Behind the Wheel

Hi! I love my new area, and it turns out I'm driving! It's been a fun week of trying to remember how that works. :) I don't have a ton of time, but here are some pictures of families from our last ward!

Hermana Ponce :)

Elisa and family :)

Behind the Wheel

Hi! I love my new area, and it turns out I'm driving! It's been a fun week of trying to remember how that works. :) I don't have a ton of time, but here are some pictures of families from our last ward!

Hermana Ponce :)

Elisa and family :)

Transfers!!!

Hello, all! So.... this is the week! I'm being transferred to Van Nuys! I'm excited to meet my new companion, Hermana Valasquez, and get started working there. :)

I'll be sad to say goodbye to the ward; we have a lot of really great members! I'll miss them a lot. :(

​Hermana and Hermano Enciso. :) The absolute sweetest couple ever! Basically my mission grandparents. :)

​La familia Gonzalez! Super nice. :)

​Hermana Leiva! She's an incredible person. :) She does so much to help the ward members, and the missionaries, and everyone around her! She's always telling us stories about times that she shares the gospel with her friends, family, and everyone around her! I'll miss her so much!

I'm sad to be leaving, but I have a real testimony of the principle that God directs this work. He knows His children, and He is in the details of our lives. He's sending me to where I need to go, and He'll do the same for each one of you. :) He knows us, and He loves us, and He wants nothing more than to help us grow. I testify that He lives, and He will answer you if you reach out to Him in prayer. 

I love you all! Have a great week! :)

Hello, all!

Hi! Another great week of missionary work in the great San Fernando Valley. :) This week, we taught our investigators Norma and Jose about baptism. They have a lot of faith, and they say they feel a lot of peace when they attend church and read the Book of Mormon, but they still don't feel like they're ready to take that step. But when we explained what baptism is, and what we promise when we're baptized, they seemed really excited by the idea. We'll keep working to help them prepare!

We also had a lesson with our investigator who had a baptismal date.... I say "had" because she told us she just still doesn't feel ready. She says she's confident that God will eventually give her the answer that she's looking for, but it's hard to help her understand that we need to act in order to receive answers. We feel the Spirit confirming our actions as we read the Book of Mormon, pray, attend church, and seek to follow the commandments of God. But every time we explain that, she just says.... I'm sure that someday God will tell me that I should go to church. Hopefully we can help her to understand that important principle. :)

It's been kind of an exciting week health-wise in the valley..... The California summer was hot enough that a fire started in Santa Clarita! That's just the next valley over from us. Smoke filled up the whole sky, and ash started raining down, and it blocked the sun so everything was super dark. Everyone has been trying to stay inside, but the missionaries are still working like normal. :)

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That red dot is the sun. :)

Speaking of health challenges, some districts like to meet once a week during our morning exercise time to play sports and have fun together. But our district got that banned last Friday when we broke our district leader's elbow. :/ The worst part, though, is that three days later his companion (a new trainee) broke his wrist playing capture the flag with our zone! Zone activities haven't been banned yet, but we'll see..... We're keeping the two of them in our prayers. :)

We've been pretty busy this week with studies, lessons, Knock Out, and trying to help our ward share the gospel with their friends. Yesterday our ward finally called a ward mission leader, so we're excited to see how that helps them progress! We also just recently called a Second Counselor in the Bishopric, and he's been a huge help. :) The work is moving forward, and I'm excited to be a part of it!

I hope you all have a great week! Transfer calls come next week, so I'll let you know what happens.... I love you all, and I know that this gospel is true! :)

Love,

Hermana Jensen :)