Elder Brody Jensen

Ok first off we had the craziest lightning storm pass through that I have ever been in in my life! We had driven up into the mountains for about an hour, to visit a new person we are teaching. We were sitting outside his home when we see dark clouds coming over. We thought we would have enough time to finish the lesson and leave but the rain caught us so we all went inside. We continued our discussion, which was going very well, when lightning strikes way way way close! Just a flash and boom! This happens about 3-4 times while we are wrapping up the lesson so both Elder Macfarlane and I are wondering if we should should try to leave. The car isn't parked that far away but it's striking close, we are on a mountain and its dumping rain. Well we talked with him a bit longer and even set a baptismal date for October 7th for our new friend Kevon, and then we make the run for the truck. We realized it was a mistake when we just step outside and boom, lightning strikes close! We start...

This week was really good! Firstly we have put another friend on date for baptism on the 2nd of September. She is an unbaptized youth and really, really shy and quiet, like insanely quiet. She's warmed up a lot to us though and will now say prayers for us and actually answer our questions! She's excited for her baptism, both verbally and deep down, but she doesn't really show it through her shy expressions, haha. It'll be good to see how it goes the day of her baptism.  With that Crystal and Henry are doing really well. Henry wants us to teach their dad, who is going through some changes in his life, and they're testimonies of the Atonement of Jesus Christ are just growing every week with the experiences they are having! Dang, I love those two so much!  Also we got to go to Montego Bay for a Zone devotional and that was a trek! We had to drive the day before and also pick up the Elders in Junction on the way. It was about 6 hours of driving and was a fun road tr...

How are you all doing this week? I can't believe I've written so many emails and never asked that. I hope you're well.  We had a meeting for the leadership in the mission in Kingston so we made a quick little trip over there. The Elders from Black River had to stay the night so they could make it with us Tuesday morning and it was good to see them both again! For those who may know or recognize names, it was Elder Wheeler, I served with him about 9 months ago, and Elder Fitisemanu, who just left May Pen last month. The meeting was really good and it was so good that no one wanted to stop, because it went 6 hours over time... crazy! Turns out we had a lot more to talk about than they thought, nevertheless it was good still.  The next day we had exchanges in Junction, so that means I drove the 2 hours there to drop off Elder Macfarlane and pick up Elder Griffith, and drive 2 hours back to start our day. Elder Griffith and I had a great exchange and it seems as if we both ...

Pretty crazy two weeks have gone by since I last sent an email! Is time flying or what? We've been working hard here in May Pen and honestly that's probably why time flew by so fast!  We had a baptism for our friend Paula-Ann Clayton this last Saturday! It was really good and she's so prepared to be a member missionary and eventually go on a mission in the next year! Her whole family, mostly non-members, was able to make it as well.  We've got a lot of plans for this week, we had a lot of the youth and young adults at a camp this last week so we are hoping to keep their spiritual momentum going by having them help us all the time with our missionary work! We are for sure to see some miracles there.  Other than ... that just working hard, meeting lots of people and seeing little miracles everywhere. Sorry I couldn't share them more specifically but this next week really should be great! Love you all the same way!   -Elder Jensen Paula-Ann's Baptism! Every...