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Dear Family,
Conference was basically Christmas. I
love conference time because you feel such a sense of unity with the saints all
over the world. I am so grateful to be a part of the Lord's kingdom one the
earth. And I am so very grateful for our wonderful leaders and the divinely
inspired counsel that they give us.
We started teaching new investigators
on Monday! A sister in our ward invited her friends to take the missionary
lessons. They are both probably in their early 60s. We taught them the
restoration and it was pretty well received. This lesson was just a reminder to
me of how important the members are in missionary work. It really does create the ideal situation for
someone to learn about the church. I just love the members here in
Middleton!
The other day we were tracting the
street that our dinner appointment was on. We had to go to the member's home
for dinner before we finished, but we decided after dinner was over to knock on
the last couple of houses. I knew there was a member that doesn’t come much in
one of the houses, but I forgot to check and see which house he lived in. We
ended up knocking on his door he told us that he is a member. I realized who he
was and we started visiting with him at the door. He expressed a desire to be
active in the church again, and said that it was kind of funny that we had stopped
by, as he was just sitting and thinking about returning to the church. We asked
if he wanted to take the missionary lessons as a refresher and he agreed. We
said a prayer with him at the door, and I was just so grateful to be an
instrument in the Lord's hand. Like President Monson always says, there is
nothing more sweet then to follow where the Spirit leads and be the answer to
someone else's prayer.
Throughout this week we were really
trying hard to set up times to watch conference with investigators and members.
Sunday morning was really fun because we watched it with one of our
investigator. She made us biscuits and gravy and hot chocolate. Sunday
afternoon we went to the member's house where we were having dinner. They have
a big projector so we watched it on that and had some Idaho potatoes and ham
for dinner. We are treated quite well here in Middleton.
On Wednesday we have a meeting
with all of the sisters about the temple open house. We are having it at the
new building next to the temple, so I am really hoping that they will give us a
tour. President Sorensen did say in my interview last week that they have some
surprises for us :) The open house officially starts on the 21st, but there are
VIP tours before that, so our first day at the temple with be next Monday,
the 9th. We will also be there on Tuesday and Saturday that
week. Which means that I won't have p-day on Monday, we will have it on another
day that week that we are not sure of yet. I am bursting with excitement, I
have been waiting for this open house since the day I got my call and now it is
finally here!
Thanks everyone for the support you
give! I truly am so blessed.
Love,
Sister Jensen
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