Dear Family,
Well another week has come and gone, and it is time to start a new one. Good grief where does the time go?? Well I am learning quickly that prayers are answered...sometimes in ways we do not expect. On Wednesday I slept from 5:30pm until 6:30 on Thursday, desperately needed. Since the transfer announcement I had been praying that something would change, something would help our companionship, as we got out of the jeep-nee on the way to our first lesson that day I just begged the Lord for help, I can't keep following in silence, I can't do this, something has to change. Well I got my answer and mid opening prayer given by me, I started crying and just couldn't stop, didn't stop until a few hours later actually. Odd how that total breakdown was the answer, Sis. M didn't know what to do so she called the Traveling Sisters to come to the rescue. Thank goodness Sis. Haws the new traveling sister is blessedly from Utah and oh so white. We had a lesson when they got there that night, I desperately wanted to stay but told them that if things kept up I just couldn't bear the work for another transfer. Well we were able to talk things out, then Sis Haws and I just talked for hours about any and everything. Then we went on splits on Friday, talk about fun, talking, laughing, teaching lessons with Tagalog I understand and missionary work the way I was taught it, my questions were answered with stories and smiles. Oh it was fun! So I have been trying to find that joy in the work with Sis M as well. I try to ask her one question a day about herself, and try to smile as much as I can, it is not her that is looking at me, it is the people we teach and talk to, I don't want anyone to get a bad impression about the church just because we don't get along yet. I am taking each day one at a time, and yet again have no clue why this mission is making me cry and break down so often, yeash, for not being a cryer I sure am one now.
What else, health wise. I am coughing up more but coughing less. If that makes sense. I am still feeling so tired a lot, yesterday I was just dragging and prayed for help staying awake, well the answer to that was to walk up a mountain road in the pouring rain. Also I finally have one of the sisters in the branch doing my laundry, we dropped it off last night, it just drains me every single time and we don't have enough hangers or buckets when Sis M leaves hers to soak for days I am left without clothes, so I am feeling good about it, although still a little weird I am so not one who would usually have someone do what I can. But the Nanay that we have doing it is really nice.
Our investigators are doing well, a lot of them have new baptismal dates that they are motivated to make, I hope, we are working really hard on helping them with their WOW problems. We have 5 baptisms scheduled for September 11 and 2 for August 21, we will try our hardest to help them keep these dates.
Well I think that is about it. I can't believe that school starts so soon. I am so grateful it is already August though, time is so weird on a mission. You want it to go faster because you miss home and family, you don't want to wish it away because you are on a mission what you have waited your entire life to serve, you feel like the days are weeks, weeks run into days, and months pass before you can blink. Yikes!
Congrats Bruce on the Graduation!!
Grandparents on both sides, thank you so much for your e-mails I appreciate them so much.
Monica I am glad to hear that you were able to enjoy New Orleans, ya I am not sure if there is such thing as really adjusting to the heat and humidity, although after this long I just don't really think about it.
I love you all, thank you so much for your prayers.
Love,
Sis Becky Jensen
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