Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Winter Wonderland-Dec 18




Dear Family,

So much has happened and I can't remember any of it. When you shotgun, you learn so much in one day and all the days seem to blur together with the people. But I am loving it here in McCall! It is the most perfect little Christmas town. People are saying that they haven't even gotten real snow yet, so we are holding out for the feet to come. The homes that we have eaten dinner at here are these spacious cabins that are beautifully decorated for Christmas and usually have a warm fire going, it is so great. Most of the members that we have had dinner with have also given us lots of potential investigators to work with, so that is a huge blessing as well.

On Tuesday we had dinner with one of the counselors in the bishopric and they told us about their friends who may be interested in learning more about the church.   These friends have been coming to church and mutual for the past year.  We went by and met them that night. They are such a great family, the older boys were offering us food right away and treating us like friends. The mother is the nicest person, really put together and friendly. We set up an appointment on Friday but it fell through because they had something going on. They are very involved and super busy. But I am super excited to work with them and teach them! 

We have also been trying to visit people that the missionaries have worked with in the past. It is kind of a challenge to have an area so spread out and to have limited miles. On Saturday day we went to Cascade, which is a ward of its own and is about 45 minutes south. We also cover the Riggins branch, which is about an hour north, we are hoping to make it up there this week. We have zone conference this week so we are most likely driving to Middleton, which also takes a lot of the miles we are allotted. I was so used to knowing where everyone was in Middleton, so I could be pretty scarce with our miles. Not here, especially when I don't understand the layout of the town yet. So I am struggling with that and just the other general things of being in a new area of not knowing anybody and missing all those people I was close to in my last area. But I am super blessed to be here and cannot think of a better place to be at Christmas time :)

Love,
Sister Jensen 





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