Hey there everybody!! It's been
another great week in Madagascar!! We got rained on hard though, hahaha.
Literally almost every day all of my stuff is just soaked. I will send some
pictures but literally the roads have been like rivers, it's insane. I was
talking to a couple of members about it yesterday but they just laughed at me.
I guess that means that the worst is yet to come. She kept talking about
Cyclone season so that's on the horizon. Haha I know a couple of missionaries
that say they worked in a category 5 hurricane last year. Just another day in
the life of a Madagascar missionary, I guess. The work is still going good here
but we hit a few stumbling blocks this week.
1. Lalaina is going on vacation so
we can't teach him again until the New Year. We've actually gotten a lot of
that lately, people just asking us to come back after Christmas because they
were going to be busy.
2. We've been teaching a girl named Sitraka (everyone here
is named Sitraka) who is 18 and has been learning from the missionaries for
forever. She comes to church every week and she even goes to seminary.
Basically she is more active than most of our members, she just hasn't been
baptized. The problem is that her dad is an extremely faithful Jehovah’s Witness,
and he won't let her get baptized. Me and Elder Koplin are hoping to talk to
him this week but I'm still not sure exactly where this will go.
3. Remember Hardis and Onja? Well there just wasn't enough
time to get them married before the Baptism so we pushed it back to Jan. 2nd.
Little story about them from this week though! They have this little girl
that's like 2 years old and her name is Oria she's the cutest thing ever.
Anyways we were in a lesson with them the other day and Hardis picked her up
and gave her a little kiss on the cheek. He's a really great dad I'm sure.
Anyways I was thinking about just their future and I realized that here in a
couple of years Hardis is going to be able to baptize that little girl and that
just made me so happy. A little bit later we asked if they were sad we had to
move the bap date back and they said no as long as they can get baptized before
the baby comes. I don't remember if I told you but Onja is pregnant. Turns out
there were some complications when Oria was born and she wants God on her side
this time. I love that family so much. It's crazy how far they've come in such
a short time. The mission is the greatest place to see the changes this gospel
makes in people. Love you all so much,
Elder Jensen
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