Dear Family,
What a week it has been. We were able to listen to Elder Nash speak twice. First it was with investigators and the university ward. It was amazing. When he shook my hand he paused and thanked me for my strong spirit. Sister Bogar was asked to speak at Zone Conference and afterwards he came and talked to us. He said that he could tell I was a great trainer because of how well Sister Bogar did. I don't know how true that is but I was flattered. We brought Eryun and Cloud to hear him speak on Thursday. Have I mentioned lately how much I LOVE ASIANS!!!!! Cloud is amazing. He was able to come to hear Elder Nash speak on Thursday. After the meeting was over Elder Nash came and shook his hand and said to him "you are needed here." Cloud loved that, he also stared at the picture of the Salt Lake Temple and asked how he can go inside someday. He is so excited for December 10th so that he can be baptized. Also have I mentioned that Cloud has the most amazing Asian hair I have ever seen. Weird statement, yes, but it is true. While we were talking to him about keeping the Sabbath day holy he said "Our bodies are like temples and so when we rest them it is like repairing our temples and that makes God happy." He is such a wonderful blessing and I learn so much from him each week.
Danny came and watched the Joseph Smith the Prophet of the Restoration movie on Friday. At the end of it he took a deep breath and said that was good. He will be in California this week for Thanksgiving but is excited to meet with us again next week. We are still working on baptism and consistent scripture study.
John Sanders is a less active. He has been struggling lately because of a different church that he has been attending. John has been asking to meet with all 3 sets of missionaries and quite enjoys the attention. Sister Bogar met with him on Friday and we were able to help him with the language in his prayers making them more respectful. I have been surprised how many people and members of our wards use "you" instead of thee, thine, and thou. We are trying to help support him while still maintaining the fact that he should not get too attached to missionary support, we cannot always be right there for him.
Gaurav Arora is a new investigator for us Elder Powell and Elder Hill transitioned him to us last week since he is recently married. We met with him and his wife this week and talked over our purpose in helping them grow closer together as a family and to God. He is a very spiritual man and we were able to talk about prayer and baptism. His wife Lilly actually brought up baptism. They are in the middle of a move to Chicago so we will only be able to see them on weekends when they come up to spend time with Lilly's son John who just turned 6. They also have the cutest little puppy, he is a pure bred golden lab puppy named Cesar. You can't get better than that.
Ryan and Lilly are golden. Lilly was able to go see a doctor and she is feeling a lot more calm and not getting sick as often. Yay for Doctors and yay for starting families. In our lesson we were asking how Lilly was doing and the concerned look on Ryan’s face was just priceless. He truly loves her SO MUCH you can just feel it when you are around them. Also she shyly admitted that she gets the weirdest cravings for these Chinese dishes the exotic ones and that Ryan has been all around Lansing looking for ingredients. How sweet is that. They were able to come to part of the Joseph Smith movie and were so sad that they had missed some and asked if we had a copy that they would borrow. We gave it to them yesterday and they said that they would watch it. They came to Church and Ryan even wore a suit and tie!! They love church and the feeling that is always there.
Eryun is so trusting, we taught him about the Restoration this past week and he was so excited to learn that we have a prophet on the earth today. He light up and exclaimed that is exciting! He also came to hear Elder Nash speak and loved it. He commented about how quickly the time past while he was listening to Elder Nash. Also he came to Church really early yesterday so we took him with us to the Williamston Sunday School and then to all 3 hours of the Lansing ward and he loved every minute and is excited to come back next week.
I did exchanges with the Portland Sisters this week. It was quite an adventure. Let’s just say that I learned a lot and there is a lot that we are praying for help addressing. But now that we are aware of what is going on we can help. Information is the key to revelation. It will come, plus after talking to the elders about it we are all working on a game plan. I get to go on exchanges this Tuesday with Sister Keys. I am so happy, I haven’t been able to work an entire day with just Sister Keys in almost 2 months. Insanity.
On the way home from Zone Conference Elder Ransley and Elder DeHart let us stop by and see the Chubb family. It was just about the happiest thing ever. I love that couple so much. What made it even more special is that they light up when we walked in their apartment. I got a big long hug from Sister Chubb and then I just got to sit by her chair and listen to her talk. It is odd how connected we get to those that we serve.
Well I think that is about it for this week. We have 3 dinners scheduled for Thanksgiving so I won't be missing out on much. I cannot believe how quickly time is passing. I keep remembering President HoChing's encouragement "When you see the finish line you don't stop but you run even faster." I feel like that is what I am doing. The time is far spent but there is still so much to be done. We do keep a busy schedule but because of that we were able to hit standards this week. It has taken me 3 weeks in every area that I have opened to hit them. Here is the key to success and happiness OBEDIENCE and heartfelt sincere prayer. With the Lord on our side we can all things. What a beautiful promise.
I love you all. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
ingat,
Sister Rebecca Jensen
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