Another Week

Dear family,

What a wonderful week. We are going to save heaps of souls. Hey, I don't know if I ever mentioned this, but there is a missionary in the mission--in the area right next to ours--with whom I went to high school. His name is Elder Soule'. He speaks Chinese. Well, now he speaks Chinese. He and his companion are doing great. They just stopped by the office to pick something up.

Last week the mission saw the beginnings of big changes. We had a zone leader council and decided to remove the goal that the mission had for Preach By The Way. To you, that means nothing. To me, it means everything! That is the number that we use to track how many people we talk to each week. Now we are just getting rid of it and we say, "In the New Zealand Auckland Mission, we TALK WITH EVERYONE, strive to BECOME PMG MISSIONARIES, and seek to be OBEDIENT WITH EXACTNESS! Why? To SAVE SOULS WEEKLY!!!" It is true. We just talk with everyone we saw. It's great. It really gives you a personal accountability to get each soul you meet.

Yesterday we were visiting a few investigators in the roughest area in all of North Shore to get them to church. This was just an hour before the start of sacrament. As we were driving through the area, we stopped to talk with a few street-dwellers. No, they lived in homes. Then this lady about Whit's age came up to Elder Kaufusi while I was talking with the local drug lord and friend (the drug lord is keen by the way). I could hear her talking with my companion and for the life of me I couldn't figure out what accent she had. I thought it was French or Italian. When I finished talking, I walked over to them and Elder Kaufusi said she wanted to come to church but needed a ride. So we walked her over to the local Tongan members, the Toia family, who then gave her a ride to church. On the walk over, I found out she was a member and she was from California, but lived in Utah for a bit while she attended BYU! Crazy American accent.... It was a huge miracle though, because she was in a very dangerous part of town and Heavenly Father just led her straight to the missionaries. I know that Heavenly Father loves His children, but especially His daughters. They mean everything to Him and He will go to great lengths to keep them safe. Her name was Nichole Lealou or something....

Last thing--on Tuesday we got a random text from a lady named Shontel, who said that she wanted to come back to church and change her life. She has been to church before, so we thought she was less-active, but she said she has never been baptized! After some discussion over the phone, she expressed that she would like to join the church. After a few lessons now and some fellowship from the Sloan family, she is excited to stop smoking and get the gift of the Holy Ghost by the 23rd of June! She came to church, loved it, was an active participant, and is looking forward to next week. Sister Christofferson is prepared. The Lord leads us to those who are looking for help, and sometimes He leads them to us!

Well, all is well. Thanks for all you do! Love you guys! Have a nice week in America.

Love,

Elder Jensen