Hello Everybody!!!!
Man, I feel like every time I am
away from my family (i.e not near a computer or a Monday) I get new and
exciting news. I mean when I learned I was to be a drum major in high school my
parents were on a flight to Hawaii, when I learned that my first area Evergreen
was being combined with Elders it was NOT a P-day... and of course this
transfer is just the same with news :). So on Wednesday night at 10:11 pm I
found out something pretty cool. I will be staying in the North East for
another 3 months... and how do I know that..... I AM TRAINING A NEW
MISSIONARY!!!! I am super excited to be able to learn so much from my new
companion and to really work hard this transfer. At the same time I am kind of
terrified and I really hope that I will be able to make an impact on the
life/mission of my brand new companion. It will be so different for me because
I have never been the senior companion, and almost all of my companions after
next month will be home already. It will be really cool and rewarding to see
her grow. Hard but cool.
On Friday we went to our new
trainer meeting and I found out that not only am I training, but Sister Milias
(one of my MTC roomies) AND Sister Wagstaff (my MTC companion) are
training together!!! There are 5 new sisters coming out, so I feel really
blessed to be able to train.
On Saturday, Sister Willicome (the
member we live with) took Sister Bullock and me to the Temple in North West
Calgary. That temple is so nice, and I feel really blessed to be able to have
attended it 3 times already on a fluke. It has a beautiful wheat theme, and
although it is small, it is amazing. We continue to have lots of work at our
fingertips in this area. It really is a testament to how working hard, although
it will not always create an immediate response, will bless you in the future.
This week with Morgan, we taught her about the online portion of doing Family
History. She only had her mom and her dad on her line so far, so we found the
name of her Grandma and put it in. We then decided to put in her Great Grandpas
name into the search bar and found a couple of possible Matches. When Morgan
texted her Grandma asking when her dad died and when he was born, we FOUND
HIM!!! And then when we plugged his name into her tree, her tree EXPLODED!!! In
a matter of 5 minutes her tree went from 2 generations all the way back to the
early 1700s!!! Crazy right??? ANNNDDDD, when we looked to see who put the names
into the computer, the majority of them had been updated and added by Familysearch.org in
August of 2014.... she walked into church in November of 2014.... We love
Morgan and only have one lesson left with her. She will be getting baptized on
April 3rd, and so we will be teaching/re-teaching the things that she feels she
needs a better grasp on.
Kirsten and Lochlan, will be moving
out of their house on Friday to, hopefully, another part of our area. We had a
lesson on prayer, scripture study and church attendance and we really worked
hard to help her see what those three things can do for you. She told us that
she has a better understanding know of the Sacrament, and promised us that she
would be coming on Sunday... AND SHE CAME!!! It is really exciting to see
people begin to understand. My new companion and I will be helping her pack and
move along with a set of Elders in the area on Friday and meeting with her on Wednesday.
Hopefully when they get settled we will be able to pick up her son Lochlan as
an investigator, but for now the support that the ward has given them is
amazing.
Shem has been to church every week
that I have been in Prairie Winds, he is doing well, really loves church, and
hopefully we will be able to help him to understand and gain that desire to be
baptized this week. Jasleen comes to Young Women's every week and Indika
continues to come to church, even though he doesn't have time to meet with us.
This area has soooo much potential with less actives and potentials, and I
really hope to be able to apply myself with my new companion to really reach out
in love.
This past transfer, my motto has
been "little by little", however I think this transfer will be "Motivated
by love". When we truly take the time to ask Heavenly Father to help us to
love someone and we take the time to understand them, we can be motivated by
love. I want to really be able to show my love to all, including Heavenly
Father, my companion, my investigators and members. I love all of you so much.
I can't believe that I am coming up on my 6 month mark. It really does go by
fast. Have a wonderful week!!!
Love, Sister Jensen (Kelliann)
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