Dear
Family, August
11, 2014
This past week FLEW
by. I can't believe all that happened this past week! When I first entered the
mission field, I was told that missionary work is a lot of meetings. Boy, were
they right! Thankfully, I love meetings because the Spirit there is always amazing!
We had MLC (Mission
Leadership Council) on Tuesday which was great. We got a ride in the Zone
Leader's truck and headed out to East Lansing for our meeting. It was great to
be surrounded by so many powerhouse missionaries! I love their wisdom and it
definitely helped me see how I can do better as a leader and as a missionary. (It
was nothing new but sometimes we just forget the little things. :)
I went on my first
trade off this week! What an experience. It was very eye opening to say the
least. I learned several very important lessons: 1) All people really need
is someone to listen to them. 2) Happiness and fulfillment as a
missionary, in life, etc. come through exact obedience. 3) When in doubt, point
people to Jesus Christ. I feel like Heavenly Father put me in this position so I could
learn more than anything; learn how to be a better missionary, learn to listen
to and use the Spirit, learn to love people/other missionaries, learn how to
give correction, learn to be more obedient. I am noticing more and more how
much further I have yet to go as a missionary and a person. Thankfully I still
have some time left. :)
Sister Cunningham and
I are doing great. Not going to lie, trade offs made me appreciate Sister
Cunningham five million times more. She is such a diligent and obedient
missionary. We are struggling right now to have people to teach. We found a
person door knocking this week which was a miracle. We don't have a lot of
success door knocking, but with nobody being on campus, we have no choice but
to spend all day, every day door knocking. We were knocking a complex and we
met Alycia. We taught her the first part of the Plan of Salvation last week and
we're going back tomorrow to finish it. I have some high hopes for her.
We've been teaching Bin
(pronounced "bean") as well. He came to church yesterday which
was a relief. He wants to know if God is there. No matter what our lesson
starts out as, we end up talking about how to receive revelation through the
Holy Ghost. We're hoping that we can help him see how God has been answering
his prayers. Bin knows that baptism is important but we don't think it's
clicked in his heart yet. He asked us yesterday if he should get baptized and
we told him that we want him to get baptized not because we want him to and
because he should but because he feels that he should. I am praying so hard
that his heart is open to the feelings of the Spirit. The Spirit really is the
only way to know truth. Even Alma who saw an angel needed the truth confirmed
by the Spirit (Alma 5:45-46).
I love my branch! I
wish that every unit in the church could feel what I felt as I attended church
yesterday. I have never seen as much faith and love as I have in this branch. I
am in constant shock because these people who have only been members for a
couple months speak with the Spirit and have so much faith in the Restored
Gospel of Jesus Christ. I count myself more than lucky that I get to be
strengthened by their testimonies every week.
I'm still sweating a
ton and I have blisters on my feet from walking so much but I count myself
lucky to be here at this time. My mission will mean everything to me! It has
changed me forever. I love you all so much! Enjoy your last pieces of
summer! This is Christ's church! This is his work! Keep calm and trust in the
Lord!
Love from Kzoo,
Sister Jensen
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