Dear
Family and Friends, Monday, October 14, 2013 at 1:09 p.m. (EDT)
Are the leaves about
finished where you are?
There are still some leaves on
the tree, but the peak was last Sunday. They looked really good. Everyone said
it was a weird year for the leaves. They said usually they all change at the
same time. This year they all changed at different times. Some trees had no
leaves left while some were still green. Most of the trees are on the
downhill side of changing colors.
So I read that the town of
Pittsburg a few miles north of Colebrook is absolutely beautiful and that the
drive north from Berlin on Highway 16 and then Highway 26 to Colebrook and then
Highway 3 going north up through Pittsburg and up to Quebec is just a beautiful
drive. Will you ever get the chance to go up to Pittsburg? I will probably never get up to
Pittsburgh. The Colebrook Elders have only been there twice. Although it is
technically a town. There is a very small population up there. In New England everything
is incorporated in the Towns. It is basically like out west with Counties and
Citys. Just like in Montrose if live in Montrose City you also live in
Montrose County. But if you live outside of the city you are still in the
County. that is how the Townships work. If you live in Berlin City you are also
part of Berlin Town. But if you live outside of Berlin city you live in the
Berlin Township. For example there is a township directly east of Berlin. I
dont remember its name. But nobody lives there. Its National Forest. But it is
still classified as a town. Kind of confusing, but does that make sense? So
Pittsburg is about the same. There is very little there so the Elders never go
there so unfortunately I will probably never go there.
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Are you beginning to enjoy
Berlin as much as Johnson, VT?
Berlin is starting to grow on
me more and more. Lately we have seen an improvement in the work here in
Randolph. Just as it says in Alma 32:2
"After much labor among them, they began to have success." We are
starting to see the success from our hard labor. We have a lot of up and coming
potential investigators, and people are just coming out of the woodwork.
Monday: We went to Lancaster to the Fousts like I
said we would. We played a game called Dungeons and Dragons and it was the most
ridiculous game I have ever played. I will never play it again. It is basically
a role playing game where you pretend that you are some sort of medieval
fantasy person and you pretend that you go around killing dragons and stuff.
But all you do is talk about it. It took forever to play and we accomplished
nothing by playing it. After that I went on exchange to Colebrook with Elder
Erekson. It was pretty fun. I am going to go on exchange this week as well. So
I will be gone for my birthday. Because of that I went ahead and opened some of
my presents early. So thanks mom and dad for the ties and shirts and for the
book. All of that stuff is pretty sweet. Thank you.
Tuesday: Me and Elder Erekson worked in Colebrook. We
stopped by a lot of people and taught a lot of lessons. It was a very good day.
Wednesday: was district meeting. After District Meeting
we went to Berlin and stopped by some less active members and some potential
investigators. We stopped by one less active member and the lady downstairs
told us that he wasnt home. We ended up talking to her for a while and found
out that she used to be meeting with the missionaries. She said that she
wouldnt mind being taught again so we are meeting with her sometime later on
this week. Her name is Cassandra. After that we went to the church to share our
new missionary idea with our Branch President. We are creating Member
Missionary Gameplans for the Members in the Branch. We shared our idea and the
Branch President really liked it. After that we went to a Bible Study at the
Lutheran Church in Berlin. That was fun. Then we went to teach a potential
investigator, Celena with Brother Botha. Celena wasnt there so we stopped
by Danny, the Less Active that lives above Cassandra. We had a really good
lesson there. It was a really good day.
Thursday: We refined our Member Missionary Gameplans and
visited a few people. We stopped by Celena. She was home and was really sorry
that she missed us so we rescheduled to come by another day.
Friday: We were going to have Weekly Planning, but a
less active lady in the ward called us and asked if we could move some wood. So
we went over there. Her husband is a nonmember and was injured in 2009 while he
was in the Coast Guard. He messed up his whole back. He fell headfirst down a
stairway during some sort of combat that they were engaging in, so he cant do any
work. So we helped them move the wood into the shed. After that we did some
service at the East Side Mall, a thrift store that is run by the Catholic
Church. We vaccuum the carpets there. After that we taught Jules, a less active
member and then had coordination meeting with our Branch Mission Leader,
Brother Jaquier.
Saturday: We did our weekly planning and then went to
Lancaster. We taught the Member Missionary Gameplan to a less active member in
the nursing home, and then stopped by a lot of the active members in Lancaster.
Overall a pretty good day.
Sunday: was a really good day. We stayed in Berlin
but we were able to see a lot of people. We taught Dana an investigator at the
church. He is preparing himself for baptism, but cant be baptized until 2016 because
he is on parole. We also stopped by the Lefebvres, (pronounced La-Fives) an
investigator family. They are pretty great. They arent super interested yet but
they are thinking about Church Hopping. We are going to be teaching the
Restoration to them on Wednesday. After that we had dinner and went to bed.
Definetely a good week.
Elder CWJensen