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| I ran into Elder Ashby, who is from my home congregation. |
Dear Family,
Mission life is
great! I love it. We had a really good week here in Middleton, Idaho, and we
are seeing miracles daily.
We have an
investigator who the missionaries have been teaching for a little less than a
year. She is awesome and totally knows
the church is true. However, her boyfriend isn’t super comfortable talking
about religion. But we had a family home evening with them at a member’s home
where we introduced them to FamilySearch and now he is obsessed now. Just by
putting in his grandparent’s information, he could trace some lines back to the
1200s. It has been fun to see him so excited about it.
We also met and
taught one of the investigators the sisters before us had been working with.
Members of his family have all recently joined the church. He is not confident
in his English (even though it is really good) so it is a little hard to get
him to open up, but his is a super nice guy. He is still searching to know what
is special or different about this church, so I am excited to help him learn
and find out for himself.
The biggest miracle
from this week is the C. family. They just moved here earlier this month. When
they came, church members just showed up at their place and unloaded their
stuff in about 40 minutes, which they were just so impressed by. They have family members who are active
members of the church and they have really felt and seen the difference in their
family members, and they want that for her son. We got to meet them on Friday, and had a
great visit with L. She told us how she was hoping to become more involved with
the church so that her son could have a good foundation. She loves to read, so
she has already sped read the Book of Mormon, but wants to read it again so
that she can study it more. She agreed to take the lessons, and we are going
back tonight to teach her! I am so excited, and am so grateful that I have been
blessed to teach people on my mission that are prepared and ready to receive
the gospel.
I am not sure why,
but I think that I am the most exhausted that I have ever been on my mission.
While it has been so rewarding, it has also been really hard. The difficulty of
this time in my mission has really caused me to turn to the Savior for help and
strength. I ask Him at the beginning of each day to help me get through, to
give me the strength I need to do His work. I am really learning the meaning of
taking things one day at a time. I remember a sister missionary telling me at
the beginning of the mission that Heavenly Father is going to refine me over
and over and over again. And He has.
Love,
Sister
Jensen
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