So this week wasn't too eventful. Sister Thomas became ill the day after pday and we didn't get to leave the apartment until Sunday evening. There's a pretty bad strand of the flu going around, and it just knocked her out for a few days.We have some very loving members who stopped by and were worried out of their minds for us so they'd pop in every so often. Sister Thomas was sick through Saturday and I basically just found ways to keep busy by journaling/studying/doing chores and etc. We went through every church video we had and at one point the elders even brought by the bible videos for us which was AWESOME!
I never caught it, and hopefully won't get it later from anyone. I feel like it was really beneficial for me to have those few days all couped up because I definitely learned more about the savior and understood the life of the apostles better. My testimony of his love for us strengthened, as well as my desire to really know the scriptures and understand his teachings. I highly recommend watching the bible videos as they helped me learn more about the savior and understand better the apostles.
Since not much happened this week and I missed last week I'll catch you all up:
At the beginning of the week we helped set up for a ward's Christmas party and ended up helping for MUCH longer than anticipated. The poor woman put in charge had hardly any help and it was all very last minute so we did as much as we could to help. The Christmas party turned out to be a success and we actually got to see a few less-actives there and talk with them! A few we hadn't been able to get into contact with, so it was an awesome opportunity.
Later that week we had our last ward party to attend, and for the program we watched "The Little Drummer Boy". Mid way through I realized that we might not actually be supposed to be watching it as missionaries, (not put out by the church) but it was also the whole ward party program so we didn't really know what to do. Cute story thoughx)
On Saturday (the 23rd) we got a TON of snow. (It didn't snow much after that little dumping, but this morning it was -5 when we went to go exercise at the Schwab's gym.) One of the videos you saw in the "Christmas!" folder-Sister Thomas daring me to jump into the now much deeper snow. It was pretty soft and powdery...but also cold. Although it was a bit late, we finally decorated our 2ft tall Christmas tree so you also got some pictures of that.
Then Christmas Eve. So. Many. Much. Christmas. Programs. It was actually really nice though because each ward had a very different approach to their Christmas programs and it was neat to see them all. Meadows had the whole ward council speak on different points about the Savior. Each had a question to talk about and my favorite was "what does it mean to me to serve the Savior?" I thought about that a lot and about what I am doing as a missionary to truly take upon myself the name of Christ. Each calling we hold in the church, regardless of how unimportant it may seem, is a calling to serve the Savior, Jesus Christ. We should be treating it as such and diligently giving our very best. Likewise, when we are serving others around us, we should think about how we are helping them feel the love of the Savior, and how our service is not just a service to them, but to God. I hope you all make a new years resolution to keep up a daily act of service- it'll bring you and those you serve closer to Christ.
That brings me to....(drumroll)...CHRISTMAS! We spent Christmas morning with the members we live with and Brother Reinhart made us breakfast. I'm sure you saw the pictures of the floor after we opened gifts- the members did not leave us wanting. It seemed like leading up to Christmas, every house we stopped at had gifts for us. Craziness. Obviously we got to call our families, which was a good time(: After that we dropped off the ipads we borrowed and saw my aunt's familyx) We visited with them a bit and Eric challenged me at ping-pong, (which I'm a lot better at than I thought!), which I won(; Sister Thomas and I also played doubles against Adam and Eric and we won that round too. Adam was pretty devastated(; After that we went home to have a little Christmas dinner....I had Crab and Sister Thomas had steak😏 Again, some members have become our adoptive parents, thus the fantastic leftovers. After that we visited a few more people and I brought my uke along and sang them each "Away in a Manger". Fun day(:
That about sums up the past few weeks, another fun fact, we stopped by a members house last night to ask about lessons they're going to set up for us and got roped into joining them for a second dinner and prime rib. Not all that mad about it, it was pretty goodx)
Anyways, so that was my week. I love you all!!
Love,
Sister Jensen
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