Hello hello!
My week has been really good!! Staying at the Schwabs was nice, they have a BEAUTIFUL and HUGE house and they were out of town so we had it all to ourselves which was fun for the most part. We did miss the Reinharts after a while. Sister Thomas and I made 2 pies and a tart for the Reinharts thanksgiving feast. (it was a service for sister Reinhart...a pretty fun one too(; ) We made an apple pie, a chocolate tart and a pecan pie. And I gotta say, Sister Thomas and I are bomb cooks. The apple pie was fantastic and gone pretty quick, the chocolate tart was beautiful and fought over, and the pecan pie...well that one tasted fantastic but looked pretty pathetic. It got eaten when we brought it to the Reinharts...after Thanksgiving because we didn't want anyone to judge our sad little piex) It tasted great though, I'll be keeping those recipes to take home.
Thanksgiving day was a fun one, we ate at like 3 places.The members all were fantastic and loved having us over. We had Thanksgiving on Friday too, we ate with the Lemon family and holy cow. Their turkey was like 35 pounds I kid you not. Sister Thomas took a picture of me by it, I'll send that at some point. This thing was massive. They raise wild turkey's and this one just liked to linger around the feed bin and they let it keep going because Sister Lemon wanted a big turkey this year. She's a really good cook so our after Thanksgiving feast was great.
This week has been so great though. I'm going to be honest, I was feeling super lame the first few days because while helping Sister Reinhart is fun, and very appreciated by her, we also ended up being in the house a lot the first few days and I was feeling a little like "ugh...we aren't getting to visit anyone!!!" But by Sunday we were setting up so many appointments with people, that we actually ran into some scheduling conflicts!! That's crazy! AND!! Oh my word, AND! These two girls who have been coming with the Grover Young Women want to be baptized! Like yesterday! Like we haven't even met with them yet, but they've told the yw leader that they want to be baptized! We'll meet with them this week, if all goes well, but MIRACLES!! We had set a goal for 2 baptisms in the month of December, and the Lord is putting the people ready right in our path. It's been so great!
On Saturday we moved back into the Reinharts, which was a relief. I love the Schwabs, they're awesome, but it's also not super fun to be living out of a suitcase and have to adjust to a different, but temporary living space. Their house was also getting a tad bit creepy tbh, they have like 10 rooms and the first morning we both thought we heard someone int he house. We looked through the whole house and I don't know what I wanted to happen, no one to be there so we wouldn't have any problems, or someone to be there so we wouldn't have to deal with phantom noises the whole time we were there. No one was there, and we're pretty sure most of the noise was from their 2 indoor cats. Side note, I will never have cats. Ever. End of side note.
On Sunday, I tried out one of the turtlenecks grandma sent me...thus the subject line. It wasn't terrible. I expected it to look sorta a little awful because thats the reputation turtlenecks have, but Sister Thomas said it didn't look "too bad". She let me go to church in it, so I'm assuming she was being truthful. I didn't take any pictures of me in it thought because I don't feel like i've completely mastered the turtleneck yet, those will come later, I'm determined to rock this. We had a very eventful Sunday, we had ward council for all three wards, which makes for a very long church block. We actually had to skip ward council for the middle ward though, because we were doing sharing time for the first ward! Junior primary was a little rough because the kids were all pretty quiet and shy, but senior was totally into it. We talked about what a missionary needs to be a missionary (a testimony!) and how they could start being missionaries now. We put a bag together of a bunch of things a missionary has (shoes, tag, watch, etc) and had the kids pull each item out and say why a missionary needs it. They all seemed to enjoy that part. They were all super cute and fun to teach. It's definitely different to teach kids, but pretty fun.
Those are the main highlights from my week, it's been a good one. I hit my 2 month mark today so that was kinda weird to realize. It seems like I still have forever to go when I look forward, but the time seems to have gone by really fast when I look back. It's an odd feeling. Also, I fell behind on my journal again. So no gold star for me this week. (partially due to the fact that I have my uke now and have been playing that the past two nights) It's been a good week though, we'll be starting the light the world challenge in a few days, you should all print out a calendar and do it!! It's on mormon.org!
I love you and miss you all!! <3
Love,
Sister Jensen<3
Monday, November 27, 2017
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Happy Turkey Day!!
Hola!!
So, we just got back from being in the temple! We switched our pday to today so that we could attend the temple(: The temple is closed on Mondays, so we have to switch p-days to go. Being in the temple was wonderful, It was really nice to get to feel that peace inside again and see the paintings around. The temple is quite small compared to even the Provo temple, but it has some beautiful stained glass windows that I thought were really nice. While we were in the session, I just got to thinking about the crucifixion of Christ. It's always hit me just how much pain alone he suffered by being nailed to the cross. And then to think of the pain and anguish he felt in the Garden of Gethsemane too. It just hurts me to think of what torment he went through, and then to think that he was willing to go through it- because he loves us. I kinda got a bit teary because it just hit me again, but it just speaks volumes of how much Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father really do love us.
Some other highlights from my week-
We had dinner with a ton of elderly sisters on Tuesday, and it was my favorite dinner yet. The widowed elderly women will get together to feed the missionaries or have family home evening and they are the best. They told us all about the 50's and dances and Christmas parties and they were so cute and fun. Made me a little mad I wasn't born in the 50's but i don't have control over that and swing dance is still around so i can't be too jealous.
On Wednesday we got to visit with one of our potential investigators again and MIRACLES!! He was super happy to see us, talked a bit, went and put on shoes so his feet wouldn't freeze and then talked some more. Then, THEN. Prepare yourselves. He let us share a message. !!!!! This is huge. I shared a scripture I came across in my personal study and related it back to myself (1 Nephi 9:5-6, I'm not exactly sure why i'm out here and/or I don't really know who I'm supposed to meet and talk to out here on my mission, but the lord told me to come, and so here i am.) AND HE LOVED IT!!!! He said it was so beautiful, just the verse itself, and how i connected it to myself and we talked a bit about the feelings we get in church and then we had to go, but he said to bring someone next time so we can go inside and sit down! SUCH A MIRACLE!! Love that guy. (This was the guy that hated us at first)
On Sunday, we went to the Meridian Temple dedication and that was pretty cool. Let me specify, we actually went to Montpelier to watch the temple dedication. Sister Elliot drove us there, and she's fantastic. One of the sweetest ladies, she's basically adopted us. But the temple dedication was really neat. We tried to go to the Face to Face that night, but were unable to find it. So instead we had the delightful opportunity to come face to face with everyone who hates us. That was fun. We tried visiting people instead, but nobody really like us that nightx) Oh well, not the first time, or the last.
Then yesterday...what a weirdly fantastic day. So yesterday would normally be our p-day, but as I said, we switched it to today so we could go through the temple. Well yesterday still sorta felt like a pday because to start we helped sister reinhart clean her house. We usually begin by cleaning our apartment so that felt a little odd. While we were doing that our 1pm lesson cancelled. Then our 11pm lesson wasn't responding to us.. so we had a bit of an unoptimistic attitude..but went and knocked anyways...yeah she wasn't home. So then we went and did our studies, (which, i guess you don't do on pday, but we were still inside so it felt like a pday kinda day still.) then we went and tried to do some service, but the sister we tried to serve had already picked up all the tree limbs that we came to help her with...and then everyone else we visited (IN SERVICE CLOTHES!!!) wouldn't accept, or didn't need our help. The Schwab family (love, them, they've basically adopted us too) insisted on paying for our dinner that night so we ate at a super great mexican place, which still felt pday ish because it was just Sister Thomas and I. BUT THEN! We had a lesson appointment!!!!
We went and taught a family and it was great! Sister Thomas and I both had moments where we almost cried a bit tbh. The parents are both less active, and they have 3 boys. An 8 yr old, a 7 yr old, and a 2 yr old. They want to become active again, and the parents have talked about working toward the temple. Our first lesson with them, Sister Thomas and I both walked away feeling sorta terrible because we totally underestimated how little they knew about the gospel and went way over their heads. Well this lesson, to start, the 7yr old, shows us his Thanksgiving list for school and he had listed us, the missionaries on it! I about cried there. Somebody appreciates usx) We had a really simple lesson about who Heavenly Father is and who Jesus Christ is. We talked about the atonement a bit, and it was just such a good lesson! The dad told us about a few experiences he had, and the boys were really into the lesson and what we had to say. Such a good note to end our day on(:
So that was my week! I also finally got caught up on my journal, for which I should really receive an award because I was like a week and a half behind so go me! Anyways, I love and miss you all, have a good week!!<3
Love,
Sister Jensen
So, we just got back from being in the temple! We switched our pday to today so that we could attend the temple(: The temple is closed on Mondays, so we have to switch p-days to go. Being in the temple was wonderful, It was really nice to get to feel that peace inside again and see the paintings around. The temple is quite small compared to even the Provo temple, but it has some beautiful stained glass windows that I thought were really nice. While we were in the session, I just got to thinking about the crucifixion of Christ. It's always hit me just how much pain alone he suffered by being nailed to the cross. And then to think of the pain and anguish he felt in the Garden of Gethsemane too. It just hurts me to think of what torment he went through, and then to think that he was willing to go through it- because he loves us. I kinda got a bit teary because it just hit me again, but it just speaks volumes of how much Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father really do love us.
Some other highlights from my week-
We had dinner with a ton of elderly sisters on Tuesday, and it was my favorite dinner yet. The widowed elderly women will get together to feed the missionaries or have family home evening and they are the best. They told us all about the 50's and dances and Christmas parties and they were so cute and fun. Made me a little mad I wasn't born in the 50's but i don't have control over that and swing dance is still around so i can't be too jealous.
On Wednesday we got to visit with one of our potential investigators again and MIRACLES!! He was super happy to see us, talked a bit, went and put on shoes so his feet wouldn't freeze and then talked some more. Then, THEN. Prepare yourselves. He let us share a message. !!!!! This is huge. I shared a scripture I came across in my personal study and related it back to myself (1 Nephi 9:5-6, I'm not exactly sure why i'm out here and/or I don't really know who I'm supposed to meet and talk to out here on my mission, but the lord told me to come, and so here i am.) AND HE LOVED IT!!!! He said it was so beautiful, just the verse itself, and how i connected it to myself and we talked a bit about the feelings we get in church and then we had to go, but he said to bring someone next time so we can go inside and sit down! SUCH A MIRACLE!! Love that guy. (This was the guy that hated us at first)
On Sunday, we went to the Meridian Temple dedication and that was pretty cool. Let me specify, we actually went to Montpelier to watch the temple dedication. Sister Elliot drove us there, and she's fantastic. One of the sweetest ladies, she's basically adopted us. But the temple dedication was really neat. We tried to go to the Face to Face that night, but were unable to find it. So instead we had the delightful opportunity to come face to face with everyone who hates us. That was fun. We tried visiting people instead, but nobody really like us that nightx) Oh well, not the first time, or the last.
Then yesterday...what a weirdly fantastic day. So yesterday would normally be our p-day, but as I said, we switched it to today so we could go through the temple. Well yesterday still sorta felt like a pday because to start we helped sister reinhart clean her house. We usually begin by cleaning our apartment so that felt a little odd. While we were doing that our 1pm lesson cancelled. Then our 11pm lesson wasn't responding to us.. so we had a bit of an unoptimistic attitude..but went and knocked anyways...yeah she wasn't home. So then we went and did our studies, (which, i guess you don't do on pday, but we were still inside so it felt like a pday kinda day still.) then we went and tried to do some service, but the sister we tried to serve had already picked up all the tree limbs that we came to help her with...and then everyone else we visited (IN SERVICE CLOTHES!!!) wouldn't accept, or didn't need our help. The Schwab family (love, them, they've basically adopted us too) insisted on paying for our dinner that night so we ate at a super great mexican place, which still felt pday ish because it was just Sister Thomas and I. BUT THEN! We had a lesson appointment!!!!
We went and taught a family and it was great! Sister Thomas and I both had moments where we almost cried a bit tbh. The parents are both less active, and they have 3 boys. An 8 yr old, a 7 yr old, and a 2 yr old. They want to become active again, and the parents have talked about working toward the temple. Our first lesson with them, Sister Thomas and I both walked away feeling sorta terrible because we totally underestimated how little they knew about the gospel and went way over their heads. Well this lesson, to start, the 7yr old, shows us his Thanksgiving list for school and he had listed us, the missionaries on it! I about cried there. Somebody appreciates usx) We had a really simple lesson about who Heavenly Father is and who Jesus Christ is. We talked about the atonement a bit, and it was just such a good lesson! The dad told us about a few experiences he had, and the boys were really into the lesson and what we had to say. Such a good note to end our day on(:
So that was my week! I also finally got caught up on my journal, for which I should really receive an award because I was like a week and a half behind so go me! Anyways, I love and miss you all, have a good week!!<3
Love,
Sister Jensen
Monday, November 13, 2017
Love & Gratitude
Hello hello!!
So lets see, last P-day was soooo super chill and fantastic! Sister Thomas and I decided to be the lame sisters who didn't make time to get to any possible zone activity, and it was GREAT. Don't get me wrong, I love our zone, but trying to make time for a big activity in the middle of the day makes our p-days more hectic so we decided to forgo this one. It was fine though because when we saw everyone at the family history center, everyone said they were too busy for a zone activity anyways. So we weren't really that lame. Such a nice relaxed p-day though. (Brother Reinhart even made us waffles!!)
We got to have interviews with President this week, which meant a little q&a time with Sister Hancock too. She's my favoritexD Sister Thomas went in with president first so I got to chat with Sister Hancock for a bit and after she got through her initial "get to know you questions" we talked for the rest of the time about face paintingx) She was asking me for any tips and what sort of paints to use and what to look for in brushes...it was great! She wants to get into face painting after they're back from the mission. (made me miss my paints a bit...but we're going to go paint with a member later today so i think i'll make it.)
My interview with President was good too, he asked how I was doing out here in Star Valley and how Sister Thomas and I are getting along. At first I thought it was going to be a pretty short interview if those were his only questions, because I'm doing great still and Sister Thomas and I are fantastic together. We talked about some other things though, namely things I've learned so far from being out and we discussed favorite scripture of mine. To me, these verses illustrate God's love and power. Look them up, they're 2 Nephi 8:15-16. I love how those verse illustrate God's power, and yet he has taken the time to cover us in the shadow of his hand, to "plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth" for us. We are God's masterpieces. Compared to everything else he has made on this earth, his purpose and great work is to "bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man" (Moses 1:39). We are his greatest creation and he loves us and wants us to return to him someday so he can bless us even more than he already has.
President and I also discussed how knowledge of God's love has helped as we've encountered trials. For me, I know I can face anything thrown my way because I have a loving Father in Heaven who is watching over me and waiting to help me through the hard times I have. Life would be meaningless if not for God. If there was no God, what would be the point of this life? I feel like this life would be dreary and bleak without the knowledge of our God. Trials would be unbearable and pointless, and I could see many easily sinking into depression. That is why the gospel is such a joyful message- because it tells us what the point of this life is, and who we are striving to return too.
I also had the opportunity this week to speak in one of the wards we cover. I spoke about Gratitude and pulled a lot of my talk from Henry B Eyring's "Remembrance and Gratitude" 1989 General Conference address. I focused on what President Eyring pointed out as the center of gratitude- Remembrance. So often we are quick to forget what we have been blessed with, what we didn't have before, and who has given us these blessings. Read his talk before Thanksgiving. His words really open your eyes to everything we have. It also made me think about how many times in the Book of Mormon a verse will admonish us to "remember". Although I'm not through marking my scriptures with Preach my Gospel, I want to eventually underline each time we're told to "remember" in the Book of Mormon. I think it would be a good exercise and I encourage you all to as well.
Thank you all for your love and support, I hope you each have a fantastic week!!
Love,
Sister Jensen
So lets see, last P-day was soooo super chill and fantastic! Sister Thomas and I decided to be the lame sisters who didn't make time to get to any possible zone activity, and it was GREAT. Don't get me wrong, I love our zone, but trying to make time for a big activity in the middle of the day makes our p-days more hectic so we decided to forgo this one. It was fine though because when we saw everyone at the family history center, everyone said they were too busy for a zone activity anyways. So we weren't really that lame. Such a nice relaxed p-day though. (Brother Reinhart even made us waffles!!)
We got to have interviews with President this week, which meant a little q&a time with Sister Hancock too. She's my favoritexD Sister Thomas went in with president first so I got to chat with Sister Hancock for a bit and after she got through her initial "get to know you questions" we talked for the rest of the time about face paintingx) She was asking me for any tips and what sort of paints to use and what to look for in brushes...it was great! She wants to get into face painting after they're back from the mission. (made me miss my paints a bit...but we're going to go paint with a member later today so i think i'll make it.)
My interview with President was good too, he asked how I was doing out here in Star Valley and how Sister Thomas and I are getting along. At first I thought it was going to be a pretty short interview if those were his only questions, because I'm doing great still and Sister Thomas and I are fantastic together. We talked about some other things though, namely things I've learned so far from being out and we discussed favorite scripture of mine. To me, these verses illustrate God's love and power. Look them up, they're 2 Nephi 8:15-16. I love how those verse illustrate God's power, and yet he has taken the time to cover us in the shadow of his hand, to "plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth" for us. We are God's masterpieces. Compared to everything else he has made on this earth, his purpose and great work is to "bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man" (Moses 1:39). We are his greatest creation and he loves us and wants us to return to him someday so he can bless us even more than he already has.
President and I also discussed how knowledge of God's love has helped as we've encountered trials. For me, I know I can face anything thrown my way because I have a loving Father in Heaven who is watching over me and waiting to help me through the hard times I have. Life would be meaningless if not for God. If there was no God, what would be the point of this life? I feel like this life would be dreary and bleak without the knowledge of our God. Trials would be unbearable and pointless, and I could see many easily sinking into depression. That is why the gospel is such a joyful message- because it tells us what the point of this life is, and who we are striving to return too.
I also had the opportunity this week to speak in one of the wards we cover. I spoke about Gratitude and pulled a lot of my talk from Henry B Eyring's "Remembrance and Gratitude" 1989 General Conference address. I focused on what President Eyring pointed out as the center of gratitude- Remembrance. So often we are quick to forget what we have been blessed with, what we didn't have before, and who has given us these blessings. Read his talk before Thanksgiving. His words really open your eyes to everything we have. It also made me think about how many times in the Book of Mormon a verse will admonish us to "remember". Although I'm not through marking my scriptures with Preach my Gospel, I want to eventually underline each time we're told to "remember" in the Book of Mormon. I think it would be a good exercise and I encourage you all to as well.
Thank you all for your love and support, I hope you each have a fantastic week!!
Love,
Sister Jensen
Monday, November 6, 2017
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
Greetings from the North Pole! Hah, don't get mad, I'm not trying to skip Thanksgiving, but the weather is sorta giving me no choice...
But lets back up quick, Halloween! So for Halloween, Sister Thomas and I had a ton of lessons planned before we had to be locked up in a church for the remainder of the night. Our lessons all went fantastic by the way! One of our less actives is taking it upon herself to stop smoking!!! It was actually so cool, we just went over to read a chapter of the Book of Mormon with her and by the end she was so happy and understood the chapter so much better and out of the blue, she just told us, "girls, i talked with my doctor and he's prescribing me this medication to help me quit smoking, and I'll be done by December 1st!" It was so awesome!!
Anyways, so after our lessons, we headed to the church building at 6pm. Why do missionaries have to be locked up in the church on Halloween night? Because in bigger cities people have the bright idea to dress up like missionaries and vandalize or wreck havoc. So it's easier on President if he can respond to and complaints and say "Nope, not my missionaries, they were all in the church by 6" So that's what we did. There are 6 sets of missionaries in Star Valley, and we all congregated in the Thayne stake center. Honestly, Sister Thomas and I thought it was going to be super boring because we were just going to sit in the church building for three hours.. but we played games and it was actually pretty fun(:
Lets see, Wednesday, nobody loved us. We planned to visit a ton of people but either no one was home, or no one wanted anything to do with us. One lady answered the door and after us asking "How are you?" She responded "I'm good, and not buying, bye girls". It was a fun time. We did end up having a lesson that day, so that was actually pretty good. We finished the plan of salvation with a less active and had a really deep discussion with her about God's love for all of us, and how he loves us each unconditionally. Some good scriptures- 2 Nephi 1:15, 1 John 4:7-8, 9-11(the Book of Mormon in general because God loves us enough to give us further direction in our lives)
Thursday, Sister Thomas was feeling awful so that wasn't super fun, but on Friday we had Zone Conference! Zone Conference was held in the Paris Tabernacle, which was beautiful! (I'll add pics) The Paris Tabernacle is quite old, and only has wooden benches so President had us bring pillows or blankets to sit on, or as the ZL's (zone leaders) stated, "bring butt pads so you don't get wood... in your butts.." We have very articulate elders. It was great to hear advice and encouragement from president though, as well as hear more about the "Light the World" initiative the church will be putting on again this year. After Zone Conference Sister Thomas and I went on exchanges with the STL's (sister training leaders) and I stayed in the Paris area with Sister Smith! Okay I lied, we actually headed out to Bear Lake, and were in Laketown and Garden City.
Bear Lake was beautiful, and it was funny to be back there again after being there a summer or two ago for the Barlow family reunion. We drove by Pickleville Playhouse and made sure to get shakes on our way out. I didn't spot the house we stayed at when my family was there, but when I described it to Sister Smith, she was pretty sure she knew where it was. It was great to be out with Sister Smith though, she was super sweet and fun. Since we went on exchanges midday, we didn't switch back till Saturday at about 4. So Friday night we went to a few lessons and then Saturday we tried to visit people, but no one was home. Sister Smith said most people got to Logan on the weekend to do their grocery shopping so it was hard to catch people. But during one of our visits on Friday the couple we met with taught us a card game called Thirteen, and I had the best score by the end. Bear Lake was fun and even though it was overcast, the water was still almost turquoise. I took some pictures that I'll send out, it was actually cloudy enough that you couldn't see some of the surrounding mountains so it looked more like a bay on the Oregon coast(:
As we came back into Montpelier the snow slowly creeped in.. Seriously, it was pretty funny, we saw the snow slowly get deeped and more heavy as we got closer to Montpelier. It was pretty funny and I was pretty sure there'd be snow back in Afton. Which there was. I'll include pictures, but it definitely looks like a winter wonderland. I don't think it'll be going away anytime soon. That's all for this week, I love you all!
Love,
Sister Jensen
But lets back up quick, Halloween! So for Halloween, Sister Thomas and I had a ton of lessons planned before we had to be locked up in a church for the remainder of the night. Our lessons all went fantastic by the way! One of our less actives is taking it upon herself to stop smoking!!! It was actually so cool, we just went over to read a chapter of the Book of Mormon with her and by the end she was so happy and understood the chapter so much better and out of the blue, she just told us, "girls, i talked with my doctor and he's prescribing me this medication to help me quit smoking, and I'll be done by December 1st!" It was so awesome!!
Anyways, so after our lessons, we headed to the church building at 6pm. Why do missionaries have to be locked up in the church on Halloween night? Because in bigger cities people have the bright idea to dress up like missionaries and vandalize or wreck havoc. So it's easier on President if he can respond to and complaints and say "Nope, not my missionaries, they were all in the church by 6" So that's what we did. There are 6 sets of missionaries in Star Valley, and we all congregated in the Thayne stake center. Honestly, Sister Thomas and I thought it was going to be super boring because we were just going to sit in the church building for three hours.. but we played games and it was actually pretty fun(:
Lets see, Wednesday, nobody loved us. We planned to visit a ton of people but either no one was home, or no one wanted anything to do with us. One lady answered the door and after us asking "How are you?" She responded "I'm good, and not buying, bye girls". It was a fun time. We did end up having a lesson that day, so that was actually pretty good. We finished the plan of salvation with a less active and had a really deep discussion with her about God's love for all of us, and how he loves us each unconditionally. Some good scriptures- 2 Nephi 1:15, 1 John 4:7-8, 9-11(the Book of Mormon in general because God loves us enough to give us further direction in our lives)
Thursday, Sister Thomas was feeling awful so that wasn't super fun, but on Friday we had Zone Conference! Zone Conference was held in the Paris Tabernacle, which was beautiful! (I'll add pics) The Paris Tabernacle is quite old, and only has wooden benches so President had us bring pillows or blankets to sit on, or as the ZL's (zone leaders) stated, "bring butt pads so you don't get wood... in your butts.." We have very articulate elders. It was great to hear advice and encouragement from president though, as well as hear more about the "Light the World" initiative the church will be putting on again this year. After Zone Conference Sister Thomas and I went on exchanges with the STL's (sister training leaders) and I stayed in the Paris area with Sister Smith! Okay I lied, we actually headed out to Bear Lake, and were in Laketown and Garden City.
Bear Lake was beautiful, and it was funny to be back there again after being there a summer or two ago for the Barlow family reunion. We drove by Pickleville Playhouse and made sure to get shakes on our way out. I didn't spot the house we stayed at when my family was there, but when I described it to Sister Smith, she was pretty sure she knew where it was. It was great to be out with Sister Smith though, she was super sweet and fun. Since we went on exchanges midday, we didn't switch back till Saturday at about 4. So Friday night we went to a few lessons and then Saturday we tried to visit people, but no one was home. Sister Smith said most people got to Logan on the weekend to do their grocery shopping so it was hard to catch people. But during one of our visits on Friday the couple we met with taught us a card game called Thirteen, and I had the best score by the end. Bear Lake was fun and even though it was overcast, the water was still almost turquoise. I took some pictures that I'll send out, it was actually cloudy enough that you couldn't see some of the surrounding mountains so it looked more like a bay on the Oregon coast(:
As we came back into Montpelier the snow slowly creeped in.. Seriously, it was pretty funny, we saw the snow slowly get deeped and more heavy as we got closer to Montpelier. It was pretty funny and I was pretty sure there'd be snow back in Afton. Which there was. I'll include pictures, but it definitely looks like a winter wonderland. I don't think it'll be going away anytime soon. That's all for this week, I love you all!
Love,
Sister Jensen
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