We had to say goodbye to all of our teachers- except a few that we will see for the last time tonight. It has been really hard to say goodbye. I don't know how someone I really haven't known for very long could seriously have such a huge impact on my life. My homeroom teacher, Hermano Noltemeyer, is seriously one of the most inspired people that I have ever met. He loves all the up-beat hymns and he sings them double time and he pumps his arm when he sings (ie: in our lovely desseret, scatter sunshine... it is hilarious). I know that God blessed me by giving me a teacher with a sense of humor. I was so worried that I would never be able to understand his Dominican Republic accent, but I did by the end! He has a very strong testimony and he worked hard for us! He will not be teaching here any more, we were his very last district- he really gave it his all and ended strong. Some of my other fantastic teachers were Hna [Hermana] Ricks, Hno [Hermano] Argyle (who has been home from his mission for about 8 weeks- when he started teaching us he had been home for 2!), Hna [Hermana] Larsen, and so many more. I would go into more details, but they mean more to me personally than they do to all of you:)
We had a pretty cool experience, my companion and I were chosen to demonstrate "how to begin teaching" to the new missionaries on Wednesday night. There are 2 things that made it super awesome. We got to meet the guy from the district, Elder (now brother) Christensen. Haha, We demonstrated how to begin teaching on one of our mock investigators here. beforehand, he told us about how his experience as an investigator was. Daniel was our hardest investigator. He wanted to learn about the priesthood and he had a problem with drinking and pornography. It was an amazing teaching experience. At "how to begin teaching" we actually walked in on him talking about us, so he let us know that he remembered us because of how we catered to him and listened and talked to him instead of just teaching lessons. He also let us know how the lessons touched him. It was cool to see that we made some kind of difference to a real person, not just the character an actor was playing. I really loved that.
We got to have a picnic in the sun this week! We also got to study outside one day. That was my most effective study session the whole time I have been here. Hermana Ricks listened in on our companion study and taught us so much! I loved that!
I sang "fatih of our fathers" it was awesome and I will miss choir so much.
I love you all, sorry this is scattered.
Hermana Jensen
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