BIG NEWS!
So I guess President decided to take Sister Shinkle away from me.... she is going to be serving in Ephrata! Not in the ward I served in though :(
My new companion is Sister Going and she will get here on Wednesday. She is coming from Ephrata so I'll be able to ask her about all of my friends there and how they're doing! Yay! I'm really sad that Sister Shinkle is leaving, she has become one of my very best friends. But we'll see each other in 6 weeks at the mission home so I won't have to miss her for too long ;)
Oh also, instead of covering 1st and 3rd ward, Sister Going and I will only be covering 1st ward. They decided to put more missionaries in Ellensburg. It will be great for the work! But it was sad to say goodbye to all of my 3rd ward buddies, I love them!
I also found out something exciting!! On our missionary Facebook page they post all of the people that are on-date for baptism this month so that we can pray for them. And Erika was on the list!!! Erika was someone I taught back in Ephrata and I hadn't heard any updates on her until now! I AM SO HAPPY FOR HER!!! She has been taking missionary lessons for almost 2 years now. Her daughter is also planning on getting baptized this month. MIRACLES!
We were able to get in contact with people this week that we haven't been able to see for WEEKS! And it was super good. Both of them told us that they were planning on coming back to church!
LIGHT THE WORLD started on Saturday!! We were able to volunteer at CWU for their Holiday Extravaganza. It was basically just a huge craft festival for kids to come to and have a free for all. We were in charge of the Candy-Cane Kangaroo booth. We got free T-shirts too so that was a bonus lol. While we were sitting there, we got a call from a man that said he just moved to Ellensburg and is interested in learning more about our church! He asked for the address and time that we meet so hopefully he starts coming!! It was so cool! That like never happens.... so if he actually comes it will be LEGIT!
Ellensburg had Stake Conference this weekend and a member from the Seventy came. He was a really good speaker! I am so pumped for the new year when we get to start the "Come, Follow Me" curriculum. Oh yeah and we got to watch the Christmas devotional last night! President Nelson is just the greatest, I love him. I really liked what one of the speakers said in the devotional, "If you ever think you're too small to make a difference, you've never spent a night with a mosquito".
I read Jacob 5 in my studies this week and it just reminded me again how important this work is! The Lord wants us back, and he will do everything in His power for us to return to him but we need to also use our agency and do our part. What more could He do for us than He has already done? His gift is the greatest gift we could ever receive. (I loved President Nelsons talk about that last night btw) I know this is the Lords work and we are all so blessed to be involved in the gathering of Israel!
Happy December! I hope all of yall in Utah are enjoying the snow ;)
Love, Sister Jensen
1-4: The Holiday Extravaganza. The other girl that sat with us was named Ashya. I got to tell her about Light the World so that was neat!
5: This is Sister Connie Miller. We go visit her on the weekends. She helped me learn how to read crochet patterns!!
6: We played that one weird game... the pic is blurry but oh well.
7: We went and said goodbye to the Pearson family last night... they were in their jammies haha. They're in the 3rd ward so I won't see them as much anymore :(
8: This is Alberta who we watched the Christmas devotional with. We are teaching her husband, Doug
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