I hope everyone had a good Halloween! We had to be home by 6 so we borrowed a bunch of extra sheets from a member and made a big fort in our living room. Then we moved our mattresses off of our bunk bed and put them in the fort. We watched the Living Scriptures (also borrowed from the same member) and roasted s'mores over our stove. It was pretty great!
We had exchanges with our STL's this week and I got to be in Yakima with Sister Hatch. I remember my first two exchanges as a missionary, I came back to Sister Wadman and was so relieved because being with a different companion felt so weird! I even cried because I had missed her so much hahah. And not that I didn't miss Sister Shinkle, but these days, its just missionary life. I just felt like I was starting a new transfer with a new companion and the transition is a lot smoother than it use to be! It was a lot of fun. Its weird to think I only have one more exchange.
Our zone started a "Zone Fast" yesterday. Its not a fast from food though. What we're doing is disabling our Facebooks for 2 weeks. And we also are only listening to the Tabernacle choir or General Conference talks. And we are making sure to be out of our apartment by 10 every day and stay out until 9. Its pretty simple actually! We are doing the fast so that we can recognize miracles but Sister Shinkle and I are especially trying to find the people that are prepared to hear the gospel.
We started a Book of Mormon class on Thursday! Every week we are going to study stories from the Book of Mormon and how they can relate to our own lives. We're hoping that quite a bit of people will start coming. This thursday we are studying about the Tree of Life in Lehi's vision!
On Thursday last week at the Book of Mormon class we talked about Lehi's family leaving Jerusalem and then Nephi and his brothers going back to get the plates. They tried 3 times before they were able to retrieve them. Sometimes in life, God asks us to do something and then the first time we may fail. Which can be pretty confusing! But just like Nephi, if we have faith that God will prepare a way and we keep trying, we will be able to accomplish whatever it is that God asks us to do. Haha now when I read the Book of Mormon I picture the Living Scriptures characters in my mind and its pretty funny.
Until next week friends! Love you all.
-Sister Jensen
Heres some pics of the fort we made on halloween, our Book of Mormon class, and a picture with the STL's from exchanges.
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