Dear most gracious and marvelous mom.
Things have been going great but I know I say that all the time but they are! We had a baptism this Sunday with the Ribble family and the place was packed! Everyone was so supportive for them and they are going to make great Mormons. Alright so miracle of the week. Last Monday after I emailed you guys we had a lesson with a guy named Mike Jones. This guy looks just like the red headed Ron guy on Harry Potter. Well anyways we had our third lesson with him and we were going to teach him about the Plan of Salvation. As we were talking about the atonement of Jesus Christ we started to talk about the Holy ghost. So I looked at Mike and asked him " Do you love Jesus Christ?" He looked at me and said "Yes I do."... " Do you want to come closer to him?"... " Ya I do." I then looked at him in the eyes and asked " Then what do you have against being baptized by someone holding that priesthood authority of God?" He sat there and started to think for a minute and replied " I'm not really sure that you guys have that authority." After that we started to answer some of his questions and bore our testimony's and asked him a second time if he would be baptized and we got that same repeating answer... "No"... I could feel the spirit there and I couldn't understand why he just wouldn't say yes. So I decided to ask him some more questions. "Mike do you believe there is God?" "yes" " Do you believe in Jesus Christ?" " Yes" " Do you believe that He is able to answer your prayers?" He sat there and started to think for a moment and said " Yes I believe he does answer my prayers." I then leaned up in my chair and said " Then Mike, if this church is true and that if there really is a God, and that if this really is his true church on the earth today then there is nothing stopping us right now from kneeling and praying to ask God if this church is really his church. And that if the book of Mormon was truly written by a prophet of God. So will you right now kneel down and pray and ask God of these things?"
He sat there and started to ponder for a moment. A few seconds later he asked if we would give him a minute to think. We nodded and gave him a little time. We waited on our knees while he was there thinking on what to say and ask in the prayer. He then knelt down with us and asked the things that were in his heart. And asked all the questions we told him to ask. And he then closed in the Name of Jesus Christ Amen. We sat there for at least 40 seconds in silence after that prayer. He finally spoke up and said he feels like there's something pulling on his heart and chest. He tried to explain what he was feeling but you already know how impossible that is. =) We then asked. " Well Mike... For the last time... Will you follow the example of Jesus Christ by being baptized by someone holding that authority of God?" He sat there and started to ponder about everything that just happened and looked back up at us and said.... " Yes." And he smiled. Oh man it was the most beautiful yes in the world! He then said "Man my grandfather and grandmother are going to love me.... But my parents are going to kill me!" We all started to burst out laughing... Well his baptism date is set for the 5th of March so we'll see what happens.
=) Happy Valentines day Most wonderful mom. I love you so very much.
-Elder Jensen (your huge son)
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