Hello everyone! I´m afraid this will be a short letter, since we had to email a day late this week. However, here´s my week in a nutshell:
We met some awesome people this week! One of them we met on the train a couple weeks ago, and last week we were able to go teach him a restoration lesson, before which he showed us around the small opera house he is apparently in charge of. Fun! We also met some awesome students from Germany, Poland, England and other places who are all going home for the holidays but we are excited to teach in January! :)
This Tuesday was Zone Training, which was great! We had reminders of how we can improve ourselves and uplifting thoughts on missionary work and related topics. We also got Christmas packages on that day, thank you to everyone who sent letters in it! I loved reading them!
On Saterday there was a couple of musical devotionals put on by the stake which they asked the missionaries to participate in, so we spent the day in Antwerpen (where the stake center is). Since there was a practice run through and two performances, we just listened to beautiful Christmas music all day and sang a little part ourselves. The theme was Stille Nacht (Silent Night), and it was a sort of tribute to the story from WWI where the opposing armies made a truce for Christmas and showed kindness to each other. If you have time, look up the whole story, it is very beautiful.
Sunday is when the craziness went down! Church was nice, lovely musical numbers and such for Sacrament and then we taught the relief society lesson and it went well. However, that night we were biking to an appointment when Zuster Reeder crashed on her bike. It wouldn't have been such a big deal, except that she briefly went unconscious and we weren't sure if anything was seriously wrong. Luckily, a bunch of bystanders helped us call the Dutch equivalent of 911 and an ambulance came. These people are SO NICE! They stayed with us the whole time, directed traffic around us, and helped Zr. Manning and I with our limited Dutch explain to the paramedics that we both had to stay with Zr. Reeder when they took her to the hospital. To make a long story short, Zr. Reeder fainted a couple other times that night but the x-rays and CT scan they took showed no fractures or other injuries, so she is fine. They kept her at the hospital overnight because she was not recovering from the fainting spells very quickly, but they think it was just her body responding to the traumatic even and not actual serious injury. We all stayed home on Monday to let her rest and everything, which is why we couldn't email yesterday- but she feels pretty much back to normal today and all is well!
Well, I must go. But as I've been thinking over what happened and the kindness that was shown to us- by strangers, nurses, doctors, members, other missionaries, etc.- I wanted to share with you my testimony that the light of Christ really is in everyone, and it influences us all to do good. As we share the good news that Christ was born and, through His death and resurrection now lives again, especially at this Christmas time, we are connecting with that light that is in everyone. We build upon the spiritual truths they already and cherish in order to bring them more knowledge and happiness, empowering them to more fully embrace and follow Christ. What a beautiful work! Merry Christmas!
We met some awesome people this week! One of them we met on the train a couple weeks ago, and last week we were able to go teach him a restoration lesson, before which he showed us around the small opera house he is apparently in charge of. Fun! We also met some awesome students from Germany, Poland, England and other places who are all going home for the holidays but we are excited to teach in January! :)
This Tuesday was Zone Training, which was great! We had reminders of how we can improve ourselves and uplifting thoughts on missionary work and related topics. We also got Christmas packages on that day, thank you to everyone who sent letters in it! I loved reading them!
On Saterday there was a couple of musical devotionals put on by the stake which they asked the missionaries to participate in, so we spent the day in Antwerpen (where the stake center is). Since there was a practice run through and two performances, we just listened to beautiful Christmas music all day and sang a little part ourselves. The theme was Stille Nacht (Silent Night), and it was a sort of tribute to the story from WWI where the opposing armies made a truce for Christmas and showed kindness to each other. If you have time, look up the whole story, it is very beautiful.
Sunday is when the craziness went down! Church was nice, lovely musical numbers and such for Sacrament and then we taught the relief society lesson and it went well. However, that night we were biking to an appointment when Zuster Reeder crashed on her bike. It wouldn't have been such a big deal, except that she briefly went unconscious and we weren't sure if anything was seriously wrong. Luckily, a bunch of bystanders helped us call the Dutch equivalent of 911 and an ambulance came. These people are SO NICE! They stayed with us the whole time, directed traffic around us, and helped Zr. Manning and I with our limited Dutch explain to the paramedics that we both had to stay with Zr. Reeder when they took her to the hospital. To make a long story short, Zr. Reeder fainted a couple other times that night but the x-rays and CT scan they took showed no fractures or other injuries, so she is fine. They kept her at the hospital overnight because she was not recovering from the fainting spells very quickly, but they think it was just her body responding to the traumatic even and not actual serious injury. We all stayed home on Monday to let her rest and everything, which is why we couldn't email yesterday- but she feels pretty much back to normal today and all is well!
Well, I must go. But as I've been thinking over what happened and the kindness that was shown to us- by strangers, nurses, doctors, members, other missionaries, etc.- I wanted to share with you my testimony that the light of Christ really is in everyone, and it influences us all to do good. As we share the good news that Christ was born and, through His death and resurrection now lives again, especially at this Christmas time, we are connecting with that light that is in everyone. We build upon the spiritual truths they already and cherish in order to bring them more knowledge and happiness, empowering them to more fully embrace and follow Christ. What a beautiful work! Merry Christmas!
-Zuster Jensen
Maastricht from a ferris wheel :)
My first district
tripanionship fun
building a snowman :)
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