My dear family and friends,
It has not been very many days since I emailed due to our late p-day last week, but they have been very good not very many days! The Lord really is directing this work and gives us small miracles every once in a while to show us.
One of those miracles was last Thursday evening. We had received a referral for someone who wanted a Book of Mormon, so we went to go look it up, although we didn't have very much time before we had to get home for the night. On the way there we ran into someone the missionaries had been teaching before but had kind of fallen under the radar, and we were actually able to teach a short lesson to her on the street. Then we went to look up the referral, and as we were about to ring the bell, she walks up and asks if we're looking for her! She is this awesome teenage girl who had ordered a Book of Mormon because of a documentary she had seen, and we coincidentally (hint: coincidence doesn't exist) caught her coming home in the 3 minutes we had before we had to go catch a bus. When you plan your day with the Spirit, the Lord arranges it down to every second. :)
Saturday and Sunday this week was stake conference, which was great. It was down in the Zoetermeer area, so Zuster Verdegem got to reconnect with a lot of members she knew from when she served there at the beginning of her mission. We also saw President and Zuster Robinson there for the last time; they go home next week! I just wrote President my last week letter to him, which was weird. It will be exciting to have a new mission president, but President and Zuster Robinson will certainly be missed.
Sunday afternoon we saw more miracles! The zone leaders were with us because they were going to come to an appointment with us, but the appointment wasn't home. However, while they were still with us we stopped by an investigator who hadn't been home for our last appointment and who lost her phone last week, to see if we could get in contact again. Turns out the reason she hadn't been home is that she got a chemical burn all up her arm and was in the hospital. We were able to visit with her for a few minutes and then, because the elders "just happened" to be with us (coincidence? I think not!) they were able to give her a priesthood blessing! It was so beautiful and talked about how she would be healed and also come to a knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ if she exercised faith. She has a lot to overcome, including substance abuse and depression, but she also has so much faith and trust in God. We hope to see many wonderful changes in her life and she continues increasing that faith.
I am so glad I have this opportunity to serve the Lord and be a witness and participant of the many miracles which He works daily. Although it's often difficult to see, and it's hard to endure the trials we go through, He is always there and always in charge. If we simply stay close to Him and do all we can to increase our faith in Him, we will always find peace and joy.
-Zuster Jensen
It has not been very many days since I emailed due to our late p-day last week, but they have been very good not very many days! The Lord really is directing this work and gives us small miracles every once in a while to show us.
One of those miracles was last Thursday evening. We had received a referral for someone who wanted a Book of Mormon, so we went to go look it up, although we didn't have very much time before we had to get home for the night. On the way there we ran into someone the missionaries had been teaching before but had kind of fallen under the radar, and we were actually able to teach a short lesson to her on the street. Then we went to look up the referral, and as we were about to ring the bell, she walks up and asks if we're looking for her! She is this awesome teenage girl who had ordered a Book of Mormon because of a documentary she had seen, and we coincidentally (hint: coincidence doesn't exist) caught her coming home in the 3 minutes we had before we had to go catch a bus. When you plan your day with the Spirit, the Lord arranges it down to every second. :)
Saturday and Sunday this week was stake conference, which was great. It was down in the Zoetermeer area, so Zuster Verdegem got to reconnect with a lot of members she knew from when she served there at the beginning of her mission. We also saw President and Zuster Robinson there for the last time; they go home next week! I just wrote President my last week letter to him, which was weird. It will be exciting to have a new mission president, but President and Zuster Robinson will certainly be missed.
Sunday afternoon we saw more miracles! The zone leaders were with us because they were going to come to an appointment with us, but the appointment wasn't home. However, while they were still with us we stopped by an investigator who hadn't been home for our last appointment and who lost her phone last week, to see if we could get in contact again. Turns out the reason she hadn't been home is that she got a chemical burn all up her arm and was in the hospital. We were able to visit with her for a few minutes and then, because the elders "just happened" to be with us (coincidence? I think not!) they were able to give her a priesthood blessing! It was so beautiful and talked about how she would be healed and also come to a knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ if she exercised faith. She has a lot to overcome, including substance abuse and depression, but she also has so much faith and trust in God. We hope to see many wonderful changes in her life and she continues increasing that faith.
I am so glad I have this opportunity to serve the Lord and be a witness and participant of the many miracles which He works daily. Although it's often difficult to see, and it's hard to endure the trials we go through, He is always there and always in charge. If we simply stay close to Him and do all we can to increase our faith in Him, we will always find peace and joy.
-Zuster Jensen
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