Hello Family,
I am going to start this off by telling you all how much I love each and every one of you. This week has been hard but good. I have been reading a lot of the talks that I printed off at the MTC and Jesus the Christ about the atonement, and that along with all of your prayers I am able to say that I ended this week with a smile. Life is still hard, yes, uncomfortable at times but the Lord has called me here and like 1 Nephi 3:7 the Lord will provide a way.
Baptisms are amazing!! We had 4 on Saturday, they were Sister Daniel's and Sister Miras's so I was exceedingly blessed to be able to take Sister Daniel's position and help prepare them for their baptism. Oh what a happy day!! There is a power and a peace that comes from watching people take such a leap of faith, the Spirit gently reminded me that I need to take my own leap of faith and trust that I am supposed to be here, and be here with this companion.
What else, we finally got me food for the apartment, I am pretty sure we don't keep food in the apt because of the bugs, but I keep everything in the fridge so it is good. I have found just like with my MTC companion if we sincerely look for ways to get along we will, we are both working for the Lord so even if we don't understand each other when doing the work we are both pulling in the same direction and sometimes we need to humble ourselves and just ask.
If you can't tell I am in a much better mood. Our District meeting this morning was inspired, it was about how to strengthen and unify your companionship and I am just so filled with hope about mine, I know this week if we both work hard we can both meet our goals and really learn to love each other.
Our investigators are doing well, having a hard time progressing, I pray so hard each time we are in a lesson so I can help them in any way, sometimes I will be able to say things in Tagalog that amaze me, and other times I just trip and stumble with the language but I know that I try to do it with the spirit, because honestly nothing I say really matters unless the spirit is there to drive it home. We tried to take 2 of them on the Temple Walk this Saturday but one was out drinking on Friday and we only took one. It was still wonderful to go to the temple, not in it, but still around the grounds and explain its importance. I love the temple!!! I miss going weekly. The Manilla Temple is gorgeous, I will have to send home pictures. A lot of the Filipino investigators there asked to have a picture taken with me, I am still so uncomfortable with all of this attention, but it makes them so happy. Still amused by that.
Well this week we have a lot of lessons and some high goals, I really want to work hard, honestly I do but sometimes I just get to caught up in not knowing the language and not understanding my companion and sick on the jeeps and well like I said earlier life is still hard, but this week we are going to take 1 day at a time and work work work. Also we are going to try it with a smile, I get so many comments about not being happy just because I am so tired all the time, sometimes it is all I can do in lessons to stay awake, but I know that if I really work at it, I will be able to stay awake enough to show them how happy the gospel really has and does make me.
I know this Church is true, if I didn't there is no way any of us would be down here, but it is TRUE and Christ lives. I love how many opportunities I have to testify about the Savior, even if that is all I can do in a lesson or a tract I love it. Christ did everything because He loves us, and so if we truly find that love or as close to that love in this life then we too will be motivated to help others, to lift them with they fall to help them smile and feel appreciated. I am working on it, charity is a life long quest and I do believe I have just really begun mine.
I love you all, have a wonderful week. Thank you so much again for all of your prayers, I really am so thankful.
Take care.
Sister Rebecca Jensen
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