On Christmas I was able to call home and talk to my family, it was weird. We had a Devotional in the morning and I sang in the choir a long with 600 other missionaries. It was powerful, maybe as powerful as the speaker. Elder Russell M. Nelson spoke to us on the Doctrine of Christ and it was Awesome! I liked the depth he went into it and the simplicity of it.
On Sunday I went to church at 8:00 in the morning, probably got out before anyone was awake. It was great though, especially since I didn't have to give a talk. They choose who speaks as they announce who is going to speak and so no one knows until the very last second. we all prepare our talks the night before. Or at least we're supposed to. Although I did have to give the opening prayer all in Spanish, wasn't to bad, especially since I've known how to for a few days. Then later in the day I went to choir and there were like 1/3 of who showed up during Christmas. But it was still great. Then we had a Devotional and I felt like it answered my prayer, because the night before I was struggling with how I am missing my music and so we had Richard Elliot who is the organist for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir speak to us and then he PLAYED for us. He played (and yes I wrote them down):
- We Thank Thee Oh God for a Prophet, with bagpipes on the organ
- How Great Thou Art
- Guide Us Oh Great Jehovah
- Good King Wensolslas?
- Go Tell It On a Mountain
- a french Christmas song
- Glorious (Meet the Mormons), he was still on his mission when they asked him to sing it and he recorded it then also.
- If the Savior Stood Beside Me
- Be Still My Soul (a verse in Spanish)
- Come Come Ye Saints (a verse in Spanish, with Richard Elliot on the organ)
- Hark All Ye Nations, 3rd verse everyone joined along with the organ and Richard Elliot was Jamming out on the piano.
Love you all
Elder Jensen
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