Got to go back to Freeport, lots of early mornings and flat tires

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Yep I got to exchange and go back to Freeport with Elder Samuel's for 2 days. It was cool to see many of the people there and it felt really weird being back after only 2 weeks, everything was "new" but exactly the same if that makes any sense.

Back in Nassau we have been working hard with several families and things are paying off! We had a great visit with the Etiennes. Last week I saw that one of the kids, Clark, had a guitar. I tried to tune it but snapped a string because they were so old and rusty. So this week I bought some strings that I had and spent some time restringing his guitar. He got so excited to have his guitar freshened up and I ran through how to start learning. We were able to share a great message on how God gives us talents to bless others. We were also able to take Clark out to visit some of his friends and their families. The first few visits he didn't know what to say as he was new to trying to share the gospel with his friends. However, by the last one he had gotten a lot more comfortable. We compared how he will be able to improve in his guitar skills as he practices to sharing the gospel. 

We also got two flats which was tough to deal with but we made it through. We were able to get some help from the branch mission leader and get things sorted out. It was a blessing though because we have been trying to meet with him for the last week and now we were able to have some pretty long car rides with him. 

One thing that I have learned is that we are all going through life. You really never know what people are going through unless you ask and take that time to listen. This time on earth is hard. It is a test after all, haha. The best way we can move through this test is together. The scriptures say that "when you are in the service of your fellow beings you are only in the service of your God." I know that as I do all I can to help, to serve, and to love others, that God can be able to use me as His instrument to bless others and He can bless me. The 2 greatest commandments are to love God and to love your neighbor. I feel like this is something that I've been learning over the course of this last year and that I will continue to learn for the rest of my life. I love the Lord. I love you all.

-Elder Jensen

Brother Marco (the branch mission leader)

Service painting the fence with our friend Alton

Brother Bazard fed us after we finished painting

Yes, we made this ourselves

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