Hello
all;
I
must say that I love serving as a missionary in the spring time!!!
This
is the first week of a whole new transfer and I am grateful that I get to spend
it in Prairie Winds with Sister Kendrick!! I really can't believe that I have
been serving here for a whole 3 months now. Time really does fly when you are
serving the Lord. We have set goals for our area, and we are super grateful for
the help that the Lord is giving us in His work.
This
week has been full of really exciting things. Although we haven't had any
baptisms, our investigators our doing well and we are working hard to find
others that need and are willing to hear about the restored gospel of Jesus
Christ. It has also been a week full of service opportunities!!
It
is so funny the random things that you learn how to do on your mission!!
In
these past two weeks I have done many things that I feel will be really helpful
in my future.
1.
Ripping out carpet.
2.
This week we did all sorts of service. Sister Kendrick and I ripped out a
Juniper bush. So much fun, there we lady bugs crawling all over me!!! I tried
to save them as best I could but when they fall into the pile of branches that
you are stomping on you can't really do anything about it.
3.
We moved 50 lbs. side walk blocks. That was quite the blast.
4.
We tore apart an outdoor fire pit.
5.
We raked leaves and held a bon fire for a member that was getting rid of a
bunch of junk.... (this was mostly the elders but we did rake a lot of
leaves!!)
Let’s
just say that I will have to wash my jeans this week. Out of all of this we
have a new potential investigator too!!
Sister
Kendrick and I have also started looking for new ways that we can find in our
area!! Tracting (or going door to door) can be really hard in our area because
of the diversity of cultures, so we are looking for other ways that we can find
people!! We had two awesome things this week that we tried. 1. Drawing the Plan
of Salvation out in Chalk. 2. Walking this awesome path that we have behind the
house. There are loads of people that walk that path on nice days after
dinner...and that seems to be our slowest hours of the day!!!
Our
investigators like I said earlier are doing really well! We had a miracle with
Kirsten this week where we were going to go to the library to Facebook, but
when we got there at our normal time, we found out that it closed at 8. Kirsten
hadn't been responding to us since Conference, so we were afraid that she was
avoiding us, but when we turned to leave Sister Kendrick pointed out
that Kirsten and Lochlan were sitting at the tables off to the side. We
went over and talked with her, resolved some concerns and set up an appointment
to teach her son the next night. The next night we taught the Plan of Salvation
using a white board and Kirsten had more questions that we were able to answer.
She has been thinking that she needs to ask in prayer to know
if the Book of Mormon is true, which of course is correct. The next
day at church, not only was the Sunday school lesson on knowing if the church
was true... but the Relief Society lesson was mistakenly on Joseph Smith and
know that He is a true prophet of God. We had another lesson with her last
night and watched Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration. I am grateful
for my testimony and knowledge of this gospel and the help that the Lord gives
us as we do His work.
Jasleen,
our 14 year old investigator, is doing really well too!! She wants to be
baptized but wants to make sure that she has a firm testimony before she is!!
We are starting the lessons over with her (and Morgan, our 13 year old
investigator, is going to help us). Kevin, the fiance of one of our Recently
Returned Less-Active members (whom we have Family Home Evening with on Monday
nights) is amazing!!! He has completely turned his life around, and although we
don't get to see him often (he is a truck driver), we know that the Lord is
protecting Him and helping him become who He know that Kevin can be.
I
am so grateful for the work that I get to be a part of. I have a testimony that
our Savior knows each of us, and although sometimes life can seem hard, if we
stop and trust in him we will be able to live a life of abundance. I am
grateful that we can pray to our Father in Heaven and ask Him to know if this
church is true. I know that I have gained a testimony and that by abiding by
the Commandments of Christ, and trying our hardest, we can learn to trust more
in God and have that guidance in our life that we truly need. I hope that everyone
will have an amazing week!!! If you haven't read 2 Nephi chapters 9-10 recently
I strongly suggest that you do!!
https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/9?lang=eng (This
is the link to 2 Nephi 9 if you don't have a copy of the Book of Mormon on
you!!!)
Hello
Mommy!!!
Things
in Canada are going pretty well. This week has been a crazy realization as I
realized that in this next transfer many things will be happening.... I will be
turning 20... I will have been out for 8 almost 9 months... Mother's day is the
week of my birthday (by the way best birthday present ever). And we have so
much work going on I can hardly keep my head on straight! I just took a
little bit of time to look at all of the Facebook post for the people that I
love. I didn't realize how much I had been missing all of you until I got on
today, but I think I will take a little time out of my email time and do a Facebook
catch up as well. I have my family posts of a separate page during the week, so
that I do not get distracted, but I think it would be okay to look at them on
Mondays!! We don't have iPad’s and probably won’t for a while!!
Oh
and now Sister Martin is home, so Sister Kendrick is my only companion left on
a mission that is still out!! CRAZY!
This
week has been super busy! We have done soo much that I can hardly remember what
we have done. Well I guess I should tell you that we are now the only two
sisters in our entire Zone. That is 20 missionaries and we are the only 2
females. That has been a weird adjustment I must say. But the Elders have been
really nice to us, so we really can't complain.
I
will break up the week into categories.
First:
Service!!!
It
is so funny the random things that you learn how to do on your mission!!
In
these past two weeks I have done many things that I feel will be really helpful
in my future.
1.
Ripping out carpet.
2.
This week we did all sorts of service. Sister Kendrick and I ripped out a
Juniper bush. So much fun. There we lady bugs crawling all over me!!! I tried
to save them as best I could but when they fall into the pile of branches that
you are stomping on you can't really do anything about it.
3.
We moved 50 lbs. side walk blocks. That was quite the blast.
4.
We tore apart an outdoor fire pit.
5.
We raked leaves and held a bon fire for a member that was getting rid of a
bunch of junk.... (this was mostly the elders but we did rake a lot of
leaves!!)
Lets
just say that I will be having to wash my jeans this week. Out of all of this
we have a new potential investigator too!!
Serving
in Calgary in the Spring has so many opportunities!! I really love that we can
just walk around outside and talk to all of the people on the street. Sister
Kendrick and I have been doing some new finding actives, including drawing
the Plan of Salvation out in chalk at the park (which we think we are also
going to do downtown), and walking this awesome path that is full of people
after dinner when it is really nice outside. Although winter missionary work is
nice...I am really grateful for the summer that I get to be in Canada as a
missionary.
I
will tell you more about the people I am teaching in my mass email!! I love you
so much... I might have gotten a little carried away looking at everyone's Facebooks so
I don't have as much time as I would like, but live and learn. :) I am so proud
of you and I can't wait to see you on Mother's day. Thank you for
everything that you have taught me throughout the year. I am and
will always be eternally grateful.
Pictures
to COME. I haven't gotten my charger yet, but I will soon.
Love
you always!!
Sister
Kelliann Jensen
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