May 20,2013

Dearest Mother,

 

Well im not too suprised that something like that happened. I never did trust half the people that worked there with that kind of stuff. OH well what can you do

 

That is a very good insight. I hadnt thought about that. Im glad that you are able to do missionary work there at the theater. I would really like to see Frank baptized. It was really good to see you guys on mothers day. I was glad to see how the house is and see my baby aka my gun ;)

 

I am very excited to see Colby come to Brazil. Its a very special place. He will learn and grow very much here. I am very excited to know that i will speak portuguese with him. Now it will be easier to plan suprises for you guys. Dont worry he will get a job. After a week or so of doing nothing he will want to do something.

 

When pokemon came out you wouldnt let us watch it. Then after you saw it on tv you saw that it was fine and let us watch it. Trevor will grow out of it as well and will look back and realize how silly the stage is just as i did. I have a feeling that emmas stage will be worse.

 

Im glad to know that you and Dad are having sucess at work and are able to provide for our family. Truly we have been blessed. Mom You are never alone. God does not leave us alone. He tests us and tries us but never leaves us alone. When we go through trials it just means he trusts us and has blessings to give us when trials are over. Do as the song says and count your many blessings.

 

Here in my new area i am finally senior companion. My companion is five foot five and about three years older than me so its a little strange being in charge but being younger. Here is a small town that is a slower pace. Its a good change. Its winter time here and the temperature has been a pleasant 83 with rain all week. Dad told me about my new cousin. Im glad to know that by the end i will have about 100 of them haha. How many cousins do i have?

Anyway  i love you mom

May 20,2013

Dear Old Man,

I was very glad i got to talk to you guys as well. It was funny to see my companions reaction to the guns :) I moved to a small town thats called Conceição de Coité. I am finally senior companion to a five foot five argentino who is almost three years older than me. Hes a very good guy and is ready to do the work.The area is a very tranquil town that has a lot of farmers. I like it here its a simple life that has a slow pace. I am loving the "colder" weather. It gets to about 83 degrees in the day time and about 60 at night. Its raining a lot now because of the wind patterns.

Haha now emma has a gun :) That makes everyone huh? Do you remember when mom wouldnt let you have a gun? Its incredible how times have changed. I like the changes our family has made. Moving to Alaska was a good change. I think i would have turned out a lot differently. You told me about Travis and his wreck. The baby is new. That´s good for her to be a mom now.

Congratulations on your success with the garage sale. I cant believe that Colby graduated! Its passing by fast. I am very excited to see him going on a mission. He will learn a lot here in Brazil. The challenges of being a missionary ,as you know, will make you or break you. I am confident that Colby will not break. He's a Jensen and we are tough nuggets.

There are Sisters in my district again which makes things nice. Its good not to have just guys to talk to. It gets old after a while. Anyway i dont have anything else to report. Love you Dad

May 12,2013

Dear Mom,

    Thats good that you can get the visa process started sooner. That is the number one inhibiter of missionaries getting into foreign countries. As far as things that he will not really need: Those stupid shoe horn things are useless i left them a long time ago. Tell him to get some cheap flip flops and then buy some Havaianas from here. Buy a good umbrella and take good care of it. Just a little portable one will do. Excercise shoes will be good but dont buy expensive ones. Contact soloution is really expensive here so just stick with glasses. Mosquito netting is not necessary so dont bring it. Peanut butter is good. Bring a cookbook. The sewing kit is good. Bring only short sleeve shirts and one long sleeve. Bring lots of american coins brazilians love those and will trade for them. I will think of other stuff and tell you later.

        Erik sounds like a nice guy. He must meet the family alot to have Colby call him uncle. Role switches are always interesting to see. Colby and trevor you and dad. Next it will be me and emma haha. Your giving emma a gun! Man you guys are letting everything slide now. I remember when you wouldnt let us watch Pokemon. 

Sabrina emailing me is no big deal. I think its really funny that she keeps in contact with me still. I didnt realize that our friendship was that good. And as a personal note not to be shared with anyone else I have no interest in her. So all are aware and so that no jokes will be had.

   As far as new stuff goes we had interviews with pres. He says that i will probably be made Trainer and district leader. We will see. Nothing is final yet. We are supposed to get 26 new missionaries this transfer. That is a huge group. Of that group there are ten sisters. So there will be plenty of trainers needed.

 Anyway i love you and thank you for all your support :)

May 6,2013

Hey pops,

Those are some pretty sweet pics. Im glad that you are looking for opportunities to share the gospel. Im sure you know as well as i do the importance of members in missionary work. We have had a rough couple of weeks. We have to look for new people. Everybody we were teaching we cut. It may be that all the blessings are being used for my family. I heard my companion say that sometimes when we are not having success it could be that our famil

ies need the blessings instead. im hoping that is the case. That sounds like a good motivator . I hope they are doing well. They havent written me in  a while. I liked the picture of emma shooting the gun :) Do you have any hints on how we can work with members? Any experiences from your mission?

 Love Coulson

May 6,2013

Dearest Mother,

 I cant believe that Colby will graduate. Emma will enter into High school.Life is passing by. Trevor plagerized his essay? Thats unlike him. I wonder whats going on? He must have some dificulties at school with friends or girls.

Well im glad to know your a bar maid now. Ill put that on the list right next to stripper ;)

Mothers day will be skype. Its going to be like three or four o´clock here so about the middle of the day for you guys. I thought those stories were funny. Whats really funny is that i used to go into the bikini shop all the time. We were teaching the girl that works there and it was alot easier to teach her there. Not a lot of people go in so we didnt have any problems. I have not gotten the package yet but im thinking that this tuesday i will get it on transfer day. 

I have plenty of contacts left. I will buy the soloution its not a big deal. I usually use my glasses anyway. Its a lot easier. Spending so much time using contacts hurts my eyes so i dont use them unless its raining. You dont need to put stickers of christ on the box. Its not necessary. If it will get stolen it will get stolen with or without pictures on it. Im excited for 

Amy i hope she has a great time in sin city.

See  you sunday :)

April 22,2013

Dear Pops,

 

I was very excited to learn about Colby´s call. I have a buddy in his mission that says he will take care of him and will even ask his president to train him. He will be well taken care of the first few months of his mission. I am trying very hard to get Colby prepared. I will send him a weekly email on stuff he should do and scriptures he should read. Trevor told me about him driving my car. I hope that he does take good care of it. He says its a good little car. I received an email from Sabrina. She is excited to have her family within reasonable driving distance. It will be strange to have them gone when i get back. Well I Sure do love you dad and wish i had time to write more. Read my email to mom i have a funny story to tell.

Love Elder Jensen

April 22,2013

Dear Mom,

 

Colby didnt tell me the story but he did tell me about his call. I got very excited :)

I know a guy in his mission. He says that he will take care of him and will even ask his president to be his trainer. He will be well taken care of the first few months of his mission. I cant believe that i have been out a year. I dont know where the time has gone. I dont have a lot of time this week to write you. I received a lot of emails this week. So i will tell you a story that happend this week.

 

I was walking to an appointment the other day and there was this teenage kid about fifteen feet in front of me. I hear sombody yell and then look to my left and see three armed police men with their guns drawn. They shoot at the guy while they run across the street dodging traffic. I duck into a bikini shop and watch the kid run. I wait for about a minute and then keep walking. As i walk by i see the police standing over the guy. He had run into a dirt road area behind a wall so i couldnt see much but im pretty sure he lived. The police dont know how to shoot here.

 

The same day we were walking in an area that we see drug dealers all the time. I went into a members house to use the bathroom. As i come out onto the road my companion who arrived in the area two weeks ago tells me that a bunch of armed thugs walked past and were guarding a nearby alley. A few minutes later they yelled police and all ran into the same house i had just left. The funny part was i recognized one of our investigators holding a big pistol. I said hi to him and he waved back. The really funny part is that i saw one of our investigators there. I said hi to him :)

Love Elder Jensen