for what waits me here!
I love you all and wish you all the best
Hermana Jensen
There is so much that is happening I don't know what to tell you all and I don't know where to start. So you all know that I got to my area on Monday, and basically since then I have been trying to get to know it. For the port, it is a large area. It is really pretty, there is green and little reserves of water and the people are nice. Something
really cool that I have noticed here is that the members are really nice. There is a lot to be done here in this area, and I have been starting. Litte by little we are working to gain the confidence of the members here, put things into order, be ready for whatever comes. It is pushing me, because sometimes as a missionary, there are some interesting challenges that pass that you might not expect. One of these that I prayed not to fall into was the pattern. To just do everything the same all the time. Welp, it for sure didn't come in the way I expected, but my prayers have been answered. I am grateful for your prayers and the strength that you send my way. I know that it has made all of this possible. It is what keeps missionaries going. I understood very little about mission life before the mission, and now I understand one thing perfectly: it is unpredictable.
We have been teaching a man named Felipe. He is really great, always really happy and receptive to the teachings of Jesus Christ. In my week here, I have seen him make changes. That is what happens when
someone really lets God in.
I am really grateful for the power of the priesthood here on earth. Through that, we have a connection with God. He really directs us if we let Him. That power should be used in a worthy way. I am also grateful for temples, we can recieve eternity through them. The temple presidency talked in our ward. I don't know if you remember this, but the temple President was in my first ward! It was great to see him again. It was ver spiritual and made me miss the temple, but what really got to me was that the temple presidency sang "if the Savior stood beside me" together. Three grown men singing a primary song really with all their hearts. Sure, we always have to be changing, gettting better, coming up with a better way, but sometimes, that way is just doing the simple.
If the Savior stood beside me, would I do the things I do?
Would I think of his commandments and try harder to be true?
Would I follow his example? Would I live more righteously,
If I could see the Savior standing nigh, Watching over me?
If the Savior stood beside me, would I say the things I say?
Would my words be true and kind if he were never far away?
Would I try to share the gospel? Would I speak more rev’rently,
If I could see the Savior standing nigh, Watching over me?
He is always near me though I do not see him there,
And because he loves me dearly I am in his watchful care,
So I’ll be the kind of person that I know I’d like to be,
If I could see the Savior standing nigh, watching over me.
That is what this gospel is, doing the will of God is as simple as doing things as if he were standing beside you. I testify that He loves us. I have felt that love. I know it is true, and that is enough to make it all worth it.
Hermana Jensen
I remember back in the day when my emails were super good and I took time to write and I wrote things down from the week. I am sorry that has changed a lot, but you learn to find out where your priorities have to lie sometimes.
I have still been ajusting to my new area, it is a good one. I have been applying what I learned at one time in my mission about making goals and taking things little by little because it can be a little overwhelming sometimes, but there was a talk from the Liahona (the church magazine here) this month that helped me learn and understand a
little bit more about that.
https://www.lds.org/liahona/
a lot of the time, we as humans may feel very weak. but something that this little article said helped me "while sin inevitably leads us away from God,weakness, ironically, can lead us toward Him" I know that as we trust in God, we will be made strong. We are weak, and when we realize it, we will see the need to depend on him.
which reminds me of this video: http://www.mormon.org/easter
This week Felipe let us know that he felt the spirit in church and that he really wanted to continue. I am really excited for him and this path that the gospel provides!
Love you guys lots!
Hermana Jensen
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