Jensen Missions

One of the things that our family has enjoyed during our trip to the States is experiencing the autumn season. Throughout our travels we’ve enjoyed beautiful weather, the changing of the leaves, and crisp fall mornings. We are getting ready to head back to Tanzania, and when we return, we certainly will remember with fondness the wonderful weather we’ve enjoyed.

More than that, though, we will treasure the precious memories we have made. We’ve relished the days of worship, which we’ve been able to enjoy in English. We will remember the good times we’ve spent with family and friends. We’ve had the opportunity to see folks whom we have not seen in many years. We’ve gotten to know some people on a deeper level than we knew before, and we’ve also made new friends along the way. We’ve experienced much laughter together, as well as tears of sadness when it was time to say goodbye.

Thank you, everyone, for making our trip to the States a special one. Hopefully we’ll see some of you in Tanzania! Please keep us in your prayers as we prepare to travel. We will be heading over to San Francisco on Wednesday, the 19th. We will worship with the Oceanview congregation Wednesday evening, and then we will depart from San Francisco Thursday morning.

May the Lord bless you and keep you, as you follow Him.

The Jensens

During our travels over the last few weeks, we have been blessed to meet many fine people.  Everywhere we’ve visited, we’ve found a warm welcome.  Many families have opened their home to us, fed us, given us a place to sleep, given us a place to do laundry, etc.   We just want to say thank you to each of you who have extended kindness to our family.  We are humbled by your generosity.

It’s hard to believe, but Roundhouse 2008 is now history.  We have been anticipating it for months, and it’s always over way too soon.  The only part that would need to change if it lasted any longer is somehow, we would need to find a way to get some more sleep.  Because we are wanting to enjoy every minute possible, our sleep definitely becomes low priority.  We enjoyed the time spent with dear friends immensely.  Fortunately for us, there are several we will be able to see again over the next few weeks, before we head back to Tanzania.  Thanks to all who made it a good week.  If you are a member of the church of Christ, and your family home schools, this is a great opportunity for your family.  Visit http://roundhouse.us/ for more information.

We’ve been in the States for a month now, and we are one week into our seven week road trip. Everything has gone great so far. We’ve been in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and now we are in Tennessee for the weekend. Earlier in the week we enjoyed a brief stopover at Freed Hardeman University, where George was given the opportunity to speak to two missions classes.

We are blessed to be able to travel the U.S. and to visit with many brethren. It is interesting to note the varying awareness that brethren have about current events in our brotherhood. There are some events which we wish people do not need to know about, but unfortunately, being uninformed often results in being unprepared to deal with them. We think that people need to be informed about a recent event that has taken place in the brotherhood, the “Christian Scholars Conference.” Read about it at:

http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/1437 -david-lipscomb-university-and-the-christian-scholars-conference

We are happy to say that we had a great trip back to the States.  We left Tanzania Tuesday evening, and arrived Wednesday afternoon, which ended up being a trip of about 25 hours, when the time difference is factored in.  We are happy to be with my parents, and look forward to spending about three weeks here in California, before our next stage of travel.

We’re trying to get a little shopping done, since we’re all in need of a few clothes. etc.  We’ve noticed how much bounty is available in America.  This truly is the land of plenty; it is rather overwhelming, really.

Our best to you all! Thanks for your prayers for our safe travels.  We’ll be on the roads a lot over the next three months, so please continue to pray for our safety.

Here is our schedule for the following three months.  I thought it might be easier to peruse this way:

It’s hard to believe we are scheduled to leave in two days!  We are looking forward to being reunited with family and friends, but we are sad to say goodbye to the good brethren here.   Once we get to the states, we will have a little time to recoup, and then we begin a very busy schedule.  Notice the event calendar in the left-hand column.  If you put your cursor over the marked dates, you will see our scheduled location.  Please keep in touch, and keep us in your prayers.

In Christ, the Jensens

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