Quezon City

Hello Family,
I am glad to hear from you all. I am looking forward to hearing
from you. The call info is this, we can call anytime conducive to our
missionary schedule from noon Christmas Eve to 6pm the day after
Christmas. I am not sure when our mission Christmas conference is, I
expect that will be the deciding factor of when I call you. We get 30
min and can use Skype if we can find somewhere that is open and has
skype.
I am glad Sis DeLaMare is keeping you in the loop, I go back into
the doctors on Wednesday, I am hoping we come up with some solution
because I am really starting to wear down.
My new areas are big and there is a lot of traffic and pollution. I
have 2 areas, Bagbag and Baesa. We had a baptism this weekend, he was
late for sacrament meeting, we were praying so hard he would show up
so he could be confirmed. I also got to speak in both wards yesterday.
What a blessing we got permission to take investigators to the
Christmas Devotional that was broadcast yesterday, yes I cried through
it. I am still working hard, but with all of these health issues it
has been really hard these past few days to settle into a new area and
get used to a new companion and new people and reexplain to everyone
who offers us food why it is I can't eat it. Sigh.
I was studying this week and I came across the quote about the
atonement, how everything is made fair through it. It took me back to
the days of working at LDS seeing the faith of my patients, their
examples of faith has really helped me these past few days. Also thank
you so much for the package, whoever put jello in it should be
sainted, I have been craving jello for the past 3 months.
What else. My companion is Sister Galvez, she is from Dumageti (sp?)
she is 2 transfers ahead of me, I am her first American companion and
she doesn't know much English. She loves to be cutsie and wear make-up
and text, I feel a little like I am back with my trainer, but this
time I am more prepared, still I am trying to find a way to show her
that yes I can help teach, not just testify at the end. Sigh. Our
entire district is American except for her, so today she was saying
she felt a little weird, I just chuckled and sighed, that is how the
American's usually always feel. It was weird to hear it from a native.
I am going to try better next week to help her get involved.
We had one of our wards Christmas parties on Saturday. Wow, totally
different than in America. They don't listen to Christmas music, I
have yet to hear Christmas music played on the street, it is still all
pop band and 80's, like what they were listening to in June when I got
here. Weird.
There are only 2 of us in the apartment, but it is huge, 2
bathrooms, although one is so nasty we just leave the door closed,
there are 2 bedrooms upstairs but one looks like it had an earth quake
and all the floor tiles are broken and shifted...weird apartment. Also
the light bulbs in our working CR are out also in the room where we keep
our clothes, and iron. That is made for some interesting
experiences...life in an adventure here. Also they start construction
across the street at unholy hours and the dogs next door barking has
made for some interesting nights. Sis Galvez just sleeps through it, I
wonder if it's something I will just get used to??
Well I think that is about all that is new.
I love you and can't wait to hear from you.
Mahal ko po kayo,
ingat,
Sister Jensen