Week 13 - Merry Christmas Everybody!

Camri's email wasn't working the best today. She wanted me to let you know just in case she wasn't able to send you an email. Things are awesome for Camri right now. I don't like looking at the white stuff in her pictures. As you read her email, you will notice some illegal activity taking place. Don't worry, I have sent her a message about terms such as "possession" and "open container". I don't think she even realized what she was doing. I am sure she was being watched over. I told her that I am not driving to Washington to bail her out of jail. I simply said, "pour it out BEFORE you get in the car."
I can't wait to see what the next 63 weeks are going to be like. Maybe she will learn terms such as "intent to sale." hahaha.
Camri asked me to take that part out of her letter, but those of us that really know Camri are not surprised, so I left it in. thanks for all of your support. you can check out her pictures on her blog. sisterjenseninyakima.blogspot.com

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Jk jk, I know its not christmas.  But it might as well be because there is freaking snow outside!! It snowed a little bit on Saturday but when we woke up on Sunday morning, our car had snow on it :(
Here's some highlights of the week:
- We went to the Trunk or Treat for a little while on Halloween.  Taylor came with all of her kids and her boyfriend! And Shayna came too :)  Except we only got to stay for about 45 minutes and then we had to go back to our apartment.  We made cookies and watched a movie.  haha but don't worry the movie was "The Testaments".  Good stuff. 
-Hahah we talked to Don about the Bourbon thing from last week.  We resolved the issues and talked to our District leader about it.  He is still going to be baptized on Saturday! He already had his interview and everything! But in our lesson with him on Tuesday, we made him give us all of his alcohol.  So then we had alcohol in our car on Halloween night... haha we dumped it down our drain but i kept the bottle as a souvenir to remember Don :')
He told us having it was a temptation.  So we were like, Don how about you just give it to us? And he said he'd give us the wine but he might keep the bourbon.  And we said Don, you aren't going to drink it right? so why keep the temptation? He said "enough, enough, i get where this is going.  I'll go get it." Hahah then he told the members about how we took away his alcohol but he was grateful that we did.  Don is truly a one of a kind man.  We had a member with us at one of our lessons and he kept trying to ask her out on a date... #awkward.  I don't think shes going to go with him... poor guy lol.
-We had the Word of Wisdom lesson with Taylor and she'll be starting the stop smoking program this week! She's been smoking since she was 12 years old.  So I really hope the program works for her.  Shes still looking forward to being baptized on December 15th :)
-We went to a baptism on Saturday and Don came with us.  I didn't know the guy being baptized but the spirit was super strong! While the man was changing back into clothes, the missionaries played a restoration video.  At the end of the video it said "Truth Has Been Restored".  Don leaned over to me and whispered, "completely and perfectly restored".  I lost it.  THIS MAN WAS SO LOST NOT VERY LONG AGO! And now he knows how true the gospel of Jesus Christ is.  It continues to amaze me. 
So I've been thinking about weaknesses a lot lately.  In Ether we are told that our weaknesses can be made strong.  While I was in the MTC I asked a lady how she kept a close relationship with the Savior.  She told me that her weaknesses are what brought her closer to him.  I don't think I really understood what she meant.  But I'm now putting it together.  I don't know why but for some reason, as a missionary all of your weaknesses are magnified and kind of just laid out in front of you.  Its easy to feel inadequate.  But I'm also grateful to recognize my weaknesses because it makes me understand how much I need the help of the Savior.  There is no way I could be the missionary that I need to be without his help. And its okay to have weaknesses! Because they really can help us come closer to our savior.  And weaknesses can be made strong because of him :)

Anywayssss I hope that made sense.  Idk it made sense in my mind but its hard to put into words haha.  Well I love all of you!!! I'm sorry if I didn't email you back today.  For some reason my email wasn't working and I wasn't receiving emails :(  But have a good week everyone!


Love, Sister Jensen <3


Pics:
1. Check out the snowwww
2. Taylor and her fam at the trunk-or-treat :') The kids wouldn't look at the camera though.
3. The man himself: Don Thomason
4. Our  cute mugs we bought for our Halloween movie night
5. #PicINeverThoughtI'dTakeAsaMissionary