My dear family and friends,
First, I must apologize for being lame and forgetting to include a title with my last email. Luckily repentance is a true principle. ;)
Second, happy Easter! What a wonderful holiday and what a wonderful way to celebrate by listening to the living apostles and prophets of Christ's church here on earth! More on that in a minute.
To recap the week:
Monday we had an awesome lesson with a man who has met the missionaries before, back when there were elders here in Assen. I'm not sure why they stopped meeting but he is very nice and open to learning more. When we taught him the Restoration he had awesome questions and totally understood the need for the priesthood and how it is here through a direct line from Jesus Christ through His apostles and Joseph Smith to our prophet today! Such a blessing - that concept is super hard for a lot of people for some reason. He accepted a Book of Mormon and the challenge to read and pray about it. We're super excited to teach him the Plan of Salvation this week! :)
Tuesday was exciting! It was extremely windy all day. After a great district meeting, we had transportation issues getting home because the wind had blown over a tree, which broke the cables that guide the train from above the tracks. We had to step out in a little city halfway home and take a bus from there. Fun times!
Wednesday continued the crazy weather with hail storms off and on all day... maybe the weather's idea of an April Fool's prank? But no matter, Wind nor snow nor sleet nor hail can stop the mail, and if the mails going the missionaries certainly are! We've got the best message of all time to deliver! ;) If nothing else, Zuster Dobler and I have decided that with all the rain here, it must mean these missionaries are doing something right. We don't need the refiner's fire, we're already polished and just need a rinse off - the refiner's shower, if you will! :D Haha just kidding. Luckily there's plenty of trials to keep us in that refining process here. :)
Thursday and Friday were relatively uneventful, so I'll just move on to Saturday- General Conference!!!! YES!!! I just love conference, guys. It's seriously two of the best weekends of the year. We've actually only seen the first three sessions so far due to the time difference, but we will watch the last session when we're done emailing today and the women's session later this week. I wish I could just give you all of my notes and thoughts, there were so many wonderful messages! I found Sunday morning to be particularly powerful with the amazing testimonies of Christ's Atonement. I can only echo Elder Holland's testimony that ALL things, no matter or great or small or (to our mortal minds) mysterious, have been done in the wisdom of Him who knoweth all things. No matter how great our concerns or doubts, if we believe in God and believe that He is all-powerful and loves us, nothing else matters. Those truths allows to have perfect trust in Him and His plan, perfect faith in His Son and His sacrifice, and eventually a perfect peace in His presence. Listen to, reread, and ponder the general conference talks and the scriptures, the writings of His prophets who have gone before. Take a moment to stand still, feel His spirit and bask in His love. When I do, I truly stand all amazed- amazed at the perfect and wonderful love he offers freely to us! Never lose sight of the magnitude and magnificence of this precious gift!
First, I must apologize for being lame and forgetting to include a title with my last email. Luckily repentance is a true principle. ;)
Second, happy Easter! What a wonderful holiday and what a wonderful way to celebrate by listening to the living apostles and prophets of Christ's church here on earth! More on that in a minute.
To recap the week:
Monday we had an awesome lesson with a man who has met the missionaries before, back when there were elders here in Assen. I'm not sure why they stopped meeting but he is very nice and open to learning more. When we taught him the Restoration he had awesome questions and totally understood the need for the priesthood and how it is here through a direct line from Jesus Christ through His apostles and Joseph Smith to our prophet today! Such a blessing - that concept is super hard for a lot of people for some reason. He accepted a Book of Mormon and the challenge to read and pray about it. We're super excited to teach him the Plan of Salvation this week! :)
Tuesday was exciting! It was extremely windy all day. After a great district meeting, we had transportation issues getting home because the wind had blown over a tree, which broke the cables that guide the train from above the tracks. We had to step out in a little city halfway home and take a bus from there. Fun times!
Wednesday continued the crazy weather with hail storms off and on all day... maybe the weather's idea of an April Fool's prank? But no matter, Wind nor snow nor sleet nor hail can stop the mail, and if the mails going the missionaries certainly are! We've got the best message of all time to deliver! ;) If nothing else, Zuster Dobler and I have decided that with all the rain here, it must mean these missionaries are doing something right. We don't need the refiner's fire, we're already polished and just need a rinse off - the refiner's shower, if you will! :D Haha just kidding. Luckily there's plenty of trials to keep us in that refining process here. :)
Thursday and Friday were relatively uneventful, so I'll just move on to Saturday- General Conference!!!! YES!!! I just love conference, guys. It's seriously two of the best weekends of the year. We've actually only seen the first three sessions so far due to the time difference, but we will watch the last session when we're done emailing today and the women's session later this week. I wish I could just give you all of my notes and thoughts, there were so many wonderful messages! I found Sunday morning to be particularly powerful with the amazing testimonies of Christ's Atonement. I can only echo Elder Holland's testimony that ALL things, no matter or great or small or (to our mortal minds) mysterious, have been done in the wisdom of Him who knoweth all things. No matter how great our concerns or doubts, if we believe in God and believe that He is all-powerful and loves us, nothing else matters. Those truths allows to have perfect trust in Him and His plan, perfect faith in His Son and His sacrifice, and eventually a perfect peace in His presence. Listen to, reread, and ponder the general conference talks and the scriptures, the writings of His prophets who have gone before. Take a moment to stand still, feel His spirit and bask in His love. When I do, I truly stand all amazed- amazed at the perfect and wonderful love he offers freely to us! Never lose sight of the magnitude and magnificence of this precious gift!
-Zuster Jensen
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