A Freaking Mazing

The title says it all for this week!

We had such a great week!

We were able to see Joseph get baptized!!!!

The spirit was so strong and it was just a very sweet experience. I don't think there was a dry eye in the room. After he got baptized, there was a couple of us who stayed after and played knockout... I am so terrible at basketball so maybe Bubba will have to teach me some moves when I get back home. On Sunday, he received the Holy Ghost and it was A Freaking Mazing (according to Joseph)!!! 

We had a lesson with this part memebr family this week and it was so good!! The first question she asked us was "What are the steps to me becoming a member?" Music to a missionaries ears. So we are starting to teach her. Her name is Lisa and she is so sweet. They also have this cat called a mancoon (part raccoon part cat) and that cat LOVES Sister Lyman. It was pretty funny! 

A good thing to do this week is to read or listen to Elder Klebingat's talk in the October 2014 conference and ponder on some of the questions he asks. 

Well I love y'all and stay blessed! 

Love, 

Sister Jensen

When your ac breaks and then your car...

This week was a crazy week but it is so awesome to see God's hand in it all! 

We went on exchanges this week and it was so much fun! I was able to go to Spartanburg with Sister Church. We got to do a service project at Hatcher gardens. We helped them to pull things out of the ground to make the other flowers look good. It was fun but really, really hot and dirty. 

We also had an amazing lesson with Joseph and he is all good for baptism! It's gonna be awesome and something that we are really looking forward to! We have been teaching some others also and it just feels so promising and good.

Well, our air conditioner broke earlier this week in our apartment. It was sitting at a cool 90° one day, so ya...it was hot. We got a fan and camped out in the living room so we could get some airflow. We also found a leak in our car and so we called our car specialist. He told us  that we cracked our fuel line... we don't know how but we are taking it in on Wednesday to get fixed! 

A good talk to read this week is "Your Priesthood Playbook" from the most recent general conference. It's a great talk and it applies to us all. 

Well as always, I love y'all and have a blessed week! 

Love,

Sister Jensen

CAN I GET AN AMEN??!!

Hey yall!

Things out here in Inman has been poppin'. We have had a pretty exciting week. 

On Wednesday we had an awesome lesson with Preston, Joseph, and Kate. Kate had some awesome questions about why we think this is the only true church. Lucky for her we were teaching the Restoration. It was a bomb.com lesson and the spirit was crazy strong. We hope that we were able to answer some of her questions. 

Friday we had zone conference. It was as zone conferencey as ever. 

On Saturday we met this 95 year old named Hilda. She likes to paint and her husband carves wood. They aren't that interested in the gospel but they were very nice. 

Sunday was probably the greatest moment of my life. Why you may ask? Well, I'll tell ya. 

Joseph came to church by himself, first off. We were very pumped that he made that big decision by himself. Anyways, we asked if he would like to meet after church with us and he agreed. We grabbed our recent convert, Margaret, and had a bomb lesson. We had Margaret share her conversion story and why she knows the church is true. The spirit was super duper strong and we took that moment to invite Joseph to be on date for baptism. And he said yes and was smiling ear- to ear!  We are now having a baptism on June 1st and we are pumped! Can I get an amen!?

Anyways, solid week and I am just so happy!

If you want something cool to do, read Moroni 6 it is a great chapter! 

Anyways, I love y'all an hope you have a blessed weeK! 

Love, 

Sister Jensen 

 

Inman or Bust!!

So, I am in Inman and it is so so pretty here! Lots and lots of trees and you can see the mountains far off in the distance. Another cool thing is I got to see a live opossum and they are so much cuter alive than as road kill. 

We have seen a lot of miracles lately and the theme of them seems to be that if you set a goal the Lord will help you to achieve it! Sorry this is so short and lame but I am running out of time! 

Well, If you need a good talk read "Sleeping Through the Restoration", by Elder Uctdorf! 

Anyways, love y'all and stay blessed! 

Love, 

Sister Jensen

Therapy Chickens??

This week, we went to see an older lady in our ward who has been in a rehab facility. While we were there one of the nurses asked us if we wanted to see their therapy chickens. There was another patient who for her therapy would hold the chickens until they were asleep. It was the cutest thing ever! 

We had transfer news and I am going to Inman. I found out earlier in the week that I was to go to Summit but I got a call yesterday saying that I am heading to Inman instead and that I will be in a three pack again. I am nervous/excited. It is crazy to see how revelation happens to quick. 

It is cool because revelation was a topic of my studies this week. I was reading in Ether and the Brother of Jared. It was just really cool to see how sometimes the Lord will lay out this detailed plan for us and we should follow it but then other times He wants us to come with a solution and roll with it until we receive other guidance. It was also interesting because I read a talk about how we might have a lot of different options to choose from ( like where to live, or go to school, or our career) and the Lord just wants us to pray and then go with what we feel is best for us. The Holy Ghost will always warn us if it is not right but until that point, stick with what you love and do the things the Lord wants you to do.

We went to the Zoo today and a couple cool things happened: 1) I feed a Giraffe  2) I got to walk around in a cage with kangaroos and 3) A BIRD POOPED ON MY SHOULDER!!! this is the one thing that happened that made me want to kinda cry. Just another reason as to why I do not like birds. 

A good talk to read this week is "Look Ahead and Believe" by Elder Dube. 

Well, as always I love y'all and I hope you have a blessed week! 

xoxo. 

Sister Jensen 

                                        

                           

He is risen!

Easter was so good! It was so cool going through the Come, Follow Me lessons and seeing what He was going through on a day to day basis. It made Easter morning a lot more happy. I would highly recommend the talk “Behold, the Man”, by Elder Uchtdorf I believe.. 

Thank you for the birthday wishes and gifts. It was a very good birthday. Sister Treadaway spoiled me. She is like my mission grandma. She decorated her house and made us cheesecake. It was just so sweet and it meant a LOT.  

We also got to go to the temple today and HOLY HANNAH!! The changes are so cool and if you haven't been since the change, GO it will bless your life! 

Sorry its short but we are short on time this week! 

Well, I love y'all and I hope you have a blessed week! 

Whoomp. There it is.

This week we had one of those office moments and it was something special... We knocked on this guys door and he answered. Shirtless. He grunted at us then shut the door promptly. We stayed there for a second confused and then we walked away, laughing. 

This week was really good! We are trying to do creative finding and being out in public places talking with people. Our area happened to have a flower festival and SO MANY PEOPLE were there. We were able to talk with a lot of people. Who knows... maybe from us being there one of those people will find the church.

There was a lot of spiritual things that happened this week and most of the ones I experienced left me in tears. It truly is a blessing to feel the Holy Ghost work through you to touch other people. It is also really cool to be able to feel some of Heavenly Fathers love for other people. 

Next week we get to go to the temple! So we will be having our p-day on Wednesday instead of Monday! A good thing to do this week is to follow along with the "Come, Follow Me" and really be prepared for Easter!

I know that Christ lives and that He is the healer of all sicknesses, hurt, disease, and afflictions. In 3rd Nephi 17:7, Christ comes says "Have ye any that are sick among you? Bring them hither. Have ye any that are lame, or blind, or halt, or maimed, or leprous, or that are withered, or that are deaf, or that are afflicted in any manner? Bring them hither and I will heal them, for I have compassion upon you; my bowels are filled with mercy." We are all afflicted in some manner and Christ is waiting to heal us. We just need to turn it over to him in prayer. I love this gospel so much and that we are so able to receive revelation for our lives! 

Y'all should go to ComeUntoChrist.org and watch the new Easter video.

I love  y'all and stay blessed! 

Love, 

Sister Jensen 

CONFERENCE!!

This week was CRAZY good! We not only had General Conference and got to hear the beloved Prophet speak but we also had Zone conference. 

There are going to be some big changes made to make our mission higher and holier like the rest of the church! I am so excited! 

This week we met some interesting people that have some VERY interesting beliefs... a lot about plasma blasts coming and killing us all and then a lot about flat earth and chem trails. Every time we talk to these people it just helps me to see how true the church is and how amazing it is. 

Another amazing story about God's timing is that we were going to a lesson at a members house and a different lady answered.  She said that the members that we were there to teach had gotten really sick and didn't want us to come in so we talked to her on the porch. We found out that she was a member and she hadn't been to church in like 20 years BUT she wants to come back! It was a cool thing to see how it was all in God's timing! 

I love y'all and it you haven't please watch conference! Stay blessed!

Love, 

Sister Jensen 

God's Plan

This week was truly amazing and we did see so many miracles all about God's timing and plan for HIS children! 

We are trying to help a lot of returning members in our ward come back to the path and it is so so good. We are seeing so many amazing miracles and it is just the best! 

The one crazy cool miracle that we saw that just left me in awe this week was when we went to this one sisters house. We asked if they needed us to do anything for them and if we could help them in any way. Her brother told us that  a house in their neighborhood had recently burned down and wanted us to go and give them an envelope full of cash. We did and just to see how the Lord was working with her was AMAZING. She kept telling us that it was because of the Lord that she was able to do all that she did when the fire happened and save her grand kids. She was awesome! We gave her our number and she told us she would call us if she needed any help on the house! 

God's timing is perfect and when we look at it from an eternal perspective our trials and all the hard things in our life can seem to be easier. 

A good scripture this week is Hebrews 7:25! 

Well, I hope y'all are preparing to receive some inspiration from General Conference. I know I am! 

I love y'all and stay blessed! 

Love,

Sister Jensen

Do I hear $5?

I am doing really good! I am so excited to be here staying here for another transfer. The first day I was a little confused as to why I am staying but I love that I am. I see how much that the ward trusts me and trust means people will start introducing us to their friends (#score) so I know that I have a reason for being here and I just feel really happy. 

The past 5 days have been really good! We did a lot of work with the youth auction this weekend. It was so cool to see people get together and bid for a good cause. I tried to bid but after $5 I had to stop 😊

We are working really hard to progress the people we are teaching and to get them solid! We are also going and finding more so we can teach more people. It is pretty good! 

Well, a good talk/devotional to read is "Of Starfish and Destinies!".

 I love y'all so much and I hope y'all have a blessed week! 

Love, 

Sister Jensen 

OHHHH I"M HALF WAY THERE... and I am staying in Congaree

This week marked another transfer week and I am staying in the blessed area of Congaree! I love it here and it really has become my home! 

Something amazing happened! We found 2 new people to teach. They are a married couple and one has a brother who is a member and they are curious to see why he is so happy. She called us and we are going over there to show her what it is that helps him be happy. It was really cool! 

Well, here is a story to remind all y'all about how "smart" I can be sometimes lol. We were driving in the car and I called the speedometer a speed thermometer.  I also tried to check the oil in our car and tried to pull the cap to fill it up off. 

We have been doing a lot of service and it is so amazing how helping other people helps you! Also another crazy thing is SISTER SANDERS IS MY STL (Sister Training Leader)!!!!! I am so happy and this transfer is going to be awesome! 

I would invite y'all to share your testimony with someone new this week! I love y'all and I hope you have a blessed week! 

Love, 

Sister Jensen