Dear friends and family,
Welkom tot 2015!! I can't believe it's here already, but this year seems to be very promising and I hope that it is a great one for you all! We all have a chance to set new goals as we lay the old year to rest and begin a new one. And man, do the people of the Netherlands know how to begin a new year! One New Year's Eve we had to be in a 4:00 pm, so we spent the time just getting to know each other better, taking naps, and making yummy food. :) However, it was not so calm outside! The whole day you would hear random bangs as people set off fireworks all over the city. And we're talking about the kind of fireworks that go up high in the sky that are illegal to do yourself in the United States. The space between the bangs increased as the day went on, and then at midnight it just goes crazy! We didn't have the best view from our apartment window, but even in just the sky we could see there were four or five different sets of fireworks, and they just keep going for like an hour! We poked our heads out of the apartment window, and with the constant loud bangs and smoke/firework smell drifting through the air, it felt almost like there was a war on! Crazy! :)
On Friday we had interviews with President and Zuster Robinson. They really are wonderful, and they work so hard for the benefit of us as missionaries and for the people in the Netherlands and Belgium. I'm exciting to continue working under their direction until they go home this July.
That's about all of the news for this week, although I hope to have exciting things to report next week with our investigators! We'll be meeting this week with several people who have been out of town for the holidays, and well as several potential investigators we met recently. Maastricht is ready for some miracles!
As a quick spiritual thought, I would just like to testify of the power of a happiness. This week has had challenging moments, but also wonderful moments as laughter, service, and sharing between companions, members, investigators, and others have brought people closer together. God's plan really is a plan of happiness, and as we find, keep, and share that feeling, the work of Salvation becomes a joyous work that others see and want to participate in. Perhaps that was a bit scatterbrained, for which I apologize; but I really am grateful for God's plan and for the happiness we can find in this life and its effects. Make your own goals for this year to more fully realize God's happiness in your life!
I love you all so much!
Welkom tot 2015!! I can't believe it's here already, but this year seems to be very promising and I hope that it is a great one for you all! We all have a chance to set new goals as we lay the old year to rest and begin a new one. And man, do the people of the Netherlands know how to begin a new year! One New Year's Eve we had to be in a 4:00 pm, so we spent the time just getting to know each other better, taking naps, and making yummy food. :) However, it was not so calm outside! The whole day you would hear random bangs as people set off fireworks all over the city. And we're talking about the kind of fireworks that go up high in the sky that are illegal to do yourself in the United States. The space between the bangs increased as the day went on, and then at midnight it just goes crazy! We didn't have the best view from our apartment window, but even in just the sky we could see there were four or five different sets of fireworks, and they just keep going for like an hour! We poked our heads out of the apartment window, and with the constant loud bangs and smoke/firework smell drifting through the air, it felt almost like there was a war on! Crazy! :)
On Friday we had interviews with President and Zuster Robinson. They really are wonderful, and they work so hard for the benefit of us as missionaries and for the people in the Netherlands and Belgium. I'm exciting to continue working under their direction until they go home this July.
That's about all of the news for this week, although I hope to have exciting things to report next week with our investigators! We'll be meeting this week with several people who have been out of town for the holidays, and well as several potential investigators we met recently. Maastricht is ready for some miracles!
As a quick spiritual thought, I would just like to testify of the power of a happiness. This week has had challenging moments, but also wonderful moments as laughter, service, and sharing between companions, members, investigators, and others have brought people closer together. God's plan really is a plan of happiness, and as we find, keep, and share that feeling, the work of Salvation becomes a joyous work that others see and want to participate in. Perhaps that was a bit scatterbrained, for which I apologize; but I really am grateful for God's plan and for the happiness we can find in this life and its effects. Make your own goals for this year to more fully realize God's happiness in your life!
I love you all so much!
-Zuster Jensen
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