October 21, 2013

Dear Mother, family and whoever else is reading this, ;) 

I can't believe that Candice and Thomas had their two year wedding anniversary! Congratulations to them! They are such a great couple! It sounds like they are both continuing to do fantastic things! I can't wait to hear where Katelyn and Mitch decide to go for medical school. Sam, I'm so excited for you to get ready to go on a mission. It will be exciting to know where you are assigned to serve. :) 

What a joy this week was to have Shanna and her sweet family come to church! We didn't get much of a chance to talk to her afterward to see how she felt about it, but it was so great to have her there. I know it was something that was a big step for her. She isn't one to be the center of attention, so I was so grateful that she came. She came with the Browns and sat by them the whole time. Church is always a different experience when you have an investigator there. I always hope that the members will reach out and say hello or not say something too crazy ;) I remember in Gainesville when one of our investigators came to church for the first time. Of course it was fast and testimony meeting. I was on pins and needles sitting through it. One of the members who was baptized only a few years back was going off about things that.... let's just say, shouldn't have been discussed over the pulpit. Thankfully the bishop stood up at the end and clarified some of the church's stance on a few topics. ;) Thankfully Shanna's first Sunday wasn't quite as colorful as that one. ;)

It seems like I've been hit with a little bug this week. On Friday, I wasn't feeling very well and so we had to stay in for part of the day. I'm still stuffed up and sometimes wake up to a soar throat, but I'm getting better. 

The members are really great here and we have been having some lessons with some of the families in the ward to help give them ideas of how they can share the gospel. One of the families that we invited to do this set a goal of how many invitations they will do in two weeks. The dad was able to invite someone from his work to have dinner with us sister missionaries. She agreed and even told him to remind her when they would be doing that before they left from work! Wow! That made me so thrilled when the member's told us that! 

Well, my computer time has been cut kind of short today, so I apologize I wasn't able to add too much detail. But I just want everyone to know how much I love you! Thank you for all of your support and prayers! I couldn't imagine going on a mission without so much support from great family and friends!

Much love, 

Sister Jensen