Week 40 - 9 Months Along!

Sorry everyone. here is Camris email from last week. I forgot to send it along. 

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Hello all! 

What a week, am I right?? I arrived in Wenatchee on Wednesday and oh boy it's been an adventure. I felt so sad to say goodbye to my friends in Ephrata. But I'll see them again. :) Good news! Sister Baggett, my new companion, started her mission here in this same area. It was about a year ago but she still remembers where things are pretty good! This is probably her last area too before she goes home. So she started here, and she'll end here. Pretty cool eh? There seems to be a lot of work going on in the ward right now. It's awesome! We've kind of just been thrown onto a moving train, so we're trying hard to get things all figured out. We have one investigator here named Jeremy that is getting baptized in a couple of weeks! We met with him on Friday. He loves studying the gospel and the missionaries that were here before us left a note saying to be prepared for hard questions. And he did have some pretty hard questions! But he doesn't seem to let his questions shake his faith. Which is awesome. :) Oh! We had a lesson with Debbie on Tuesday and it was SO good. When we first got there, she told us that she had watched a bunch of videos on the gospel library app and that she finally understood the Restoration! She also watched the hour long video about President Monson and told us all about it! She's been telling her boyfriend about all of the things we've been teaching her and he decided to come to the last lesson and he wants to learn with her. She told us she knows it's true because of the way she feels when she studies the Book of Mormon. She is planning on getting baptized in June! I had to say goodbye to her... But I'll get to go back when she gets baptized which is really exciting. It was amazing to see her desire to learn! She basically taught the lessons to herself before we even got there haha. Skyping my family yesterday was a huge highlight of my week. They're so cute. :') Oh! Haha yesterday we walked into church and I went to introduce myself to a lady sitting on the pew. I didn't even say my name before she pulled me in for a tight bear hug! She started swinging me back and forth as she said, "I've missed you so much!!! It's so good to see you!!!" I think she is mentally challenged... But it felt so good to be welcomed so warmly into the ward!  I had never seen her in my life. But obviously she remembers me somehow...? 

The Yakima Washington mission is definitely the greatest place to be. I love it here. Have a great 

week everyone!!! 

Love, Sister Jensen 



Here's some pictures from this week! 

1: Erika and Jim Fish. Some of my FAVORITE people. 

2: Debbie  

3: Joyce 

4: this is the back room of the Thrift Store in Ephrata that we always did service for. 

5: Sister Baggett and I didn't want a bunk bed in the front room so we took it apart and tried to move it into the bedroom....not our smartest idea. It got stuck in the doorway. And then it was bedtime so we just slept on the floor on our mattresses. We took the bed apart the next day with a screwdriver and were able to finally get it through! We felt majorly accomplished hahah 

6: Sister Crookston got transferred to the Dalles so she had to leave early. I was still in my pajamies when she left. I'm going to miss her so much :'( 

7: these are the sisters in my area. We did some service on Thursday helping a lady sort food! 

8: IT'S A BOY!!! Hahah just kidding. This pic is a joke. Since I'm "9 months along" in my mission, I had to take a 9 months along picture ;) 

Week 39 - I'm off to the Promised Land!

Camri got her wish. Last week she told me that is she was to get transferred she wanted to go to Wenatchee. I looked it up on the map and it is about an hour or so further Northwest of where she is. It looks like it is some beautiful country. Now for the 64 million dollar question…how is she going to get everything packed by Wednesday and get all those dishes done in her picture. The picture where she is making banana bread on the floor reminded me of when she was a little girl and we fed her cereal on the floor…just kidding. Anyway as you can read, she is doing great. She is officially halfway through her mission. The time sure has gone fast. Her parting words to me were, "I will see you Sunday when we skype." she didn't bother telling me what time or from where. This ought to be an interesting set up. I guess I can always messenger her on FB. 

Have a great week and thanks for your support. 

We got transfer calls on Saturday night and I'm going to Wenatchee! I've heard some missionaries say that its the promised land in the mission so I'm really excited about it! Another exciting thing about transfers is that i'll be in a YSA ward again! WAHOOOO! Bombdiggity.  My new companion is going to be Sister Baggett.  I served around her in Moses Lake, so I know a little bit about her.  From what I can tell, I think we are going to get along really good! Oh also, Sister Baggett and I are going to be doubled in.  Which means that they took both of the missionaries that were there before us out of the area, and both her and I will be brand new.  So we won't have a clue about anything when we first get there.  Its going to be interesting!

I'm sure a lot of you saw my post on Facebook, but the temple trip was awesome! Always is.  It makes me excited to be back in Utah again where I can go to the temple all the time!

Yesterday in Sacrament meeting, a man named Brother Norris bore his testimony.  We ate with him and his wife the other day and we committed him to go and talk to his neighbor that we had given a Book of Mormon to.  His neighbors name is "Catfish".  Well, we met Catfish a while back and hes the guy that told us he "could see Jesus in our eyes".  We didn't talk to him for too long and he didn't invite us to come back.  But when Brother Norris went and talked to him, he said something so cool! He told Brother Norris that when we left, he went in and told his wife that two angels had just came to the door.  He said immediately after we left, he regretted not letting us in and felt like he needed to talk to us more.  He also said that the Book of Mormon that we gave him was so precious and he promised he was going to read it.  

How amazing is that?! Its proof that sometimes we don't know the impact we can have.  Sister Shuldberg and I meet a lot of people and give away a lot of Book of Mormons.  But we don't always get to know what happens after we walk away.

We went on a picnic with Jutta and her daughters on Saturday and Scarlet wanted me to show her what would happen when she got baptized.  So I showed her how they would hold her and stuff and then she shouted "mom! I just got air baptized!!" hahah it was so funny.  

Oh yeah, on Saturday the members that fed us dinner told us to bring a change of clothes because we were going out to A-I cows.  We weren't really sure what that meant.... but boy did we find out.  Hahaha wow.  The Miracle of LIfe is a beautiful thing, aint it? 

I can't believe how much I've grown to love the people in Ephrata.  I feel so at home here! I've realized that the Gospel of Jesus Christ can do that.  With the Gospel, you can always have a home anywhere you go.  Someone yesterday in testimony meeting said "The church is true in Wenatchee too.  Its not as cool as Ephrata... but its still true".  Hahah he is so right.  The church is true wherever you go!  

NOTHING can bring the same kind of happiness that the Gospel brings.  I am so happy that I am here in Washington to tell people about that happiness.  :)

LOVE YOU ALL!!!

Love, Sister Jensen 

1: Baggin some onions at the Food Bank!

2: I was making banana bread on the floor in the kitchen haha.  (Ignore the messy countertops..) 

3: Air Baptized! (This is actually Scarlets friend, Avrie.)

4: I'd hate to have that guys job... 

5: Out in the country :')

6: I had to clean up some crumbs from a little kid yesterday at church

Week 38 - #FeedtheFifteen

Sorry in the delay of Cam's email. Things have been a little crazy around here. She is doing great and the work is going well. She is proud of her scar. She is excited to be on Facebook and somewhat in touch with so many people. Transfers are this week and it will mark the 1/2 way mark of Camri's mission. Make sure to check out her blog for this weeks pics. Sisterjenseninyakima.blogspot.com

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Guess what?? My zone gets to go to the temple on Wednesday! PUMPED!Something I think is pretty awesome from this week is that my zone set a goal to find 15 new investigators.  The "Standard of Excellence" for my mission is 3 new investigators per week per companionship.  So that adds up to 15 for the zone.  And we did it! We all prayed about it everyday to find the people that God was preparing.  And at 8:50 last night, the Elders found the 15th investigator for the week! Hard work and prayer makes the difference :') Thats also why the subject line is #FeedtheFifteen. Christ said "Feed my sheep", so thats where that comes from.
Yesterday at church we had quite a bit of people there! Debbie came! We have only taught Debbie part of the Restoration and we have read the Book of Mormon with her.  She listens to it on the Gospel Library App every morning and loves it! She usually works sunday mornings but for some reason wasn't scheduled so she was able to come to church! I was really nervous though because Sister Shuldberg and I were teaching Gospel Principles and the lesson was the Word of Wisdom.  We haven't taught Debbie about it yet and I wasn't sure how she would take it... But at the end of the lesson she announced that she had a lot to work on but she was going to try and live the Word of Wisdom! I was like Oh my goodness this is a miracle! Can I get a hallelujah?!  Joyce was also there and I was nervous how she would take it too.  But at the end of the lesson, she asked if she could take the gospel Principles book home to share with her friend because she thinks the Word of Wisdom could really help her.  God is SO good.  It turned out WAY better than I expected.
More exciting news: we started teaching Juttas other two daughters! We were already teaching Scarlet but Ana and Angie sat in on our last lesson and Ana has come to church a few times with Jutta.  Jutta is being such a good example to them and her other family members.  Its amazing to see what a good missionary she is so early in her conversion!
Oh! We went to the doctor for Sister Shuldbergs ankle.  The doctor said that its a high ankle sprain so takes a while to heal.  She has to use crutches for a few weeks :/ But! He looked at my dog bite and good news! Its not infected! hahah not that I was worried. Just thought I'd let y'all know.
This morning in my personal studies I was reading a talk about the symbolism behind the Good Samaritan story.  Its incredible! There is a lot to it that I had never even thought about before. I attached a link so y'all could go check it out.  I learned a lot from it. https://www.lds.org/ensign/2007/02/the-good-samaritan-forgotten-symbols?lang=eng
Transfer calls are this Saturday so I'll have the deets for ya next week. Love you all! Be good.  :)

Love, Sister Jensen



Pics: 1- Debbie gave me a jean jacket, some sunglasses, and this cute kitty.... Jk she didn't give me the kitty.  But look how cute it is! 2- We found this cool lookin wall in Soap Lake
3- Doctors visit
4- We played Zombie's and Soldiers again with Reizo :')