I hope y'all had a great week!! I know that I have! God is good and he has shown us so many mericles this week. I was looking at the calender and noticed that July is literally almost over!! What?! Where has the time gone? I can't believe that it is almost August! Time on the mission goes by super fast it's crazy! Even though there are some days that feel like it is like a snail speed! Haha oh well. Anyway sorry for that randomness there but without further adew here is how my week has gone!
Sister Miller and her family took us all on a hike to a waterfall on Monday. It was so beautiful! On the hike we were able to catch a Salamander!!! Coming from a girl that is from Utah and has never seen one in real life it was pretty sweet! ;) haha.
On Tuesday when we were volunteering at the food bank we were able to gain 2 new investigators! Tris and Paul. I'm going to tell you Paul's story first. Paul came up to us out of no where and asked us, "give me a Book of Mormon! I want to read it!" What?! For those of you who have served a mission before know that that never happens!! Rarely it does! We were able to give and explain the Book of Mormon to him. It was so cool! Tris was super nice and we just started talking about our purpose as missionaries because she asked what we were doing and then talked to her about faith in Jesus Christ. We were able to set up a time to come back and teach her next week! I'm telling y'all God is Good!
So, this past transfer we have been living without a dryer and just been hang drying our clothes. This past Wednesday Sister House was able to come up and bring us a dryer. It is so nice to have one. Haha such a blessing!
The next day on Thursday the amazing Sister Turton took us to Albany to visit our amazing investigators Brianna and Linda. Now I don't remember if I told y'all the story about either of them so, I'm just going to tell you anyway. Last week we were driving by Linda's house and she was sitting outside on the porch. All three of us looked at each other and had that spiritual prompting to turn the car around and talk to her. We followed that prompting and she was so greatful that we did! We were able to teach her a little of the restoration and explain it to her. She loved everything that was said! When we came back on Thursday she said that she read and highlighted some from the restoration pamplet. She loved it! We invited her to be baptised but she nicely and sadly declined our offer because she said that she has already been baptised but I could tell that she was seriously thinking about it. I have a great feeling about her.
That same day we saw Brianna. She is only 11 years old and really wants to get baptised! She is the only one in her family that is not! In her lesson we were able to teach her about how families can be sealed together in the temple and that she can do baptisms for the dead when she turns 12. We then tied it to regular baptism and invited her to be baptised for herself on August 18. She said that would work and is super excited about it!
Saturday was another fun day! We went to a Pioneer day party that some of the ward members put on. In the south they go all out for Pioneer day! At that party there were wagon races, Tug-O-War and sac races. It was so fun. We were able to participate in the wagon race! In the middle of the race it started to pour down rain and we all got soaked! The rain storms here in the south are nothing like they are in Utah. Oh man such a fun time.
On Sunday Brianna and her family came to church!!! Of my understanding that was there first time going in 4 years!! I was so happy because of it!! It was amazing later that night we went tracting and found 5 new investigators on one street!!! That street was like the promise street. Haha I love God!
I know that this church is true, I love this gospel and I have never been as happy has I have since I've been on my mission. I am loving it! I hope y'all have a great pioneer day!!
I love you!!
Love, I
Sister Jensen
Scripture of the week:
The whole book of Enos.
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