Hi Mom!!!
I absolutely love your owl pillow!!! Thank you for sharing the
picture as well as the story about Mandy. That is so encouraging to hear, but I
am little confused because no one told me that Mandy was moving to AZ.... I
just started reading Mandy's letter and all of a sudden I read that she was
moving. Exciting... but weird. So I guess I have big news too. I am being
transferred!!! Actually, our area Evergreen is being combined with another
ward, because we will be losing about 50 missionaries within the next few
transfers, so we are being taken out of the area. I am kind of sad to be
leaving Sister Peters and the people that I have grown fond to, but I am
excited for the new possibilities of serving in a new area. This week has
brought forth a lot of hard work and trying to prepare our area for the new
missionaries. We have seen a lot of miracles, and I am excited to hear about
what happens to my little Evergreen area. Thank you for the package!!! I have
worn both of the Thermal bottoms already, (because I got my package on Friday),
and I have given out many of the rings and silly bands!!! Today I get to go to
the Calgary temple!!! I am excited to spend sometime in the house of the Lord.
How is the Phoenix temple? You said that it was the second most beautiful
temple that you have ever seen next to the Ogden temple (which I am excited to
go through).
I love you so much and can't wait to tell you all about my new
experiences. I will be giving a letter to Sister Gardner to put
in the mail when she gets home (because she lives in Mesa), so hopefully you
will get that soon. I must say that I have never been so calm about
transfers or about doing this work. I can feel my love for the gospel
growing, and I hope that that will continue in an upward motion until I
get home, and then to continue to grow when I am back. Let me know how the move
is going for Mandy. I will be praying for her!!! Also... I would like another
skirt... but only after you have made one or two for yourself :). I love you
lots!!!
Sister Kelliann Jensen
Good Morning to all of my lovely
family and friends!!!
Sorry if I forgot to mention last
week that this week is transfer week and that I wouldn't be emailing until
today!! I always seem to forget something when I am emailing home :). Any
who... it really is crazy what a difference a week can make! (Crazy news to
follow....)
So to start off I guess I will just
break the news. Last Thursday we got a call... from the Assistants to
President.... on a Thursday.... which would normally mean that I would be
training... however that was not the case. I was sitting in our apartment
filing things into a binder when Sister Gardner looked down at the phone and
noticed we had a missed call from the Assistants. She looked over at me, threw
me the phone excitedly, and I nervously called them back. Of course they
didn't answer, but I promptly left a message and began waiting. About 5
minutes later they called back and told me news that I didn't expect.... They
are going to be combining our area with another area and ward, so I
am leaving this area and they are taking missionaries out of Sister Peters’
house. :(. Although at first I was rather sad, the idea that I could
be going anywhere, but that I still had a week in my first area left, drove me
to really work hard this week. Now this left me trying to decide if I would be
going South or staying North in the field..... and this morning I got on my
email I saw that I will be staying North in Calgary!!! I still don't know where
I am going or who my new companion will be, but I am excited to see the new
opportunities that await.
Now, back to Evergreen!!! It is
really cool to see the will of the Lord pan out. After we found out on
Thursday, nearly every one of our appointments with new potentials fell
through, and we really only had two lessons with Janet and Doug. Janet is still
progressing, and we pray that as she is transferred over to the new
missionaries that she will continue on the path that will lead her to Jesus
Christ. The really cool thing about all of this is that as we have been
preparing our area for the change, we have had the chance to do a lot of
finding and tracting. We have found a lot of people that would be willing to
have missionaries come back, as well as given away many copies of the Book of
Mormon. Our area seems to be getting prepared for this change, and it has been
a pretty great week seeing the hand of the Lord in the lives of those around
us. Stay tuned to find out where I end up and who I will be with.
Because of the changes coming up,
and Sister Gardner going home this Friday, this Sunday I gave my first talk in
church since I have been out. It was a really neat experience to be able to use
my new skills and the assistance of the spirit to give my talk. As ward
missionaries, (four of us spoke), we decided to base all of our talks on the
hymn "Because I have been given much". Originally, I wasn't going to
speak this week, but would wait until I got my new companion, however when
we received the news Sister Gardner asked me to speak in her place. The really
cool thing about this was that I have been receiving inspiration for my talk
since the day before, and then when she asked me, everything seemed to fall
into place. I based my talk on the line "I cannot see another's lack and I
not share, MY GLOWING FIRE". I talked a lot about being a light and a
beacon, letting God work within us, and letting our trials mold us into
stronger fires that bring hope and light to others. As I have been out, one of
my favorite scriptures has quickly become Ether 2:24-25 which says
24 For behold, ye shall be as
a whale in the midst of the sea; for the mountain waves shall dash upon you.
Nevertheless, I will bring you up again out of the depths of the sea; for the
winds have gone forth out of my mouth, and also the rains and the floods have I
sent forth.
25 And behold, I prepare you
against these things; for ye cannot cross this great deep save I prepare you
against the waves of the sea, and the winds which have gone forth, and the
floods which shall come. Therefore what will ye that I should prepare for you
that ye may have light when ye are swallowed up in the depths of the sea?
I am excited to see what this new transfer brings and how I can
bless other people with the strength that I have received from my Father in
Heaven. I know that He knows each of us personally, and He wants us to align
our will with His, that we may be able to grow and receive the blessing that we
need in order to become the best people that we can. When the winds come, I
encourage you to ask your Father in Heaven how you can see these winds as
blessings, and ask for the strength that you need to overcome. I love you all
so much and will let you know what is going on next week. Have a great week.
Love you for Always,
Sister Kelliann Jensen
Hi Dad,
It really does seem like I am not going to able to recognize
that house when I get home, haha. However, as long as the people that I love
are still there, that makes all of the difference. It sounds like things have
really been going well at home. Mom told me that Mandy had a cool experience
with prayer and that they are moving to AZ??? Wow... I am excited to see how
that goes. I have been really blessed to not get sick since I have been out.
Actually, my lactose intolerance hasn't seemed to be bothering me at all since
I have been out. I bet you when I get home it will return, but until then I am
glad for the relief now. I still try my hardest to avoid things that
could potentially upset my stomach, but it is so nice to not really have to
worry when a member forgets. I love you so much and I excited to tell you all
about the exciting things that happen in my next area. I am being transferred;
however I am staying in the North somewhere, so I won't be going to Cardston or
Lethbridge. I love you lots!!!
Love Sister Kelliann Jensen
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