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Hey!

This week was great. We went to a part of our area that is probably the biggest part of our area called "El Jilote" every day this week. It is about 15 minutes from our house, and it is basically a road that winds up the side of one of the mountains and every so often there is a group of houses, or a path that leads to a group of houses. We had an appointment to teach José one day this past week, so we started the uphill. We got to his house, which is at the end one of the last paths on the mountain, and when we got there he wasn't there, but his mom and brother were there. We taught them and talked with them about the church, and his mom told us that she had been a member of the church, but had stopped going. Then, she told us that she had been praying about how to overcome some problems she was having. She said that she had finished that prayer, and then we had knocked on her door. It was amazing, and we could feel the spirit strongly as we were talking with her about the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
We also have an investigator that lives in the same part of our area named Patricia. She accepted the invitation to be baptized, so we have been working with her a lot. She has a strong testimony of the church, and especially of the Savior.
This week is Thanksgiving and I challenge everyone to not only give thanks for what they have, but to also serve someone else so that they can also have another reason to give thanks. I hope everyone has a good week!

Elder Jensen

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