Welcome Home Sister Jensen!!!!!!!

Sister Camri Jensen returned home from her mission to Yakima, Washington on January 15th, 2019! 

Video to come. 

Week 74 - ONE WEEK

Hey everyone! 

Monday night was so much fun! Sister Going and I had to stay inside because of New Years Eve so we did a spa night and watched some church movies! Oh and we tried out our crock-pot for the first time, i'm pretty proud of the chefs we have become this last week :')

On Tuesday we went to see someone we're teaching named Ashley.  And her brother, John, was there.  We had never met John before.  He sat in on the lesson as we read the Book of Mormon and was way into it! He said hes been going through some hard things lately and is looking for something more in his life.  Hes going to be at our next lesson this week!

On Thursday we were going to help Sister Jarman clean out her pig pens but then we ended up weeding her garden instead.  We were pretty sad actually because we wanted the experience of cleaning a pig pen hahah.  She had a mama pig that was going to have babies and we were going to go out and help deliver them! Wouldn't that have been awesome?! I was so excited! But then she had them at like 3 am soooo that was a bummer :(

Oh! We had the first week of Come, Follow Me and the new schedule for church.  I loved it! Testimony meeting felt like it went by speedy quick.  I love the direction that the church is going.  

Remember that one guy with the crazy house made out of apple crates and underground tunnels with food storage? Well we're going to his house again today with our zone for p-day! So sorry this is short but I gotta get going! 

Also... I'm sure most of you are aware.  But I will be coming home in ONE WEEK! I'm so excited to see all of you :) LOVE YOU!

Love, Sister Jensen

For our spa night, I put a chair in the tub so that we could both put our feet in the deep end haha.  Heres a selfie with our crock pot as well.  Oh and we didn't stay up until midnight, but we did set an alarm that woke us up at 11:57 so we could have a drink of apple juice and celebrate for a minute haha! I was holding up my phone to show the time but you can't see it :(

We helped someone move this week so the pic with the Elders is of him pushing us on the little moving wagon thing.  

The lady I took a pic with is Sister Eckhart.  She came to the Book of Mormon study class this week and brought her two little yorkies with her, I thought it was pretty hilarious! 

And we saw Molly again yesterday so here is a selfie with her :)

And the group pic is out at the Jarmans after we helped in the garden, we were having Hot Chocolate :)

Week 73 - 2019 Coming Real Soon

On Monday night we went and caroled at an old folks home.  They were all eating their Christmas dinner and we didn't have a piano so we sang accapella.  It was a tad awkward... But that word just kind of defines missionary life haha.  It was fun!

Christmas was great!! Christmas morning we went over to the Robinson's and they made us crepes.  Then we drove over to Selah to see our zone.  We watched the movie "It's a Wonderful Life".  Sister Going and I just kind of crocheted the whole time haha. After we got back from Selah we went and skyped our families at the Burnhams house.  Talking with my family was the highlight of my day! It was so fun.  I'm excited to see them soon :) Then we had dinner with the Parkers and played games all night with their family.  And it didn't even snow!! I was fine with it, but I'm sure there were plenty of people hoping for a white christmas.

Big news in the mission world! so the area presidency over this mission and surrounding missions decided to change our meals with members.  We will no longer be having dinner with the members except for Saturday and Sunday.  We will be having dinner on our own in our apartments from the hours of 4-5 and then using the hours from 5-7 for finding.  Its "prime Proselyting" time.  Then they want us to visit members and share a lesson with them from 8-9.  We got crockpots so sister Going and I are going to try it out today! Lol the Elders already tried theirs... they made a giant chocolate chip cookie in it.  So I guess its going good so far 

ALSO! Sister missionaries can now wear pants! Say what?! I think its freaking awesome! I just wish it would have been sooner in my mission haha.  Sister Going got extra money in her missionary account this month and we're pretty sure they gave all sisters extra money so they could buy some pants.  Sister Going isn't all that excited to wear pants but she bought some today! 

So we haven't seen Molly in soooo long but she texted us last week and said she wanted to have a lesson!! So we went down to Cle Elum yesterday to see her and guess what... when we walked in her mom asked if she could sit in on the lesson! It was so cool!! We're going back next week to have another lesson with both of them :) Hopefully Molly's mom will feel the spirit and open up to the idea of Molly getting baptized.  I think that is secretly Molly's plan with her mom sitting in on the lessons haha.  She said, "if you have any questions mom, feel free to ask.  If you have questions about baptism, or anything, just ask".  Shes the best! I freaking love Molly! She told us that Joseph Smith's birthday was the other day, she had it marked on her calendar.  Her and her friend celebrated it! 

This week we have been sharing a message with members about the New Year coming.  There is a cute video on LDS.org! It talks about Lot's wife and how she became a pillar of salt when she looked back.  The message is to move forward and not dwell on the past! With this New Year coming, we all have a chance to start fresh and become better, more dedicated, disciples of Jesus Christ.  So as you're all making those New Years resolutions, remember that dwelling in the past won't help with our progression.  Genesis 19:17 "Look not behind thee"

I love you all! Happy New Year! Stay safe.  God Bless 

Love, Sister Jensen

Mike came and played the guitar when we caroled.  The pic with crepes was christmas morning.  oh Mike gave the Jackmans some of his artwork for Christmas so I took a pic of them with it! Someone made me this little figurine and I think its so cute haha.  Some members took my phone and took a selfie, its the Hahns they are awesome! These 3 boys are cousins with Taylor Degroff (Stanley now)! What a small world! Oh and Josilyn came and visited last pday and got in on our districts nerf war! It was so good to see her :)