My dear family and friends,
Well, it has been a very full week that has gone by very fast and yet last Monday seems like forever ago. Welcome to mission time! Speaking of time, it's flying! Last Thursday was "six months to Schiphol"- in other works, six months until I'm sitting on an airplane on my way home. O.o And this Thursday marks one year since we entered the MTC. How does time sneak by like that? I even wear a watch every day to keep an eye on it! :D
So yes, that is craziness. But this week was great! For p-day last Monday we went to some old WWII (I think) bunkers by the beach in IJmuiden that you could just walk around and inside of. It was super fun! There isn't much left in them (besides graffiti and trash :P) but it was cool to see them and be in them.
Tuesday was a great district meeting as always. Wednesday we had service again! I love how many service opportunities we have in this area, it's one of my favorite things to do. That evening we also had an awkward extra 45 minutes or so, so we went to a nearby park to see if anyone was out (we didn't really want to knock doors since it was already getting dark). There weren't very many people, but there were these three teenage girls that we talked to. It was so interesting to see how, even from the first contact, people have different levels of faith and open minds to the gospel. One girl barely even looked up when we started talking. The other two talked with us, but one quickly lost interest after a couple of minutes. But the third girl asked great questions, and listened as we explained the whole Restoration! After a little while to the other two girls wanted to go, so we had to stop talking and we didn't have a chance to exchange contact information. However, she accepted a Book of Mormon and our invitation to pray about it. We left our number, so who knows what may happen in the future. :) In any case, it's always wonderful to have experiences like that, especially when it's the last few minutes of the day, you're not really expecting anyone of be interested, and there's only even a couple of people out to talk to. We a really blessed for doing what we are asked, despite doubts or concerns. :)
I'm starting to run out of time again! This seems to be a theme here. :P But a quick synopsis of other great things this week:
We saw Jennifer again this week! She's been a bit AWOL but we were able to have a lesson with her. She's going through pretty much everything you could in life right now, but she's still reading in the Book of Mormon every day! She has so much faith. :)
Cynthia (the Surinams lady) came to church and brought not only her son, but also a neighbor and their children! She's doing missionary work and she's not even a member yet. :) We love that lady - we call her our Surimama. :D
We met with a less-active on Sunday evening. We've had a lesson planned to talk about the plan of Salvation for a while now, but we haven't been able to teach it to her. Then last night when we went over she said, "Do you girls have a message for me? I've been feeling pretty down lately and I need something to uplift me." We were more than happy to discuss God's plan for us and how it's a plan of Happiness, and of course how we find that happiness through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Inspiration when planning is a beautiful thing to behold. :)
Well, that's about it for this week! May your week be crazy, fun, beautiful, wonderful, inspired, spiritual, family-filled, take your pick. It is what you make it! And as long as it's Christ-centered, it will always be good. :)
-Zuster Jensen
Well, it has been a very full week that has gone by very fast and yet last Monday seems like forever ago. Welcome to mission time! Speaking of time, it's flying! Last Thursday was "six months to Schiphol"- in other works, six months until I'm sitting on an airplane on my way home. O.o And this Thursday marks one year since we entered the MTC. How does time sneak by like that? I even wear a watch every day to keep an eye on it! :D
So yes, that is craziness. But this week was great! For p-day last Monday we went to some old WWII (I think) bunkers by the beach in IJmuiden that you could just walk around and inside of. It was super fun! There isn't much left in them (besides graffiti and trash :P) but it was cool to see them and be in them.
Tuesday was a great district meeting as always. Wednesday we had service again! I love how many service opportunities we have in this area, it's one of my favorite things to do. That evening we also had an awkward extra 45 minutes or so, so we went to a nearby park to see if anyone was out (we didn't really want to knock doors since it was already getting dark). There weren't very many people, but there were these three teenage girls that we talked to. It was so interesting to see how, even from the first contact, people have different levels of faith and open minds to the gospel. One girl barely even looked up when we started talking. The other two talked with us, but one quickly lost interest after a couple of minutes. But the third girl asked great questions, and listened as we explained the whole Restoration! After a little while to the other two girls wanted to go, so we had to stop talking and we didn't have a chance to exchange contact information. However, she accepted a Book of Mormon and our invitation to pray about it. We left our number, so who knows what may happen in the future. :) In any case, it's always wonderful to have experiences like that, especially when it's the last few minutes of the day, you're not really expecting anyone of be interested, and there's only even a couple of people out to talk to. We a really blessed for doing what we are asked, despite doubts or concerns. :)
I'm starting to run out of time again! This seems to be a theme here. :P But a quick synopsis of other great things this week:
We saw Jennifer again this week! She's been a bit AWOL but we were able to have a lesson with her. She's going through pretty much everything you could in life right now, but she's still reading in the Book of Mormon every day! She has so much faith. :)
Cynthia (the Surinams lady) came to church and brought not only her son, but also a neighbor and their children! She's doing missionary work and she's not even a member yet. :) We love that lady - we call her our Surimama. :D
We met with a less-active on Sunday evening. We've had a lesson planned to talk about the plan of Salvation for a while now, but we haven't been able to teach it to her. Then last night when we went over she said, "Do you girls have a message for me? I've been feeling pretty down lately and I need something to uplift me." We were more than happy to discuss God's plan for us and how it's a plan of Happiness, and of course how we find that happiness through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Inspiration when planning is a beautiful thing to behold. :)
Well, that's about it for this week! May your week be crazy, fun, beautiful, wonderful, inspired, spiritual, family-filled, take your pick. It is what you make it! And as long as it's Christ-centered, it will always be good. :)
-Zuster Jensen
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