Dear
Family,
It is so good to get home from a day of missionary work,
thoroughly exhausted but satisfied with the service I've done for the Lord and
His children. I am still constantly praying for strength beyond my own to carry
me through the days; I know I have your prayers as well. And everyday, I am carried
through. I am so thankful for that :)
We got a new investigator this week and she is the best. She is
friends with a member of the church, who introduced her to us when they came to
the church to play basketball. Our new
investigator went to the temple open house, which she really loved.. She is
quiet but very intelligent and kind. She has great desire to know and follow
her Savior. We taught her the Restoration the very next day at her friend’s
house, and it was one of the best Restoration lessons of my mission! She was so
open and receptive to the Spirit. As we were teaching, she told us that
everything was becoming more clear to her. It was that day that we had a good
snowfall. It was such beautiful moment when I got to recite the First Vision as
I could see snowflakes gently falling out the window and tears welling up in our
investigator’s eyes. We talked quite a bit about the Spirit and how she can
receive an answer directly from her Heavenly Father if this message is true or
not. She accepted our invitation to be baptized if she does receive that
answer. After the lesson, she probably thanked us 5 times for teaching her. We
are teaching her again next week and I cannot wait to introduce Heavenly
Father's plan to her :)
That same night we got to visit a family that we have been
trying to see ever since we got here. It had stormed pretty bad that day then
started raining, so the roads were less than ideal but we made it to their home
around and I am so glad we did! While we were there, they had a friend that
agreed to take the discussions. We
learned that she had even bought a dress already so that she could go to church
with her friends.
On Friday we got to watch President Monson's funeral with our
district after district meeting, and that was really nice. I loved having him
as a prophet, I could always here the Lord's voice whenever he spoke. And I
know that isn't specific to President Monson, we live in a wonderful time when
there are prophets, seers, and revelators on the earth. I know Heavenly Father
will call a new prophet and qualify him as He qualified President Monson. I am
so grateful to serve not only as a missionary for this church, but for the Lord
:)
Love,
Sister Jensen
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