Dear Family,
I said goodbye to my trainer yesterday, Sister Shurtleff. She
will be going home tomorrow morning. It was one of those moments
where you just really stop and realize how quickly time really does go by. I
love and admire Sister Shurtleff so much, and it will be strange to not see her
anymore. Thankfully, she will just be living in Utah, so I will get to see her
after the mission. This area that we are serving in is her first area, so
yesterday she came and we all had dinner with a family in the ward. It was
so fun, and we took many pictures. Super sad to see her go, but super excited for
all the possibilities ahead of her!
It was a great week; we have a lot of good things happening. The
highlight is that we have some people that are ready to be taught by the
missionaries! It is a mom and her son.
The son has some really good friends in the ward. We haven’t met with them yet, but we
are tomorrow at the Bishop’s house. We are really excited!
I get to attend a baptism this Saturday in Nampa!
Sister Shurtleff called me earlier this week to tell me that someone we taught
together accepted to be baptized and that she really wants us to be there. I
remember she answered the door and just welcomed us in. That first visit was
really good, she expressed a sincere interest in taking the lessons. I loved
her right away, she is literally the sweetest. We got to teach them about the
Restoration, and she received it really well. Then, all the crazy winter stuff
happened, they got busy, and then both Sister Shurtleff and I got transferred.
Thankfully, the elders were able to continue teaching her. Elder Wheeler, who
came out with me from the MTC, got transferred there a couple of months ago and
really connected with them. They got married a couple of weeks ago and now her
baptism is on Saturday! I think one of the most rewarding parts of the mission
has been seeing how those little seeds that I have helped sow have grown and
been harvested by other missionaries. It is a really humbling experience in
which you can really see the hand of the Lord. And you feel so thankful that
you were able to play a small part in it.
Also, we went on exchanges this week. Our Sister Training
Leader, Sister Sellar, is training a new missionary in addition to being the
STL. Usually we have companionships in which both sisters are STLs but with the
large amount of sisters that have been coming in, they are having the STLs
train. Sister Tukumoeatu stayed in our area with Sister Sellar and I went to be
with Sister Abbott, who came out the same time as Sister Tukumoeatu. It was really
great, we got to teach a recent convert in a park. I love teaching in parks, it
is my favorite. At this particular park there is just this random tank, so we
took a picture on it. Then we got to teach their new investigator. This guy
just showed up at church with a friend and asked the sisters if he could take
the lessons. Sister Abbott and Sister Sellar were telling us about him earlier
in the week and told us about how he has a friend serving a mission in Japan.
Well, I didn’t connect the dots until I was there teaching him the Plan of
Salvation with Sister Abbott and he told us that his friend’s name was Elder
Yeakley, who served in our branch in Okinawa! That was a fun connection.
We got our transfer calls on Saturday and Sister
Tukumoeatu and officially get to stay together here in Middleton for another
transfer! Not really a surprise and it’s what I wanted to happen. I feel like I
might stay in this area for longer than three months this time. At least I am
hoping. But I am very, very, very, excited for the temple open house, which is
happening next transfer! I have just been thinking lately about how inspired
mission calls really are, because this is the perfect mission for me, I
wouldn’t want to be anywhere else in the
world.
Love,
Sister Jensen
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