My dear family and friends,
I'll have to keep it short this week, although there's so much I'd like to say as always!
The first part of the week was pretty crazy, just trying to fit everything in with appointments, updating records, a surprise deep clean of the apartment, and getting Zr Verdegem ready to go home. However, we got most everything done on time and she is now back in her beloved Belgium. :) Who knows, maybe I'll serve down there sometime!
Wednesday was transfer day! After waiting in Leiden Centraal staion for a bit Zr Kimmons made it there! It's so fun to see her again. And our companionship has been exciting from the get-go: about 5 minutes after she came from another station, a group of missionaries left Leiden to go to another main station to meet their new companions. Some other missionaries helped them get their suitcases up to the train, although they accidentally grabbed one of Zr Kimmons! We realized one was missing and figured what had happened, and then ran up to the spoor (tripping up the escalator on the way) so that we could rescue the suitcase just before the other missionaries got on the train. Transfer day is so fun! :D
In other news, it's cold again here. I have word sweaters half of the days this week and it's the middle of July... last week it was almost 100 degrees. Why?
In other other news, we also had good appointments with some investigators this week! They asked great questions and it's wonderful to watch as they slowly build their own testimonies. We also did a lot of planning this week, both for the week and for the transfer, and it was gratifying to see plans come together and the hand of the Lord in what we plan to share or in helping us to find members to come with us to appointments and all of that good stuff. I'm really out of time so I can't go into details but He really is there for us, all we have to do is hand our heart to Him and say, "It's yours! Mold it into what it needs to be! I know it will hurt, but I know in your hands is the safest place it could be. I know it will be hard, but I know you can make it turn out best." Remember, He can't work with what He doesn't have! I know that doing this is the only way we can truly become the people He wants us to be, and the only way we can find true, lasting joy and peace.
Have a wonderful week!
-Zuster Jensen
I'll have to keep it short this week, although there's so much I'd like to say as always!
The first part of the week was pretty crazy, just trying to fit everything in with appointments, updating records, a surprise deep clean of the apartment, and getting Zr Verdegem ready to go home. However, we got most everything done on time and she is now back in her beloved Belgium. :) Who knows, maybe I'll serve down there sometime!
Wednesday was transfer day! After waiting in Leiden Centraal staion for a bit Zr Kimmons made it there! It's so fun to see her again. And our companionship has been exciting from the get-go: about 5 minutes after she came from another station, a group of missionaries left Leiden to go to another main station to meet their new companions. Some other missionaries helped them get their suitcases up to the train, although they accidentally grabbed one of Zr Kimmons! We realized one was missing and figured what had happened, and then ran up to the spoor (tripping up the escalator on the way) so that we could rescue the suitcase just before the other missionaries got on the train. Transfer day is so fun! :D
In other news, it's cold again here. I have word sweaters half of the days this week and it's the middle of July... last week it was almost 100 degrees. Why?
In other other news, we also had good appointments with some investigators this week! They asked great questions and it's wonderful to watch as they slowly build their own testimonies. We also did a lot of planning this week, both for the week and for the transfer, and it was gratifying to see plans come together and the hand of the Lord in what we plan to share or in helping us to find members to come with us to appointments and all of that good stuff. I'm really out of time so I can't go into details but He really is there for us, all we have to do is hand our heart to Him and say, "It's yours! Mold it into what it needs to be! I know it will hurt, but I know in your hands is the safest place it could be. I know it will be hard, but I know you can make it turn out best." Remember, He can't work with what He doesn't have! I know that doing this is the only way we can truly become the people He wants us to be, and the only way we can find true, lasting joy and peace.
Have a wonderful week!
-Zuster Jensen
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