Camri had a good week and is doing great things up in Washington. After you read the email and watch the video...you will see why we don’t take her fishing. She eats all the bait.
It’s like I don’t even know her anymore. First the dog bite and now work eating. I can’t believe She has been out over 10 months. We sure do miss her but couldn’t be more proud of her. Thanks for your prayers and support.
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Transfer calls were on Saturday but the good news is, Sister Baggett and Iare staying together here in Wenatchee! We had quite a few miracles this week. One of them was our lesson with Kimberly. The Elders were teaching her but she graduated so now she'll bein the YSA ward. We taught the Plan of Salvation and she decided that she wants to be baptized! She is incredible. I think we're going to be friends :')
We also got to go to the temple with Jeremy on Saturday for his first time. He loved it and had so many good questions! The drive to the temple is a couple of hours which was actually a tender mercy because I got a good nap in haha.
I finally joined the Worm Eating Wonders Club! We did service with our district the other day and found a worm. So I ate it. Hahaha I don't know why it has become a thing in our mission. But everyone says until you eat a worm, you're not a true missionary. It actually wasn't that bad.... justtasted like dirt haha. But I wouldn't recommend it. The rest of the day I was paranoid that it would start trying to crawl back up. Well, I don't know if there was anything else to exciting this week.
Theres a Mormon Message called "Mens hearts shall fail them", and its super good. Its President Nelson talking and one of my favorite quotes is, "If you've got faith, you can handle difficulties. Knowing that with an eternal perspective, all will be well." Its so important to see life in an eternal perspective! Life is hard, and trials always come. But when we pray to see the bigger picture, we aregiven hope.
I hope you all have a great week :)
Love, Sister Jensen
Pics:
1: I was helping the Elders move a piano but I'm not sure how much help Iactually was..
2: We had a patriotic themed district meeting on thursday! Well, SisterBaggett and I did anyways. The Elders didn't play along so much. But wedressed up for it haha.
3: This is Melissa, a member in the YSA. Shes leaving to BYU-I so she cameout to lunch with us the other day
4, 5, 6: We took a mini photoshoot
7: Heres a video of me eating the worm. Hopefully it sends!
This week started out a little different! On Tuesday we were put in a
tripan companionship with Sister Hatch because her Companion went home. Sothey did an emergency transfer and brought a Sister into our zone fromGoldendale. Guess who it is?..... SISTER CROOKSTON!!! God must have knewthat we couldn't stay separated for too long :') #blessingsWe did a bunch of service on Tuesday. Yard work alllll day long. Two ofthe people we did service for lived up the mountain a little ways and itwas BEAUTIFUL! I love Wenatchee!
Zone Conference this week was so good! It was President and Sister Lewis'last one so we had to say goodbye... it was an emotional day for a lot ofpeople I think haha. President sang to us! I didn't even know that hesang! I am so happy that they only live in Orem so I can go and visit themwhen I get home from my mission :)
We found a few new people this week to start teaching! One is an older mannamed Dennis that we gave a Book of Mormon to. He LOVES his little dog andit ran out down the road so we had to go catch it for him haha. We alsoare starting to teach the little girl that we met a couple of weeks ago.Remember the one that said hi to us on the streets and asked if we were theMormon girls? We went to see her again and she gave us a huge hug! She toldus that she really likes us and that she reads the bible and the Book ofMormon everyday! Her mom gave us permission to start meeting with her! Andthis week we are going to start teaching a YSA aged girl named Kimberly.Elders in a different area have been teaching her for a while and arereferring her to us since she just graduated! She sounds SO AWESOME! We'rereally excited to meet her :)
Heres a story about a spiritual prompting Sister Baggett and I bothreceived this week. So we had to take out the garbage but we live on thesecond floor and weren't going outside yet. So we decided to put thegarbage bag out on our balcony. Then we forgot to take it out... and thenended up putting another bag out there. Well one day we were leaving theapartment and both had the prompting to go and get the garbage. Neither ofus did... and then it poured rain and they filled up with water and it waskinda nast. Sooo moral of the story: LISTEN TO PROMPTINGS. Even when theyseem like they might not be a big deal hahaha. We could have saved ourselfsome trouble.
I was reading in Alma this week and something really stuck out to me inchapter 31 verses 30-33. Alma prays for strength and patience to getthrough his afflictions and infirmities. He doesn't pray for the trials togo away, but prays for help to get through them. I think that shows anenormous amount of Faith! God won't always take our trials away. In fact,he allows us to go through trials so that we can learn and haveexperiences. BUT! We can rely on him for strength and ask him for thepatience to endure hard times. "O Lord, wilt thou give me strength, that Imay bear with mine infirmities." And in 31: "O Lord, wilt thou grant untome that I may have strength, that I may suffer with patience theseafflictions which shall come upon me" There is so much that we can learnfrom Alma :)
I can't believe that transfer calls are already this week! Crazy. Time isgoing by so speedy quick. I hit 10 months last week! Weird, eh?
Love you all!
Love, Sister Jensen
Heres loads of pics! Hopefully they all send.
1&2: Doing service for Brad. Hes sitting on the chair in the background.We helped him take the tarp off of his pool! He told us we could come havea pool party.... haha. Maybe after our missions
3: I don't know why dogs love me.
4: Pulling some weeds
5: Sister Lewis
6: Mcdonalds run with Sis. Baggett
7: Today at Walmart
8: the Lewis'
We didn't have a car this week because it was in the shop getting the scratches fixed up. But we didn't scratch it! It was like that when we got here haha. Hopefully we'll get it back tomorrow. Because sister Baggett has a torn meniscus and partial torn pateller tendon.... she's getting surgery on it when she gets home. Poor girl.
Some pretty cool things happened this week! The Spanish Elders in the area called us and told us they met one of our investigators, Roxy. But Roxy said we hadn't been around in a while. We didn't even know about her!! So of course we immediately went to meet her. She wanted to know if people could join our church later in life or if they have to be born into it. She was pleased to hear that all are welcome! She had lost her Book of Mormon and so we were able to give her another one and we'll be going back to see her!
Another miracle was the other night we were walking down the street and a young girl was outside walking back into her house. She kind of stopped and stared at us so we said hi and she said, "are you the Mormon girls?" Turns out, the sisters before us had met her and given her a Book of Mormon and she's been reading it! So we set up a time to go and see her as well.
We keep finding these people that we didn't know about! I know that God truly puts people in our paths for a reason. His work will get done one way or another!
We laid some more Sod this week! I'm thinking about starting a business with it when I get home ;)
We were able to watch the "Be One" Broadcast the other night with the YSA members. It was so good! Dang if the Mormon Tabernacle Choir sang like that at General Conference, it would be a PARTY! Can you even imagine?? Can I get a Hallelujah? It really was amazing though.
I'm super sorry that I didn't take more pics this week. But please enjoy this pic that I took at Walmart today.
I hope everyone has a good week! Much love. God Bless.
Love, Sister Jensen
Jeremy got baptized on Saturday!!! He was so happy. He hasn't stopped smiling since. All of the sisters that have taught him were able to come to the baptism, even the one that has gone home FaceTimed in for it!
We had exchanges with the STL's on Friday and exchanged back on Saturday right before the baptism. It was pretty stressful! Hahah hermana Green and I were on our way to the church when Sister Baggett called and asked us if we could bring as many towels as we could to the church. They flooded it! I guess someone unlocked the door to turn on the faucet but then shut the door and didn't leave the key. So the sisters had no way of shutting it off! It flooded up over the steps and out the door onto the carpet. There was quite the puddle on the floor once we got there but they had contained it haha. It was about 45 minutes til the baptism so we set up some fans and soaked up the water with some towels. Jeremy walked in and was pretty confused as to what was happening. It was honestly one of the funniest things ever and I wish I would've been there for the full story haha! Dont worry, the Bishop gave us a tutorial afterwards on how to fill the font 
Exchanges went well! I was with Hermana Green in her area. I got to do some more Spanish work! We went to a Spanish book of Mormon class and they asked me to read out loud.... It was a little rough. But I'm still working towards my goal of becoming an Hermana by August! ;) In other exciting news, Sister Baggetts brother got his mission call last week to South Africa, Johannesburg! He opened his call live on Facebook so we were able to watch it. Isnt technology the best? Oh! I feel like I received a calling in the YSA ward. Not only am I a missionary, but I am now the ward chorister. I have lead the music in Sacrament meeting 3 weeks in a row! I don't even know if I'm doing it right... but no one watches anyways right? Right. In my interview with President this week he asked the question, "What does the Book of Mormon mean to you?" I've thought a lot about it this week and its something that I encourage all of you to really think about! It amazes me that words on a page can make our hearts feel something so strong. The power in the Book of Mormon is unreal! It truly is a gift from God. Its the missing piece of the puzzle. And I really can't imagine my life without it. I'm grateful for my mission and the opportunity that I have had to really grow my testimony of the Book of Mormon. Its true! And I love it :)
Love all of you! Happy Memorial Day!!Love, Sister Jensen
Pics:
1: we did a Facebook video chat lesson with Jeremy. The other girl is a member named Melissa :) 2,3,4: Jeremy's baptism!!! Not sure why the coloring looks yellow haha 5: I planted some cilantro the other day for service 6: days for girls service activity with the YSA relief society
This is the email from May 21. its been a crazy week and I forgot to send it again. but look at it this way...you get another one tomorrow.
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Wanna know something sad? June is President and Sister Lewis' last month in the mission :(Everyone is really going to miss them! I have my last interview with him tomorrow.On Wednesday I got to take my first trip up to Levenworth. Levenworth is a little town that they have tried to make look like Germany. The Mountains around it look similar to the German Alps so they've tried to make the city look Bavarian or something like that. The reason we went was to go to a youth activity. They had a set of Elders and a set of Sisters come and the youth did a Q & A about missions. It was a really neat experience. I loved talking to them about how great missions are! The Youth have such a sweet spirit about them :)We did quite a bit of yard work this week! Lol we were working in one ladies garden and we must have disturbed a huge ant pile because next thing I knew they were attacking me! I didn't know ants were such grouchy little buggers. I now have ant bites all over my ankles... oh well. I learned my lesson. We got to lay some sod on Friday! Luckily I laid sod in my backyard at home a couple of weeks before I came on my mission so I was practically a pro ;)The Spanish Elders in the area have been sending us so many referrals lately and its awesome!! There is quite a bit of work to do in this area. Especially in the YSA ward. Its been kind of hard adjusting to the area and trying to pick up where the last sisters left off because all that was left was a few notes for us. But we're figuring it out! The last little bit has been much better. Jeremy is still planning on getting baptized this Saturday if all goes well with his interview tonight! He is such a neat guy. I'm really excited for him :)I went on a hike this morning! It was extremely hot outside haha. It was definitely a little more difficult than hiking P-mountain. The weather has been up in the 90's lately but I'm not going to complain because I have a car. And Its much better than the snow!I hope everyone has a fabulous week!
Love, Sister Jensen
Heres some pics: 1: Theres a mall here! I haven't been to the mall in so long. Heres a cute unicorn thing haha2 & 3: Pics from the hike today 4: Laying Sod5 & 6: Youth in Levensworth 7: I was in the Newspaper in Ephrata!
