Camri had a rough day this past week. Doubt started to set in and she was questioning her qualifications on being a missionary. She had a little cry(not the full blown melt down that her mother has been waiting for) . She talked with her companion only to find out that she has those same thoughts every day. They consoled each other went and played a volleyball game. They eventually worked through it together and moved on. Camri has her travel itinerary as you will see. She reported that there are 21 missionaries on her flight. She pointed out the odd number and said yes, I am the odd ball without a companion. We all know why. Anyway, the next letter will be from Yakima. Thanks for your support.
Sup y'all?
Another week down! Gosh it went by so so quick! I'm getting so sad
that I'll have to say goodbye to my district soon. They're my best
friends :') I'm gonna bawl like a baby when I have to say goodbye to
Sister Facey.... oh! I got my travel plans for going to Yakima! I
leave the MTC on August 29th at 2:30 in the morning. I was like holy
crap are they trying to kill me?! I was about to go home just because
that's too early for me. Lol nah I'm just kidding. I'm sure I'll be
fiiiiiiine.
So last Tuesday Elder Anderson came and gave a devotional! He spoke
about not letting our flame of faith burn out even when people reject
our message. He was just the sweetest and took so much time shaking
missionaries hands. He brought his grandkids with him and made them go
walk around shaking hands too! I didn't shake Elder Andersons hand,
but I shook his little grandsons hand. So that's pretty cool right??
I got to help out with the MTC tour on Wednesday so that was fun! Kind
of. I just stood for 4 hours and directed people as they walked by. I
got really good at saying Yakima Washington because I had to tell
people over and over where I'll be serving haha. The tours are over
though and the MTC will be dedicated soon. That will be neat!
I had to say goodbye to two of my TRC investigators and I got two new
ones. I was so sad to leave my old ones :/ they taught me a lot! My
new ones are cute though. Haha they're both older ladies. One of them,
sydney, looks like the old man from the movie "UP" in woman version.
She has the cute square glasses and everything! She's gone to a ton of
different churches and learned about a lot of religions. But she said
none of them are consistent and they just don't make sense with the
teachings of the Bible. Something my last TRC said was that our church
just makes sense. From Joseph Smith to the priesthood to baptism, it
all just makes sense. Even when we may not understand all of the
details.
Here's a funny story for ya. One of the Elders in my district will be
serving in Utah. He's really worried about gaining weight because the
members here take such good care of the missionaries. Haha so he went
to the gym and he was getting pretty intense I guess with the weights.
A couple days later, he was still sore and was getting pretty worried.
He made an appointment to see the doctor here. And he like paid for
the appointment and stuff. And I asked him what the doctor said. And
the doctor said "you're sore." He just wasn't use to the feeling I
guess
same Elder that when we went to the field, they made us take our
jewelry off. And I looked at Elder Merrick and said "hey Elder Merrick
make sure you take out your belly button ring". Hahaha it was so funny
because he looked at me like I was such a disgusting creature. He's
the sweetest I just don't think he understands my humor. Maybe he'll
catch on 🤷🏼♀️
Sister Facey and I had the best TRC visit this week! Sister Facey bore
her testimony of the Book of Mormon and the spirit was literally
shaking me to the soul. Her testimony was so simple: that God lives.
And it was a huge reminder to me of why I'm here. Because he lives.
On Sunday night we had a devotional and Kenneth Cope came and sang.
He's like a popular LDS singer I guess. It wasn't really my thing....
but it was good I guess. He kept telling us how beautiful we are and
it kinda got weird.... buuut he meant well. Then we went and watched a
film. It was Elder Holland giving the talk "Missions are Forever".
He's the man. This part was cool- he said, I often get asked "why is
this so hard?" And the answer is. Because SALVATION IS NOT A CHEAP
EXPERIENCE. Why should it be easy for us if it was not easy for him?
(Christ). It will cost a lot of us but it cost a whole lot more for
him. So always remember that when life gets tough. It's not suppose to
be easy all the time and that's okay. The good things in life are
always worth the cost.
Elder Lewis, the southern accent elder, came up to me the other day
and said "Sister Jensen I have to compliment your shoes." And I was
like "ok?" Ya know like waiting for the compliment. And he says, "that
was it. That's the compliment". Hahaha it killed me. I seriously never
stop laughing at this place. Me and Sister Facey lose it at least 3
times a day.
The third day I was in here I was looking out the window across the
street and saw two Elders and I said "Sister Facey, look
missionaries!" Hahahaha I had to remind myself that I'm in the MTC and
I'm a missionary now too. It was the weirdest thing to experience. I
was so excited to see missionaries and yet I've been surrounded by
them for a while now.
My teacher Brother Kaanapu came into class the other day in a sad
mood... he started crying to us. He told us that he struggles with
anxiety and depression and he was having a really hard time with it.
He wanted to know if we could help him in any way because we are Gods
anointed. (He keeps telling us that). He felt inadequate. And that
he wasn't good enough for God or for the church. It was so strange to
me. Here was this man that I look up to soooo much! Seriously he's
taught me tons of things. His testimony is so strong. And here he was
feeling unworthy to be a child of God. An Elder in the class offered
to give him a blessing and then all of the Elders went into the
circle. It was so amazing. It reminded me that everyone struggles.
Even the people with the strongest of testimonies go through hard
times. And even though we don't always know how to help them, God
knows how. It was such a good day.
Elder Colby is here!!! He's in my zone so I see him every day
so nice seeing familiar faces.
I have learned two big things from being here these last two weeks:
1. I don't know as much as I thought I did
2. I know more than I thought I did
It's weird because those are opposites. So hopefully that makes some
sort of sense haha.
My district had to have an intervention with each other because one of
the Elders just got called as Zone Leader and he already has a big ego
so it kinda went straight to his head. We've all learned patience with
him. But we love him so we set things straight in the most kind way.
And things have been better.
Ummm that's about it. Well there's a ton more actually. But I already
wrote a lot. And it's so hard to summarize seven days into one email
lol! Being a Sister is great. The people here are lovely. Oh except
one time on a packed elevator someone farted. How rude!!! Am I right??
That wasn't so lovely.
Oh another thing. I joined the MTC choir. Hahaha it's the best. They
practically begged me to join. ;) nahhhh jk. But it's fun. And I'm
learning a lot about singing. I think I'm soprano whatever that means.
Next time I write, I'll be in Yakima. I can hardly believe it.
love you guys!
The church is true. The priesthood is real. God lives. Oh and p.s.
All the questions that One investigator had that she wanted backed up
with doctrine, we found it. It's all in there in the scriptures! Just
gotta search for it :)
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| Remember when Alma prayed in the woods? I was there. |
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| Ya know when Joseph was in jail? I was there. |
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| That one time that Joseph was pondering the thoughts of his soul. I was there. |
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| This was our last TRC visit with Katilyn. She's the one that I knew was a member haha. She's a sweetie. |
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| Travel Itinerary! (Did I mention. 2:30. In the a.m. |
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| These are all of the sisters in my zone on our temple walk. They stuck me behind the weed.. haha |
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| This is one of our districts teachers! Her name is sister Johnson but she's getting married Friday so we won't see her again :( |
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