The Adventure Begins...

Hello all!

I am here and in the Missionary Training Center!! It has been a crazy week! Last Wednesday Breanna Dropped me off at the MTC and I got to officially put on my tag(: They keep us pretty busy, we basically go to class, eat, and go back to class. The food has done a number on my insides but I'm still alive. Sister Freeman is my companion, and she is from Virginia, the Washington DC area. There are two other sets of sisters in my district, three of which are going to the Michigan Lancaster mission, the other will join Sister Freeman and I in Pocatello Idaho. We have five elders in our district, one trio and another set of elders. The lonesome two are joining the other sisters in Lancaster, and the trio will be coming with us to Pocatello.

I had the wonderful blessing of kicking off my time in the MTC with General Conference! It was FANTASTIC! We did have to sit in plastic chairs for much longer than I would wish on anyone, but it was still great. My favorite was Ronald A. Rasband's talk, he spoke all about just how specific and particular all of our lives are. His and Elder Holland's talk hit me right in the heart. God definitely knows what we need and when we need it. I hope you all had a chance to listen to a few talks, and if you didn't, I encourage you to go listen to theirs at least.

I have already gotten to teach investigators though! People come to the MTC to help give missionaries practice teaching lessons, and they wont tell us if they're a member or an actual investigator so you have to treat everyone like the real deal. We get to teach two ladies, Makenna,and Linda. It's been fun teaching them both(: So far we've taught them both twice, our first time being Monday. We'll have our last lesson with them both on Saturday and then switch to new investigators. They're both very sweet and have tons of questions which is great(:

Another fun thing, there's an MTC choir! We have devotionals every Sunday and Tuesday night and there's a brief choir rehearsal before each, and then afterwards we get to sing at some point during the devotional. It's a huge choir because basically half of the MTC shows up to sing, but it's great! This last Tuesday we sang an arrangement of "More Holiness Give Me", in which the sopranos had a fun high part at the end...which definitely sounded awful the first time we tried it but we got it eventually!

It's been a busy week but definitely a fun one. I can testify of the love Heavenly Father has for all of us and have only become firmer in my testimony of the gospel. I know I'm supposed to be out here on a mission and I can't wait to get to Pocatello. I love you all!!

Love,
Sister Jensen