Our week started with exchanges with the STL's on Tuesday. I got to be with Hermana Falla and stay in my area. We had a lot of fun together! Not a lot of people opened their doors for us sadly.. But we got to go do some service for sister Donaghy in the ward. They were moving so we helped clean the house. I cleaned all the carpets! So that was fun haha.
We had zone conference on Thursday. The theme was about our missionary purpose and how we can focus more on it. I'm sure some of you saw the pics on the mission Facebook page. Hahah I look really bored in a lot of them, but I promise she just took the pictures at the wrong time! My buddy next to me though, Elder Spitzer, he was falling asleep like the whole time. I really wish she would've taken a picture of that haha.
My favorite part of the week was meeting with a lady named Terri. She is a less-active that came to church on Sunday. She got baptized when she was 15 but hasn't come to church since. It's been 40 years since then! Her daughter is a member and also got baptized at 15 after meeting missionaries. Terri has had a lot of experiences that have led her to come back to church. Her daughter has been a good influence on her, and God has softened her heart over the years. When we met with her on Friday morning she told us all about why she's coming to church and wanting to learn about this. It was just amazing to see her sincere desire to embrace the gospel! I felt like Heavenly Father was jumping up and down with joy and excitement that one of his children was coming back :)
She doesn't remember all of the doctrine so we're going to go through all of the lessons with her like we would with an investigator. Terri is a prime example of why we never give up on people. It took 40 years for her to come back, but she did!
Also, one of our recent converts was engaged to somebody that she had met online. Well, Sister Baggett and I were suspicious of it so we looked up the person on Facebook. We found out that it was fake and she was being scammed. She had never met the person face-to-face, and hadn't even talked to them on the phone. We talked to the Bishop about it because we had reasons to think that she was sending money to the person. Well, they wanted us to go over and tell her and show her the evidence. She was heartbroken. The worse part, she had the persons name tattooed on her arm! So now she has to figure out how to cover that up.. I guess moral of the story, don't be stupid online. This is the second person I've taught that has been scammed on Facebook. I knew it was a real thing, but didn't know it was so common. So sad. Be careful everyone haha! And don't get strangers names tattooed on you lol.
Only two weeks until Sister Baggett goes home. Its weird because sometimes I'm a little jealous like, dang seeing my family would be great right now. But other times I'm like, "sucker!!! You don't get to stay and be a missionary any more!!" I'm sure shes having some weird feelings about it haha.
Well gotta go! Have a good week! Heres some pics. We toured the Rocky Reach Dam last week and the Salmon were passing through! That was pretty neat.
Sister Baggett and I got some matching P-day shirts. And look how huge this dog is!! Its an Irish Wolf Hound. I look really happy but it was actually kind of scary haha.
Love, Sister Jensen
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