I was like what the heck?? But out of nowhere, a little girl that is nine years old just said, "I want to be baptized this Sunday." I was so excited and I said well of course you can be baptized. She went to church and of course got in the water, her name is Brenda. Oh and I forced Elder Guzman to baptize her. It was his first baptism and he did it hating the fact that he had to wear the jump suit and not his white pants. I loved it by the way and it was a good way to laugh at him, but he was pretty excited to baptize her!<br /><br /><br />There were six investigators at church! 3 of the people I was very surprised to see them there. It’s a good thing I have such an eager companion! When I was talking to the investigators that were already at the church, he went with another member to go looking for more. I was very happy he did so. I don’t know if any of these people will be baptized this week, but like always, I am going to try!!<br /><br /><br /> I have been getting up, or well just yesterday and today at 4:30 in the morning. It’s not that much fun when you go to bed at about 11:30 at night. Elder Guzman has only been with me for 6 weeks. or well this week is the 7th week, so no transfers yet!<br /><br /> <br />Oh and I only have 4 minutes left, and yes I was able to open the pictures up and yes I liked the little boat, especially because there was a motor behind it - way better then rowing!!!<br /><br /> <br />Oh, no Adidas sandal yet but Mom I got the letter, the one you sent on the 18th of July, It was the fastest letter yet!!!!<br /><br /> <br />Hey I love you guys a lot and I will talk to you Monday :D<br /><br /><br />Tchau!!!</span><br />
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</span>Elder Adam Dane-Philip Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458127468906942459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594219606877740341.post-36495005020536126732013-07-25T05:41:00.000-07:002013-07-25T05:42:16.309-07:00It will get better!<br />
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attitude, but wow this past week was possibly the worst week I have ever had on
the mission. I have listened to so many people say they will never come back to
church because of specific leaders and some people can’t be baptized because of
things in the past.<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong><br />
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heard or witnessed, but it would not be appropriate to put on the blog, actually
it would be better to be forgotten, but it’s hard to get passed something’s,
that affect your work and your success. <o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">I was not the happiest camper
listening to these things. I know that leaving the church because of one or two
leaders is not a good enough reason to leave the only true church on the earth,
and what is really more important <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>your
salvation in a church that actually has the authority of god, or worrying about
other people? Ridiculous!! But all in all, Sunday was alright in the end. <o:p></o:p></span></span></strong><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">We had three investigators that want
to be baptized next week, so we will see what happens. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">I am praying, working and hoping for
the best. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh and my district, or well
one companionship in my district baptized two people this week. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One was a man that doesn’t like me too much
and a women who got married on Friday and right after, she got baptized as
well. The man that they baptized doesn’t like me that much because he started
to like one of the sisters, and every time he is near her, I purposely flirt
with her to make him jealous. Maybe because this sister likes me and not him. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- Hahaha sucks to be him, but really he is a
pretty cool guy and I am very happy for him that he wants to change his life
and be a better person. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think he will
be one of the strong ones!<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><strong>I am nice to both of the girls that
seem to like me, actually I am very nice but I just like one of them more than
the other hey but do you want to see the sister that likes me but the one I don’t
like. this one that likes me wants to live in the US already. when she gets
back she wants to be home for only a month then head on out to the US for a
year. no but she is trying to flirt with me every time I talk with her on the
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</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">I am not worrying about my mission. I
know I will have success and I know that things will get better, including my
knee. It’s just that lately a lot of sad things have happened. <o:p></o:p></span></span></strong><br />
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would like from home, but I don’t remember now. You can send me anything you
would like. Actually would you like my Christmas list???<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">If I send it to you then I wouldn’t want
you to send me these things. Just keep them in the house till I get home in
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</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">1. BOD cologne. the green spray
bottle, it’s cheap and I like the smell. <o:p></o:p></span></span></strong><br />
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if you remember. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If not then it’s all
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that is also a shotgun shell holder and a gun holder. I can send you a picture
of it. <o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></div>
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clothes. that would be nice. just some money set aside and you and I could go
out shopping to by myself new clothes. <o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></div>
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then I can make my list again at a more affordable Christmas. <o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><strong>My companion is still gung ho. I
think he gets tired of the fact that I can’t work though. He knows he can’t do
anything about it, but I think he secretly judges me.<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://bay173.mail.live.com/mail/" target="_blank" title="Picture of Adam Dane-Philip Jensen"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Oh
and the MRI was authorized. I am going there in about 45 minutes. I will leave
and then be able to get back on email. My knee, it’s like off and on pain, well
like a constant pain, but some days are worse than others - kind of sucks. </strong></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><strong>But
I have to go now. I think I will get back on to tell you the results and talk a
little more because right now I have to catch a bus to go do the test. I think I
will get back on about 2 p.m. here, so four hour difference. love you and I
hope you are able to be on at that time. <o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></div>
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The one young girl - no she not American she is Brazilian from Rio de Janeiro. Very
good looking and already speaks English, and at times it seems that she likes
me but it could just be her flirty personality. I will try to get a picture of
her sent to you. In my district, there are no Americans. </strong></span></span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Oh BTW at times, I try to say that I am American and people don’t
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them said they will never come back because of the same exact leaders. Some of
them have written to Salt Lake or São Paulo to try and fix the situation but nothing
changed and they said they wouldn’t come back until they are released. These
members used to be the most faithful - VERY active and always showed charity
and kindness. <o:p></o:p></span></span></strong><br />
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you soon, I love you a lot and I will talk with you next week on Wednesday as it is transfer week! <o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></div>
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