Dear Family,
This week was a little
harder for me, I had a difficult day or two. But the redeeming aspect of having
bad days, is that Heavenly Father always blesses you with good days after the
bad days. This week, we were blessed to know what it was like to be walking
missionaries for a few days. We found out on Thursday that we have
100 less miles that we are allowed to drive than we thought, and we don't get
more miles until February 1st. So we walked. The next morning we were
about to get something out of the car but found that we had lost our keys and
couldn't find them. So we were walking indefinitely. But after some heartfelt
prayers and even a little fasting, we found them! We had gotten a ride on
Thursday from one of the members we live with and they were in her car. I
never thought I could feel so much happiness from just seeing a car key. And
when we talked to the zone leaders, they said we might actually have the
original amount of miles, so our 100% walking days might be coming to a close.
And while I really did enjoy walking, I am so happy to have the car back. So
that was a huge answer to prayer :)
This week we met
L. She had been meeting with the
missionaries before we got here. I love L.! She is great! During our visit with her, she told us a
little bit about her beliefs, which she told us were very similar to our
beliefs. She very strongly believes that she is a daughter of her Heavenly
Father and that He knows her. Halfway through our visit she pulled out her Bible
and was going to ask some questions, but then requested to say a prayer. Of
course, we were like, "Absolutely!" Then she asked us some questions
about the 12 tribes. She has been reading through the Bible and is in the Old
Testament. I was super thankful for the senior year of seminary, learning about
the Old Testament. To any youth out there that are reading that are currently
in seminary, pay attention! Do the reading! You regret it if you don't and you
are on your mission and someone asks you a question about the Levites. But
anyway, we then were able to tell her about the scattering of the tribes, and
how one of those groups of people was Lehi and his family, and how the Book of
Mormon is the record of that group in the Americas. She was seemed really
interested in it, and said that she would read the introduction to the Book of
Mormon.
We also met with the
B. family on Saturday. We had dinner
and a lesson with them. We read Alma 32 with them and talked about faith. They
really are amazing people who just do anything for you.
On Sunday we had
another cool experience. We met woman named S. When she came to church another
member recognized her because S. had worked with her mom. We were able to set
up a time to teach her and her family. We were really excited about that, sometimes
Heavenly Father just brings people to us and it is super awesome!
Another cool
experience that I just remembered from this week came from one of our dinner
appointments. We had a dinner with a family that doesn’t come to church very
often. But one of their daughters, who is all grown up now, met someone at work
who is a recent convert. She told us that he just radiated the Spirit, and that
she felt very strongly that she should go back to church. She came for the
first time a couple of weeks ago, and said she felt guilty just passing our
meal calendar without signing up, so she signed up! I just love seeing how
Heavenly Father works with His children, it is such a privilege and
blessing.
I kind of failed again
this week at getting pictures. But we did go to Krispy Kreme last week and took
pictures with our 2 dozen doughnuts, so enjoy those.
But I just want all of you
to know that I am loving my time as a missionary, I am always overcome with so
much gratitude when I go before Heavenly Father in prayer and thank Him for
this sacred trust that He has given me.
Love,
Sister Jensen
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