7-17-12

Dear Family, This week was a pretty good week. We didn't aptize but we found a man that is very elect. His name is José. He is a very humble man and he is 73 years old I think. We were preaying for who we could baptize this weekend and I had the feeling that we would find the person taht day. But we decided on another person. Then that same day we were knocking doors in a neighborhood taht we just found and he let us into his house and we said a prayer with him and marked an appointment to come back the next day. So, we came back and taught the Restoration and asked him if he wanted to be baptized like Christ was and he said he would like that very much. It was a very cool experience and he came to Chruch and he loved it too and when we took him home from church we asked him if he wanted to be baptized this weekend and he said yes. It really was a miracle, he is a very humble man and knows a lot about the Bible eventhough he doesn´t have very much education. Yesterday we had zone conference and Pres Fluckiger came and we did a division with him afterwards and he came to a lesson with José and José said that he would like tobe like Jospeh Smith haha He is really prepared by the Lord to accept the Gospel. I will tell you all about his baptism. Thanks for all that you guys do for me. Love, Elder Spencer Jensen

7-9-12 Baptism of Maria José

Dear Family, Well, I will tell you about our baptism last week. We prayed at the beggining of the week of who should be baptized, and we felt this woman named Maria José. She and her husband have been investigators for a long time, almost two years, but no one had ever gotten them baptized. So, we go there and we teach and we invite them to pray about the Church to know itf it is true and if they needed to be baptized. So, we set up another appoinment and went back and they had prayed, but the husband António said he prayed and got an answer that he was already baptized and that he wouldn´t do it again, then he just walked out of the house and left. So, we talked to Maria josé and she had prayed too, but she had felt that the Church was true, and eventhough it would cause conflicts in home and she didn´t know how she would religiously educate her two daughters, she felt like she needed to be baptized. So, we came back and she passed the baptismal interview and she was baptized. It was amazing, we marked her for baptism on a Friday and she was baptized on Sunday. It is amazing how the Spirit works to touch people´s hearts and prepare them for the Gospel. It was amazing to be apart of that process and see the great faith that she in Christ to make all of theose changes in her life. And yesterday I gave her the Gift of the Holy Ghost, my first time, and it was very cool. The Spirit was so strong. I thank you guys for all that you so for me and for all the support. I love and miss you guys a lot. Love, Elder Spencer Jensen