Christmas for dayssss

Hello all!

My week... So on Tuesday Sister Thomas and I were asked to come over and do service for an older lady in the world....and do some Christmas decorating! Not sure if it really counted as service, but she really appreciated it. She can't stand very long without getting exhausted, so we put up her tree for her and set out her nativities. Surprisingly, fake trees are very common here. Because it's so cold and dry, they tend to die super fast so a lot of people do fake trees. Makes me sad because the smell of pine really makes it feel like Christmas, but this isn't my first year without a real Christmas tree. (nor would we have a place to put one) We helped her get her house ready for Christmas though, for which she was really thankful. We were also able to do something with the single banana bread that made it safely out of the oven. An older lady in the ward recently passed away, and we had stopped by to see how her husband was doing. We offered to bake him cookies, but he got a ton of cookies lately, so i suggested bread instead. He was super excited. I felt a little sheepish stopping by with just one small loaf, (i had planned to give him 2 at least), but when he saw us and i offered it to him he was so happy and excited. He's a sweet man, and we're hoping he follows his wife's request and comes back to church. (she had health issues so they couldn't attend, he'd stay home to care for her)

The next day we were so many places. We had a list of like 20 people that we needed to hand invitations to for Christmas parties, and holy cow we got them all out. More than half the people weren't home, so that was a little sad, but it felt productive because we were stopping by so many places. Half of the invitations were for a relief society party that was happening the next night, so we just left those ones by the door. We got to talk with a few people, and then had a lesson with the Kenningtons later that night. They're warming up to us more, and the dad was actually home and participating this time so that was good. We went over the first part of the plan of salvation, and it just felt like a good lesson.

Transfers happened this week, and as expected, Sister Thomas and I stayed put. We got a new Elder in our district, which was cool. He wasn't super talkative, but then again, not many of the elders seem to know how to act around sisters so he'll adjust. Lets see...not a ton of excitement in my week. Tomorrow we have Zone conference, and there will be a talent show. I signed up to do something, but forgot to record myself doing it so you'll all have to wait till next week to see what I did.

I love you all and I hope you have a fantastic week!!

Love,
Sister Jensen