Hi Daddy!!
This week was full of turkey, my
three month mark, transfer notices, and a lot of Hot Chocolate and good
lessons. I will start with the turkey. I can now say that I have celebrated
Christmas before Thanksgiving. On Wednesday, we had our Relief Society Christmas
party. We had two investigators come to that, Janet and Marian. We had turkey
(which was also slightly overdone… :P), salad, rolls (or buns as the Canadians
call them), and some pretty great desserts. I played the guitar and sang a
Primary Christmas song called "Who is the Child", Sister Martin and
I came up with a new verse, and it went okay... I was kind of
nervous. Our investigators had a lot of fun and even got to know some
new people which is amazing for Janet. The next day was Thanksgiving and
as you know we had dinner at the Babcock’s. I can now say that
I have had brined Turkey... have you ever tried that?? Knuckle’s is
the dog in the pictures, and he is just as crazy as O'Malley. I feel very
grateful to have spent Thanksgiving with them and 5 other missionaries
that I have grown to love and will miss dearly as they transfer, train, and go
home. On Friday, we went to our recently re-baptized member Gillian's house,
and ate Turkey soup (they are Canadian), and had a great 2 hour lesson with her
husband Roy. He has never really been open to the gospel, and has an issue with
Home Teachers, so we get to do a lot of teaching in their home. (Not to mention
Gillian signs up to feed us practically every week). During this 2 hour lesson
we talked about Christmas and the Priesthood, which he does have a problem
with. He then came to church on Sunday because it was the 5th Sunday and he and
his wife would not have to be separated. It could not have been a more perfect
Sunday for him to come. Not only was the 3rd hour all about the ARP program,
but the 3rd speaker in Sacrament was his fellow-shipper on... the
Priesthood!!!! He answered and readdressed everything we spoke with him about
on Friday. SOOO COOOLLL!!! We also had one more investigator come to church,
Janet. Plus we picked Ben back up, whom we had passed off to the missionaries
who live in his area, and Doug conquered most of his problem even without
help!! Good week.
I can't believe that I have been
out for three months already. Time certainly flies and drags all at the same
time. Like just now I looked at the clock when I started writing this letter
and I had 67 minutes left, now I have 32... I have no idea where the time went.
Transfer notices. So this week was
what is known in the mission as Board week, which means that President deciding
where and what needs to happen with his missionaries this transfer. We have 22
new missionaries coming in this week. 11 Sisters, 11 Elders. During Board week,
calls go out throughout the week for things like trainers, leaders, and purges
(which means that both missionaries in the area would be leaving) so Sister
Martin and I were both on edge every time the phone rang. When we got to emails
this morning we found out that Sister Martin will be going down South... and I
will be getting a new companion. I feel very blessed to have started out in an
area that is so much like home. Evergreen is like home away from home, and I am
happy that I get to stay for at least another transfer. I was kind of scared
because everyone thought I would be training, however the Lord knows me better
and knows that I am not quite ready for that. I am excited to try my hand out
in the Evergreen area without Sister Martin, but I will miss her and cherish
the things that I have learned from her and the friendship that I have gained.
As far of Hot Chocolate goes, it is
a very popular drink around here. I feel like I have it at least 5 times a week
and Timmy's hot chocolate is the best. I will definitely be taking you to Tim
Horton’s if you come up when I am finished with my mission. Although I am going
to miss this transfer and the things that I have learned, I am excited to meet
my new companion and start anew as a non-greeny. I love you lots!! Oh and also
we are allowed to Skype on Christmas, so you should create a Skype so that we
can do that.
Also the church has put out a new
website called Christmas.mormon.org. They are doing a
worldwide spread of what we call "He is the Gift" and the church will
be doing a complete you tube ad takeover starting Dec. 7th and will be having 4
billboards in time square!!!! Exciting things are happening! Have a great week.
Love you forever,
Kelliann (Sister Jensen)
Hi Mom,
It looks like I will be staying in
Evergreen for at least another transfer; however Sister Martin will be leaving
down south... I am sad to see her go, but I look forward to starting over with
a new companion which I will meet on Thursday. I really hope that I end up with
one of my MTC roommates, Sister Milius, who actually sent me a letter on
Sunday. She is in Medicine Hat, but her companion is training again, and so it
is a possibility that she could be coming up North. Thanksgiving was super fun.
The Babcock’s are wonderful people and I feel very blessed to know them and to
have them in my area. They make holidays a little better because I can't be
with you. As for the bangs, I had pulled them back that day because it is a
pain in the mornings sometimes to do them ha, ha. And the dog’s name is
Knuckles. He is quite the dork, and really is just like O'Malley in dog form.
It has also been a great blessing to live in the Peters home. They are like
family away from family. They have a son that has three little girls, just like
Adelle, Millie, and Lucy, and a dog about the size of O'Malley. It really is as
close to being at home as you can get when you are away.
Your Black Thursday sounds really
crazy!!! I can't/can believe that Target has fallen into the consumer trap and
is now opening on Thursday and it really breaks my heart that a holiday so
based on family has been taken to the wayside by shopping. How is Adelina
doing?? You should have her email me :) Also how is Stephanie Wood? I was going
to ask for her email the other day, but I forgot.
It got crazy cold this week. -20
with a wind chill of -31. However, I appear to be adjusting just nicely. I
think that I like the cold better then I like the warm. There are only so many
layers you can take off when you can put as many as you want on. Plus I like
sweaters... and scarfs...and all wintery things. I feel as though I have been
placed in just the perfect place for me, and I know that Heavenly Father
definitely knows me better than I do. I really can't believe that is has been
three months already, especially when you compare these 3 months to 3 months of
waiting to get out here which were the longest three months of my life. All of
our investigators have come a long way in just one week. Each of them have
overcome issue that I thought would have been a lot harder to over-come, and
yet they did. Janet came to church this week. Marian came to the Relief Society
Christmas party (which was the day before Thanksgiving), and Doug solved most
of his problems by just doing the things that we asked him. Plus we had this
amazing 2 hour conversation with an investigator name Roy who is the husband of
our recently baptized member Gillian. We talked about a lot of things
specifically Christmas and the Priesthood (which he still has a lot of issues
with). Then he actually came to church on Sunday and the third talk was on the
Priesthood given by none other than his friend-shipper, answering every single
one of his questions from Friday!!! SOOOO COOOOLLLLL. The work is going well
here in Evergreen. I am getting better and look forward for a new transfer with
a new companion. I will be sending off your package this week for Christmas and
it will probably contain every ones presents because I am not sure I have
enough to send cards and presents all over the country. Say hi to every one for
me!! I love you lots.
OH AND LOOK UP Christmas.mormon.org!!!
It is a new Christmas message that the church is putting out to the whole world
called He is the Gift!! Have a great week!!! I still haven't found me camera
charger, but hope to do so when we pack up Sister Martin so I will send you
some pictures soon.
Love Sister Kelliann Jensen
Hey!
So, I'm Sister Hassan, I'm Sister
Jensen's Sister Training Leader. :D
She just wanted me to send you this
picture of us together. We ended up walking a lot on the day we went on
exchanges and it was snowing, so we got pretty wet.
While I'm at it, I wanted to tell
you how wonderful your daughter is. She is so sweet, and kind, and genuine and
It's so easy to see the joy that she brings into the lives of others. Thank you
so much for your sacrifice of sending her here. She is doing great, great
things.
Sister Hassan
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